I Really Don’t Care If You Eat Your Feelings

I just care that you address them.

A client recently told me she was struggling not to eat over being tired. She had a new job and was running on 4-5 hours of sleep each night, when she really needs 8. She said, “I can’t help it, I just can’t stop eating when I’m tired.”

I asked her if she ever tried sleeping more. 

See…

We think that ending emotional eating is about finding ways to “not eat” over things.

but the thing is…

Whether or not you eat a cookie when you’re lonely doesn’t fucking matter — what matters is that you’re lonely.

Deal with that.