Emotional Eats Podcast: Real conversations about menopause, hormones, emotional eating, and weight loss for women over 40

You finally sit down at the end of the day. You put your feet up, turn on Netflix, scroll on your phone, grab the ice cream and tell yourself you're resting.

But are you actually resting?

In this episode of the Emotional Eats Podcast, I'm talking with my friend and yoga therapist Cheryl Gordon about non-sleep deep rest, or NSDR, and why so many of us may be going through our days without giving our nervous systems the recovery they actually need.

Cheryl explains what NSDR is, how it differs from sleep, napping and meditation. We talk about why scrolling your phone or watching TV may feel relaxing, but doesn't give your nervous system the same kind of rest. We also talk about that familiar afternoon crash when your energy drops, your brain feels fried, and suddenly the pantry starts looking really good.

Highlights:

• Why stopping work isn't necessarily the same as resting • What happens when your nervous system stays overstimulated • Why the afternoon slump can make emotional eating more tempting • How rest can support clearer thinking and better decisions around food • How little time you may actually need to intentionally pause and recharge

And Cheryl doesn't just tell us how to do it. She leads us through a simple three-minute breathing practice right in the middle of the episode that you can come back to anytime you need it.

If you keep telling yourself, "I'm too busy to rest," this conversation may change the way you think about rest completely.

Because sometimes you don't need to push harder. You need to recharge.

And that trip to the pantry isn't just about the food.

ABOUT CHERYL GORDON

Cheryl is a yoga therapist who helps midlife women learn how to regulate their nervous systems so they can lose weight, sleep better and feel more at peace in their bodies again.

CONNECT WITH CHERYL

IG: https://www.instagram.com/cherylgordonyt/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@cherylgordonmindfulmenopause

Substack: https://cherylgordonyt.substack.com

Website: www.cherylgordonyt.com

Connect with Kim:

In my More Than Weight Loss Guide, I share my biggest aha moments and exactly what I did in my own journey to get my body back in midlife plus all the conversations I'm having with my clients who are making progress with their health and weight loss. Your health is so much more than the number on the scale and weight loss is more than a diet.

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Disclaimer: This podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes only. Always consult with your medical practitioner before changing habits. This podcast is not to take the place of medical or mental health professionals.

If you enjoyed the episode, share, download and follow. I would be so grateful. It helps me reach more women who need to hear this conversation.

In my More Than Weight Loss Guide, I share my biggest aha moments and exactly what I did in my own journey to get my body back in midlife and all the conversations I'm having with my clients who are making progress with their health and weight loss. Your health is so much more than the number on the scale and weight loss is more than a diet.

https://stan.store/emotionaleatskim/p/get-my-more-than-weightloss-guide-now

ABOUT THIS EPISODE

What if food isn't the biggest thing you're carrying?

Maybe you've spent decades being the good daughter, wife, mom, employee, friend and caretaker. You're the responsible one. The strong one. The one everybody knows will handle it.

But carrying all of that comes at a cost. To your physical and emotional health.

In this episode of Emotional Eats Podcast, I'm talking about the connection between people-pleasing, perfectionism, emotional exhaustion and food.

We'll talk about:

• Why high-functioning women can still feel completely out of control with food • How people-pleasing and perfectionism can quietly drain you • Why food can become your escape, reward or rebellion at the end of the day • What your "screw it" moment may actually be trying to tell you • Practical ways to carry less, choose yourself more and stop making food your only source of relief

You cannot out-diet emotional eating. If food is doing a job for you, we need to understand the job.

Maybe healing your relationship with food isn't only about changing how you eat.

Maybe it's also about asking, "What could I stop carrying?"

If you know another woman who is always the strong one, always taking care of everyone else and struggling with food behind the scenes, please share this episode with her.

And make sure you follow Emotional Eats Podcast so you don't miss upcoming episodes about emotional eating, menopause, body image, hormones and creating a healthier relationship with food and yourself.

