187: What Smart Women Get Wrong About Food, Motivation, and Happiness – with Dr. Laurie Santos
Update: 2025-09-10
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Why do smart, successful women struggle with food, motivation, and happiness? Yale psychologist Dr. Laurie Santos joins Dr. Melissa McCreery to unpack the real reasons behind emotional eating, self-sabotage, and toxic motivation. Tune in to learn why self-compassion isn’t weakness - it’s your greatest strength.
Resources:
- Dr. Laurie Santos' podcast: The Happiness Lab
- Laurie's course: The Science of Well-Being on Coursera
🎧 Plus: Get ready for the FREE 5-day Freedom from Overeating Workshop. Reserve your seat at toomuchonherplate.com/register
Full show notes and transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/emotional-eating-help-for-women/
- 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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