Stop fighting food - and start feeling free
Your Missing Peace is a psychologist-designed emotional eating program that helps smart, busy women stop overeating, end emotional eating, and create peace with food—without dieting or willpower.
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Finally - an emotional eating program designed to create freedom from overeating that lasts
With Dr. Melissa McCreery: psychologist & emotional eating expert. Trusted by thousands of smart, busy women worldwide. Featured in The Wall Street Journal, CNN Health, and Women’s Health.
You’ve accomplished so much, but food still feels like the one thing you can’t quite fix.
You’re a smart, capable woman. You make things happen.
But food: eating, overeating, trying to “stay on track,” keeps falling off your list.
You’re tired of thinking about food, tired of plans that don’t last, and tired of feeling like your willpower failed you.
You don’t need another diet. You need a way to stop fighting yourself - and finally feel at peace.
Here's what real success and freedom from overeating look like:
What real success and freedom from overeating look like:


I'm Dr. Melissa McCreery

If you're new to me, here's why you can trust this approach:
I’m a psychologist, emotional eating expert, author, and host of the Too Much on Her Plate podcast. I created Your Missing Peace to help smart, busy women create freedom from overeating and peace with food. For more than 30 years, I’ve helped thousands break cycles of overwhelm, overload, and overeating without deprivation or white-knuckle willpower. My approach blends the power of psychology with practical tools, leveraging your unique strengths, ditching diet mentality, and addressing the Hidden Hungers that drive eating on autopilot. I work with working mothers, busy professionals, and business owners who are ready for a kinder, more effective way. My perspective has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, CNN Health, Women’s Health, Good Housekeeping, Real Simple, Self, and more.
Why this works (it's not another diet)
If you’ve ever felt like you should have more willpower - or that you “know what to do” but still can’t seem to do it - you’re not alone.
That’s not a character flaw. It’s a setup.
Diets and quick-fix programs teach you to fight yourself. They keep you focused on control, restriction, and rules - which work for a little while ... until life gets stressful, you get tired, or your motivation fades. Then the cycle starts all over again. It’s exhausting. And it’s not your fault.
Your Missing Peace works because it's an emotional eating program. It addresses the real reasons you overeat - the reasons that no diet or willpower plan ever touches.
It’s about rewiring the way you think, respond, and care for yourself, so peace with food becomes your new normal.

What you'll learn in Your Missing Peace:

Module One: Embrace Your Power
Reconnect with your confidence, create systems that fit you, and make progress feel good.

Module 2: Ditch the Diet
Deflate cravings, address emotional eating, and learn how to eat in a way that works for you.

Module Three: Promote Yourself to CEO of Your Wellbeing
Own your time and energy so food isn’t your default coping strategy.

Module Four: Create Forever Freedom
Build a plan that lasts when life is busy, imperfect, and very human.
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"I have put a huge bag of bricks down, a bag that I no longer have to carry with me. Working with you has completely changed my life. Before, food was good or bad, and then so was I. Now, it's just food. I'm no longer blaming myself which is amazing and I'm much more aware of the reasons when I desire to eat. I feel freer with my food choices and I'm approaching food with a positive outlook. I could cry because I'm not mad at myself anymore for having cravings. Before, I only thought I was successful if I was perfect with my eating. I'm starting to feel successful all the time. If I do overeat, it's not the end of the world. I can just keep going forward. I have experienced losing weight without it feeling hard or bad and I know this is just the beginning. The amount that I've changed in six months is amazing. I've worked with this issue my entire life and for the first time, I understand it. I am so grateful. I highly recommend coaching with Melissa and the Missing Peace program." - Jenny Missing Peace VIP Participant
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"Food is no longer such a coping mechanism for me. Feeling full of other things means I can let go of having to always have food. I don’t feel deprived at all. My eating is very different already. I haven’t had cravings and I am allowing myself to eat anything I feel like eating . . . And yes, I have lost five pounds this week without trying . . . . I ate as much as I wanted, and then stopped, and I felt completely in control." - M - Physician and Busy Mom
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"If you had asked me a year ago, I would have told you that so much of my energy was focused towards an obsession with food and my body. I didn’t have the ability to be truly present because I was either thinking about what I ate, what I planned to eat, how much I disliked my body, thinking that if only I could get a handle on my eating, everything in my life would improve. I had lost weight at different points in my life, but it never stayed off. . . Something has changed. . . I am finally happy in my body. I have lost about 30 pounds, I eat whatever I want, stop when I am no longer hungry, and most importantly, the obsessions are gone. Gone are the mornings promising that I am finally going to be “good”, gone are the nights reprimanding myself for everything I did wrong, gone is the constant decision making about what to eat and when to stop." - J - Financial Advisor
Here's what real success and freedom from overeating look like:
Who this program is for:

