How to Break Free of Emotional Overeating
Sometimes we turn to food not because we are physically hungry, but because something is “eating us” emotionally. Many of us were taught that food can “soothe a mood,” and that by eating...
Esther Kane
About the Author
Esther Kane is a psychotherapist with almost 20 years experience specializing in food, weight and body image, and is the author of It’s Not About the Food: A Woman’s Guide to Making Peace with Food and Our Bodies. She is one of Canada’s foremost experts on eating disorders, especially orthorexia, the obsession with healthy eating.
10 Ways to (Finally) Accept Your Body
Now that fall is approaching, you’re probably feeling relieved that “swimsuit season” is coming to an end for the year. You are definitely not alone. But just because you’re no longer on the...
6 Ways to Stop Stress Eating
In a previous article, I discussed why we turn to food for emotional reasons. If you really want to be free of this self-destructive habit for good, you need to increase awareness in your eating—...