Do You Eat Your Emotions?
Noticed emotional eating? Pause, breathe, and respond with kindness. You’re doing your best — that matters.
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Emotional eating is common — using food to manage feelings like stress, boredom, or sadness. While it may offer short-term comfort, it can become an unhelpful habit over time.
Ways to reduce emotional eating:
- Identify the emotions or situations that trigger cravings
- Practise mindfulness to notice feelings without reacting automatically
- Try healthy coping strategies like going for a walk, speaking to a friend, or journalling
- Seek support from a counsellor or therapist if needed
- Be kind to yourself — change takes time
Awareness is the first step. You don’t need to be perfect — just curious and compassionate with yourself.
Related guides
- GuideFood basicsEat a variety of whole or minimally processed foods, choose higher-fibre starchy foods and unsaturated fats, and spread protein across your meals as you get older. Most people can get the vitamins and minerals they need from a varied diet. Small swaps are a good place to start.
- GuideMeal planning and prepPlanning ahead tends to help people follow through: decide when, where and how, start small and repeat it at the same time each day. Whether batch cooking or meal prep itself saves time isn't clear yet, so treat it as your own experiment.
- GuideShopping and budgetingWalking to the shops is a free way to build movement into your week, and writing down when and where you'll go helps. Walk at your own pace, keep perishable food cold on the way home, and treat any food label that shows activity as information only.
- GuideSimple healthy cookingGentle cooking such as steaming, a few small food swaps and more fruit and vegetables are simple places to start. Pick one small change this week, and widen your foods slowly if you're a picky eater. Home cooking and snacks can both fit around being active.
- GuideA food environment that helpsChanging how food is set up around you tends to work better than relying on willpower or information alone. Put the foods you want more of in easy reach, make others slightly less convenient, and treat each change as a small experiment.
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