Too Much on Her Plate with Dr. Melissa McCreery: Emotional Eating Help for Smart, High-Achieving Women

203: The Power Struggle with Food: Why Control Always Backfires

11 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Why does the day fall apart with food—even when you were “good” all day?If you’re stuck in a power struggle with food, this episode will help ...

202: Emotional Eating, Limited Bandwidth, and the Tools That Actually Help

04 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Emotional eating, limited bandwidth, and the tools that actually helpWhat if your eating struggles aren’t a willpower problem, but a capacity proble...

201: Overwhelmed and Overeating: A Smarter Path That Honors Your Capacity

28 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Overwhelmed and overeating? This episode shows you a better way.Feeling stretched thin, overloaded, or stuck in emotional eating patterns—but don’...

200: The Truth About Diets: 25 Powerful Reasons to Stop Starting Over

31 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The truth about diets? They keep you stuck.As the new year approaches, you might feel the pull of another plan, another try, another round of willpowe...

Before You Pick Another Weight Loss Plan: What Smart Women Miss About Overeating | TMOHP Episode 199

24 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Before you commit to a new weight loss plan, here’s what you really need to know.If you’re a high-achieving woman, chances are your overeating has...

198: How to Stop Autopilot Eating Habits During the Holidays

17 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Struggling with autopilot eating habits during the holidays? You’re not alone, and there’s a better way than just trying to control your eating wi...

197: Overeating in December? It’s Not Your Fault - and Here’s What Helps

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Overeating in December? It’s not your fault - and here’s what helpsStruggling with overeating in December? It’s not about willpower. In this epi...

196: Strength Training for Women Over 40: The Real Benefits

26 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Strength training isn’t just for athletes—it’s one of the best things you can do for your health, energy, and confidence after 40.In this episod...

195: The Real Reason You Lose Control Around Food (It’s Not Discipline)

19 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why do you lose control around food even when you know better? It’s not about willpower. And it’s not about discipline.In this episode, I’m walk...

194: Trusting Yourself with Food Again: How to Break the Overeating Cycle for Good

12 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Trusting yourself with food again isn’t just possible, it’s the smarter way forward.If you’ve lost count of how many times you’ve started over...

193: What Ozempic and Quick Fixes Can’t Fix About Emotional Eating - and What Actually Works

05 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You’ve heard the hype — Ozempic, quick fixes, magic pills. But if you’ve ever struggled with emotional eating, there’s something these “solu...

192: How to Stop Eating Halloween Candy on Autopilot

29 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tired of eating Halloween candy without even realizing it? In this “Best Of” episode, Dr. Melissa McCreery walks you through a powerful mindful ea...

191: How to Stop Overeating with Simplicity and Small, Imperfect Steps

15 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When it comes to ending the struggle with food, most smart women overcomplicate things. We tell ourselves we need more willpower, more control, or the...

190: How Hormones Drive Your Cravings, Energy Crashes & Emotional Eating

08 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ever wondered why your efforts don’t bring results - even when you eat “clean” and stick to all the rules? This episode with Dr. Beth Westie d...

189: What Finally Clicked After Decades of Fixing Emotional Eating

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tina had done the therapy, the journaling, the inner work – she even wrote a book about her transformation. But food still held power over her.In th...

188: When perfectionism fuels overeating (and you don’t even realize it)

17 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You make a plan, get motivated, and expect yourself to follow through perfectly. But when things go off track, the cycle starts again.In this episode,...

187: What Smart Women Get Wrong About Food, Motivation, and Happiness – with Dr. Laurie Santos

10 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why do smart, successful women struggle with food, motivation, and happiness? Yale psychologist Dr. Laurie Santos joins Dr. Melissa McCreery to unpack...

186: When your brain says “screw it”: How to break the cycle of stress eating

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After a stressful day, do you ever find yourself saying “screw it” and heading straight for the snacks? You’re not alone – and it’s not abou...

