The Emotional Eating (and Everything Else) Podcast
Episodes
Let's Talk About...Extreme Exercise Parts
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's podcast, we're talking about parts who engage in extreme exercise. And by extreme, I mean parts who: are very rigid about exerc...
Heal Your Love-Hate Relationship with Food!
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Heal Your Love-Hate Relationship with Food Workbook is out! And this podcast is, in essence, its companion. In this episode, I walk you throu...
"My Eating Disorder is What Makes Me Special"
01 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever found yourself thinking that ignoring your hunger is THE THING that makes you special? Or maybe it's your ability to eat very little d...
Let's Talk About...All or Nothing Thinking
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I thought this would be a good time of year to do an episode on all or nothing thinking. With the new year starting, it's easy to get caught up in g...
Let's Talk About...Rebellious Parts
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we're talking about Rebellious Parts. I think most if not all of us have rebellious parts, and those parts could be rebelling in a ...
The Power of IFS: Kali and Amanda's Stories
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's episode 100 of the Emotional Eating (and Everything Else) Podcast--I can't even believe it! And to celebrate, I thought I'd invite two amazin...
Let's Talk About...Food Rituals
02 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that at some point in your life, you've tried to change what you're eating. Perhaps because you started a ...
Let's Talk About...Episode 98: Let's Talk About...Connecting to Your Body's Hunger and Fullness Cues
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the last podcast, we talked about "blocking parts." And by blocking, I meant parts that tend to come up when you're trying to get to know another ...
Let's Talk About...Blocking Parts
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Let me ask you this: have you ever noticed yourself heading for the kitchen to get some food, knowing you aren't hungry, and when you start to check...
Let's Talk About...Emotional Eating
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Here we are, in the middle of the holiday season, and I thought it might be helpful to go back to the basics of the Emotional Eating (and Everything E...
Unburdened Eating, with Jeanne Catanzaro
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode features Dr. Jeanne Catanzaro, who's a bit of an IFS rockstar. Jeanne has been one of the strongest voices in the IFS communit...
Let's Talk About...Healing Body Shame
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Well, it's fall here in New England, which means cooler weather, absolutely beautiful trees, and apple cider! (And for those of you who love it, p...
Understanding Binge Eating Disorder, with Amy Pershing
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode, I'm so excited to be joined by Amy Pershing to talk about Binge Eating Disorder (BED). Amy is essentially THE expert on treating...
Let's Talk About...Creating a Parts Check-in Practice
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you're someone who's done your own IFS work, you were likely encouraged to check in with a part that you met during your session on your own regula...
Let's Talk About...Anxiety (and why our parts eat when we're anxious)
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's podcast episode we're talking about anxiety, one of the most common things that lead our parts to food. Very often, parts in our syst...
Let's Talk About...Accepting Your Body
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What's the first thing that comes to your mind when I say the word acceptance? As in accepting who you are and accepting your body, right here, righ...
Let's Talk About...Restriction
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this weeks' podcast episode, we're talking about restriction. This is a topic that I know I've mentioned a number of times on the show, but I've ne...
Sexuality and Eating Concerns with Esther Hooley
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's podcast, we're talking about something that I haven't talked much about at all on the show: sexuality. Thankfully, since this is no...
Becoming Embodied: Three Exercises, with Heidi Andersen
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On my last podcast episode, Heidi Andersen and I had a fantastic discussion about embodiment and how vital it is to be in your body in order to heal y...
Embodiment as the Antidote to Negative Body Image, with Heidi Andersen
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode, I'm speaking with Certified Body Trust® Specialist Heidi Andersen about the topic of embodiment, something that she sees as...
Let's Talk About...GLP-1s and Food Noise
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I'll get right to it and be honest. Part of this week's podcast topic--GLP-1 medication--is not something I've really wanted to talk about. These ...
How an Early Lack of Nurturance Impacts Your Relationship with Food, with Colleen West
14 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I have a question for you. What do you know about your early years? Like from birth to age two? And what do you know about your mom's pregnancy ...
Let's Talk About...How to Handle that Leftover Easter Candy
31 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you celebrated Easter yesterday (and even if you didn't), you probably have some leftover candy in your house. Which means you also probably have...
The Impact of Trauma on Food and Body Concerns, with Cinna Holsclaw
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Trigger warning: on this episode, we're talking about trauma and how traumatic experiences can impact your relationship with food and your body. If ...
Let's Talk About...The Binge/Restrict Cycle (i.e. polarizations)
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Let me ask you a question: have you ever thought of yourself as a binge eater? Or maybe you've noticed that you have a part that binges? This is...
IFS and the Enneagram, with Tammy Sollenberger
25 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Are you familiar with the Enneagram? The "test" that views personality as nine interconnected types? I wasn't, until about three years ago. And...
