Episode #4
Recipe for Wellness S4 EP4: Why Willpower Fails: Emotional Eating & Food Freedom — Penny Donald, Wellness Coach | Recipe for Wellness
How do you break free from emotional eating, binge eating, and diet culture — without another restrictive diet? In this episode of Recipe for Wellness, host Sanjay Raja sits down with Penny Donald, Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC) and Licensed Emotional & Binge Eating Practitioner, to explore building a peaceful, sustainable relationship with food. Penny is the creator of the unHungry Method, a mindset-first approach to lasting health that goes beyond diet and exercise. Together, she and Sanjay dig into why willpower fails chronic dieters, how stress and sleep drive cravings and the "stress-snacking cycle," and how to quiet food noise and rebuild self-trust around eating. What you'll learn: • Why the lose–regain–restart weight loss cycle keeps repeating — and how to stop starting over • The link between stress, sleep, and emotional eating (and how to regulate it) • How to move past "good vs. bad" food rules, all-or-nothing thinking, and food shame • Building real-life healthy habits, food freedom, and confidence with your choices • A look at coaching clients through GLP-1 medications and sustainable, whole-food nutrition About the guest: Penny Donald is a National Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coach, Certified Lifestyle Medicine Professional, and Licensed Emotional & Binge Eating Practitioner, and the creator of the unHungry Method. Learn more and book a complimentary consult at unhungrylife.com . Listen & subscribe to Recipe for Wellness: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6vr0uOVB8WW1LeZC4ZaKsd Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/recipe-for-wellness-with-sanjay-raja/id1786657636 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/f27b58eb-725c-4dca-a78b-2704363e5134/recipe-for-wellness-with-sanjay-raja iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-recipe-for-wellness-with-s-248109608/ Castbox: https://castbox.fm/vh/6390610 PocketCasts: https://pca.st/3fz1721w Watch the TV show: https://myrecipeforwellness.com On PBS affiliates nationwide + Follow us: YouTube: https://youtube.com/@recipeforwellness Instagram: https://instagram.com/recipeforwellness2024 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@recipeforwellness Facebook: https://facebook.com/share/1DxF5H31cc X: https://x.com/Recipe4wellnes Website: https://myrecipeforwellness.com #RecipeForWellness #WellnessPodcast #EmotionalEating #BingeEatingRecovery #FoodFreedom #HealthyHabits #DietCulture #IntuitiveEating