Who it's not for:
*** Whether you’re using medication or not, you belong here. This program helps you build a peaceful, trusting, lasting relationship with food, body, and life - from the inside out.
How this is different
Most programs tell you what to eat. Your Missing Peace helps you understand why you eat; and how to finally stop fighting with food.
This isn’t another plan to follow or another thing to “get right.” It’s a complete shift in the way you think, respond, and take care of yourself.
Here's what makes this approach different:
You don’t need another diet or another round of trying harder. You need a way to end the fight — and create a relationship with food that works for the life you’re living.
Choose the path that's right for you
This January marks the final time Your Missing Peace will be offered in its current format. Both options below begin together on January 19.
If you’ve been caught in the cycle of “I know what to do - I just can’t seem to do it,” you already know this isn’t about willpower. It’s about having the right support, structure, and tools to help you create peace with food that actually lasts.
For some women, that means stepping fully into Your Missing Peace: a six-month deep dive into freedom, calm, and consistency.
For others, the best next step is a gentler beginning: a way to get unstuck, start seeing results, and build trust with yourself again, without the pressure of a longer commitment.
That’s why I’ve created two paths.
Both use the same compassionate, proven approach that has helped so many smart, capable women finally stop fighting food. The difference is simply how deep you want to go right now, and how much time and support you want along the way.
Whichever you choose, you’ll be surrounded by understanding, evidence-based tools, and the kind of coaching that helps you feel stronger, calmer, and more at peace with yourself.
You don’t have to keep running on the hamster wheel.
Let’s find the version of freedom that fits your life right now.

Choose your path:
Freedom from overeating isn’t one-size-fits-all. You can experience the transformation of Your Missing Peace in two ways - whether you’re ready to go all-in for six months or want to begin with a focused, three-month start.
Both options include live coaching with me, core training, and powerful tools that help you end the cycles of overeating and emotional eating for good.
Option 1: Semester One - Your Missing Peace Foundations
3 months of coaching + 6 months of access to foundational training
A streamlined, focused version of Your Missing Peace for women who want to start strong and experience real change — without the full commitment yet. Semester One begins January 19 and runs for three months, with the option to continue.
You’ll receive:
Bonuses and Tools NOT included:
Start your peace with food journey here - build momentum, gain clarity, and see what’s possible.
**If you decide to continue into Semester Two, your Semester One investment can be applied toward the full six-month program.

Coaching Call Schedule at a glance:
1st Tue 9:00 am PT • 2nd Tue 4:00 pm PT • 4th Tue 2:00 pm PT
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Option 2: The Complete Your Missing Peace Program
Full six months of live coaching + 12 months of access and all bonuses
The full Your Missing Peace experience: everything you need for lasting freedom from overeating, emotional eating, and the burnout of “trying to be good.” The complete six-month program begins January 19 and runs for six months.
You’ll receive:
This is the complete journey - the structure, support, and mindset work that helps you stop fighting food and start feeling free.

