When you're eating out with friends or family, there's always someone who will say something about what you’re eating or how much you're eating. Maybe someone will try to get you to eat some of their fries or will comment about how “healthy” your food choice is or will say they are “being bad” because they are eating something sweet.

When you find soul satisfaction you will be able to bring it into all areas of your life, including your relationship with food and how you feel about your body.

Did you know that there is a hidden force that drives your behaviors associated with food addiction, emotional eating and binge eating? Here’s a patient’s story to illustrate that: Maryann just turned sixty years old. She is married and has a successful career in nursing. Although she feels good about most things in her life, she continues to struggle with her food and body image issues. When she feels happy, she overeats. When she’s sad or angry, she overeats. When her husband has to work late and she’s home alone, she overeats. She describes food as "my best friend." Her husband is very health conscious and often makes disparaging comments about her size just as her mother did when she was younger. She really believes that if her life were just less stressful, she could stop overeating.