🎙 Episode 42: Emotional Eating and Caregiving – Healing Your Relationship With Food

Welcome back to Radiant Moments – A J and B Podcast. I’m Michelle, your host and fellow caregiver, here to create a compassionate space just for you.

Today, we’re gently unpacking a deeply human experience many caregivers face—emotional eating. Whether you’re skipping meals without noticing, eating on autopilot, or turning to food for comfort in the quiet chaos of caregiving, you’re not alone. And this isn’t about shame—it’s about understanding.

In this episode, we talk honestly about how caregiving affects your relationship with food, how chronic stress impacts your hunger cues, and how you can begin reconnecting with nourishment in a way that feels kind, realistic, and guilt-free.

💡 Highlights Include:

• What emotional eating really looks like in the caregiving world
• The science behind stress and disrupted appetite
• Why food cravings, avoidance, or guilt are signals—not flaws
• My personal story of survival-mode snacking and how I reframed it
• Simple reconnection rituals and snack station strategies for caregivers
• Affirmations to replace food shame with self-compassion

This episode is about healing, not restriction—and it’s designed to help you reconnect with your body and your needs without judgment. You deserve to feel nourished and supported, especially while caring for others.

✨ Helpful Resources Mentioned:

• Free Gratitude Journal Download
• Mission Statement Free Guide
• 90-Second Reset Program
• Free Journalling Prompts Guide
• Join the J and B Oasis Membership Waitlist

You are not broken. You are responding to a demanding season the best way your nervous system knows how. And in this episode, we’ll gently guide you toward understanding, softness, and sustainable self-care.

💛 Next Episode: Join me next week for Episode 43: Building a Legacy of Care, where we’ll explore how to preserve meaningful moments, stories, and traditions to honour your caregiving journey and loved ones for generations to come.

Music Written By: Kevin MacLeod

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