Coaching Call Schedule at a glance:
1st Tue 9:00 am PT • 2nd Tue 4:00 pm PT • 4th Tue 2:00 pm PT
Registration Has Closed
Which path feels right to you?
Both options use the same compassionate, proven approach. The difference is in how deeply you want to dive in, and how much support you’d like along the way.
Compare Options: | Semester One: Foundations | Your Missing Peace: Complete Program |
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Overview: | A focused, self-paced start to peace with food. | The full, guided journey to lasting freedom. |
Length: | 3 months | 6 months |
Coaching Calls: | 9 Live Calls + Replays | 18 Live Calls + Replays |
Core Modules: | 2 of 4 | All 4 |
Spiralocity® Lab + Planner: | Included | Included |
Bonuses & Extras: | Not Included | Included |
Access to Online Training: | 6 months | 12 months |
Upgrade Option: | Apply payment toward full program | N/A |
Investment: | $1499 USD or 3 payments of $549 | $2499 or 6 payments of $499 |
Best For: | “I want to begin creating peace with food - at a pace that fits my life right now.” | “I’m ready for full freedom and lasting change.” |
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"Joining Your Missing Peace has been a wonderful, life-changing experience. I started this program because I was tired of feeling sick, tired, hopeless and so unhappy with the person I had become. I used to binge about 3-4 days per week. I have maybe binged 2-3 times total in the past 4 months since starting the program! I have learned what it feels like to savor my food. I am starting to let myself feel my feelings instead of numbing them. I am kinder to myself. I am giving myself permission to eat foods if I want them and it’s now okay to leave food on my plate when I am satisfied or no longer enjoying it. I am proud of how far I have come. I am calmer and happier and no longer feel like I have to wait to be my Unstoppable Self!" - JESSICA, Missing Peace member
Hear from Missing Peace Members:
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"The warmth and empathy of those calls (whether listening live or not) is so incredibly valuable. Whilst the course work gives an important structure and direction for our thought processes and reactive responses, the immediacy, intimacy and even the rawness of the calls plus having your direct coaching is so so invaluable. Thank you." - JENNY, Missing Peace Participant
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"Your podcasts and the Your Missing Peace program has prepared me for my next big life chapter… a big change coming that I did not see or want for my future. Your compassion and wisdom, along with the solid, professional, and kind space you have created for us women to name this “mind game” that we have lived with for decades has changed my life. You have enlightened me to touch it, realize it does exist, and learn about it with curiosity, instead of run from it all the time.
This journey with your guidance, has prepared me to be okay, to trust myself, to love myself, and to understand that I can do this. I really can. I can now live without the negative thoughts and beliefs and stories that played in my mind, constantly resulting in self-sabotage, shame cycles, and feeling hopelessly powerless to food. For me to realize that I deep-down fundamentally have what I need now, that I have been able to identify my hidden hungers and work through them, became a moment for me. I finally understand that I really do have these tools now, as a part of me, and I can call on them when I need them, but do not have to have them with me every day or every hour, anymore.
In the beginning, I tried to convince myself that your podcasts were enough for me (and they are fantastic), but I don’t think I could have made it to where I am without the coaching calls, both because of your great insight but also because of the synergy of being with “my people.” If I had not had this experience to work through all my distorted, tangled up thoughts and emotions, through your wisdom and mentoring, along with the coaching calls to hear from other women, to truly understand that I am not alone, I would be in a very dark place right now. Instead, I think of my Unstoppable Self and say, “I can do this.” Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for my freedom from overeating and peace with food. You have deeply impacted my life, and I will always be grateful for you and this program." - DAWN Missing Peace VIP Participant
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"I was at the end of my rope. Yo-yo diets didn't work for me, I couldn't see my way to fit in exercising consistently and I desperately needed help overcoming my stress eating habit. And let me say... I had a terrible eat-to-sooth-stress habit and panic ruled my days as I have a very stressful job in the healthcare industry, lots of travel plus the demands of raising a family. Your tools have been key to getting me back on track . . . After years of being in this terrible rut, I was really successful in making some positive changes . . . finally! Your program has been my page turner! I feel more confident, in control of my choices . . . my success isn't tied to my environment but now within me!" - TRISH Missing Peace VIP Participant
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"Your Missing Peace was SO worth my investment. I've done Weight Watchers for almost 20 years off and on, and I've read many books on cognitive therapy skills with dieting and overeating. They helped me lose weight, but I would always regain it. These programs didn’t address the core emotions that caused me to overeat and their approach proved to be too complex or rigid to continue with every day. After completing Your Missing Peace, I eat mindfully. I eat less, and I feel more satisfied and less guilty when I do eat. The program showed me how to successfully pinpoint the exact emotions/feelings/situations that trigger me to overeat and what I can do instead. Now, instead of just being on auto-pilot and grabbing something to eat when I'm not even physically hungry, I have effective alternative strategies. I’m also calmer and happier with myself.
Most other programs are 90% about what and how to eat, and tend to make you feel totally deprived - something most of us don’t need at all. Your Missing Peace is a completely different approach. I think any woman who struggles with weight issues needs to do this program, because you need to know that you can be empowered instead of following a regiment and you can get off the dieting hamster wheel." - AMANDA Missing Peace VIP Participant
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"I was frustrated with gaining and losing weight without figuring out why I was overeating and sabotaging my success and felt hopeless. I'm finally losing weight and feel like I am in control of my eating issues for the first time ever! I love this program because it took me painlessly on a journey of self-discovery as to the whys behind my behavior. I learned to recognize emotional, stress and boredom triggers and to devise success strategies.
I highly recommend the program to anyone struggling with weight or eating issues because it makes finding peace with food easy. Diets just put a on band-aid on weight issues, but if you don't discover why you are doing it, you will never succeed. I spend about 15-30 minutes a day at most and I have not only learned to deal with my eating issues, I have learned very effective time management skills, a positive way of focusing on my successes and taking charge of my life" - KATHY Missing Peace VIP Participant
You may be wondering ...
The final session of Your Missing Peace begins January 19. New training will be released approximately weekly, with breaks for catching up and absorbing what you're implementing. I've designed a schedule that allows you time to absorb the training, implement and practice the new strategies, and even to adjust your time if life gets busy. You'll have 12 months of access to the online training portions of the program, so you can revisit them for six months after the live coaching part of the program has concluded. All coaching calls will be recorded, so you'll be able to access the replays if you can't make the calls live.
Yes. As I simplify my work and move toward a new chapter, this is the final time I will be offering Your Missing Peace in its current format.
All coaching calls are recorded and available for replay. Many women listen on their own schedule and still benefit deeply from the coaching and group support.
Plan on the 3 coaching hours per month (either attending live, or watching replays) and 15–30 minutes most days for small steps from the portal. Perfection isn’t required — progress is.
Yes - Your Missing Peace isn’t a food plan. You’ll learn to decide what works for you.
Yes. Medication can change appetite, but it does not change your relationship with food, stress, emotions, or self-trust. This program helps you address the “why” behind your eating so you’re not relying on medication alone.
You’ll receive a welcome email with program information. Prior to January 19 you'll receive an email with your portal login, onboarding steps, and the call schedule.
Access depends on the option you choose.
– Semester One includes six months of access to the foundational training.
– The complete six-month program includes twelve months of access to all materials.
This gives you time to revisit lessons and integrate the work at your own pace.
That’s a common experience for the women who join Your Missing Peace. This program is different because it focuses on understanding and changing the patterns driving your eating, not controlling food through rules or willpower. The work is practical, compassionate, and grounded in psychology.
That depends on your goals, where you already are in the process, and what you put into the program. The Missing Peace Program works when you take the steps. Taking the steps is up to you (you'll get lots of strategies for staying motivated and in action though, including a powerful daily process). If weight loss is a goal, you may find that you begin to lose weight right away, or, this may happen after you've gotten more comfortable feeding yourself in non-food ways (which you'll learn how to do in Your Missing Peace).
We meet three times a month for group coaching. Coaching Groups generally meet on the first Tuesday of the month at 9:00 am Pacific/noon Eastern, the second Tuesday of each month at 4:00 pm Pacific/7:00 pm Eastern, and the fourth Tuesday of the Month at 2:00 pm Pacific/5:00 pm Eastern. All coaching meetings are held on Zoom and are accessible worldwide. The recordings will be available in case you cannot attend. If you can't make a call, you'll have opportunities to submit questions or topics in advance. We occasionally reschedule these calls, and in all instances will provide you as much notice (via email) as possible. You may wish to use a time zone converter such as this one to convert these times to your time zone.
No problem! Email our support team at hello@toomuchonherplate.com. We'll get back to you within 24 hours during business hours Monday - Friday (Central time).
My promise to you:
We’re in this together. If, within 30 days, you’ve completed onboarding, the Module One workbook, and attended or watched the coaching calls, and you don’t feel you’ve gained new skills and momentum, you can email support with your completed workbook for a full refund.

