In my work, I find that one of the most common explanations people give for their struggle with diets and with obesity is “I’m a food addict.” When asked what this means, most people explain…

Many smart women struggle with their weight and many busy, successful professional women resort to food to cope with the stress, uncertainty, and other emotions that occur in a full, high-pressure life. Unfortunately, for many, these battles with food become vicious cycles. If you are a high-achiever—a woman who is successful in many areas of her life who finds herself stuck in these cycles—there is a way out.

Here are three tips to start breaking the yo-yo diet emotional eating cycle.

Many authors, self-help gurus and other diet and eating experts suggest that we find substitutions for eating, however, the best thing to do might be to simply do nothing. Sounds strange? Why do we…

Emotional eating is a powerful force that can become a deeply ingrained, almost automatic response to certain feelings. Breaking free of emotional eating (and most overeating) means honoring the…

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Food plans, calorie counting tools, and fat burning tricks don’t do you any good if you can’t or won’t stick with them.

Women do break free of overeating and emotional eating, they do achieve a size they love and maintain it, and they find out how to make food a much smaller part of their lives.

We live in a busy world. Often success is measured by how much we do, how busy we are, and how heavy the load is that we carry. Are you carrying too much?

To take control of emotional eating, one key skill you can practice is indulging. Most women who really need to indulge more believe they ought to indulge less.

Remember the first time you fell in love with someone? That warm and fuzzy feeling you felt inside. All the wonderful sweet things and gestures you did to show the other person how much you care…

If you’re overwhelmed, overloaded, and overeating, learning how to make time for high quality self-care may be the missing piece. Here’s how to make it happen.