Who are you feeding? Sometimes who we are feeding is an emotion, such as unhappiness, or depression, sadness or loneliness. Sometimes it is our petulant inner child who only cares about eating that candy bar right now. Or we are feeding our rebellious adolescent, who knows this particular food may not make us feel very good but goes ahead and eats it anyway, damn it! After exploring this question for themselves, nearly all my clients discover they have been unconsciously feeding a part of themselves that wasn't nourished. For instance, when most of us feel like we aren't being taken care of — usually when we're experiencing an emotional need — we immediately turn to the foods that were gratifying in childhood....
So the next time you eat or drink something, ask yourself: "Who am I feeding?" And then wait for the honest answer.
— Hale Sofia Schatz, Shira Shaiman in If the Buddha Came to Dinner