Emotional Eating Unwrapped

Alana Kessler

Alana Kessler, MS, RD, once looked high-functioning on the outside while privately battling emotional binge eating. Everything changed when she stopped trying to control food and began healing her nervous system. From emotional safety—not restriction—she ended the cycle and lost 40 pounds without dieting. Emotional Eating Unwrapped shows how overeating and cravings come from stress, perfectionism, people-pleasing, and attachment patterns—not lack of willpower. Each episode teaches you how to regulate your nervous system, calm cravings, and trust your body again.

  1. 2d ago

    Why Food Noise Comes Back When Nothing Is Wrong

    In this episode, Alana talks about something she keeps hearing from the women she works with, and it doesn’t match the story any of us were told about food noise. The message usually sounds the same: nothing is wrong. Marriage is good. The job is good. There are no external stressors right now. And the food noise is back anyway, on a random Tuesday afternoon, on vacation, or right after something in life finally went well. If food noise were really just a stress response, it would show up during the hardest season, not after it. Alana walks through why the timing is the part almost everyone overlooks, why the question “how do I make this stop?” sends you back to an old way of coping, and the very different question she wants you asking instead. This episode is for the woman who did the work, started to trust herself around food  again, and is now scared that the noise coming back means she’s going backwards. She isn’t. And what it actually means is worth 20 minutes of your time. For Newbies to The Sober Eating Movement Looking to Get Started Invisible Weight Detox An introduction to the Sober Eating Movement - a clear step-by-step process to help your body and mind work together, rebuild self-trust, and lose weight without tracking, shakes, or endless rules. → Enroll here For a Deeper Transformation with The Sober Eating Method The Sober Eating Sequence™ The proven 3-phase method to stop food and dieting chaos, and release weight naturally through a new proven way of eating for weight loss and enjoyment - without dieting, restriction, or counting macros in as little as 90 days. This is where you finally trust your body and food choices, feel at ease in your skin, and stop circling back to food as the problem. → Enroll here GET 1-1 SUPPORT FROM ALANA Elite VIP A 3-month private mentorship where years of struggle collapse into months of precision change. With custom meal development refined daily, private coaching intensives, and direct access to Alana, you’ll stop negotiating with food and step into the woman whose body, confidence, and choices reflect her true power. → Apply here Concierge For the woman who refuses to settle, Concierge is the highest level of private mentorship. With unlimited access to Alana for coaching, every detail and nuance is addressed with luxury-level concierge private support tailored to your real day to day life, so you experience the deepest transformation possible and embody full freedom. {Luxury 3-day 1-1 weekend retreat with Alana included} → Apply here A program designed to support your Sober Eating Method Journey Coming Home to Your Body A self-paced course to help you feel safe, grounded, and at peace in a body that’s still changing. Learn to build trust with your body now, not just after weight loss. → Enroll here Free Quiz: What’s your hidden food and self belief pattern keeping you from lasting weight loss? Click here for the Free Quiz Follow: Leave us a voice message for our next Q&A episode! Instagram: @bewellbyak Facebook: Follow me LinkedIn: Follow me Apple: Leave us a review Chapters: 0:00 - The food noise is back 0:40 - But nothing is wrong 1:45 - The story we’ve been told 2:30 - The timing is the clue 3:10 - Rene’s message 4:20 - Waiting for the other shoe 6:00 - What a real crisis does 8:30 - Why people self-sabotage 10:30 - The skill of boredom 11:30 - Meet Alana, registered functional dietitian 13:20 - Calm can feel unsafe 16:00 - When “I’m past this” is your identity 17:50 - The wrong question 18:30 - The question to ask instead 21:00 - When you hit the goal 22:45 - Closing thoughts and review ask