Connect with Kim:

You want to lose weight, but what if you could get so much more? Stop the emotional eating cycle, take control of your midlife health, and finally feel confident in your body. More Than Weight Loss connects the dots you've been missing, with practical steps you can start using TODAY. No more guessing. No more starting over.

Click here to get your More Than Weight Loss guide!

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Disclaimer: This podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes only. Always consult with your medical practitioner before changing habits. This podcast is not to take the place of medical or mental health professionals.

Welcome to the Emotional Eats Podcast!

What are you waiting for before you really start living? What are you putting off?

Listen in for the encouragement you need to just move forward and live your life fully.

This episode hit me hard. As someone who waits too often for the perfect moment and who teaches others to stop waiting, Jim has helped me reframe what it means to live in the moment and on purpose.

James Logan, entrepreneur, endurance athlete, husband, father, and author of Just Keep Tri-ing, shares how a stage 4 terminal cancer diagnosis changed the way he sees life, suffering, faith, fear, and the time we think we have.

We talk about the difference between resilience and complacency, why avoiding discomfort may actually make life harder, and what happens when you stop waiting for the right body, more money, retirement, or life to finally calm down before allowing yourself to live.

Jim also shares what he's learned about finding joy while life is still hard, surrendering what you can't control, and why facing death ultimately taught him how to live. We are all dying, but what are we doing while we're living?

This is not just a conversation about being terminally ill, but more about how to truly live a purposeful and intentional life…now.

Follow the Emotional Eats Podcast and share this episode with someone who needs the reminder that life isn't something we have to keep waiting for.

About James

James has been battling stage 4 cancer since April 2024. He was given 6 months maybe 2 years to live. Two and a half years later, he is still alive and thriving thanks to faith and fitness! He wrote a book titled "Just Keep TRI-ING", a number 1 Amazon bestseller in three categories: Cancer, Triathlon and Spiritual Growth! "Just Keep TRI-ING" is also being considered for a 2027 Pulitzer Prize in the memoir genre.

James is currently training for the IRONMAN World Championship in Kona Hawaii October 10 2026. He is raising funds for the IRONMAN Foundation; profits from my book go to the foundation until the fundraising goal of $100,000.00 is achieved! See link below to support James.

James believes if you have faith, you have hope; if you have hope, Anything Is Possible! He dedicated the remainder of his life to service and charity.

Please share James' story with a friend.

Connect With James J Logan

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stage42025/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jim.logan.462536

Support James here: https://ironmanfoundation.donordrive.com/participants/4148

If This Episode Resonated With You

Please follow the Emotional Eats Podcast, download this episode, and share it with a woman in your life who struggles silently with food, body image, binge eating, or emotional eating. These conversations matter.

Connect With Kim:

Feeling Stuck? If you feel like weight loss has become harder with emotional eating, stress, and changing hormones, the MORE THAN WEIGHTLOSS guide will help you understand what's really getting in the way and exactly what to do about it.

https://stan.store/kimhyneswellness/p/get-my-more-than-weightloss-guide-now

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimhyneswellness/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kimhyneswellness

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kimhyneswellness

Disclaimer: This podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes only. Always consult with your medical practitioner before changing habits. This podcast is not to take the place of medical or mental health professionals.

Feeling Stuck? If you feel like weight loss has become harder over 40 with emotional eating, stress, and changing hormones, the MORE THAN WEIGHTLOSS guide will teach what's really getting in the way and exactly what to do about it.

Click here for access: https://stan.store/kimhyneswellness/p/get-my-more-than-weightloss-guide-now

THIS WEEK'S EPISODE

Food does make you feel better. We know and there is science behind what it does in the brain.

That may sound strange coming from me because I say all the time that emotional eating isn't really about the food. But if chocolate, chips, peanut butter, ice cream, or whatever you reach for didn't give you something, you probably wouldn't keep going back to it. Right?

