147. How to Stop Emotional Eating Without Dieting or Willpower

About this episode

Julie Latz shares her journey of overcoming binge eating and introduces a mindset shift to create peace with food.

If you're a midlife woman and have spent years bouncing between "being good" with food and "falling off track," this conversation will make you feel seen. In this episode, Julie Latz shares the story behind her decades-long cycle of binge eating, secrecy, and food obsession, and the exact mindset shift that helped her finally create peace with food. Julie opens up about how early messages around food and body image can quietly shape our relationship with eating for decades. We talk about why restriction fuels obsession, why moderation feels impossible when food has been labeled "forbidden," and how shame keeps women stuck in the same loop. Julie introduces a simple, practical framework that replaces willpower with what she calls "want power." It's not about perfection or fear-based rules. It's about pausing, tuning into what you truly want, and learning how to make choices that leave you feeling satisfied and emotionally steady. You'll also hear her "tricks to make it stick," including how to delay satisfaction, scale down portions without panic, and plan for real life so you don't end up making choices from desperation. If you've ever felt like food takes up too much space in…

People in this episode

Host: Kim Hynes

Guest: Julie Latz

Topics covered

• emotional eating
• midlife women
• food obsession
• mindset shift
• weight loss
• body image

Keywords

• emotional eating
• binge eating
• mindset shift
• food relationship
• weight loss
• midlife women

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