Welcome to The Healthy Me episode number 16… I’m Trina Felber, Registered Nurse and CEO of Primal Life Organics.  Today I’m speaking with Trisha Nelson, an emotional eating expert who struggled with weight for her entire childhood. She understands and teaches others how to deal with the root cause of unhealthy eating habits. Trisha explains how food is used as a coping mechanism to deal with life’s struggles, stress, and emotional pain. Emotional eaters tend to use food as a painkiller, as an escape, and/or to deal with guilt.  But the real myth here is that it’s about the food. The reality is that, no matter what diet is followed or what results are seen, if the root cause of emotional eating isn’t addressed, then the struggle will remain a constant battle in your life and food will remain the enemy. Trisha’s mission is to teach people how to live without the crutch of food. She does this by encouraging routines that reduce stress like meditation and self-care, and making sure there are always healthy food options in the house. Shockingly, we’re all emotional eaters because we’re designed to have an emotional connection to food. The difference is how we manage it and remain in tune with ourselves and our emotions.  Today, I urge you to visit healyourhunger.com/freequiz to see where you land on the spectrum of emotional eating. From there, you can begin to address any unsettled relationship you might have with food.