Coaching Call Schedule Reminder:
1st Tue 9:00 am PT • 2nd Tue 4:00 pm PT • 4th Tue 2:00 pm PT
Choose your path:
Option 1: Semester One - Your Missing Peace Foundations
$1,499 USD
(3 months of coaching + 6 months of access to foundational training)
A streamlined, focused version of Your Missing Peace for women who want to start strong and experience real change — without the full commitment yet.
You’ll receive:
Bonuses and Tools NOT included:
Start your peace with food journey here - build momentum, gain clarity, and see what’s possible.
**If you decide to continue into Semester Two, your Semester One investment can be applied toward the full six-month program.

Coaching Call Schedule at a glance:
1st Tue 9:00 am PT • 2nd Tue 4:00 pm PT • 4th Tue 2:00 pm PT
Registration Has Closed
Option 2: The Complete Your Missing Peace Program
$2,499 USD
(Full six months of live coaching + 12 months of access and all bonuses)
The full Your Missing Peace experience: everything you need for lasting freedom from overeating, emotional eating, and the burnout of “trying to be good.”
You’ll receive:
This is the complete journey - the structure, support, and mindset work that helps you stop fighting food and start feeling free.

Coaching Call Schedule at a glance:
1st Tue 9:00 am PT • 2nd Tue 4:00 pm PT • 4th Tue 2:00 pm PT
Registration Has Closed

