Hungry or Homesick?

An emotional eater is more than someone who has connected food with feeling good. Food is just the vehicle. It’s the nostalgia they’re after.

Each day is an experiment.

An opportunity to try new things, keep what works, and kill what doesn’t.

The hard part is defining exactly what we mean by “works.” Are we actually creating tactics that align with our goals or just temporary distractions that delay the inevitable?

It’s not so easy to tell.

Take nostalgia, for instance. A resource that Dr. Clay Routledge claims helps us maintain and enhance meaning in the present with the help of the past.

“There’s a very negative attitude in some quarters claiming that nostalgia is bad because it gets in the way of progress,” Dr. Routledge says. “But my argument is no, what happens is you’re not running to the past and hiding; you’re reaching into the past to pull into the present experiences that will help guide you.”