Today, Whitney is talking about the struggle of emotional eating and why it isn’t bad. This topic tends to have a negative stigma around it but in reality emotional eating happens in response to positive and negative emotions and it can come when you are hungry or not hungry. There are a plethora of reasons why people eat when they are emotional, whether it be chemical, emotional, or physical. The problems arise when this is the only way that you know how to cope with your emotions and problems in your life, but that doesn’t have to be the case. Stay tuned to hear why emotional eating does not have to be a bad thing! Whitney shares: Everything that’s going on with Whitney right now What is emotional eating? Reasons that emotional eating develops People that are most likely to develop emotional eating habits Here’s why emotional eating is not a bad thing When emotional eating becomes a problem The dangers of suppressing your emotions for long periods of time Finding a way to cope that actually helps with the problem The worst thing you can do in response to emotional eating Taking steps to improve without judging yourself Allowing yourself to react emotionally in whatever way you need to   Links to Resources: The 5 Day #TrustYourBodyChallenge started June 17, 2019. Sign up at bit.ly/tybchallenge! For the free binge meditation, go to www.whitneycatalano.com/binge New clients can book coaching services at www.whitneycatalano.com/book If you are ready to heal your relationship with food, break free from binge eating, and step into your authentic power, learn more about coaching with me at: www.whitneycatalano.com/food-freedom For a chance to have your listener question answered on the podcast, or if I said something that needs correcting, you can email me at [email protected] Follow me! ! Instagram / Twitter / Facebook / Youtube The links above may contain affiliate links. Using affiliate links helps me earn a percentage of any purchase you may make on that website, and those earnings will be used to improve my production.