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Too Much on Her Plate with Dr. Melissa McCreery: Emotional Eating Help for Smart, High-Achieving Women

Too Much on Her Plate with Dr. Melissa McCreery: Emotional Eating Help for Smart, High-Achieving Women

By: Dr. Melissa McCreery Psychologist & Emotional Eating Coach for Smart Busy Women
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Tired of feeling out of control around food - even though you’re successful everywhere else?


Too Much on Her Plate is the podcast for high-achieving women who are done with diets, shame, and trying to “just be more disciplined.” If you struggle with emotional eating, stress eating, or overeating at night, this is your space to finally identify how to break the cycle.


Hosted by psychologist and emotional eating expert Dr. Melissa McCreery, each episode offers practical strategies, mindset shifts, and compassionate coaching to help you end the cycle - without deprivation or willpower.


You’ll learn how to:


• Stop emotional eating and stress eating at the root
• Rewire beliefs that lead to guilt, perfectionism, and self-sabotage
• Ditch diet mentality and take your power back from food
• Create lasting freedom and confidence with eating - and in your life


Melissa’s unique approach has helped thousands of smart women break free from food struggles and feel at home in their bodies again. Ready to find out what’s really driving your overeating? Take the free Hidden Hungers Quiz or explore group and private coaching at TooMuchonHerPlate.com.


You don’t need another diet. You need a new approach - one that fits you.

© 2025 Melissa McCreery, PhD LLC Hygiene & Healthy Living Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health
Episodes
  • 186: When your brain says “screw it”: How to break the cycle of stress eating

    186: When your brain says “screw it”: How to break the cycle of stress eating
    Sep 3 2025

    After a stressful day, do you ever find yourself saying “screw it” and heading straight for the snacks? You’re not alone – and it’s not about lack of willpower. In this episode, we’ll unpack the real reasons behind that snap, why food feels like the only option, and how to create new patterns without perfectionism or shame.

    You’ll learn:

    • What’s really happening in the “screw it” moment
    • How to shift the cycle of stress eating
    • Practical ways to create pause, compassion, and choice

    👉 Want help with this? Schedule a time to talk about coaching or the group program.

    Full show notes and transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/stress-eating/

    • Watch the free, on-demand masterclass: The 3 Keys to Ending Emotional Eating and Overeating (Without Deprivation, Vicious Cycles, or Superhuman Amounts of Willpower: https://toomuchonherplate.com/registration-page/
    • Find out what's triggering emotional eating. Take the free Emotional Eating Quiz: https://bit.ly/takethefreequiz
    • Get updates about upcoming events, free resources, & new episodes: https://bit.ly/tmohpupdates
    • Work with Dr. Melissa McCreery: https://toomuchonherplate.com/private-coaching-emotional-eating-coaching
    • Download your free Podcast Roadmap: https://toomuchonherplate.com/map/

    Rate and review the podcast: https://apple.co/3i2L8CH
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    20 mins
  • 185: Stop Weekend Overeating: Why It Happens and How to Fix It

    185: Stop Weekend Overeating: Why It Happens and How to Fix It
    Aug 27 2025

    Do your weekends leave you feeling like you’re starting over every Monday? In this episode, I unpack why weekend overeating happens, what role diet mentality plays, and how to shift into a food relationship that works every day of the week. It’s not about more rules—it’s about creating lasting freedom.

    🎧 Learn how to stop the weekend food spiral and discover the exact framework I teach inside Your Missing Peace.

    🎓 Watch the free masterclass: toomuchonherplate.com/registration-page

    ✨ Learn more: toomuchonherplate.com/ympclub-web

    Full show notes and transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/weekend-overeating/

    • Watch the free, on-demand masterclass: The 3 Keys to Ending Emotional Eating and Overeating (Without Deprivation, Vicious Cycles, or Superhuman Amounts of Willpower: https://toomuchonherplate.com/registration-page/
    • Find out what's triggering emotional eating. Take the free Emotional Eating Quiz: https://bit.ly/takethefreequiz
    • Get updates about upcoming events, free resources, & new episodes: https://bit.ly/tmohpupdates
    • Work with Dr. Melissa McCreery: https://toomuchonherplate.com/private-coaching-emotional-eating-coaching
    • Download your free Podcast Roadmap: https://toomuchonherplate.com/map/

    Rate and review the podcast: https://apple.co/3i2L8CH
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    21 mins
  • 184: Why You Struggle with Nighttime Eating Even After a Great Day

    184: Why You Struggle with Nighttime Eating Even After a Great Day
    Aug 13 2025

    You make great choices all day. You stick to your plan. You avoid the breakroom snacks. But when the evening hits, all bets are off. You sit down, the TV goes on, and the snacks come out.

    If you keep blowing it at night and wondering what’s wrong with you, this episode is for you.

    Dr. Melissa McCreery shares what’s really happening when nighttime eating sabotages your goals—and it’s not what you’ve been told. This is not a discipline issue. It’s a symptom—and in this episode, you’ll learn how to decode it.

    Find out:

    • Why the end of the day feels so hard
    • What that pull to the pantry is really about
    • How to start shifting your patterns with care, not control

    Mentioned in this episode:

    • Free Masterclass: https://toomuchonherplate.com/stopovereating/
    • The Missing Peace Program: https://toomuchonherplate.com/missing-peace/

    Full show notes and transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/nighttime-eating-episode-184/

    • Watch the free, on-demand masterclass: The 3 Keys to Ending Emotional Eating and Overeating (Without Deprivation, Vicious Cycles, or Superhuman Amounts of Willpower: https://toomuchonherplate.com/registration-page/
    • Find out what's triggering emotional eating. Take the free Emotional Eating Quiz: https://bit.ly/takethefreequiz
    • Get updates about upcoming events, free resources, & new episodes: https://bit.ly/tmohpupdates
    • Work with Dr. Melissa McCreery: https://toomuchonherplate.com/private-coaching-emotional-eating-coaching
    • Download your free Podcast Roadmap: https://toomuchonherplate.com/map/

    Rate and review the podcast: https://apple.co/3i2L8CH
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    17 mins
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