01/10/2025
HUNGER vs CRAVING 🚗🍎
On the school run the other day, my kids started debating in the back seat:
“You’re not hungry… you’re craving!”
“How do YOU know?”
Then my 10‑year‑old cut through the noise with the simplest wisdom:
✨ “When you NEED to eat, that’s hunger.”
✨ “When you WANT to eat, that’s a craving.”
His brother wasn’t convinced (as sibling debates go!), but it struck me how naturally children can name what many adults wrestle with.
Here’s the truth: both hunger and cravings are valid:
🍽 Hunger is your body’s biological signal for fuel.
🍫 Cravings often carry emotional or sensory messages—comfort, pleasure, nostalgia.
Neither is “bad.” Both are ways our body and mind speak to us.
The real skill is pausing to notice: Am I needing food right now, or am I wanting something else? That awareness gives us choice, balance, and self‑compassion.
P.S. Sometimes the deepest wisdom comes from the back seat of the car. 💡🙃
