In the Make Peace with Food group program I run a few times a year, we’ve been talking about expanding our toolbox so that food is just one of many tools that we have access to and feel supported by. Otherwise, having only food to cope is like a carpenter going to work with just a hammer. The hammer cannot remedy every situation, and when it’s used inappropriately it could impact the structural integrity of the build. As long as we use food to numb, we can’t use it to nourish.