230. Food Is Not Love & The Algorithm Is Not Your Daddy

What if food isn’t love… and the algorithm isn’t your daddy?

In today’s deeply personal episode of the Embodied Writing Warrior Podcast, I unpack the surprising connection between emotional eating, anxious attachment, and our relationship with social media. This conversation goes beyond “mindset” or “willpower” and into the deeper patterns that shape consistency, self-worth, creativity, and belonging.

I share how my own struggles with food resurfaced during a season of hyper-focusing on social media growth—and why the algorithm functions a lot like an emotionally unavailable attachment figure. Hot-and-cold reinforcement. Random validation. The endless loop of “maybe this time I’ll be chosen.”

We explore the concept of medium mismatch—why some environments, platforms, or practices quietly dysregulate us, even when we’re “doing everything right.” And how choosing the right medium (in business, health, and relationships) can restore consistency, creativity, and peace without forcing or self-abandonment.

This episode is especially for you if:

• Loneliness or inconsistency has been a trigger for emotional eating
• You feel drained or performative on social media
• You’ve struggled with anxious attachment patterns in love or business
• You crave depth, safety, and sustainability—not hustle or shock-value marketing

I also share practical boundaries I’m implementing around social media, how my eating stabilized almost immediately after this realization, and an embodied activation to help you audit the environments shaping your life.

Links Mentioned:

• Free Workbook: Hungry For Safety: A Divine Daddies Guide to Emotional Freedom
• Workshop: Emotional Eating to Emotional Freedom (Live + Replay Available)
• Book Recommendation: The Content Exit by Sophie Wilson
• Podcast Episode 130: Does Running Cause Weight Gain? All Things Cardio, Cortisol, & Choosing An Aligned Form of Exercise
• Substack Post: Biology Does Not Lie - Borrowed Animals by The Biological Imagination