    Why Food Noise Comes Back When Nothing Is Wrong

  2. Jul 30

    If You Can't Keep Certain Foods in the House, Watch This

    In this episode, Alana unpacks a part of emotional overeating that rarely gets talked about: the aftermath. For so many women, the hardest part of eating isn't the craving, the urgency, or the moment you give in, it's what happens after. She breaks down three reasons you fixate and obsess over food that have nothing to do with willpower. This episode is for the woman who looks like she has it all together, eats clean, works hard, takes care of everyone, but still ends up in the kitchen at night wondering why she keeps doing this. Alana explains why food fixation is really a nervous system pattern about safety, not appetite, and why real freedom isn't about eating perfectly. It's about learning to come back to yourself, without guilt, spiraling, or body checking, so food can finally feel neutral, safe, and even enjoyable again. For Newbies to The Sober Eating Movement Looking to Get Started Invisible Weight Detox An introduction to the Sober Eating Movement - a clear step-by-step process to help your body and mind work together, rebuild self-trust, and lose weight without tracking, shakes, or endless rules. → Enroll here For a Deeper Transformation with The Sober Eating Method The Sober Eating Sequence™ The proven 3-phase method to stop food and dieting chaos, and release weight naturally through a new proven way of eating for weight loss and enjoyment - without dieting, restriction, or counting macros in as little as 90 days. This is where you finally trust your body and food choices, feel at ease in your skin, and stop circling back to food as the problem. → Enroll here GET 1-1 SUPPORT FROM ALANA Elite VIP A 3-month private mentorship where years of struggle collapse into months of precision change. With custom meal development refined daily, private coaching intensives, and direct access to Alana, you'll stop negotiating with food and step into the woman whose body, confidence, and choices reflect her true power. → Apply here Concierge For the woman who refuses to settle, Concierge is the highest level of private mentorship. With unlimited access to Alana for coaching, every detail and nuance is addressed with luxury-level concierge private support tailored to your real day to day life, so you experience the deepest transformation possible and embody full freedom. {Luxury 3-day 1-1 weekend retreat with Alana included} → Apply here A program designed to support your Sober Eating Method Journey Coming Home to Your Body A self-paced course to help you feel safe, grounded, and at peace in a body that's still changing. Learn to build trust with your body now, not just after weight loss. → Enroll here Free Quiz: What's your hidden food and self belief pattern keeping you from lasting weight loss? Click here for the Free Quiz Leave us a voice message for our next Q&A episode! Instagram: @bewellbyak Facebook: Follow me LinkedIn: Follow me Spotify: Listen here Apple: Leave us a review Chapters: 0:00 - What if one bite turns into the whole bag? 0:25 - The aftermath nobody talks about 1:20 - Meet Alana, registered functional dietitian 2:00 - Reason 1 2:40 - The invisible conversation before you eat 4:40 - The real question: "What can I eat that won't make me hate myself later?" 6:20 - It's not about the food, it's being with yourself after 7:00 - Reason 28:00 - When food becomes a "gateway" 9:00 - Hypervigilance: watching yourself eat 10:00 - Why moderation feels frustrating (it's trust, not logistics) 11:30 - You're not afraid of wanting food 13:00 - Reason 315:20 - The body checking routine 17:00 - It's not vanity, it's where your fear now lives 18:00 - The punishment moved from the plate to the mirror 20:00 - The bigger thing is always the after 21:00 - Coming back to yourself with compassion 22:00 - Closing thoughts

