Using Food as a Reward

Published: Oct. 18, 2022, 8 a.m.

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If you were brought up, like many of us were, that if you were bad, you were sent to bed without dinner or at minimum, dessert, it\\u2019s natural that you might use food as a reward for something that you don\\u2019t want to do, or to celebrate getting through a tough time.

In this episode, we\\u2019re specifically exploring the phrase \\u201cI deserve it!\\u201d that so many of us use to justify eating in response to feeling resentful, or irritated, or some of the other instances when our brain offers us the thought, \\u201cI deserve it\\u201d

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