{"id":69186,"date":"2020-02-12T15:24:58","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T20:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/?p=69186"},"modified":"2021-06-03T12:27:03","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T17:27:03","slug":"food-wont-fix-your-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/blog\/food-wont-fix-your-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"food won&#8217;t fix your problems"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"69186\" class=\"elementor elementor-69186\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-61d7b28 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"61d7b28\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2097e07\" data-id=\"2097e07\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71815c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71815c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My clients get this comment from me, usually following something like this:\u2063 \u2063<\/p><p><em>&#8220;If only I would just reach for celery when I&#8217;m stressed!&#8221;\u2063<\/em><br \/><em>&#8220;I can&#8217;t be trusted with that food in the house.&#8221;\u2063<\/em><br \/><em>&#8220;If I get my hands on that food, it&#8217;s over.&#8221; \u2063<\/em><br \/><em>&#8220;I go straight to the pantry after talking to him.&#8221;\u2063<\/em><br \/><em>&#8220;Something about my boss just makes me want to snack.&#8221;\u2063<\/em><br \/><em>&#8220;I was doing so good until we got that news.&#8221;\u2063<\/em><br \/>\u2063<br \/>It&#8217;s so common to use food to cope that it&#8217;s basically become a socially acceptable response to life&#8217;s uncomfortable stuff: &#8220;totally ate my feelings&#8221;, &#8220;numbed out on XXX food&#8221;.<br \/>\u2063<br \/>Don&#8217;t get me wrong, everyone has coping mechanisms but don&#8217;t confuse masking, numbing or pushing your feelings beneath the surface as coping strategies. \u2063<br \/>\u2063<br \/>Coping mechanisms make us feel immediately, but temporarily better. Coping strategies make us sit in the uncomfortable feeling a little longer, but allow us to process. Processing emotions with coping strategies can break long term cycles of using food (or any other destructive behaviors) to deal with conflict and challenge. \u2063<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-84cbd8f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"84cbd8f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-67cda8a\" data-id=\"67cda8a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8bfcb0b\" data-id=\"8bfcb0b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-809a0b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"809a0b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ready to break the cycle and stop using food to cope?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c0968c\" data-id=\"8c0968c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c691bcd elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c691bcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/work-with-us\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">apply to work with us<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f25f5fe\" data-id=\"f25f5fe\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever said to yourself, &#8220;I&#8217;m totally eating my feelings today&#8221;, &#8220;I&#8217;m numbing out with this food!&#8221; 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