    If You Can't Keep Certain Foods in the House, Watch This

  3. Jul 23

    3 Ways You’re Still Negotiating With Food Without Realizing It

    In this episode, Alana breaks down what it really means to negotiate with food, the back-and-forth in your head before you eat, where one part of you builds the case for the food and another builds the case against it. She walks through three specific ways this negotiation shows up that most people never recognize as negotiating at all: trading meals across time, shrinking the experience of eating so it “counts less,” and feeling like you have to earn food before you’re allowed to enjoy it. This episode is for the woman who looks balanced and disciplined from the outside but feels a low-key stress around almost every meal. Who plans, calculates, and looks for permission before she eats. Alana explains why this is a nervous system pattern rather than a willpower problem, why gratification and satisfaction are not the same thing, and how the negotiating can be unlearned so food can finally feel neutral, safe, and even enjoyable again. For Newbies to The Sober Eating Movement Looking to Get Started Invisible Weight Detox An introduction to the Sober Eating Movement - a clear step-by-step process to help your body and mind work together, rebuild self-trust, and lose weight without tracking, shakes, or endless rules. → Enroll here For a Deeper Transformation with The Sober Eating Method The Sober Eating Sequence™ The proven 3-phase method to stop food and dieting chaos, and release weight naturally through a new proven way of eating for weight loss and enjoyment - without dieting, restriction, or counting macros in as little as 90 days. This is where you finally trust your body and food choices, feel at ease in your skin, and stop circling back to food as the problem. → Enroll here GET 1-1 SUPPORT FROM ALANA Elite VIP A 3-month private mentorship where years of struggle collapse into months of precision change. With custom meal development refined daily, private coaching intensives, and direct access to Alana, you’ll stop negotiating with food and step into the woman whose body, confidence, and choices reflect her true power. → Apply here Concierge For the woman who refuses to settle, Concierge is the highest level of private mentorship. With unlimited access to Alana for coaching, every detail and nuance is addressed with luxury-level concierge private support tailored to your real day to day life, so you experience the deepest transformation possible and embody full freedom. {Luxury 3-day 1-1 weekend retreat with Alana included} → Apply here A program designed to support your Sober Eating Method Journey Coming Home to Your Body A self-paced course to help you feel safe, grounded, and at peace in a body that’s still changing. Learn to build trust with your body now, not just after weight loss. → Enroll here Free Quiz: What’s your hidden food and self belief pattern keeping you from lasting weight loss? Click here for the Free Quiz Leave us a voice message for our next Q&A episode!Instagram: @bewellbyak Facebook: Follow me LinkedIn: Follow me Apple: Leave us a review Chapters: 0:00 - Why feeling good with food feels scary 0:30 - What “negotiating with food” really means 1:40 - A nervous system pattern, not a flaw 2:55 - The three ways negotiating shows up 4:05 - Meet Alana, registered functional dietitian 4:44 - It’s never about the food itself 6:50 - Way 1: Trading across time 10:25 - Way 2: Shrinking the experience of eating 12:44 - Eating so it “counts less” 16:55 - Gratification vs. satisfaction 20:05 - Way 3: Feeling like you have to earn it 25:10 - You were never meant to earn food 27:50 - The pattern can be unlearned 28:55 - Closing thoughts and review ask

    3 Ways You’re Still Negotiating With Food Without Realizing It

  4. Jul 16

    How I Finally Enjoyed Eating Everything in Italy (And What It Took to Get There)

