Have you ever eaten chocolate or chips when you feel stressed?

Rewarded yourself for a job well done with a little sticky celebration?

Hid from sadness with a whole box of ice cream to yourself?

The term "emotional eating" might be new to you, but I'm sure you can see how it works. This interview with Tricia Nelson, author of Heal Your Hunger, is powerful in that we unlock the hidden truth behind why many of us can't lose weight --

It's not about the food.

It's not about self-discipline.

It's about feelings.

In this chat, we focus on the adults, on how to get through our own emotional eating, and although we touch upon how this impacts our parenting, it's not about kids' health today.

Super quick note that this isn't a kid-friendly interview, nothing huge, but you might not want to have this one on with kids in the background.

Resources We Mention to End Emotional Eating

• Tricia’s book: Heal Your Hunger
• Is sugar addiction real?
• How we’ve broken our metabolism: tips for cutting out sugar
• Tips for summer snacking
• Master your stress: Intro to stress mastery, make stress your BFF, stress mastery for busy moms
• Avoiding emotional eating in kids
• Connect with Trish on her website
• Take the quiz to find out if you are an emotional eater or food addict
• Follow her on Facebook
• Join the Secret Sauce to Emotional Eating Facebook group (It’s free! Anyone can join!)
• Trish has generously offered you listeners a complimentary 30-minute session: Emotional Eating Breakthrough Session

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