# 136: The Food-Emotion Connection & What Traps Set Us Up for Emotional Eating with Tricia Nelson

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Podcast: [Broads: The Bold & Badass Fitness Podcast for Women](https://stenobird.com/podcast/broads-the-bold-badass-fitness-podcast-for-women-6639720)
Published: 2026-04-14T08:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://broads.simplecast.com/episodes/136-the-food-emotion-connection-what-traps-set-us-up-for-emotional-eating-with-tricia-nelson-5TGUfon1
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## Resource

Did you know that emotional eating is one of the hardest types of addiction that’s difficult to overcome? Many women are unaware that they’re an emotional eater because we simply call it cravings or food noise when in reality, we are using food to numb the things out. If food became a central part of your life to make you feel better but it is also starting to affect your health, derails your fitness goals, and makes you further beat yourself for “not getting it right”, the problem might be not your willpower but the structure around it. We go deeper into this in the latest episode of Broads about emotional eating. We also discuss when to know if you are an emotional eater, why you tend to crave food and eat more at night, and why willpower, meal plans and another diet style is not the solution for an emotional problem. Tricia Nelson is an Emotional Eating Expert and founder of Heal Your Hunger programs designed for people who want to break free from the food that was once a source of their comfort but took over their lives. After decades of battling her own emotional eating, binge eating shame, and deep isolation, Tricia has turned her healing journey into a roadmap for women who are ready to stop fighting food and start understanding it. What's Discussed: (5:06) The biggest misconception about emotional eating. (6:16) The #1 mistake women make when trying to stop binge eating. (8:31) True or false: If you just eat clean, emotional eating goes away. (9:29) The wellness trend that's actually a trap for emotional eaters. (11:03) How to slowly break free from scale dependency. (14:30) How to know if you're an emotional eater. (18:15) Why 75% of emotional eaters lose control at night. (22:24) The PEP Test: food as a Painkiller, Escape, and Punishment. (26:55) Three Meal M…

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