Why is eating so soothing? -- How to get started -- Mindful meditation techniques -- Creating mindful moments -- The practice of meditating -- Breathe your way to inner calm -- Strengthen your endurance to counter stress eating -- Letting go -- Setting the inner critic straight -- Calmness, be right here, right now -- Mindful spiritual moments -- Virtual bliss -- Ending hide-and-seek feelings -- Change your thoughts, change your eating -- Journaling to boost your mental health immunity -- Ha-ha moments -- When you feel empty, choose feeling that your glass is half full -- Worry mindfully -- Zone out mindfully -- The Scarlett O'Hara approach -- Finding your security blanket -- Soothing affirmations -- From Ms. Perfectionist to Ms. Realistic -- Soothing sensations to calm and relax the body -- Pampering your senses -- Soothing scents to rejuvenate yourself -- Yoga 101 -- Sweating at the gym -- Sleep on it -- Soak away the stress -- Cleaning out the urge to eat -- Turn off the carnival in your head -- Self-hypnosis -- Be your own masseuse -- Soothing yourself with distractions -- Emotional Band-Aids -- Shop, drop, and roll -- Brain candy -- Knit it out -- make a bucket list -- Crafty ways to self-soothe -- Exploring Cyberspace -- Meditative music -- Weeding out the urge to eat -- Mini mental challenges -- Soothing yourself with social relationships -- The buddy system -- Join the Blogosphere -- Helpful ways to vent -- When you are all alone with a quart of ice cream -- Your furry friend and unconditional love -- Stepping into someone else's shoes -- Blockers for boredom eating -- Healing touch -- Volunteer yourself -- Connecting even when you want to crawl under the covers -- Soothing emergency help.