JulisaFeb 27, 20203 minWhy is food so hard? The big challenge with food is how easy it is to misuse without pausing to think about. Food is so available and enticing and such a big part of life, it’s really easy to use it unconsciously for emotional reasons. One of the key issues is understanding the difference between wants and needs. From the time we are little kids, we learn to use food for a long list of reasons without stopping and asking ourselves, “is this really what I need?” We live in a society in which the f