Let's Talk About...How to Keep Your Eating Parts from Taking Over
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I think many (most) of us have had the experience of feeling out-of-control with food, at least to some degree. It feels like something or someone e...
Becoming "Comfortably Uncomfortable," with Celia Clark
28 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Changing your relationship with food and with your body can be quite the complicated process, can't it? It seems like we often take two steps forwar...
Let's Talk About...Hunger (are you hungry? or is it a part?)
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I have a question for you: are you hungry? If your answer is yes, how can you tell? If your answer is no, how you can tell? And if your answer...
Let's Talk About...the Scale (to weigh or not to weigh)
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Quick trigger warning here: lots of talk today about diets and the scale. If you're not up for it, no worries--just skip it. It's January, and you...
Navigating the Holiday Food Minefield with the Help of IFS
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Here we are, smack-dab in the middle of holiday season. Maybe the holiday you celebrate has passed already, and all you have left is New Years. Or ...
Are You Healthy? (what does that even mean?)
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What comes to mind when I ask you this question: Are you healthy? My guess is, if your answer is "yes," you started running down a list of physical ...
How to Accept Your Body and Show it Gratitude
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's Thanksgiving week here in the US, and that always brings up the topic of gratitude. Last season at this time, I did an episode called "Giving ...
Nutrition Therapy Through an IFS Lens, with Diana Dugan Richards
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Diana Dugan Richards, a Nutrition Therapist with a private practice (Namaste Nutrition) i...
When Did Your Relationship with Food Begin? (Hint: it may have started with your grandmother)
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We've talked before about how your relationship with food starts on day one. And I used to think of "day one" as being in utero, or even infancy. But ...
Season 2 Wrap-Up
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Well, Season Two of the Emotional Eating (and Everything Else) Podcast is a wrap! In this season, we talked a LOT about IFS (Internal Family Sys...
Motivation Made Easy, with Shawn Hondorp
29 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Do you ever feel unmotivated? I know--that question is almost laughable, isn't it? Sometimes I feel like all I ever am is unmotivated. I al...
Getting to Know Your Eating Parts, with Natalie Deering
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We've talked a lot over the past year about IFS (Internal Family Systems) and how it can help you to change your relationship with food and your body ...
One Huge Reason it's So Hard to Stop Emotional Eating (aka fear of change, part 2)
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On last week's podcast, we talked about the common fears and concerns our parts tend to have when making any kind of change. Not surprisingly, when...
"What if I Gain Weight?" and Other Common Fears About Changing Your Relationship with Food
18 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If you're like just about everyone else in the world, you've tried to make some changes to your eating habits and have probably been met with limited ...
Letting Go of the Burden of Diet Culture
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's podcast, we're talking about the legacy burden of diet culture. You might be asking, what is a "legacy burden?" Excellent question! ...
Preverbal Trauma and IFS, with Colleen West
13 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's podcast episode, we're talking about a difficult subject: trauma. Unfortunately, trauma impacts most if not all of us. Obviously in...
Is Food Emotionally Addictive?
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, I had an amazing discussion with Abbie Attwood about whether or not food is addictive. And we decided that no, it's not. Well, at least n...
Is Food Addictive? with Abbie Attwood
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever felt addicted to food? Like food just calls to you? Or have you had the experience of being afraid to start eating something, lik...
Improving Body Image with the Help of IFS
05 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We aren't born hating our bodies. We learn to. The constant, unrelenting messages from our culture ensure that pretty much all of us have an iss...
Coaching Episode: Kristen Discovers Why She Turns to "Fun Food"
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I'm so excited about this this week's podcast! In this episode, you'll hear a live coaching call with Kristen where we use IFS (Internal Family Syst...
Core Nourishment, with Annie Wagoner
07 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What do you think of when you hear the word nourishment? Maybe a giant bowl of mixed greens and fresh veggies. Or a brightly colored fruit smoothie. O...
Who Ate That? How to Get to Know Your Eating Parts
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The best way to make a change in your emotional eating patterns is to get to know all of the parts of you that lead you to and away from food. Only ...
Getting to Know Your Eating System: A Parts Mapping Demo
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You may remember that a couple weeks ago, in episode 55 of the podcast, we talked about a technique called Parts Mapping. This is something that w...
The Two Biggest Reasons We Turn to Food and How IFS Can Help
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's podcast we're talking about the two most common reason that people turn to food: To distract from emotions To soothe/comfort/rewar...
Why Did I Eat That? How to Understand Your Relationship with Food (with the Help of IFS)
04 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I don't know about you, but the word that comes to mind when I think about my relationship with food is "complicated." I think that's true for mos...
How to End Emotional Eating (spoiler alert: you don't have to)
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We've spent the past few weeks talking about all of the things that you've tried to stop emotional eating, binge eating, and/or overeating, to stop fe...
