Double Dose of Wellness Podcast · A&N Holistic Health

#41 Beyond the Binge: Understanding and Overcoming Emotional Eating

·36 min·2 clips
Today we are tackling a topic that we've all dealt with but hate to admit - the world of emotional eating and how we break free from that cycle.
Twin healthcare professionals Nikki and Anne explore the science and psychology of emotional eating, revealing that both positive and negative emotions trigger it, and that loneliness and poor sleep are major underrecognized drivers. They share personal stories from new motherhood and offer practical strategies including mindful eating, identifying triggers, and prioritizing sleep hygiene to break the emotional eating cycle.

As heard by us

A steady, basics-first listen for making sense of emotional eating.

Nikki and Anne treat emotional eating as something to understand instead of judge, which gives the episode its calm value. The conversation moves through stress, poor sleep, loneliness, and the pull of everyday life, then keeps circling back to the pressures that feed the habit.

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When stress pulls your eating off course, this gives you steadier footing.

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