When we feel a lack of emotional support, we often look for it from external sources—and food is one of those sources. Emotional overeating negatively affects health and self-esteem, and afterward leads to feelings of guilt, shame, and even self-hatred. When food stops being simply a way to satisfy physical hunger, we lose control, and it seems like food starts to control us.
Julie M. Simon, a psychotherapist with 30 years of experience helping people with eating disorders, offers a detailed program to help you stop searching for comfort in food and restore inner balance. With this book you’ll be able to:
— understand the nature of emotional hunger and learn to distinguish it from the real thing;
— identify situations that trigger compulsive overeating;
— cope with stress and negative emotions without using food;
— get rid of guilt and increase self-esteem;
— build a healthy relationship with food without strict limits and prohibitions.