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What’s Really Eating You: Healing the Roots of Emotional Eating with Renée Jones

September 17, 2025 2 minute read
EpisodeHealing2 min read

In this soulful conversation, Tobi sits down with Renée Jones — counsellor, TEDx speaker, and author of What’s Really Eating You — to explore the hidden layers of emotional eating. After 40…

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In this soulful conversation, Tobi sits down with Renée Jones — counsellor, TEDx speaker, and author of What’s Really Eating You — to explore the hidden layers of emotional eating. After 40 years of yo-yo dieting, Renée finally discovered the key to lasting transformation in 2012. She now helps women (and men) break free from emotional eating, release the weight for good, and reclaim their self-worth.

You’ll learn why diets often fail, how self-worth influences food choices, and practical ways to deal with cravings, temptations, and emotional triggers. If you’ve ever reached for snacks to soothe your feelings, this episode will inspire and equip you to transform your relationship with food — and with yourself.

📝 Show Notes

Guest: Renée Jones
Website: packyourownbag.com
Book: What’s Really Eating You: Overcome the Triggers of Comfort Eating

What does this conversation reveal about Healing?

Key Topics Covered:

  • Renée’s 40-year struggle with dieting and her breakthrough in 2012
  • Why most diets fail and how to make them work
  • The difference between hunger and emotional eating
  • How self-worth and past wounds influence comfort eating
  • Practical tips for overcoming cravings and temptations
  • Sustainable strategies to lose weight and keep it off
  • Renée’s coaching services for individuals seeking freedom from emotional eating

Powerful Takeaways:

  • “Emotional eating is eating for reasons other than hunger.”
  • “Your self-worth is deeply tied to how you treat yourself — including how you eat.”
  • “It’s not hard to get free of emotional eating, you just have to get the hang of it.”

Chapters:

  1. Introduction: The truth about emotional eating
  2. Renée’s 40-year journey and breakthrough
  3. Understanding emotional and comfort eating
  4. Self-worth and its impact on food choices
  5. Practical strategies to manage cravings
  6. Staying on track in a snack-filled home
  7. Sustainable weight loss habits
  8. Renée’s coaching services and closing words

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