185: Stop Weekend Overeating: Why It Happens and How to Fix It

27 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Do your weekends leave you feeling like you’re starting over every Monday? In this episode, I unpack why weekend overeating happens, what role diet ...

184: Why You Struggle with Nighttime Eating Even After a Great Day

13 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You make great choices all day. You stick to your plan. You avoid the breakroom snacks. But when the evening hits, all bets are off. You sit down, the...

183: Somatic eating, food trauma, and why willpower won’t heal your relationship with food

06 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is it really about willpower? Or is your body trying to tell you something?In this powerful conversation, Stephanie Mara Fox shares how somatic eating...

182: Q&A Why You're Mindlessly Eating Through Zoom Calls (and What to Do Instead)

30 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mindlessly snacking through Zoom calls? You’re not alone. In this week’s episode, I answer a listener’s question about why it’s so easy to gra...

181: Tired of Grazing After Work? Try This Simple Shift

24 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You walk in the door after work—not hungry, but somehow you end up in the fridge.If this after-work grazing habit feels all too familiar, this episo...

180: When Wine Becomes Your Stress Relief: Breaking the Cycle of Overdrinking

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Overdrinking and emotional eating often go hand-in-hand, but rarely do we talk openly about alcohol as a coping mechanism—especially for high-achiev...

179: Q&A: Breaking Up with Nighttime Eating on the Couch

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If you’ve ever felt stuck in a loop of nighttime overeating or bingeing, this episode might help you direct your efforts at change in more effective...

178: Why Willpower and GLP-1s Won’t Fix Emotional Eating

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I’m sharing five things every smart woman needs to know about emotional eating. If food still feels like a struggle even though you...

177: What to Do When You’re Tired of Starting Over Again

11 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If you've ever said "I'll start over Monday," only to end up back in the same old loop, this episode is for you. Too many smart, h...

176: You Can’t Change Your Eating If You’re Not Here

04 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If you’ve ever found yourself eating on autopilot, not tasting your food, or wondering how you got from “just a bite” to the bottom of the bag, ...

175: How Self-Compassion Can End Your Emotional Eating Cycle

28 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If you've ever found yourself reaching for food when you're stressed, overwhelmed, or just plain exhausted, it might be time to explore a po...

174: How to Break the Cycle of Overeating on Autopilot

14 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I’m diving into what I call the “overeating boomerang”—a hidden mindset trap that keeps smart, capable women swinging between trying to be sup...

173: Feeling Stuck? How to Recognize Real Progress with Overeating, Emotional Eating, and Food Freedom

07 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If you're trying to stop emotional eating, overeating, or binge eating—but feel like nothing is changing—this episode is essential.The truth?...

172: End Overeating by Shifting Your Focus

30 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Lisa knew exactly how she wanted to eat. She’d researched, made a plan, and was fully committed—until real life got in the way. Vacations, stress,...

171: Stop Postponing Yourself: How to Break Free from Overwhelm and Overeating

16 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tune in to hear how small, sustainable actions can create lasting change and why waiting for the “perfect time” is a trap.What You’ll Learn in T...

170: Curing Emotional Eating Habits vs Controlling Them

09 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I’m covering mindset shifts, hidden roadblocks, and powerful tools that can help you break free from deprivation thinking and final...

169: How to Lose Your Stress Eating Habit by Uprooting It (Part 2)

02 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In part two of How to Lose Your Stress Eating Habit, we shift from why traditional approaches fail to what actually works. Last episode, I explained w...

168 How to Lose Your Stress Eating Habit (Part 1): Why Traditional Advice Fails You

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Are you tired of trying to control your stress eating, only to end up stuck in the same cycle? In this episode, I explain why the most common advice a...

167: Breaking Free from Comfort Eating: Why Discomfort is the Key to Real Change

12 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Comfort eating is showing up big-time these days. Of course, in the long run, comfort eating ISN'T comforting. The key to breaking the cycle lies...

166: Breaking Free from Overeating: The 4 Questions That Change Everything

05 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why do you overeat? What can you do instead of depriving yourself? In this greatest hits episode, I'm diving into four powerful questions that ca...

