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Emotional Eating Unwrapped

by Alana Kessler

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Cultivating Mindfulness and Emotional Balance | Re-Release

October 15, 2026 · 30 min

You ate clean all day and still ended up in the kitchen at night. Alana makes the case that the food was never the temptation, it’s the energy you’ve been metabolizing all day. The pings, the scrolling, the people, the commute. She covers…
How Your Nervous System Affects Overeating | Re-Release

October 8, 2026 · 21 min

By four in the afternoon you are edgy, short with everyone, and standing at the pantry before you have registered that anything is wrong. In this episode Alana walks through what is actually happening in your body in the hour before that…
Trusting Yourself With Food | Re-Release

October 1, 2026 · 32 min

You put the slice down and wait for someone to tell you that was the right call. No one does. In this episode of Emotional Eating Unwrapped, Alana Kessler gets into what it takes to hold yourself to your own standard around food when there…
The “I Deserve to Eat This” Mentality | Re-Release

September 24, 2026 · 21 min

You finished your work day. You sat in traffic for three hours. You got through the day, so you eat, and it wasn’t the food you planned on. In this episode of Emotional Eating Unwrapped, Alana Kessler unpacks the “I deserve to eat this”…
Healing from Emotional Eating vs. Losing Weight | Re-Release

September 17, 2026 · 30 min

You’ve lost the weight before. You gained it back, and food still takes up most of your day. In this episode Alana Kessler breaks down why losing weight and healing emotional eating are two different problems and why solving one never…

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Breaking the Dopamine Loop: Overcoming Emotional Eating and Food Addiction | Re-Release

September 10, 2026 · 25 min

The relief lasts about five seconds. Then you want more, and then you’ve had too much, and then you feel gross and the whole thing starts over. Alana breaks down the dopamine loop underneath emotional eating and food addiction, and why the…
Emotional Eating Recovery After Relapse | Q & Alana Part 5

September 3, 2026 · 42 min

You can eat well all day and still end up in the kitchen at 9 PM going through every cabinet. You can try every program, every accountability partner, every clean-eating reset, and still feel lower each time one stops working. In this Q&A…
How Kids Learn Food Beliefs

August 27, 2026 · 26 min

Your child may never hear you say, “This food is bad” - and still learn that cake deserves a sigh, seconds require an excuse, or certain foods are better eaten in private. In this episode of Emotional Eating Unwrapped, Alana Kessler…
Why You Feel Full but Never Satisfied (And Keep Eating)

August 20, 2026 · 19 min

You eat dinner. You're full, actually full. And twenty minutes later you're back in the kitchen with the fridge open, not even hungry, just looking for something. You've done it. Alana has too. In this episode of Emotional Eating…
Why Do I Feel Like I Have No Control Over Food at Parties?

August 13, 2026 · 42 min

In this episode, Alana sits down with Evan Cudworth, who calls himself the world's first party coach, for an unscripted conversation about parties, food, alcohol, and what it actually takes to enjoy yourself in a room full of people. Alana…
Why Food Noise Comes Back When Nothing Is Wrong

August 6, 2026 · 24 min

In this episode, Alana talks about something she keeps hearing from the women she works with, and it doesn’t match the story any of us were told about food noise. The message usually sounds the same: nothing is wrong. Marriage is good. The…
If You Can't Keep Certain Foods in the House, Watch This

July 30, 2026 · 24 min

In this episode, Alana unpacks a part of emotional overeating that rarely gets talked about: the aftermath. For so many women, the hardest part of eating isn't the craving, the urgency, or the moment you give in, it's what happens after…

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About the show

Alana Kessler, MS, RD, once looked high-functioning on the outside while privately battling emotional binge eating. Everything changed when she stopped trying to control food and began healing her nervous system. From emotional safety—not restriction—she ended the cycle and lost 40 pounds without dieting. Emotional Eating Unwrapped shows how overeating and cravings come from stress, perfectionism, people-pleasing, and attachment patterns—not lack of willpower. Each episode teaches you how to regulate your nervous system, calm cravings, and trust your body again.