In this solo episode of Emotional Eats Podcast, we're looking at what happens before you reach for food, what you're hoping to get from it, and what's there when the food is gone.

I explain the difference between physical hunger, emotional eating, and simply eating for pleasure. Because enjoying chocolate, birthday cake, or popcorn at the movies doesn't automatically mean you're emotionally eating.

We'll talk about:

• Why emotional eating can feel so urgent and automatic • The "job" you may be asking food to do • How shame and guilt keep the emotional eating cycle going • My emotional receipt exercise to help you understand what you actually needed

I'll also share more of my own story with peanut butter cups, sugar, secret eating, and believing that if I could just control the food, I could solve the problem.

This isn't about taking away your chocolate.

It's about recognizing when you're asking food to give you something it simply can't provide, like rest, connection, boundaries, or resolution to something that's bothering you.

You don't need another diet or another list of foods you can't keep in the house. You need to understand what the food is doing for you.

If this episode helps you understand your emotional eating with a little less shame, please follow Emotional Eats Podcast and share it with a friend who needs this conversation too.

Connect with Kim:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimhyneswellness/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kimhyneswellness

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kimhyneswellness

Want to improve your midlife focus or sleep? Check out Brain.fm. This app has help me be more productive, get the best afternoon powernaps and bring down my nervous system….fast. Get 30 days for free here.

https://www.brain.fm/kimhyneshealth

Disclaimer: This podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes only. Always consult with your medical practitioner before changing habits. This podcast is not to take the place of medical or mental health professionals.

If you enjoyed the episode, share, download and follow. I would be so grateful. It helps me reach more women who need to hear this conversation.

You have spent decades trying to change your body, believing that once you did, you'd finally feel better about yourself and somehow, life would feel happier too.

Maybe you've dieted for decades. You've picked apart certain parts of your body. You've compared yourself to other women. And somewhere along the way, you started believing that changing your body would finally change everything.

Anne Poirier is back on the Emotional Eats Podcast after our first powerful conversation in Episode 151. I thought the first was deep, but this time we're going deeper.

What does it actually mean to heal your relationship with your body?

Because healing doesn't necessarily mean looking in the mirror every morning and loving everything you see. It may mean learning to trust your body again, quieting the voice that constantly criticizes it, and taking care of yourself without punishment, perfectionism, or another diet.

Anne and I also talk about something I know can feel complicated. What if you want to stop dieting, but you still want your body to change? Can those two things exist at the same time?

In this conversation, we talk about:

• What healing your relationship with your body actually looks like in everyday life
• How decades of dieting can disconnect you from your body and its signals
• Why the inner critic can be so hard to quiet
• Wanting your body to change without going back to dieting and punishment
• How social media, GLP-1s, AI, and our changing culture are affecting body image
• Moving your body from a place of joy instead of trying to earn food or change your size

If you've spent years telling yourself, "I'll feel better when I lose the weight," this conversation may give you a very different way to think about your body, your health, and what it means to finally stop waiting to live your life.

Make sure you go back and listen to Anne's first interview. Episode 151

About Anne Poirier

Anne Poirier is a nationally recognized body image expert, certified intuitive eating counselor, and author of The Body Joyful: My Journey from Self-Loathing to Self-Acceptance. And, out Fall of 2026 the 2nd Edition of The Body Joyful; Beyond Self acceptance- The path to living a life of peace, presence and purpose. With a degree in Exercise Science and over 30 years in health and wellness, Anne has turned her own recovery from eating disorders and body shame into a mission to help others find freedom and peace with food, movement, and themselves.

Anne has become a leading voice in the body neutrality movement, helping people find peace with food, movement, and themselves. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Women's Health, Shape, and NPR.

Connect With Anne

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anne.poirier.author/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annepoirier11author/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-poirier-72b66344/

Website: https://shapingperspectives.com/

Get Anne's book HERE: https://www.amazon.com/Body-Joyful-2nd-Self-Acceptance-Presence-ebook/dp/B0HHL8G9PD/ref=sr_1_1?