    In this episode, Alana shares a personal story that answers one of the most common questions she gets from women in the Sober Eating community, "Can I ever actually enjoy food again?" She takes you through what eating while traveling used to look like for her: the pre-trip restriction, the vacation swings, the shame spirals, and the exhaustion of fighting with herself in places she had dreamed of visiting. And then she shares what her recent trip to Italy looked like instead. This episode is for the woman who dreads vacation because of how much mental energy food takes. Who restricts before a trip to build a buffer. Who comes home from traveling feeling like she needs to reset and get back on track. Alana explains why freedom with food on vacation does not come from a better strategy at the table and what the deeper work actually looks like that makes any environment feel safe. _____ For Newbies to The Sober Eating Movement Looking to Get Started Invisible Weight Detox An introduction to the Sober Eating Movement - a clear step-by-step process to help your body and mind work together, rebuild self-trust, and lose weight without tracking, shakes, or endless rules. → Enroll here For a Deeper Transformation with The Sober Eating Method The Sober Eating Sequence™ The proven 3-phase method to stop food and dieting chaos, and release weight naturally through a new proven way of eating for weight loss and enjoyment - without dieting, restriction, or counting macros in as little as 90 days. This is where you finally trust your body and food choices, feel at ease in your skin, and stop circling back to food as the problem. → Enroll here _____ GET 1-1 SUPPORT FROM ALANA Elite VIP A 3-month private mentorship where years of struggle collapse into months of precision change. With custom meal development refined daily, private coaching intensives, and direct access to Alana, you’ll stop negotiating with food and step into the woman whose body, confidence, and choices reflect her true power. → Apply here Concierge For the woman who refuses to settle, Concierge is the highest level of private mentorship. With unlimited access to Alana for coaching, every detail and nuance is addressed with luxury-level concierge private support tailored to your real day to day life, so you experience the deepest transformation possible and embody full freedom. {Luxury 3-day 1-1 weekend retreat with Alana included} → Apply here A program designed to support your Sober Eating Method Journey Coming Home to Your Body A self-paced course to help you feel safe, grounded, and at peace in a body that’s still changing. Learn to build trust with your body now, not just after weight loss. → Enroll here Free Quiz: What’s your hidden food and self belief pattern keeping you from lasting weight loss? Click here for the Free Quiz _____ Leave us a voice message for our next Q&A episode! Instagram @bewellbyak Chapters: 0:00 - You don't have to spiral 0:30 - Welcome 1:30 - Why women dread vacation food 3:15 - Vacation as the hardest environment 4:25 - Present but mentally gone 5:35 - It was never about food 6:05 - What she was actually lacking 6:35 - Pre-trip restriction and the buffer 7:35 - Good intentions, then the spiral 8:25 - Shame and binging on vacation 9:05 - Sleepwalking through beautiful places 10:30 - Coming home needing to reset 11:05 - Blaming yourself for not relaxing 11:30 - Nothing was wrong with her 14:20 - Italy: zero plan, zero control 15:35 - No routine, no anchor 17:00 - Lunch at 3pm, no spiral 18:05 - Spontaneous gelato in Florence 19:35 - What food freedom feels like 20:05 - The proof that healing is real 20:45 - Getting dressed and feeling proud 21:55 - The win isn't perfect eating 22:00 - What creates real food freedom 24:15 - The answer is yes 25:15 - Not a vacation strategy 26:00 - Coming home without a reset 27:10 - Closing thoughts

    How I Finally Enjoyed Eating Everything in Italy (And What It Took to Get There)

  5. Jul 9

    4 Ways Even ‘Healthy’ Diets Can Disconnect You From Your Body

    In this episode, Alana unpacks four ways even “healthy” diets can disconnect you from your body. She talks about how food rules, clean eating, wellness protocols, and constant planning can start to create stress around food, even when everything looks healthy from the outside. This episode is for the woman who eats clean, knows a lot about nutrition, and still feels anxious when life interrupts the plan. Alana explains how a healthy-looking diet can sometimes become a place for control, fear, and pressure to hide - and why a truly healthy relationship with food has to include flexibility, self-trust, and connection to your body. _____ For Newbies to The Sober Eating Movement Looking to Get Started Invisible Weight Detox An introduction to the Sober Eating Movement - a clear step-by-step process to help your body and mind work together, rebuild self-trust, and lose weight without tracking, shakes, or endless rules. → Enroll here For a Deeper Transformation with The Sober Eating Method The Sober Eating Sequence™ The proven 3-phase method to stop food and dieting chaos, and release weight naturally through a new proven way of eating for weight loss and enjoyment - without dieting, restriction, or counting macros in as little as 90 days. This is where you finally trust your body and food choices, feel at ease in your skin, and stop circling back to food as the problem.→ Enroll here _____ GET 1-1 SUPPORT FROM ALANA Elite VIP A 3-month private mentorship where years of struggle collapse into months of precision change. With custom meal development refined daily, private coaching intensives, and direct access to Alana, you’ll stop negotiating with food and step into the woman whose body, confidence, and choices reflect her true power.→ Apply here Concierge For the woman who refuses to settle, Concierge is the highest level of private mentorship. With unlimited access to Alana for coaching, every detail and nuance is addressed with luxury-level concierge private support tailored to your real day to day life, so you experience the deepest transformation possible and embody full freedom. {Luxury 3-day 1-1 weekend retreat with Alana included}→ Apply here A program designed to support your Sober Eating Method Journey Coming Home to Your Body A self-paced course to help you feel safe, grounded, and at peace in a body that's still changing. Learn to build trust with your body now, not just after weight loss. → Enroll here Free Quiz: What’s your hidden food and self belief pattern keeping you from lasting weight loss? Click here for the Free Quiz _____ Leave us a voice message for our next Q&A episode! Instagram @bewellbyak Facebook LinkedIn Apple Youtube Chapters: 0:00 - When healthy eating starts to feel constricting 0:16 - 4 ways healthy diets can disconnect you from your body 1:39 - Body disconnection is a nervous system problem 3:20 - When food rules replace body signals 5:50 - Clean eating as a form of control 7:53 - Why spontaneous meals can feel so stressful 9:18 - The difference only you can feel 12:24 - When healthy eating crosses into orthorexic patterns 13:20 - Health-conscious vs. constricting food rules 15:05 - Living in your head instead of your body 15:36 - When healthy eating becomes emotional avoidance 17:04 - Why disciplined eating gets so much praise 18:34 - Alana’s personal turning point with food and control 19:49 - The question to ask about your clean diet 20:39 - What a healthy relationship with food feels like 21:24 - Even healthy rules are still rules 21:53 - Closing thoughts

