You are (both) not on your own!!! MD has some great advice there - I definitely eat to fill a void, mostly atm to lack of sleep and some family conflict. I find that as part of the void filling I really do not think about what I am eating AT ALL. So awareness of what I am doing (simply eating slowly and not whilst doing anything else) and why is a really big one for me. Really hard when stressed and tired too. I am trying to treat myself with other stuff - so time on BB, a magazine, a long term goal acheived (so I recently got an eyelash tint). It is really important to be sensible about things and to be kind to yourself whilst you are in the process of change, so not throwing it all away if you have a bad day etc. Good luck - you can do it.
I am the same. Had a great day yesterday with good food and some physical activity. Once the kids were asleep I just wanted to eat something sweet. I sat there flicking through a Nigella cookbook looking for some inspiration for something to quickly whip up. Think I need to go back to having a block of dark choc lindt in the house, that way I can just have a square and it just takes the edge off wanting something really bad.
i am also the same! bad day? better have something tasty to make me feel better. something good happen? oooh...better have a nice meal/treat to celebrate the time i've best been able to conquer the emotional eating is when i was training to do a fun run. sounds kinda silly now but if i didn't eat well during the day then i felt awful going for a run after work & just had no energy for it. it got me to a place where i really viewed food as fuel for my body & i found myself eating what i needed to get me through the day & the run. so i ended up eating really well. i noticed that when i was going to see a personal trainer that it had the same affect & that was exactly the same way he viewed food - not as a treat/something yummy to make you feel better etc but he ate exactly what his body needed.
so...i think for me the secret is probably exercising because it gets me in a better headspace for eating but now i just need to get off my bum & actually do something!
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the time i've best been able to conquer the emotional eating is when i was training to do a fun run. sounds kinda silly now but if i didn't eat well during the day then i felt awful going for a run after work & just had no energy for it. it got me to a place where i really viewed food as fuel for my body & i found myself eating what i needed to get me through the day & the run. so i ended up eating really well. i noticed that when i was going to see a personal trainer that it had the same affect & that was exactly the same way he viewed food - not as a treat/something yummy to make you feel better etc but he ate exactly what his body needed. 
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