Connect with Kim:

Feeling Stuck? If you feel like weight loss has become harder with emotional eating, stress, and changing hormones, the MORE THAN WEIGHTLOSS guide will help you understand what's really getting in the way and exactly what to do about it.

Click here for access:

https://stan.store/kimhyneswellness/p/get-my-more-than-weightloss-guide-now

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimhyneswellness/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kimhyneswellness

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kimhyneswellness

Want to improve your midlife focus or sleep? Check out Brain.fm. This app has help me be more productive, get the best afternoon powernaps and bring down my nervous system….fast. Get 30 days for free here.

https://www.brain.fm/kimhyneshealth

Disclaimer: This podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes only. Always consult with your medical practitioner before changing habits. This podcast is not to take the place of medical or mental health professionals.

If you enjoyed the episode, share, download and follow. I would be so grateful. It helps me reach more women who need to hear this conversation.

Welcome to the Emotional Eats Podcast!

Paige Gordon lived with bulimia nervosa for over two decades. She went through residential treatment, inpatient treatment, therapy, and nutritional counseling, yet continued to struggle.

What made her experience especially difficult was being given explanations for her eating disorder that never seemed to fit. Paige didn't relate to an obsession with thinness, and she didn't feel that emotional eating explained what was happening either. Instead, she describes an intense drive toward food and constant food noise that felt biological.

Eventually, her own recovery experience led her to start asking a different question: What was actually happening in her brain and body?

Today, Paige is an author, advocate, speaker, and member of the Board of Directors of the National Eating Disorders Association. She has become deeply involved in eating disorder research and advocacy, with a particular interest in genetics, brain reward pathways, hunger and satiety signaling, and the potential role of GLP-1 pathways.

In this conversation, Paige shares:

• Why eating disorders may have very different underlying causes from one person to another • What food noise felt like for her and why it was different from hunger • How genetics, trauma, environment, and reward circuitry may influence eating behavior • Her personal experience with GLP-1 medication and why she believes much more research is needed • Why lived experience needs a bigger voice in eating disorder research • Why women struggling with food deserve curiosity and compassion instead of comparison and shame

We also talk about how easily eating disorders can remain hidden, the difference between disordered eating and a diagnosed eating disorder, and why Paige believes treatment needs to become much more individualized.

Paige's upcoming memoir, Searching for Full, tells the story of her eating disorder, recovery, and search for answers. One hundred percent of her royalties will go back into eating disorder research.

This is a fascinating conversation about how much we still have to learn about the brain, eating behavior, and why the same answers may not work for every woman.

About Paige Gordon

Paige Gordon is an eating disorder recovery advocate, speaker, and author of Searching for Full. After living with bulimia for 22 years, she began questioning the long-held belief that our relationship with food is simply a matter of willpower. Today, she combines her lived experience with emerging research in neuroscience and biology to help people better understand food noise, emotional eating, and the complex factors that shape our relationship with food.

As a member of the Board of Directors of the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA), Paige collaborates with researchers, clinicians, and advocacy organizations to advance a more biologically informed understanding of eating disorders. Her work encourages people to replace shame with curiosity and empowers them to approach food, body image, and healing with greater compassion and understanding.

Connect With Paige

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paigegordonauthor/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paigegordon/

Website: https://paigegordonauthor.com/

If This Episode Resonated With You

Please follow the Emotional Eats Podcast, download this episode, and share it with a woman in your life who struggles silently with food, body image, binge eating, or emotional eating. These conversations matter.

And if you're looking for ongoing support and connection, make sure to check out the Cool Girl Collective, Kim's community for women over 40 navigating emotional eating, menopause, hormones, cravings, and learning how to nourish their whole lives.