    4 Ways Even ‘Healthy’ Diets Can Disconnect You From Your Body

  6. Jul 2

    Is Intuitive Eating Just Permission to Overeat?

    In this episode, Alana unpacks what intuitive eating actually is, why it works for some women, and why it can completely backfire for others when the deeper foundation is not there yet. She explores how intuitive eating is often presented as the antidote to diet culture, but for women with a history of emotional eating, chronic dieting, disordered eating, or trauma around food and their bodies, “just listen to your body” may not be enough. This episode is for the woman trying to heal her relationship with food who has been told to trust her body, give herself permission, and stop labeling food as good or bad - but still feels confused, triggered, or like she is failing at something that was supposed to feel gentle. Alana explains why true intuitive eating requires nervous system regulation and real self-trust first - and why food freedom may be the destination, not the starting point. _____ For Newbies to The Sober Eating Movement Looking to Get Started Invisible Weight Detox An introduction to the Sober Eating Movement - a clear step-by-step process to help your body and mind work together, rebuild self-trust, and lose weight without tracking, shakes, or endless rules. → Enroll here For a Deeper Transformation with The Sober Eating Method The Sober Eating Sequence™ The proven 3-phase method to stop food and dieting chaos, and release weight naturally through a new proven way of eating for weight loss and enjoyment - without dieting, restriction, or counting macros in as little as 90 days. This is where you finally trust your body and food choices, feel at ease in your skin, and stop circling back to food as the problem.→ Enroll here _____ GET 1-1 SUPPORT FROM ALANA Elite VIP A 3-month private mentorship where years of struggle collapse into months of precision change. With custom meal development refined daily, private coaching intensives, and direct access to Alana, you’ll stop negotiating with food and step into the woman whose body, confidence, and choices reflect her true power.→ Apply here Concierge For the woman who refuses to settle, Concierge is the highest level of private mentorship. With unlimited access to Alana for coaching, every detail and nuance is addressed with luxury-level concierge private support tailored to your real day to day life, so you experience the deepest transformation possible and embody full freedom. {Luxury 3-day 1-1 weekend retreat with Alana included} → Apply here A program designed to support your Sober Eating Method Journey Coming Home to Your Body A self-paced course to help you feel safe, grounded, and at peace in a body that's still changing. Learn to build trust with your body now, not just after weight loss. → Enroll here Free Quiz: What’s your hidden food and self belief pattern keeping you from lasting weight loss? Click here for the Free Quiz _____ Leave us a voice message for our next Q&A episode! Instagram @bewellbyak Facebook LinkedIn Apple Youtube Chapters: 0:00 - Why intuitive eating can make women blame themselves 0:15 - What intuitive eating actually is 1:03 - Alana’s personal experience trying intuitive eating in recovery 2:12 - Why permission alone was not enough 3:39 - The assumption most intuitive eating conversations leave out 4:41 - Why body signals can feel scrambled 5:16 - When “listening to your body” becomes effortful 6:31 - Permission without the foundation 7:36 - Why intuitive eating may be the destination, not step one 8:15 - The 3 things true intuitive eating requires 8:56 - Nervous system regulation and food 9:49 - What self-trust really means 11:09 - Why more permission does not always fix overeating 14:23 - Why real food freedom cannot be performed 14:55 - Why you cannot eat intuitively from a dysregulated state 16:07 - What real food freedom comes from 16:42 - Intuitive eating is not wrong - it is just not the starting point 17:21 - How intuitive eating naturally unfolds through healing

