**WINNER: Silver Award in the Cookbooks: Natural, Nutrition, Organic, Vegetarian category of the 2018 Living Now Book Award** **One of the Atlanta Journal-Consitution 's s elf-help books to help you live your best life in 2018** Cosmopolitan: "Take a bite of [Smith's] tasty advice." Brit + Co: "Offers intriguing insight into why we reach for certain (junk) foods when we’re sad, stressed, tired, hangry, and bored, and which nutrient-rich foods we should aim to eat instead." Lindsey Smith, The Food Mood Girl, shows how you can transform your lifestyle by learning from your cravings and using mood-boosting ingredients every day Blending together Lindsey Smith’s passion for health and wellness, food and humor, Eat Your Feelings is a humorous, lighthearted take on your typical diet book. Busy young professionals wrestle with long hours, an exhausting dating culture, and the stress of the modern world. As days whiz by, it’s normal to gravitate toward food―a quick slice of pizza, a chocolate bar, or a bag of chips―that fulfills a craving of the moment or gives a quick energy boost. And this impulse makes sense. Food gives us a sense of pleasure and joy. It can provide us with satisfaction and comfort. Food can awaken each of our senses to something new each time we eat. It gives us energy, and quite literally sustains life as we know it. It should be emotional. If you are feeling sad, stressed, exhausted, hangry, or bored, it’s comforting to eat dishes you love and crave. But Lindsey Smith shows how simple it is to make those same meals and snacks with mood-boosting ingredients that will physically nourish instead of processed foods. In Eat Your Feelings , Lindsey Smith, the Food Mood Girl, will look at ways to eat healthy food based on what people tend to crave the most during heightened emotional states, introducing recipes with crunchy, cheesy, creamy, sweet, and salty themes and drink alternatives for those who tend to chug soda or coffee when all worked up. It’s crucial to listen to your cravings: they are the gatekeepers that unlock the secrets to our unique bodies. But a major element of the Food Mood lifestyle is love, and revolutionizing the way you treat your body and your cravings will not only rid yourself of hanger pains but will also teach you how to listen and respond to your body with healthy ingredients and recipes. Emotional eaters will find common sense advice, food facts, and recipes in the newest book from the blogger known as Food Mood Girl. Smith introduces readers to this judgment-free tome by describing her personal awakening to the connection between food and feelings. The signs of what she calls "The Roller-Coaster Emotions of Food" include deprivation, undereating, cravings, and overeating. Scattered throughout are helpful tables that examine food and cooking specifics, such as what food cravings mean and which foods deflate moods (and substitutes that don't). Offset boxes offer useful tips and definitions. Occasional black-and-white illustrations are lively, yet the black-and-white photos are lackluster. Smith's preference is for a plant-based diet, but she provides options for carnivores. Recipes are categorized into sections by emotion: "Sadness," "Stressed and Anxious," "Exhausted and Tired," "Hangry," or "Bored." Smith presents healthy recipes for a variety of culinary courses, snacks, and drinks: "tasty taco salad," "falafel burgers," "PB chip banana ice cream," and "berry burst smoothie." Creative cooks will appreciate the comprehensive list of individual foods (mostly fruits and vegetables) and what benefits they provide. VERDICT Clear writing, empathy, and culinary expertise stir up a deliciously healthy read for young adults.—Cindy Wall, Southington Library & Museum, CT "Clear writing, empathy, and culinary expertise stir up a deliciously healthy read for young adults." ― School Library Journal "Offers intriguing insight into why we reach for certain (junk) foods when we’re sad, stressed, tired, hangry, and bored, and which nutrient-rich foods we should aim to eat instead." ― Brit + Co "Smith shows readers how to end the cycle of emotional eating by focusing on daily recipes that contain mood-boosting ingredients and a big dose of self-love." ― The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Lindsey Smith turns to nourishing ingredients (such as leafy vegetables) instead of processed foods to shake herself out of a funk―and she shares dozens of her satisfying recipes." ―Oprah.com "Filled with science-backed facts, but it's not stuffy. With a fun writing style and interesting insight, she helps readers understand why they may crave certain foods when experiencing different emotions, and then gives them practical solutions to help them eat (and feel) better during those times." ― RealSimple "A delight in content and design." ― Pittsburgh City Paper "Shows how to curb outta-control emotional cravings with satisfying, healthy alternatives. Her philosophy: Feedi