165: Your Brain is a Drama Queen and It’s Keeping You Overeating

26 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Creating freedom from overeating doesn’t require a major life overhaul or a series of giant, hard-to-take steps, even if your brain has been telling...

164: How to Reset Instead of Overeating When Life Feels Out of Control

12 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How do you reset, instead of overeating when life feels out of control or stressful? How do you focus on what you can control or what’s good for you...

163: Reset Your Mindset to Break Overeating and Emotional Eating Habits

05 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You may know about eating on autopilot or mindless overeating, but you probably don’t realize you’re doing something else mindlessly that leaves y...

162: Greatest Hits: How to Break the Cycle of Overeating and Perfectionism

29 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There are huge advantages to seeing perfectionism as the unattainable set of expectations that it is - especially if you want to break overeating habi...

161: How to Stop Stress Eating Without Willpower: Marie’s Story

15 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Too Much on Her Plate podcast, I’m sharing the journey of “Marie” (not her real name), a smart, successful professional w...

160: How to Create a Clear Vision for Overcoming Emotional Eating and Living the Life You Want

08 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Whether you’re tired of struggling or ready for a fresh approach to your relationship with food, this episode will guide you toward creating a roadm...

159: How To Get Help For Emotional Eating And Overeating

01 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Too Much on Her Plate podcast is about how to get emotional eating help (and overeating help) that is actually helpful.Join me whi...

158: When you don’t trust yourself to stop overeating

18 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s episode is an important one - especially this time of year when there’s so much hype about goals and resolutions. What do you do when ...

157: A Message About Overeating You Need to Hear Now

11 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There’s so much messaging out there about weight loss and overeating. It’s so constant, and our exposure to it starts so early, that it’s easy t...

156 How to Stop Being Triggered to Overeat

27 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Too Much on Her Plate podcast, you’ll learn about the role mindset plays in reinforcing or breaking patterns of being trigger...

155: In 30 Years of Dieting I Never Heard This

13 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast episode is about a set of beliefs that might be floating around in your head and not only making it harder to change your eating - it’s...

154: Stop Telling Yourself No

06 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Want to see more progress, reduce self-sabotage, and spend less time thinking and focusing on what to eat? Check out this podcast episode. It’ll mak...

153: Simple Ways to Get Grounded Instead of Numbing Out With Food

30 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How do you stop eating on autopilot? How do you break patterns of mindless eating (when you’re - quite literally - eating mindlessly)? What’s one ...

152: Executive Coaching for Wellness and Well-being

16 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How can you be so smart and successful in multiple areas of your life and be going in circles with overeating and your weight? Why is it that you know...

151: Breaking the Stress-Overeating Cycle Without Doing MORE

09 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As a high achiever who solves problems, your ability to jump into action is probably a strength, but it doesn’t serve you as well when you want to s...

150: Q&A How Do I Stop Flaking Out On Myself?

02 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you feel like you keep letting yourself down by overeating; if you don’t have confidence that you’ll follow through on your next plan to change...

149: What if I Don’t Want to Feel my Feelings and I Don’t Want to Overeat?

25 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this Q&A episode, I’m answering the question a listener submitted in my free Facebook group: “What if feeling my feelings is too uncomforta...

148: The Power of Slowing Down: How Taking Your Time Can Transform Your Relationship with Food

11 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I’m exploring the power and transformation that happens when you slow down to overcome overeating and emotional eating. Your brain ...

147: Why You Should Do Less to Stop Overeating

04 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is about why small steps are the answer to breaking emotional eating habits, why they are so hard to take, and why your plan to end overe...

146: How to Break the Link Between Perfectionism and Overeating

28 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode I’m breaking down specific ways that perfectionism keeps you caught in overeating and emotional patterns and specific ways to break ...

145: Procrastination vs. Permanent Results

14 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s one thing to want to stop overeating or to want to lose weight. It’s another thing to figure out a way to make that happen. In between, it’...

