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Weight Counseling and Food Addiction Help Blog
Emotional Eating and Self-Care: What Have I Done For Me Lately?
Emotional eating as self-care is a dangerous habit many of us fall into. A lack of self-care is often a set up for using emotional eating to self-soothe. Once in […]
Are You Eating Your Anger?
When we struggle with emotional eating, we eat for many reasons. Most people identify stress and boredom (usually anxiety and/or loneliness coupled with difficulty being alone with our own thoughts). […]
Stress Management: Everything You Know Is (probably) Wrong
Stress management is tricky. For many years, managing stress came down to taking a vacation, getting a massage, or engaging in a hobby. Those are all fine and good, but […]
Emotional Eating- It’s Not Hunger, It’s Loneliness
Struggling with emotional eating? When I ask clients to look at why they have the urge to eat when they aren’t hungry, it can be hard for them to identify […]
Food Is My Drug of Choice- Food Addiction
Are you addicted to food? Food was definitely my drug of choice for many years. Food as an addiction has been a point debated by experts for many years. Some […]
How I Beat Binge Eating
Binge Eating Disorder affects more people in the US than Anorexia or Bulimia combined. Yet, it can be difficult to treat. There are many factors that contribute to binge eating. […]
Winning The War In Your Relationship With Food
The internal battle with our relationship with food is a real struggle for many of us. Part of us wants to change and part of us doesn’t. The part that […]
Sleep: The Silent Overeating Trigger
Sleep and overeating? I have to work with nearly every client on their sleep hygiene because it impacts their eating habits in such a big way. This often comes as […]
I Can’t Stop Overeating!
I’m sure there have been several times when you have wanted to stop yourself from overeating, but can’t seem to make yourself stop. Nearly everyone struggles with overeating from time […]
Do This One Thing to End Emotional Eating
Emotional eating is sneaky. It is easy to think, “just one more” or “it’s been a rough day, so I deserve this”. Our patterns with food often become ingrained early […]
Michelle Lewis has been working in the mental health field since 2001. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Weber State University and a Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Utah. She is passionate about helping others achieve their goals.