The "You Tried it, Here's Why it Didn't Work Series:" Medication
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Trigger Warning: we're talking about weight, weight loss, and ob*sity today, and that can be triggering for some people. So please skip this one if it...
The "You Tried it, Here's Why it Didn't Work Series:" Bariatric Surgery
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're continuing the "You Tried it, Here's Why it Didn't Work" Series on this week's podcast with a discussion of bariatric surgery. And first off...
The "You Tried it, Here's Why it Didn't Work Series:" Overeater's Anonymous
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last week we talked about all of the reasons why dieting doesn't work, both physically and emotionally. And I hope that really helped you to see th...
The "You Tried it, Here's Why it Didn't Work Series:" Dieting
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If you're listening to this podcast, I'm guessing you've tried a diet or two. Or 17. Most people have. And if you're listening to this podcast, ...
The "You Tried it, Here's Why it Didn't Work Series:" Intuitive Eating
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last week we kicked off the podcast series, "You Tried it, Here's Why it Didn't Work" with an episode about why therapy may not have helped you with y...
The "You Tried it, Here's Why it Didn't Work Series:" Therapy
10 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode starts the series, "You Tried it, Here's Why it Didn't Work." In this series, we'll be exploring the many types of things that y...
How to IGNORE Diet Season!
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
So it's January, and you know what that means: diet season is in FULL GEAR. I mean, diet season is always up and running--it never sleeps--but th...
Five Tips for Guilt-Free Eating
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The holiday season is in full swing, and that means shopping, wrapping, unwrapping, cleaning, cooking, lighting candles, hiding gifts, seeing family, ...
How IFS Can Help Heal the Trauma of Diet Culture, with Agnis Pena-Toro
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode, I'm talking with Agnis Pena-Toro, a Psychotherapist and Body and Food Liberation coach and consultant. Her specialty is hel...
Real Talk About Intuitive Eating, with Christine Byrne
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Giving up dieting is a scary process for people. Regardless of all of its numerous problems, dieting very often feels safe. You've done it before, you...
Giving Thanks to the Two Things We Love to Hate
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's almost Thanksgiving. How did that happen??? I hope that whatever you're doing this year leaves you feeling happy and refreshed. And I hope...
How to Handle Food, Family, and Friends this Holiday Season
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
So......it's the holiday season..... How did that even happen??? It really seems to have come out of nowhere this year! As fun as the holidays can ...
Finding Body Peace, with Nina Manolson
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do you be in a body. How do you actually be in a woman's body in a way that feels good? That's a really good question, isn't it? We've talked ...
Rant Episode: The Politics of Our Bodies, Why We MUST Vote, and Why the F is Heroin Chic Back??
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sorry (not sorry) for this one. This is a solo episode of me sharing my anxiety about the upcoming election, my frustration with where we are in thi...
How to Find Your Own Path Between Diet and Anti-Diet Extremes, with Elizabeth Hall
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A few years back, when I took a dramatic turn from helping clients with weight loss to embracing Intuitive Eating and Health at Every Size, I went hea...
You're Not Broken, You're Disconnected:
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There's something wrong with me... I hear this from my clients allllllll the time. The fact that they eat when they're stressed, feel out-of-control...
Yes You CAN Pass By Those Peanut Butter Cups!
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We're coming up on Halloween, and you know what the means: Candy Anxiety! Ok, that's not a real thing--I made it up. But I think most of us can rela...
You Don't Need to Control Food...
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever heard yourself saying this, or something like it? "I'm just out-of-control with food." This is something I hear from my clients all ...
Why You Need to Work on Your Relationship with Your Body
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Here's a question for you–and I'll warn you, it's a tough one. How do you feel about your body? Sigh. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess th...
What Part of You Wants M&Ms? Getting Curious About What Leads You to Food...
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why do you turn to food? That's the million dollar question, isn't it? You might have an idea (or maybe you don't--that's ok too). You might say, "W...
Are You an Emotional Eater? Here's Why You Need to Stop Dieting
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We're starting Season 2--woo-hoo! And I'm kicking it off with a three-episode review/outline of sorts. I thought it would be helpful to focus on the...
"Food is All I Have." Nine Tips on Expanding Enjoyment and Prioritizing Fun!
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Food is the only thing I have." Have you ever noticed yourself saying that? For some folks, food is their best friend, their only enjoyment, th...
Positive Movement, with Haley Melchert
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's podcast, we're talking about movement! And not exercise, that boring stuff you're supposed to do at the gym in a certain way for a ce...
Getting Curious About Movement, with Kira Onysko
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode, I talk with Kira Onysko, a Certified Personal Trainer and Inclusive Fitness Specialist, about approaching exercise--or moveme...
