Mindful Emotional Eating: Mindfulness Skills To Control Cravings – Pavel G. Somov Ph.D

• you can eat to cope
• you can learn to use food on occasion to feel better
• you can feel in control (and have a treat)
• you don’t have to feel bad or guilty about emotional eating
• you don’t need to completely eliminate emotional eating to be healthy

In his new book, Mindful Emotional Eating, psychologist Pavel Somov has given a “cultural permission” to eat emotionally — with mindfulness-based tools to do so in moderation and without self-judgment and self-loathing. Somov proposes that emotional eating is a legitimate form of self-care and teaches clients and clinicians how to “leverage more coping per calorie.” Numerous original exercises and meditative techniques will guide a more conscious alliance with food during moments of emotional distress.