If You Aren’t Changing It, You Are Choosing It
Have you ever caught yourself reaching for a chocolate bar not because you’re hungry, but because you need a time-out from feeling overwhelmingly stressed?
All eating is emotional eating: we eat a piece of cake when we want to celebrate special occasions, we indulge in ice cream when we’re sad (or at least see famous people do it on TV). We even put food in different categories, such as “comfort food” and “treats”. Food truly is one of the greatest pleasures – we should never restrict or undervalue it. Yet, emotional eating can become a serious problem when we try to eat our emotions into oblivion. Chocolate for fear? Pizza for stress relief? Just like any addictive substance it can make us feel better, but only for a very short time until all our emotions come back fuelled by guilt and accompanied by digestion issues.
No matter if you’re a freelancer, business owner or have an office job, stress is often one of the most constant elements of professional life. It affects our productivity, creativity, eating habits, and quality of life. But not necessarily for the worse.
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