Hey, hey, you guys, welcome back to the Dear Body podcast.

I often get the question with clients inside of the Food Freedom Online program.

How can I tell the difference between emotional and mental hunger and physical hunger?

And so I thought I would answer that question for you guys on the podcast today because

it's important to understand what's biological hunger, what's emotional and mental hunger.

And then there's also two other types of hunger that we need to discuss.

And understanding the different type of hunger that you might be feeling is supportive because when you understand it, you can then meet your body's needs or your

emotional needs in a way that actually satisfies so that you can get out of the emotional

overeating kind of spiral. And I know how frustrating it is to feel an emotion and then feel driven to food

because of that emotion. And when I was in my struggles with food, it was not only the

challenging emotions like anxiety or shame or guilt or being exhausted or being overwhelmed

that led me to want to eat, it was also positive emotions. Like when I was happy, I would want to

celebrate with food or when I felt accomplished, I would want to reward myself with food. So

understanding how emotional hunger works and the difference between that emotional mental hunger

and biological hunger as well as the two other types of hungers can be

really supportive in finding a more balanced relationship with food and honoring what your body

is actually asking for in the moment. So if you're new here, I'm Jesse. I'm certified through

the Institute for the Psychology of Eating as a Coach. And I've been working with women over the last

four and a half years on their journey to conquer binge and emotional overeating body image challenges and there's a lot of patterns

that have emerged in the last four and a half years with my clients. It's very, it's become so

second nature for me to see what the problem is in their relationship with food, be able to tackle it,

identify it,

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