Raising kids can be especially tough for emotional eaters, who tend to constantly judge themselves for their negative feelings. When we have feelings we deem inappropriate we usually bury them with food. Then we gain weight…a perfect punishment for the guilt we feel for feeling feelings we think we shouldn’t feel. After all, there’s no better self-administered beating than destructive eating and weight gain. But are our dark feelings, especially toward our children, really so bad? In this episode I explore what it means to have such feelings and what you can do about them.
Topics covered on Confessions of a Binge Eater include binge eating, emotional eating, food noise, constant food thoughts, cravings, overeating, stress eating, nighttime eating, sugar cravings, self-sabotage, feeling out of control around food, dieting, weight loss, body image, body shame, and how to finally feel more peaceful and in control around food.
