Cookies and Confidence: How to Stop Emotional Eating

Have you ever thought, “Why can’t I just eat like a normal person?” Many emotional eaters have. In this episode, I’m talking about that question—where it comes from, what it really means, and how it affects the way we see ourselves and our eating habits.

You’ll hear about the hidden beliefs behind thoughts like “I have no control” or “I always mess this up,” and how those thoughts create shame and frustration. I’ll walk you through...

In this episode, we talk about a critical skill for emotional eaters: recognizing and responding to the urge to eat. Stress eating, emotionally eating, just wanting more than one treat, you name it. If you’ve ever found yourself halfway through a bag of chips or rerouting for a drive thru or needing chocolate right now, this episode is for you.

Learn what you need to begin changing the cycle—starting with how to feel your feelings ...

In this episode of Cookies and Confidence, we explore the little and big ways we use food—and other small comforts—to buffer against our emotions. Whether it’s soda, snacks, or sweet treats after every meal, join us as we break down what emotional eating really is, why we do it, and how to better understand the thoughts and feelings behind it. Try out the concept of the “emotional math” to help you evaluate the short- and long-term...

In this episode of Cookies and Confidence, we talk about the timeless question: Why do we struggle to follow through on our health goals—even when we truly want to? Test out three useful tools to understand the internal conflict between the part of us that wants the cookie and the part that doesn’t. Learning how to build a kinder relationship with your past, present, and future self can shift you out of the eat–give up–beat up cycl...

In this episode of Cookies and Confidence, we explore the emotions and thoughts that come up after eating “the whole bag”—whether it’s chips, cookies, or candy. It's hard but slowing down, noticing what’s really going on inside, and connecting with all parts of you without judgment is worth it. This is not about food, but about the power of awareness, self-kindness, and understanding our deeper needs. If you’ve ever felt shame or r...

Listen in for an introduction on emotional eating and how it relates to sensory overwhelm and overstimulation. If you are using food to relax or cope with stress, learn how that may work for you short-term, but there's better options. I talk about how to know when you are in sensory overwhelm, understand nervous system resilience and tools for feeling better. 

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Join me for episode five to look at why we use food to cope and how it may serve us, but also how it may not. We talk about developing just five things for our weight maintenance goals and then sticking to that just 80% of the time. If you are done trying to control your weight with specialized diets and strict protocols, listen to this episode and discover your own answers for a life you love in any body size. 

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Stress and emotional eating are a duo like peanut butter and jelly. But understanding just five things can change our emotional eating behaviors. And when we increase our awareness of this, we have to increase our compassion too. Join us for episode three to learn more about your nervous system and how befriending it could be the missing piece to discovering a life and body you love. Find more, and the models I mention in this epis...