Too Much on Her Plate with Dr. Melissa McCreery: Emotional Eating Help for Smart, High-Achieving Women
Tired of feeling out of control around food - even though you’re successful everywhere else?
Too Much on Her Plate is the podcast for high-achieving women who are done with diets, shame, and trying to “just be more disciplined.” If you struggle with emotional eating, stress eating, or overeating at night, this is your space to finally identify how to break the cycle.
Hosted by psychologist and emotional eating expert Dr. Melissa McCreery, each episode offers practical strategies, mindset shifts, and compassionate coaching to help you end the cycle - without deprivation or willpower.
You’ll learn how to:
• Stop emotional eating and stress eating at the root
• Rewire beliefs that lead to guilt, perfectionism, and self-sabotage
• Ditch diet mentality and take your power back from food
• Create lasting freedom and confidence with eating - and in your life
Melissa’s unique approach has helped thousands of smart women break free from food struggles and feel at home in their bodies again. Ready to find out what’s really driving your overeating? Take the free Hidden Hungers Quiz or explore group and private coaching at TooMuchonHerPlate.com.
You don’t need another diet. You need a new approach - one that fits you.
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
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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 you understand why more control isn't the answer—and what to do instead.
You’ll hear:
- Why overeating isn’t about willpower
- What food is really doing for you in those tough moments
- Why trying to control your eating often makes things worse
- What real peace with food starts to look like
Learn how to shift the dynamic so food doesn’t have so much power.
Start creating peace with food today: https://toomuchonherplate.com/peace-with-food-the-emotional-eating-toolbox/
Take the Hidden Hungers Quiz: https://toomuchonherplate.com/emotional-eating-quiz/
Share this episode with someone who’s ready to stop struggling with food.
For the complete show notes, go here: https://toomuchonherplate.com/power-struggle-with-food-episode-203/
Ready to take your next step with emotional eating?
✨ Start here:
Discover what’s really driving emotional eating for you.
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