144: Overwhelm & Overeating: When Doing Your Best is Burning You Out

07 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

You’re someone who’s used to giving your all - and more. It’s led to a great career and a fair amount of success, but it’s also the cause of s...

143: Greatest Hits of Summer: Retraining Your Brain Away from Shame

24 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The reality is that you can break patterns of endlessly falling off track and "starting over" each time your eating doesn't go the way ...

142: Summer Q&A: 3 Ways to End Overeating Habits

17 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It's summer, and many of us are in a "do-less-and-relax-more" frame of mind.  This week's episode can help. Believe it or not, yo...

141: Wendy's Story Weight Loss, Self-Trust, and Lasting Results

10 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode you’ll hear a conversation about what it really looks like to develop a healthier relationship with food without dieting through the...

140: Greatest Hits of Summer: Declare Your Freedom From Diets and Overeating

03 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Freedom from overeating isn’t just a catchy phrase or a diet in disguise. Freedom is the feeling that most women I talk to are craving. Freedom from...

139: Greatest Hits of Summer: Peace with Food on Vacation

26 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was originally published as Episode 44. I’m bringing it back because I get SO many questions about how to plan for eating (and not over...

138: Transitions, Overeating, and Overwhelm - and Doing Things Differently

12 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I’m sharing what I discovered about how I handle (and don’t handle) transitions before and after a vacation, the unnecessary dram...

137: One Way to Lose Weight Without Dieting

05 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

While there’s no magic “how to lose weight without dieting” formula, there are some easy steps that can help you move away from diet mentality a...

136: Is It Really Your Feelings That Are Triggering Emotional Eating.mp3

22 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Let’s suppose that you know you’re an emotional eater. You’ve learned about emotional eating. You’ve spent time exploring your feelings. You c...

135: 10 Ways to Cultivate a Self-care Mindset

08 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I propose that we work on cultivating a self-care mindset instead of a long self-care to-do list. In this episode, you’ll also find some self-caring...

134: When Changing Your Overeating Feels Hopeless

01 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I’m shining a light on how powerful myths contribute to guilt, self-blame, and a loss of hope in your ability to make lasting chang...

133: How Curiosity Can Break Emotional Eating Habits

24 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Let’s tackle the challenge of emotional eating head-on. In this episode, I’m offering a specific plan centered around the powerful strategy of cur...

132: How to Interrupt Emotional Eating in 60 Seconds

08 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s podcast episode is about a breathing technique that you can use to interrupt emotional eating, overeating, and even a binge. What does b...

131: How to Break the Cycle of Guilt, Shame, and Overeating

03 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I don’t believe that you can heal your relationship with food or permanently change your eating in positive ways if you don’t address the emotiona...

130: When You’re Mindless Eating at the Same Time Every Day

27 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

You’ve probably been there. You walk in the door and you head to the kitchen. You hit “end meeting” on a work call and you go for a snack. You f...

129: Fighting Cravings: When You Don’t Want to Overeat and Yet You Do

20 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Struggles with food and eating take up a lot of mental space. I frequently hear from women who desperately want to put an end to all the drama, the th...

128: Diet Mentality Ick - A Rant

13 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Whether you choose to or not, it’s difficult to be a woman and not be continually exposed to the assumptions and stresses of diet mentality and depr...

127: A Few Lessons on Managing Stress Eating That I Never Stop Learning

06 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There are a few things I’ve learned about managing stress eating that help a lot. In fact, these are life lessons that keep repeating themselves - a...

126: How to Stop Negative Thoughts From Triggering Overeating

28 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I’m covering what you can do to stop fighting with your inner critic and how to stop negative thoughts from triggering overeating. It’s a two-step...

125: Q&A How to Be Okay With Less Than Perfect Progress

21 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode I’m answering a question about how to be okay - and even motivated - by less than perfect progress. Spoiler alert: less than perfect...

124: Q&A Can You Be “Delighted” By Small Portion Sizes?

