Listen to Episode 290
"Sweet foods helped me to cope with my emotions": Lisa
August 2, 2026
Many of us turn to sugar or comfort food without really understanding why.
In fact, most of us haven't been taught how to name or cope with our emotions.
For Lisa, emotional eating became a way of coping with life's difficult moments when she was a child. It wasn't until much later in life that she began to uncover what she really needed to do when her emotions overwhelmed her.
In this episode, Lisa shares how childhood experiences, including the loss of her brother at the age of six, shaped her relationship with food.
We talk about emotional eating, self-compassion, people-pleasing, and why cravings are often pointing to something much deeper than hunger.
Lisa also shares practical ways to pause before reacting to a craving, recognize what you're really feeling, and begin responding with kindness rather than self-criticism.
