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Centre for Emotional Eating Lynn Therrien is a Registered Psychotherapist and Certified Canadian Counsellor.

She is the founder of the Centre of Emotional Eating and specializes in supporting one's relationship with food and weight.

10/26/2026

Food is reliable (when people aren’t).

The taste is predictable (when life isn’t).

Food brings calm (when your day is chaos).

Your brain has made the link that food gives you things you can’t get elsewhere. It is no wonder that you keep reaching for it for comfort.

Let me teach you other tools to cope. Send me a direct message.

I’m here to de-influence you! Swipe through to see some very normal daily behaviours. Life is messy and we are all doing...
10/23/2026

I’m here to de-influence you! Swipe through to see some very normal daily behaviours. Life is messy and we are all doing our best with what capacity we have. If you see yourself in this post, I hope you feel less alone 💛

10/21/2026

Have you ever told yourself: “I better eat this all now because I won’t be able to have it tomorrow.” This is very common with a lot of clients I work with.

If you’re constantly afraid of losing access to food you enjoy, to the way it calms your nervous system, you are going to feel more panic when you tell yourself you can’t have it.

Get curious: when does this thinking kick in the most for you?

It often feels easier to not rock the boat. To not speak up when something is bothering us. That’s because, especially a...
10/19/2026

It often feels easier to not rock the boat. To not speak up when something is bothering us. That’s because, especially as women, we’re conditioned to smooth things over and avoid confrontation.

But keeping it all swirling inside will only have it come up in other ways: emotional eating, anxiety, physical tightness, and more.

You don’t have to begin with confrontation, you can talk to someone you trust to vent and let off steam.

If you need a safe place to speak up, send me a message and we can create a space together.

10/16/2026

The food rules you live by might sound like good guidelines, but they are actually constantly tearing you down. It’s common for my clients to think “If I eat this, I’m bad.”

The focus stays on all the ways you’re failing by breaking these rules. Flexibility, not rigid rules, will help you more with cravings, food noise, and self-confidence.

Try this perspective shift: when you find your inner critic making negative comments about your body, how smart you are,...
10/14/2026

Try this perspective shift: when you find your inner critic making negative comments about your body, how smart you are, or how capable, flip the script by asking:

“Who might I have inspired in my life?”

Then list (mentally or write it out) the projects, conversations, small gestures, that impacted others. It can be as small as remembering the name of a server or big like checking in on a friend in need.

Re-framing your thoughts in this way can give your brain ‘proof’ to push back against negative thoughts.

I hope you had a tasty Thanksgiving weekend! No matter if you piled the food on your plate, snuck extra slices of pie, o...
10/12/2026

I hope you had a tasty Thanksgiving weekend! No matter if you piled the food on your plate, snuck extra slices of pie, or napped instead of doing a workout, you do not have to restrict your eating today 💛

I help people understand why they emotionally eat so they can stop fighting food, quiet the food noise, and build a calm...
10/09/2026

I help people understand why they emotionally eat so they can stop fighting food, quiet the food noise, and build a calmer, more trusting relationship with themselves.

You don’t have to stay stuck. Send me a message.

10/08/2026

Denying yourself certain types of food or restricting how much you’re “allowed” to eat will make you focus SO much more on food.

Our brains are meant to keep us safe and our bodies need food to function. You can’t will power your way against biology.

10/05/2026

Emotional eating isn’t about the food you choose to eat.

Rather than satisfying true physical hunger, emotional eating is an attempt to satisfy some emotional need.

You don’t need more willpower; you need support to work through what is underneath the eating habits. I can be that safe space for you, send me a message and let’s see how we can work together.

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