Emotional eating is a label that gets thrown around a lot. I’ve talked to women over the years who:Felt like emotional eating was normal - and something everyone didFelt great shame around their emotional eating and believed it meant there was something deeply wrong with themFelt like emotional eating was a “cop-out” and that it “should be easy to give up.”Felt like they understood their overeating triggers and the emotions that led to overeating but didn’t find this understanding helpful at allLet’s talk about some basics about emotional eating and how you can use this concept to make it helpful for you. What you’ll learn from this episode:Why it might be helpful to identify emotional eating, or why it may leave you feeling helplessThe helpful question you need to ask after you realize emotional eating is happeningWhy I believe emotional eating is more common for people who identify as or were socialized as womenThe one way to really know if emotional eating is a problem for youFind links to everything we mention in this episode as well as complete show notes & transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/why-is-emotional-eating-happening-tmohp-episode-022/ Watch the free, on-demand masterclass: The 3 Keys to Ending Emotional Eating and Overeating (Without Deprivation, Vicious Cycles, or Superhuman Amounts of Willpower: https://toomuchonherplate.com/registration-page/ Find out what's triggering emotional eating. Take the free Emotional Eating Quiz: https://bit.ly/takethefreequiz Get updates about upcoming events, free resources, & new episodes: https://bit.ly/tmohpupdates Work with Dr. Melissa McCreery: https://toomuchonherplate.com/private-coaching-emotional-eating-coaching Download your free Podcast Roadmap: https://toomuchonherplate.com/map/ Rate and review the podcast: https://apple.co/3i2L8CH

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