Connect with Kim:

Feeling Stuck? If you feel like weight loss has become harder with emotional eating, stress, and changing hormones, the MORE THAN WEIGHTLOSS guide will help you understand what's really getting in the way and exactly what to do about it.

Click here for access: https://stan.store/kimhyneswellness/p/get-my-more-than-weightloss-guide-now

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimhyneswellness/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kimhyneswellness

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kimhyneswellness

Want to improve your midlife focus or sleep? Check out Brain.fm. This app has help me be more productive, get the best afternoon powernaps and bring down my nervous system….fast. Get 30 days for free here.

https://www.brain.fm/kimhyneshealth

Get my favorite healthy Hot Chocolate (Organifi Chocolate Gold) here:

https://www.organifishop.com/

Use code: KIMH for 20 % off

This dark chocolate tumeric tea helps promote relaxation and calm. It's the perfect substitute for dessert and a great way to help promote sleep.

Other links Kim receives commission on some of these products which are used to continue providing free content and produce the Emotional Eats Podcast.

LMNT

http://elementallabs.refr.cc/kimhynes

Disclaimer: This podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes only. Always consult with your medical practitioner before changing habits. This podcast is not to take the place of medical or mental health professionals.

Welcome to the Emotional Eats Podcast!

Peptides are everywhere right now. GLP-1s, BPC-157, growth hormone-releasing peptides, copper peptides. But what exactly are they, and where do they fit into your health as a woman in midlife?

Is it real or a new trend?

In this episode, I sit down with Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner and peptide-trained practitioner Bria Gadd for a conversation that helped me understand this rapidly growing area of women's health in a completely different way.

Bria breaks down what peptides actually are, why women over 40 are becoming so interested in them, and the potential roles they may play in metabolic health, recovery, muscle, gut health, skin, hair, weight loss, and healthy aging.

But this conversation isn't about chasing the newest quick fix.

Bria explains why nutrition, movement, sleep, stress management, metabolic health, and hormone optimization need to come first. We also talk about GLP-1s and food noise, testing before using peptides, cycling, potential risks, sourcing, and why buying peptides from questionable sources can be a very different thing from working with a qualified practitioner and compounding pharmacy.

This is one of my favorite points from Bria. Think of your health like a cake. Your foundations are the cake. Hormone optimization is the icing. Peptides and other biohacking tools are the sprinkles.

You have to bake the cake first.

In this episode, we talk about:

• What peptides are and how they work in the body
• Why peptides are getting so much attention from midlife women
• The health foundations Bria wants in place before considering peptides
• GLP-1s, metabolic health, insulin resistance, food noise, and weight loss
• BPC-157, growth hormone-releasing peptides, and GHK-Cu copper peptides
• Why testing and hormone optimization can matter before starting peptide therapy
• Safety, cycling, sourcing, compounding pharmacies, and the peptide gray market
• Why peptides may be a powerful tool for some women, but aren't meant to replace the work you're already doing for your health

If you've been hearing about peptides and wondering whether they're something you should explore, this episode will help you understand the conversation, know what questions to ask, and make a more informed decision about what may be right for you.

About Bria Gadd

Bria Gadd is a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® Practitioner, holistic health coach, and certified personal trainer, who specializes in female hormones, helping women with weight release and energy gain in pre and post menopause, and finding clarity in hormonal chaos.

After helping thousands of women lose weight in their 20's and 30's, Bria recognized a difficult shift in women's ability to get results in their body during their perimenopause years. With more than 15 years of experience in the fitness and nutrition industry, Bria created a proven strategy to dramatically improve the challenges women are experiencing in weight release and energy.

Her podcast The Period Whisperer is a top 1% wellness podcast in the world with an instagram following of over 19,000. Bria has been featured in Fox News, Women's Health and top women's podcasts such as The MidLife Makeover Show to name a few.

