25. The Emotional Eating Struggle Bus

Knowing how to recognize when your feelings are triggering you to eat is essential to understanding why you may be using food in an attempt to meet a need, and why you’re still riding the emotional eating struggle bus. Do you sometimes feel like you eat just to eat, but you're not sure exactly why?  You're not hungry. You might even be past fullness, but for some reason, eating seems to be doing something for you?  This idea is often categorized as emotional eating, and learning to recognize it and find the most effective ways to cope with those emotions is key to understanding why you may be feeling the need to eat in an attempt to meet an emotional need. In today’s episode, you’ll discover some common reasons why eating can feel like an easy solution to deal with your emotions, how eating may be meeting some deeper unmet needs, and some ways to cope with your emotions so that you can safely jump off the emotional eating struggle bus. Topics discussed in this episode include:  🤔 What is emotional eating? 🍴 Differentiating emotional and physical hunger 🚩 Identifying what emotions you’re really feeling when you have an urge to emotionally eat 🩹 Discovering deeper needs triggering the emotional hunger that you turn to food to resolve 🫂 A key method to making sure you have the ability to get your needs met Resources mentioned: >>> Discover the need(s) that emotional eating could be meeting for you with The Needs Assessment. >>> Listen to Episode 20 - Hunger Cues: How to Know When You're Hungry >>> Listen to Episode 21 - How To Get Back In Tune With Your Body Become a VIP Podcast Insider HERE to access BONUS resources only available to our VIP list. Learn how to work with me inside The Joy-Filled Eater course! Join our community in the Food Freedom & Body Image Support for Christian Women Facebook group to ask your questions about cultivating a joy-filled relationship with food, your body, & Jesus. If you love the show and are finding it valuable, be sure to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Listen to your podcasts somewhere else? No worries!  You can leave your podcast review here instead 😉. Connect with Brittany: Instagram Facebook *Reminder - Podcast content is not meant to be taken as professional nutrition or medical advice or to replace counseling with a licensed therapist. Please consult with your own treatment team.