    Is Intuitive Eating Just Permission to Overeat?

  7. Jun 25

    3 Mistakes Women Make When Trying to ‘Balance Hormones’

    In this episode, Alana breaks down three ways emotional overeating can disrupt hormone balance - and why it is not simply a willpower problem. She explains how eating in a stressed or dysregulated state can affect cortisol, insulin, hunger and fullness signals, and even estrogen and progesterone. This episode is for the woman trying to balance her hormones, lose weight sustainably, and stop feeling at war with food and her body. _____ For Newbies to The Sober Eating Movement Looking to Get Started Invisible Weight Detox An introduction to the Sober Eating Movement - a clear step-by-step process to help your body and mind work together, rebuild self-trust, and lose weight without tracking, shakes, or endless rules. → Enroll here For a Deeper Transformation with The Sober Eating Method The Sober Eating Sequence™ The proven 3-phase method to stop food and dieting chaos, and release weight naturally through a new proven way of eating for weight loss and enjoyment - without dieting, restriction, or counting macros in as little as 90 days. This is where you finally trust your body and food choices, feel at ease in your skin, and stop circling back to food as the problem.→ Enroll here _____ GET 1-1 SUPPORT FROM ALANA Elite VIP A 3-month private mentorship where years of struggle collapse into months of precision change. With custom meal development refined daily, private coaching intensives, and direct access to Alana, you’ll stop negotiating with food and step into the woman whose body, confidence, and choices reflect her true power.→ Apply here Concierge For the woman who refuses to settle, Concierge is the highest level of private mentorship. With unlimited access to Alana for coaching, every detail and nuance is addressed with luxury-level concierge private support tailored to your real day to day life, so you experience the deepest transformation possible and embody full freedom. {Luxury 3-day 1-1 weekend retreat with Alana included}→ Apply here A program designed to support your Sober Eating Method Journey Coming Home to Your Body A self-paced course to help you feel safe, grounded, and at peace in a body that's still changing. Learn to build trust with your body now, not just after weight loss. → Enroll here Free Quiz: What’s your hidden food and self belief pattern keeping you from lasting weight loss? Click here for the Free Quiz _____ Leave us a voice message for our next Q&A episode! Instagram @bewellbyak Facebook LinkedIn Apple Youtube Chapters: 0:00 Why this is not a willpower problem 0:20 Welcome to Emotional Eating Unwrapped 1:18 Emotional overeating is not a food problem 2:14 Mistake 1: Ignoring cortisol and insulin 3:00 What happens when you eat in a stressed state 4:18 Why insulin can go into overdrive 5:05 Why this is not about being “bad” with food 5:43 Alana’s personal experience with weight loss resistance 9:18 Mistake 2: Hunger and fullness hormones 10:13 Why your brain may not get the signal that you are full 11:15 Why women start blaming themselves 12:13 Mistake 3: Estrogen and progesterone balance 13:09 Your hormones are one ecosystem 13:56 How cortisol can crowd out progesterone 14:24 Estrogen dominance symptoms many women recognize 15:34 Feeling “hormonal” without understanding why 16:27 Why Alana had to stop blaming herself 17:13 Responding to life instead of reacting to life 18:03 What changes when you address the root 19:24 How Alana knew she was healing 20:25 Final thoughts and how to support the show