Connect With Bria

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bria_period_whisperer/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@briagadd

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bria.gadd/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bria-gadd/?skipRedirect=true

Website: https://www.briatheperiodwhisperer.com/

Podcast: https://www.briatheperiodwhisperer.com/the-period-whisperer-podcast

If This Episode Resonated With You

Please follow the Emotional Eats Podcast, download this episode, and share it with a woman in your life who struggles silently with food, body image, binge eating, or emotional eating. These conversations matter.

CONNECT WITH KIM:

Feeling Stuck? If you feel like weight loss has become harder with emotional eating, stress, and changing hormones, the MORE THAN WEIGHTLOSS guide will help you understand what's really getting in the way and exactly what to do about it.

Click here for access:

https://stan.store/kimhyneswellness/p/get-my-more-than-weightloss-guide-now

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimhyneswellness/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kimhyneswellness

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kimhyneswellness

Want to improve your midlife focus or sleep? Check out Brain.fm. This app has help me be more productive, get the best afternoon powernaps and bring down my nervous system….fast. Get 30 days for free here.

https://www.brain.fm/kimhyneshealth

Get my favorite healthy Hot Chocolate (Organifi Chocolate Gold) here:

https://www.organifishop.com/

Use code: KIMH for 20 % off

This dark chocolate tumeric tea helps promote relaxation and calm. It's the perfect substitute for dessert and a great way to help promote sleep.

Other links Kim receives commission on some of these products which are used to continue providing free content and produce the Emotional Eats Podcast.

LMNT

http://elementallabs.refr.cc/kimhynes

Disclaimer: This podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes only. Always consult with your medical practitioner before changing habits. This podcast is not to take the place of medical or mental health professionals.

Welcome to the Emotional Eats Podcast!

Maybe it's more joy. More fun. More connection. More freedom.

Or maybe you've spent so many years being the mom, the caregiver, the responsible one, the strong one, that somewhere along the way you stopped asking yourself a really important question: What do I actually want?

In this episode, Caroline (Caro) de Posada and I talk about what happens when the life you've built looks good on paper, but something still feels off. We get into the guilt that can come with admitting you're not happy with something you think you should be grateful for, the identities you've carried for years, and the fear that can keep you choosing what's familiar even when you know you want something different.

We also talk about permission. Permission to change your mind. To break some of the rules you've been living by. To stop waiting until you lose the weight, the kids grow up, work slows down, or everything finally falls into place before you let yourself enjoy your life.

And Caro gives us a simple way to start: Notice. Name. Nurture. You don't need to overhaul your life. You need to start paying attention to what's working, what you want, and the next small step that moves you toward it.

In This Episode:

• Why you can lose touch with what you actually enjoy and want
• How fear, old identities, and people pleasing can keep you stuck
• Why waiting for the next goal can keep you from enjoying your life now
• Caroline's simple Notice, Name, Nurture approach
• How to start noticing and creating more moments of joy and aliveness in your everyday life

If you are looking to get back to yourself, this is the episode for you!

About Caroline de Posada

Caroline de Posada is a bilingual life coach, speaker, and podcast host (Bliss'n Up) who helps high-achievers stop drifting and start choosing a life that sparks joy. As the daughter of renowned motivational speaker Dr. Joachim de Posada, Caroline grew up immersed in the principles of personal development - and became living proof of them. She didn't inherit a philosophy. She built a joyful life on purpose, from a chaotic foundation, and now teaches others to do the same. Her work is not for people in crisis - it's for people with full lives and real success who are quietly going through the motions.

Connect With Caroline

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carolinedeposada/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoJhoKoocIW6FRhZEVJFJwA

Website: https://carolinedeposada.com/

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blissn-up-podcast/id1744617669

If This Episode Resonated With You

Please follow the Emotional Eats Podcast, download this episode, and share it with a woman in your life who struggles silently with food, body image, binge eating, or emotional eating. These conversations matter.

And if you're looking for ongoing support and connection, make sure to check out the Cool Girl Collective, Kim's community for women over 40 navigating emotional eating, menopause, hormones, cravings, and learning how to nourish their whole lives.

