Dealing With Emotional Eating
Once I became a mother, I became a more emotional person.
When I was a young girl, I remember rolling my eyes when my mom cried at a commercial or a cartoon. I just didn’t get it. But I swear, the moment Ethan started growing inside me, I became an emotional mess. I recall crying over something simple and wondering what was wrong with me. Shortly after, I found out I was pregnant. Since then, I’ve become a bit softer. I still don’t like for people to see me cry, but I certainly feel more emotions than I ever did pre-motherhood.
As a woman, having deep emotions isn’t a flaw—it’s a strength. Your ability to feel, care, and respond with sensitivity is part of how God wired us as women. But when those emotions go unnamed or unprocessed, they often show up in other ways—like emotional eating.
As a mental health counselor, I’ve seen how common this pattern is: A long day, a heavy heart, and a quiet moment in the evening… suddenly food becomes a comfort instead of nourishment. Sound familiar?
This isn’t about shame. It’s about awareness. When we learn to name what we’re really feeling—stress, sadness, loneliness, boredom, frustration, fatigue—we can begin to care for ourselves in ways that are healing, not just soothing.
To help you to deal with those emotions and curb your tendency toward emotional eating, I created a simple Evening Reflection Handout: It’s a short, faith-based guide designed to help you wind down, connect with God, and notice what your body and emotions are really trying to tell you—before turning to food. Get it here.
You don’t need more willpower. You need more kindness towards yourself, more awareness, and a little space to hear what’s really going on inside.
Get that free evening reflection for when cravings hit here.
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