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Emotional Eating: It’s Not About Willpower

Emotional Eating: It’s Not About Willpower

Update: 2025-06-28
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If you’ve ever found yourself knee-deep in a packet of biscuits after a stressful day, wondering why you’re eating when you’re not even hungry—this episode is for you.

In today’s chat, we’re breaking down emotional eating—what it really is, why it has nothing to do with willpower, and what you can do to start shifting out of it. We’re talking nervous system hijacks, shame spirals, cultural conditioning, and how to reclaim your power with a few simple but powerful tools.

This one is part real talk, part mini masterclass—and it’s going to help you feel seen, understood, and ready to take back control.

What You’ll Learn:

  • The difference between physical hunger and emotional hunger
  • Why you crave high-sugar, high-fat foods when you’re stressed
  • What “trigger foods” are and how to manage them without restriction
  • The role of your nervous system and the “amygdala hijack” in reactive eating
  • Practical tools you can use right now to interrupt emotional eating patterns
  • How cultural messages and childhood experiences shape your comfort-with-food loop
  • The one mindset shift that makes all the difference

Resources + Masterclass Mentioned:

The Emotional Eating Fix

Join my 1-hour masterclass where we go deeper into the emotional eating cycle and teach practical strategies to shift your patterns for good.

🗓️ Live on 10 July 2025

🎥 Replay may be available if you're listening after that date

🔗 Emotional Eating fix

Expert Concepts Referenced:

  • Daniel Goleman’s “Amygdala Hijack” – how your emotional brain overrides logic in moments of stress
  • Dopamine and food reward pathways – why high-fat, high-sugar foods feel so irresistible
  • Self-sabotage patterns and shadow work – the deeper layers behind why we reach for food when we’re overwhelmed

Let’s Stay Connected:

If this episode hit home, share it with a friend who needs to hear it too. And if you're ready to go deeper, the Emotional Eating Fix is waiting for you.

✨ You’re not broken. You’re just human. And you’re doing better than you think.

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Emotional Eating: It’s Not About Willpower

Emotional Eating: It’s Not About Willpower

Tracey Erasmus