Connect with Kim:

Feeling Stuck? If you feel like weight loss has become harder with emotional eating, stress, and changing hormones, the MORE THAN WEIGHTLOSS guide will help you understand what's really getting in the way and exactly what to do about it.

Click here for access:

https://stan.store/kimhyneswellness/p/get-my-more-than-weightloss-guide-now

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimhyneswellness/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kimhyneswellness

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kimhyneswellness

Want to improve your midlife focus or sleep? Check out Brain.fm. This app has help me be more productive, get the best afternoon powernaps and bring down my nervous system….fast. Get 30 days for free here.

https://www.brain.fm/kimhyneshealth

Get my favorite healthy Hot Chocolate (Organifi Chocolate Gold) here:

https://www.organifishop.com/

Use code: KIMH for 20 % off

This dark chocolate tumeric tea helps promote relaxation and calm. It's the perfect substitute for dessert and a great way to help promote sleep.

Other links Kim receives commission on some of these products which are used to continue providing free content and produce the Emotional Eats Podcast.

LMNT

http://elementallabs.refr.cc/kimhynes

Disclaimer: This podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes only. Always consult with your medical practitioner before changing habits. This podcast is not to take the place of medical or mental health professionals.

Welcome to the Emotional Eats Podcast!

You know you're not always hungry when you are reaching for the food, but you still find yourself digging into the sugar or food especially at night and wondering, why can't I stop doing this?

In this episode, I'm talking with registered dietitian Sherri Clarke, creator of the Four Emotional Eater Types framework, about why emotional eating goes so much deeper than food, discipline, or trying harder.

Sherri also shares her own powerful experience with emotional eating and how food became a source of comfort for her long before she understood what was happening. We talk about the patterns you may have learned years ago, why they can still show up decades later, and how getting curious instead of critical can begin to change your relationship with food.

In this episode, you'll hear:

• The four different emotional eater types and how to recognize yourself in them
• How childhood experiences can shape the way you use food today
• Why high-achieving, disciplined women can still feel completely out of control around food
• How IFS can help you understand the "parts" of you that turn to food
• A simple CBT tool to help interrupt an emotional eating moment
• How mindfulness can help you pause and ask what you actually need
• Why willpower may work temporarily but doesn't create lasting change
• Why healing emotional eating doesn't necessarily mean never eating emotionally again

This conversation isn't about giving you more food rules. It's about helping you understand why you're reaching for the food in the first place and what might change when you stop fighting yourself and start getting curious.

About Sherri Clarke

Sherri Clarke is a registered dietitian with a master's degree and special training in IFS, CBT, and Mindfulness. She's been in private practice since 2013, working exclusively with adults who want to change their relationship with food. She's also the creator of the 4 Emotional Eater Types framework and the Emotional Eater Quiz at sherriclarkenutrition.com. What makes her unique is that she doesn't just treat emotional eating — she's lived it herself.

Connect With Sherri

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sherriclarkenutrition/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sherriclarkenutrition3550

Website: https://sherriclarkenutrition.com/

Facebook: @sherriclarkenutrition

If This Episode Resonated With You

Please follow the Emotional Eats Podcast, download this episode, and share it with a woman in your life who struggles silently with food, body image, binge eating, or emotional eating. These conversations matter.

And if you're looking for ongoing support and connection, make sure to check out the Cool Girl Collective, Kim's community for women over 40 navigating emotional eating, menopause, hormones, cravings, and learning how to nourish their whole lives.

Connect with Kim:

Feeling Stuck? If you feel like weight loss has become harder with emotional eating, stress, and changing hormones, the MORE THAN WEIGHTLOSS guide will help you understand what's really getting in the way and exactly what to do about it.

