Sugar and emotional eating

February 1, 2026

What is emotional eating?

For a long time, I didn’t think emotional eating had anything to do with me. I thought I just liked sugar. 

I thought I needed more discipline. I thought I should “do better.”

You may relate.

In this episode, I share my own experience with comfort foods and the role sugar played in helping me cope and unwind at the end of a long day. 

I talk about why comfort foods feel so comforting, how emotional eating is different from trauma responses. 

If you’ve ever found yourself eating at night when you weren’t really hungry, or reaching for something sweet because you just needed to numb out, you’ll probably recognize yourself in this episode.