The Mom Song: for everyone who is a mom or who has one

Check this out and then I'll tell you what "The Mom Song" has to do with emotional eating. If you've ever been a child OR a mom, I think you'll love this clip.



Is it any wonder that overeating, nibbling, grazing and even bingeing become a "convenient" way to temporarily deal with our needs? When we're busy, when we feel responsible for multiple people and multiple obligations, when we are working to balance multiple roles, it's tempting to neglect our own needs, to take a "short cut" and do the easiest, most immediate thing that might "make ourselves feel better."

Eating a cookie (or two or six) doesn't require a lot of time, it doesn't make demands on others, it doesn't require us to assert ourselves or disappoint anyone else. But--as we all know, in the long run, the food we eat in an attempt to cope with our emotions, our anxiety, our boredom, our tiredness, or anything else besides hunger, doesn't accomplish anything permanently helpful.

As we move into the holiday season, the demands on most of us (moms or not) are likely to increase. "The most wonderful time of the year" can also be an incredibly stressful time. I'll be encouraging my clients (and reminding myself) to SLOW DOWN and identify and focus on the really important stuff.

If you want some extra help, you might want to take a look at the Emotional Eating Toolbox, a 28-Day program focused on teaching you the tools to move beyond emotional eating so that you can get on with the life you want to live.

Take good care,

Melissa