Use Life Skills, Not Willpower, to Stop Overeating The reason you turn to food when you're stressed or distressed is that you don't have better ways of managing life's ups and downs. According to Karen R. Koenig, an expert on the psychology of eating, you can transform your eating habits -- and your life -- by developing effective life skills. When you have enhanced skills, you won't need to turn to mindless eating to make it through...