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Too Much on Her Plate with Dr. Melissa McCreery

Too Much on Her Plate is a podcast for smart, busy women who want to stop emotional eating and overeating. Psychologist and emotional eating expert Dr. Melissa McCreery explores why diets don’t work and what to do instead. Discover how emotional eating, mindless eating, stress eating, and comfort eating can teach you how to address your non-food Hidden Hungers, and how to implement smart strategies to ditch diet mentality, rewire your thoughts and beliefs about food, eating, and the scale, and end vicious cycles with overeating and weight.

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Too Much on Her Plate with Dr. Melissa McCreery

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

February 26, 2025 • Melissa McCreery • Episode 165

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 you this is what’s necessary. Tune in to today’s episode to learn more.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

Understanding your brain’s drama
The power of small steps
Practical small steps for change
How your brain overwhelms you into overeating and what to do about it

Find links to everything we mention in this episode as well as complete show notes & transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/your-brain-is-a-drama-queen-and-its-keeping-you-overeating-tmohp-episode-165/

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