What is emotional eating? For a long time, I didn’t think emotional eating had anything to do with me. I thought I just liked sugar. I thought I needed more discipline. I thought I should “do better.” You may relate. In this episode, I share my own experience with comfort foods and the role sugar played in helping me cope and unwind at the end of a long day. I talk about why comfort foods feel so comforting, how emotional eating is different from trauma responses. If you’ve ...