No-Nonsense Approach To Navigating Stress Eating with Melissa McCreery

Happy Satiated Saturday! Labels like stress eating and emotional eating need some updating. By tacking on the words stress or emotional to eating, it gives the perception that the "problem" is stress or emotions, and if you can fix being a stressed person or person who feels (an impossible task), THEN the food behavior might go away. Stress and emotions are a part of life. Because of this, the practice can be to see the presence of stress or any emotion as body communication. It is telling you how it is processing your external and internal environments. Your body doesn't need help getting rid of the stress or the emotion. These things are present to get your attention that your body needs your support. With this perspective, stress eating can be seen as a bodily messenger letting you know that your body needs you to connect. In this week's Satiated Podcast episode, I chat with Melissa McCreery, PhD, Psychologist, Emotional Eating Expert, and Author about: The complexities of stress eating including how stress impacts food choices and behaviorsNavigating emotional responses to foodPractical strategies for pausing and checking inBuilding routines around self check insAcknowledging your needs and who you want to be that could lead to making different food decisionsBefriending stressYou can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: www.stephaniemara.com/blog/navigating-stress-eatingI loved this episode and I hope you enjoy it as well! With Compassion and Empathy, Stephanie Mara FoxKeep in touch with Melissa here: Website: ⁠https://toomuchonherplate.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TooMuchOnHerPlate Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toomuchonherplate/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissamccreery/Support the showKeep in touch with Stephanie Mara:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_stephaniemara/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephaniemarafoxWebsite: https://www.stephaniemara.com/https://www.somaticeating.com/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephmara/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stephaniemarafoxContact: [email protected] the show:Become a supporter: https://www.buzzsprout.com/809987/supportAll affiliate links: https://www.stephaniemara.com/resourcesReceive 15% off my fave protein powder with code STEPHANIEMARA at checkout here: https://www.equipfoods.com/STEPHANIEMARAUse my Amazon Affiliate link when shopping on Amazon: https://amzn.to/448IyPlSpecial thanks to Bendsound for the music in this episode. www.bensou...