Feeling Emotional? Here's How IFS Can Help
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I don't know about you, but I've been feeling a lot of heavy emotions since the ruling on Roe. I'm incredibly sad and absolutely enraged about where...
How to Boost Your Willpower (Sort Of...)
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I have no willpower! How many times have you said this to yourself? Any time a diet fails or an exercise regimen gets thrown by the wayside, we always...
How do I Teach My Kids About Food??? With Catherine Brown
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Let's talk about women and pressure. I don't have to tell you that we as women have huge expectations placed upon us to look a certain way, be a...
Three Mindful Bites: A Realistic Guide to Mindful Eating, with Victoria Stith
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mindfulness... Mindfulness is one of those words that pops up a LOT these days. And it seems like something that we should be doing, right? Like ...
IFS and Fullness Cues: Why Our Parts Keep Eating and How to Help Them Stop
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Two weeks ago, I asked, are you hungry? Today, I'm asking, are you full? And just like last week, that question may be really easy to answer, or i...
Are You Hungry??? Using IFS and Intuitive Eating to Connect to Your Hunger Cues
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you hungry? This may be a really easy question for you to answer. You may be able to say, "Actually I am, and I'd love a (insert food item here...
Using IFS and Intuitive Eating to Rebuild Your Trust with Food
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The definition of trust is "the firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something." Firm belief--that's a lot to ...
What is Self-Led Eating?
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When we reach for food, chances are a part is running the show. Maybe it's eating because your body is hungry, but maybe it's eating to calm a stresse...
IFS and Our Eating Parts: How IFS and Intuitive Eating Work Together
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, we talked about diet culture being a legacy burden that we can give back to those who gave it to us. I hope that that episode inspired y...
IFS and Our Eating Parts: Letting Go of the Legacy Burden of Diet Culture
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever thought about what made you start using food for comfort? Or how you started hating your body? Or what made you think you need to l...
IFS and Our Eating Parts: How to Befriend Your Oreo-Eater
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Over the past few weeks, we've been talking a lot about Internal Family Systems (IFS). From how it works to how it can help you understand and cha...
IFS and Our Eating Parts: Using IFS to Get Out of the Restrict/Binge Cyle
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Does this ever happen to you? You try to change your eating habits in order to be "healthier." Or to lose weight. Or to feel more "in control" ...
IFS and Our Eating Parts: Getting to Know the Critic, the Perfectionist, the Doer, and the People Pleaser with Lia Schaefer
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I don't know about you, but I can be pretty hard on myself sometimes. From calling myself stupid when I drop something, to telling myself I'm an idi...
IFS and Our Eating Parts: Who's at the Table with Tammy Sollenberger
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Has something like this every happened to you? You find yourself standing at your pantry, having just eaten a half-bag of Oreos--and you can't re...
How to Finally Let Go of that Weight Loss Goal
18 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Since we've been talking a lot lately about the negative impact of diet culture and leaving diets in the dust, I think it's also vitally important t...
Finding Food and Body Freedom with the Help of Intuitive Eating and IFS
04 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
So 2022 has begun, and the diet ads are in full swing! But we're not falling for it, right? Let's make food and body freedom the goal for 2022! ...
New Year, NO Diet! Understanding the Toxic History of Diet Culture and the Damage that it Does
28 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We've just made it through the holidays, and now we're faced with the next stressful season: diet season. Yes, this is the time of year that diet co...
IFS and the Holidays: How to Help Your Hijacked Parts
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We're getting close to the holidays--I hope you're ready! In today's episode, we're talking about how to use IFS to help those parts that get hijacked...
How to Handle Diet Talk and Body Shaming Comments During Holiday Gatherings
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Since we're so close to Christmas, many of us are coming up on holiday gatherings, if you haven't been to some already. I hope that if you're joining...
Keepin' it Real this Holiday Season
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The holidays can be tough, can't they? We tend to have a lot of expectations for ourselves in terms of what we accomplish, but also in terms of how ...
How to Handle the Holidays When They're Really Hard to Handle
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The holidays are upon us! If you're someone who loves this time of year, good for you! But if you're not, you're in the right place. The holiday s...
Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Emotional Eating: Getting to Know Who's Leading You to Food
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, we talked about the approach that I use with clients called Internal Family Systems, or IFS. In my humble opinion, this approach almost ...
Internal Family Systems (IFS): the Second Key to Changing Your Relationship with Food
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Question… Have you ever heard yourself say, "Part of me wants this, but part of me doesn't?" Like, "Part of me really wants that chocolate, but part...
This Thanksgiving, Let's Give Our Bodies Some Gratitude!
25 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Thanksgiving! Just a quick bonus episode to say thank you so much for listening. I'm so grateful that you're here, and I truly hope you fin...