Event Time: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Audience: Women leaders, entrepreneurs, and professionals interested in understanding the connection between emotions and eating habits and how to develop healthier relationships with food.
Objective: Help attendees identify emotional triggers for eating, understand the behavioral psychology behind emotional eating, and equip them with tools to foster a healthy relationship with food and emotions.
Detailed Full-Day Event Schedule
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM: Welcome & Introduction to Emotional Eating
- Activity: Welcome and Icebreaker
- Facilitator: Event Host/Psychologist Specialized in Eating Behaviors
- Details: The event begins with a warm welcome, introducing attendees to the day’s theme: understanding emotional eating as a behavioral model. The facilitator sets the intention for the day and encourages participants to reflect on their personal relationship with food. An icebreaker allows attendees to share their experiences briefly, fostering a sense of community and openness.
- Experience: Calm and welcoming atmosphere, with soothing music and light refreshments (mindful eating snacks such as nuts, fruit, herbal teas).
10:30 AM – 11:15 AM: Keynote Session I – “The Psychology of Emotional Eating: Understanding the Emotional Triggers”
- Speaker: Clinical Psychologist/Nutritionist
- Details: This session dives into the psychological roots of emotional eating. The speaker explains how emotions such as stress, boredom, loneliness, and anxiety can lead to eating behaviors that are not hunger-driven. Attendees will learn about common emotional triggers, the concept of comfort food, and how food can be used as a coping mechanism.
- Takeaways: Increased self-awareness of emotional triggers, understanding of how emotions drive eating behaviors, and tools to begin breaking the cycle of emotional eating.
11:15 AM – 12:00 PM: Workshop I – “Identifying Emotional Triggers and Food Responses”
- Facilitator: Mindfulness Coach/Therapist
- Details: In this interactive workshop, participants are guided through exercises designed to help them identify specific emotional triggers that lead to unhealthy eating patterns. Using mindfulness techniques, journaling, and group discussions, participants will reflect on their personal emotional eating habits and begin developing strategies to address these triggers.
- Activities: Mindfulness meditation focused on body and hunger awareness, guided journaling prompts to explore emotional eating triggers, group discussions to share experiences.
- Takeaways: Personal insights into one’s emotional triggers, practical mindfulness techniques to pause and reflect before emotional eating, and strategies for managing emotions without turning to food.
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM: Lunch Break – Mindful Eating Experience & Networking
- Details: A healthy, balanced lunch is served, focusing on whole foods, mindful eating principles, and food awareness. The facilitator leads a brief introduction to mindful eating before lunch, encouraging participants to slow down, savor each bite, and pay attention to the flavors, textures, and feelings that arise. During this time, participants are encouraged to connect and network with each other in a relaxed and supportive environment.
- Experience: A mindful eating experience with intentional, nutrient-dense foods that promote well-being. The setting is peaceful, with conversation prompts focused on personal well-being and food relationships.
12:45 PM – 1:30 PM: Keynote Session II – “Food as a Behavioral Model: How Habits Are Formed and Broken”
- Speaker: Behavioral Psychologist
- Details: This session delves into the science of habits, exploring how emotional eating becomes a learned behavior over time. The speaker explains how the brain associates certain foods with emotional comfort and reward, reinforcing unhealthy eating patterns. Participants will learn strategies for breaking habitual cycles of emotional eating and replacing them with healthier behaviors.
- Takeaways: An understanding of the habit loop, the neuroscience behind food and reward, and actionable steps to disrupt unhealthy eating habits and form new, positive patterns.
1:30 PM – 2:15 PM: Workshop II – “Rewiring Your Relationship with Food: Strategies for Sustainable Change”
- Facilitator: Nutritionist/Health Coach
- Details: This hands-on workshop focuses on practical strategies to shift the relationship with food from emotionally-driven to mindful and intentional. Participants will engage in exercises that teach them how to plan meals, manage cravings, and develop a more mindful approach to eating. The workshop will also include strategies for managing stress and emotions in ways that don’t involve food, such as movement, journaling, or relaxation techniques.
- Activities: Group brainstorming for alternative coping strategies, hands-on meal planning exercises, and guided discussion on how to approach cravings with curiosity instead of judgment.
- Takeaways: A personalized plan for managing emotional triggers without using food, practical tools for creating balanced meals, and new coping mechanisms for stress and emotional regulation.
2:15 PM – 2:45 PM: Panel Discussion – “Real Stories: Breaking Free from Emotional Eating”
- Panelists: Women Entrepreneurs/Professionals Who Have Overcome Emotional Eating
- Details: A panel of successful women leaders share their personal journeys of overcoming emotional eating and how they’ve used behavioral strategies to build healthier relationships with food. The discussion will cover the challenges they faced, the turning points in their journeys, and the tools that helped them create lasting change. The panel will also address audience questions in a Q&A segment.
- Takeaways: Inspirational stories, actionable insights from women who have successfully navigated the emotional eating challenge, and encouragement to continue on the path to healthy eating.
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM: Closing Reflections & Next Steps
- Facilitator: Event Host
- Details: The event concludes with a reflective closing ceremony. Participants are guided through a brief meditation or relaxation exercise to solidify their key learnings and set personal intentions for continued growth. The host will also provide details on how attendees can stay connected through a community platform, additional resources, and future workshops to support their journey.
- Experience: Calming music, gentle lighting, and a closing ritual designed to help attendees internalize their progress and feel empowered moving forward.
- Takeaways: Continued access to the event community, resources for further exploration, and invitations to follow-up events focused on emotional wellbeing and eating behaviors.
Additional Touchpoints Throughout the Event
- Curated Resource Guide: Attendees receive a comprehensive guide with resources on emotional eating, including books, articles, podcasts, and worksheets for continued self-exploration.
- Mindful Eating Journal: Each participant is provided with a journal that includes prompts and exercises to help them continue their journey of mindful eating and emotional awareness.
- Gift Bags: Contain wellness products such as herbal teas, stress-relief tools, healthy snacks, and self-care items that support emotional balance and mindful eating.