Click here for access:

https://stan.store/kimhyneswellness/p/get-my-more-than-weightloss-guide-now

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimhyneswellness/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kimhyneswellness

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kimhyneswellness

Want to improve your midlife focus or sleep? Check out Brain.fm. This app has help me be more productive, get the best afternoon powernaps and bring down my nervous system….fast. Get 30 days for free here.

https://www.brain.fm/kimhyneshealth

Get my favorite healthy Hot Chocolate (Organifi Chocolate Gold) here:

https://www.organifishop.com/

Use code: KIMH for 20 % off

This dark chocolate tumeric tea helps promote relaxation and calm. It's the perfect substitute for dessert and a great way to help promote sleep.

Other links Kim receives commission on some of these products which are used to continue providing free content and produce the Emotional Eats Podcast.

LMNT

http://elementallabs.refr.cc/kimhynes

Disclaimer: This podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes only. Always consult with your medical practitioner before changing habits. This podcast is not to take the place of medical or mental health professionals.

Welcome to the Emotional Eats Podcast!

I had been connecting with Maryanna on social media for a while, and somewhere along the way I started listening to her podcast, Take the Turn, with her husband Jay. I really enjoyed their conversations about navigating midlife and all the changes that come with it. So when they asked me to come on and talk about emotional eating, I was extremely honored.

And we had such a great conversation.

We talked about my own history with emotional and secret eating, why you cannot out-diet emotional eating, and why midlife and menopause can make our relationship with food feel even harder. We also get into sugar cravings and dopamine, perfectionism and people pleasing, blood sugar, slowing down when you eat, and why so many capable women can take care of everyone and everything but still feel out of control around food.

Most importantly, we talk about looking beyond what you're eating and getting curious about what is happening before you reach for the food.

If you've ever wondered why you know what to do but still find yourself reaching for sugar, overeating, or using food to comfort yourself, I think you'll really enjoy this conversation.

Check out the Take the Turn Podcast especially if you are in your 40's and 50's and are navigating all the midlife things.

About Take the Turn with Maryanna and Jay

A lifestyle and conversational podcast hosted by Maryanna and Jay for Generation X and anyone navigating midlife transitions, health, marriage, and aging parents.

Find the Take The Turn Podcast on all platforms.

Apple:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/take-the-turn-with-maryanna-and-jay/id1896888344?l=vi

Connect With Maryanna and Jay

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taketheturnshow/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TakeTheTurnShow

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@taketheturnshow

If This Episode Resonated With You

Please follow the Emotional Eats Podcast, download this episode, and share it with a woman in your life who struggles silently with food, body image, binge eating, or emotional eating. These conversations matter.

And if you're looking for ongoing support and connection, make sure to check out the Cool Girl Collective, Kim's community for women over 40 navigating emotional eating, menopause, hormones, cravings, and learning how to nourish their whole lives.

Connect with Kim:

Feeling Stuck? If you feel like weight loss has become harder with emotional eating, stress, and changing hormones, the MORE THAN WEIGHTLOSS guide will help you understand what's really getting in the way and exactly what to do about it.

Click here for access:

https://stan.store/kimhyneswellness/p/get-my-more-than-weightloss-guide-now

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimhyneswellness/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kimhyneswellness

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kimhyneswellness

Want to improve your midlife focus or sleep? Check out Brain.fm. This app has help me be more productive, get the best afternoon powernaps and bring down my nervous system….fast. Get 30 days for free here.

https://www.brain.fm/kimhyneshealth

Get my favorite healthy Hot Chocolate (Organifi Chocolate Gold) here:

https://www.organifishop.com/

Use code: KIMH for 20 % off

This dark chocolate tumeric tea helps promote relaxation and calm. It's the perfect substitute for dessert and a great way to help promote sleep.

Other links Kim receives commission on some of these products which are used to continue providing free content and produce the Emotional Eats Podcast.

LMNT

http://elementallabs.refr.cc/kimhynes

Disclaimer: This podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes only. Always consult with your medical practitioner before changing habits. This podcast is not to take the place of medical or mental health professionals.