On this week's episode of Patter Chatter, Richard and Garrick cover emotional eating. Emotional eating is simply defined as using food to make yourself feel better (filling emotional needs as opposed to filling your stomach due to hunger). There is nothing wrong with occasionally finding comfort in food, however, it becomes an issue when it leads to overindulgence, overeating, and avoidance of emotional issues. Your hosts cover the definition of emotional eating, why many of us partake in it, common causes that lead to emotional eating, how to overcome this coping mechanism, and provide alternatives to dealing with our emotions.