Is working at home adding to your stress? Do you find yourself snacking more? This 45 minute session will discuss factors that lead to stress eating and give you actionable strategies to avoid it.

Many of us don’t realize the role stress plays in our eating habits. We are blissfully ignorant that the craving for that doughnut that we just satisfied was actually driven by that looming report deadline..  

Our relationship with food is complex and interconnected with our day to day lives.   Stress, or emotional eating is constantly sabotaging our ability to live, and eat healthy. The cycle of stress eating perpetuates itself. However, by simply being aware of when we are stress eating and having strategies to combat it will help us eat healthier and live a happier life.

What is covered in this session:

Understanding Stress Eating

• What is stress (or emotional) eating

• Understand the emotional eating cycle

• How to realize when you are stress eating

Strategies for Avoiding Stress Eating

• 5 Strategies you can employ

• Healthy alternatives to eating for stress relief

Question and Answer - Open Forum