14 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Fiona has a great question: “How can I feel delighted with small portion sizes, rather than feeling robbed, disheartened, and treated badly.” Q&am...

123: How to Trust Yourself with Food, Eating, and Hunger

07 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever thought about your pattern of overeating or emotional eating and thought that it’s so entrenched or so tangled up that you’ll never ...

122: Counterintuitive Advice to Stop Overeating

31 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What if I told you that sometimes trusting your intuition won’t help you break overeating habits? In fact, there are ways that your brain as well as...

121: Short-circuit Emotional Eating With These Smart Tactics

24 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When you’re trying to stop emotional eating, your brain’s default strategy is to focus on “not doing it” or coming up with an alternative to-d...

120: 10 Questions That Can Help You Lose the Urge to Overeat

17 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s podcast episode I’m sharing ten questions that can help you lose the urge to overeat. Lose the urge - not control it or temper it o...

119: Getting Emotional Eating Help: How Chris Ditched Diets and Lost Weight

10 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Years of dieting, fighting with the scale, obsessing about the scale and feeling like success always came down to the daily weigh-in. That’s where C...

118: What I Learned When Nothing Was Working and When Life Went Sideways

03 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Before you jump into January goal setting mode or dive into another plan to change overeating habits or end emotional eating, it’s always helpful to...

117: Throwing Out the Diet Rules and What To Do Instead

27 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Throwing out the diet rules sounds good, but when you’ve lived your life in the shadow of the weight loss industry, it can be really confusing to th...

116: Break the Dieting Cycle: 25 Reasons Not to Start A Diet in January

13 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I’m sharing what you need to know about perfectionism and all or nothing thinking so you can avoid the yo-yo cycles, enjoy your hol...

115: Why You Might Feel Alone with Overeating Challenges - High-Achiever Traps

06 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

There’s a mindset trap that we don’t talk about enough that keeps smart women overeating. This episode is about how high-achieving women get stuck...

114: Q&A Does the Desire to Overeat Ever Go Away?

29 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the latest Q&A episode, Christina asks, “Why does the desire to overeat never go away in the brain? Even if you curb it, control it, suffer i...

113: Avoiding Holiday Overeating Without Deprivation

21 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Grab yourself a warm mug of your favorite cozy beverage and settle in and let’s talk about how to avoid holiday overeating without feeling deprived....

112: Is Professional Success Making You Overeat?

15 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

 In this episode, I want to talk about something a lot of high-achieving women experience, but feel alone with - overeating and success. Specifically...

111: A smart, step-by-step plan for breaking free from emotional eating

08 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Most smart women who struggle with emotional eating (stress eating, comfort eating, or eating to avoid or cope with other feelings) make a strategic m...

110: How to Stop Emotional Eating when You’re Angry or Feeling Powerless

01 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How do you break the cycle of overeating when you’re frustrated? How do you stop emotional eating when you feel powerless? Can you stop using food t...

109: Mindful Eating - How to Do It

25 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode I’m going to walk you through a step-by-step process for mindful eating. One that’s do-able, simple, and that you can use to learn...

108: Q&A Is Multitasking When I Eat Bad?

18 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode let’s talk about what’s realistic, what’s helpful, what’s do-able, and why you probably want to make some changes if you multi...

107: Small Steps That Beget Magical Results

11 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Overeating and emotional eating are issues that can be complex, but changing these habits doesn’t have to be as complicated as our minds often make ...

106: Tactics To Avoid Stress Eating When You’re Busy or Overwhelmed

04 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When you’re at capacity, when you’re already stressed, and when your bandwidth is all used up is NOT the time to try to implement a brand new ten-...

105: How to Rebound From a Bad Day of Overeating

27 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tough love and doing hard things have their places, but aren’t usually where you want to start after a hard day with overeating. Let’s talk about ...

104: Why Not Saying No is Sabotaging Your Eating

20 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is about the overeating that happens when you don’t create and hold the boundaries that you need. When you lose hold of those boundarie...