You get home after a long day and before you even put your bag down, you are standing in the kitchen eating something you don't even want. I know that moment. And I want to tell you something about it that nobody else is saying. This is not a discipline problem. It is not a food problem. It is an emotional literacy problem, layered on top of a hormonal one. And for women over 40, those two things are working against you at the same time. In this post I am walking you through exactly why the cravings hit so hard after work, what your specific cravings are telling you about your hormones, and the one 15-minute practice that gives your brain a real off-ramp that is not food. You are not behind. Nothing is broken. You just never learned how to close out your day.

When you know you want to give up your unhealthy habits, but you don’t know how to stop the cycle forever. Just because you know WHAT to do, doesn’t mean you know HOW to do it CONSISTENTLY.

How I was able to experience intense grief and sadness without eating my emotions.