    3 Mistakes Women Make When Trying to ‘Balance Hormones’

  8. Jun 11

    How Your Smartphone Trained You to Emotionally Overeat

    In this episode, Alana unpacks how modern conveniences - especially smartphones, food delivery apps, instant access, and constant stimulation - could be making emotional overeating more likely to show up in your daily life. She explores how boredom has been removed from daily life, how the gap between wanting something and getting it has closed and why that missing friction matters so much when it comes to food. This episode is for the woman trying to lose weight sustainably who keeps blaming herself for “automatic” overeating, when the deeper issue may be that her nervous system has been trained to expect fast relief from every uncomfortable feeling. _____ For Newbies to The Sober Eating Movement Looking to Get Started Invisible Weight Detox An introduction to the Sober Eating Movement - a clear step-by-step process to help your body and mind work together, rebuild self-trust, and lose weight without tracking, shakes, or endless rules. → Enroll here For a Deeper Transformation with The Sober Eating Method The Sober Eating Sequence™ The proven 3-phase method to stop food and dieting chaos, and release weight naturally through a new proven way of eating for weight loss and enjoyment - without dieting, restriction, or counting macros in as little as 90 days. This is where you finally trust your body and food choices, feel at ease in your skin, and stop circling back to food as the problem.→ Enroll here _____ GET 1-1 SUPPORT FROM ALANA Elite VIP A 3-month private mentorship where years of struggle collapse into months of precision change. With custom meal development refined daily, private coaching intensives, and direct access to Alana, you’ll stop negotiating with food and step into the woman whose body, confidence, and choices reflect her true power.→ Apply here Concierge For the woman who refuses to settle, Concierge is the highest level of private mentorship. With unlimited access to Alana for coaching, every detail and nuance is addressed with luxury-level concierge private support tailored to your real day to day life, so you experience the deepest transformation possible and embody full freedom. {Luxury 3-day 1-1 weekend retreat with Alana included}→ Apply here A program designed to support your Sober Eating Method Journey Coming Home to Your Body A self-paced course to help you feel safe, grounded, and at peace in a body that's still changing. Learn to build trust with your body now, not just after weight loss. → Enroll here Free Quiz: What’s your hidden food and self belief pattern keeping you from lasting weight loss? Click here for the Free Quiz _____ Leave us a voice message for our next Q&A episode! Instagram @bewellbyak Facebook LinkedIn Apple Youtube _____ Article Links Distress tolerance across substance use, eating, and borderline personality disorders: A meta-analysis https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34986376/ What’s in your cart? The impact of online food delivery apps on depression and eating behavior in young adults https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12623399/ Convenience as a dimension of food environments: A systematic scoping review of its definition and measurement https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38176442/ Convenience as a dimension of food environments - ScienceDirect version https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195666323026600Boredom proneness, interoception, and emotional eating https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35843373/Chapters 00:15 How Modern Convenience Triggers Emotional Eating 04:06 Why Boredom Is Not the Problem 07:29 The Link Between Boredom and Emotional Overeating 09:49 Why We Lost the Ability to Wait 11:45 Food Delivery Apps and Instant Relief 15:41 Convenience Is Not Neutral 18:48 How Fast Relief Trains the Nervous System 20:20 Why Distress Tolerance Matters 25:42 Why We Lost the Skill of Staying 28:15 Emotional Eating Is Not Just About Cravings 29:30 How to Rebuild 30:15 Practicing Discomfort Without Reaching for Food 31:50 Freedom From the Automatic Eating Loop

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Alana Kessler, MS, RD, once looked high-functioning on the outside while privately battling emotional binge eating. Everything changed when she stopped trying to control food and began healing her nervous system. From emotional safety—not restriction—she ended the cycle and lost 40 pounds without dieting. Emotional Eating Unwrapped shows how overeating and cravings come from stress, perfectionism, people-pleasing, and attachment patterns—not lack of willpower. Each episode teaches you how to regulate your nervous system, calm cravings, and trust your body again.

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  • Creator
    Alana Kessler
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    150
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Alana Kessler
  • Show Website
    Emotional Eating Unwrapped

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