Breaking Up With Binge Eating
Breaking Up With Binge Eating is a podcast for anyone struggling with binge eating, emotional eating, or the restrict-then-binge cycle. Hosts Georgie Fear, Christina Holland, and Maryclaire Brescia share practical, evidence-based tools from their coaching program, grounded in nutritional science, behavior change psychology, and approaches like CBT and ACT. The podcast aims to help listeners break free from disordered eating without shame or perfectionism.
Episodes
Am I Recovered Enough? [Bonus Episode]
Tina has done so much healing, and her question becomes: when is recovery “enough”?In this conversation, listener Tina shares a recovery story that will feel deeply familiar to many listeners: years of restriction, calorie counting, binge eating, fear foods, food obsession—and then a long, thoughtful climb toward something much steadier.She’s no longer trapped in the binge-restrict cycle.
Emotional Confidence: Trusting Yourself With Whatever Comes
What happens when things are actually going well—and your brain immediately starts waiting for something to go wrong?In this episode, we talk about emotional confidence: the ability to trust yourself with change, uncertainty, disappointment, and even happiness. You’ll hear why bracing for future pain doesn’t protect you from it, how recovery involves learning to tolerate normal variation
“Might as Well” Urges: What You Need to Do to Stop Them
One unplanned food choice can quickly turn into “I already blew it, so I might as well keep going.” In this episode, Georgie explains why eating-because-I-ate urges are a form of pain-relief eating: food is used to escape the guilt, fear, or disappointment caused by the previous eating.You’ll learn how to interrupt the loop with a simple response, and why dietary imperfection is a skill w
Pain Relief Urges: When Food Feels Like the Fastest Way Out
In this episode, we’re talking about pain relief urges: the urge to eat because something hurts and food feels like the fastest way out. That pain might be physical, emotional, or both stacked together — and food may genuinely offer comfort for a little while. But comfort is not the problem. Cost is the question.We’ll look at how to tell when food comfort stays low-cost versus when it tur
Autopilot Urges: When Your Brain Says “This Goes With Food”
Autopilot urges happen when your brain recognizes a familiar scene and says, “This is when we eat,” or “This goes with food.” These urges can show up as snacking, grazing, emotional eating, or a full binge before you feel like you’ve really chosen anything.In this episode, we’ll look at why certain places, activities, times of day, and transitions can trigger automatic eating patterns. We
Recovery Isn't About Doing It the Hard Way: Why Guardrails Matter
In binge eating recovery, many people believe they should be able to keep every food in the house, eat every food casually, and handle every food environment without support. But recovery is not about proving you can do everything the hard way.In this episode, we talk about guardrails: practical supports that make desired behaviors easier and reduce the setups that tend to make eating fee
Exhaustion Urges: When Your Brain Is at 12%
In this episode, we’re talking about exhaustion urges: urges to binge, graze, order food, snack compulsively, or keep eating when your system is depleted and food starts to look like the fastest available relief.Instead of focusing mostly on what to do once you’re already too exhausted to care, we’re moving upstream. Exhaustion urges often start earlier than the urge itself, when your bat
Restriction Urges: “Get It While You Can”
In this episode, we’re looking at restriction urges: the urges that say, “Get it while you can.” These urges are often not just about hunger or cravings. They are scarcity alarms. Sometimes the scarcity is physical, like not eating enough or going too long without food. Sometimes it is psychological, like food rules, guilt, or the feeling that you are technically allowed to eat something
What If Your Binge Eating Has Been Working... In a Way?
Bingeing can be painful and costly, but it often persists because it is doing a job.Not working because it is harmless or because you want to keep doing it, but because it may have been doing something important for you. Bingeing may provide relief, comfort, rest, numbness, pleasure, rebellion, privacy, or a way to get through moments that feel impossible.In this episode, we look at binge
The First 60 Seconds: Don’t Let the Urge Become a Story
The First 60 Seconds: Don’t Let the Urge Become a Story (The Urge Proof Life — Episode 4)There’s a tiny moment when an urge first appears—before the binge, before the “might as well,” before the story starts writing itself. In this episode, Georgie explains why the first danger often isn’t the urge itself, but the meaning we attach to it: I can’t handle this, I already know how this ends,
Stop Arguing With Your Cravings: A Conversation with Dr. Glenn Livingston
Stop Arguing With Your Cravings: A Conversation with Dr. Glenn LivingstonThis episode is a rare guest conversation on Breaking Up With Binge Eating. Georgie is joined by Dr. Glenn Livingston, psychologist, author, and creator of Defeat Your Cravings, for a wide-ranging conversation about binge eating, cravings, food rules, self-trust, and why insight alone often isn’t enough to change an
Why You Want More (Even When It’s Not That Good)
New to the show? Start Here: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-here Pick the listening path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.Show Notes: Have you ever thought, “I don’t even like this that much… so why do I still want more?” In this episode, Georgie explains the difference between wanting and liking—and why urges can stay loud even when pleasure is fading.Y
The Urge Map: 5 Types of Urges (and What Each One Needs)
New to the show? Start Here: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the listening path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.Show Notes: In this episode, Georgie gives you a practical “urge map” to answer the question that matters in real life: what kind of urge is this? Because the same pantry moment can come from very different mechanisms—and if you use th
An Urge Is Not an Order: What Urges Are (and What They Aren’t)
New to the show? Start Here: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the listening path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.Show Notes: An Urge Is Not an Order: What Urges Are (and What They Aren’t) (The Urge Proof Life — Episode 1)Urges can feel like an emergency—like the outcome is already decided before you even start. In this season opener, Georgie refr
Coming Soon, Season 3: The Urge Proof Life
The Urge Proof Life — Season Trailer A practical season on urges: how to identify what kind of urge you’re having and match the tool to the mechanism, with one small weekly experiment in every episode. Want extra support? Join All Access (real-life coaching sessions, shared with permission): georgiefear.com/podcast Want to work with me? ConfidentEaters.comNew to the show? Start Here: http
Is This Real Progress… or Am I Just Performing? (Bonus Episode)
New to the show? Start Here: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the listening path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.Show Notes: What happens when things are finally going better… and your brain decides that means it must be fake?In this coaching excerpt, Sarah names a fear I hear all the time: “Am I doing well… or am I just performing because someon
This is Treatable
New to the show? Start Here: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the listening path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.This Is Treatable (From Distress to Stability — Part 12, Season Finale)In the final episode of this season, Georgie names what many people quietly doubt: this is treatable. Not because it’s quick or simple, but because binge eating and
The Morning After: Stabilizing Instead of Compensating
New to the show? Start Here: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the listening path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.The morning after a hard night of eating can feel heavy—physically and mentally—and it’s easy for your brain to start reaching for a “fix”: skipping meals, tightening rules, stepping on the scale, promising to be “very good” today. In
Before the Spiral: When Plans Fall Apart
New to the show? Start Here: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the listening path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.This episode is about the moment before things fully blow up—not the binge itself, and not the morning-after panic, but the point where you start to feel… off. When your schedule changes (weekends, travel, illness, late nights, company
Why Nighttime Binges Aren’t a Willpower Problem
New to the show? Start Here: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the listening path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.If you can hold it together all day—and then feel like everything falls apart at night—this episode is for you.Nighttime bingeing isn’t a character flaw. It’s usually what happens when pressure exceeds capacity at the end of the day. I
Building Stability Without Perfection
New to the show? Start Here: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the listening path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.Show Notes: As things start to feel steadier, a new fear often shows up: If I’m not white-knuckling this, am I doing enough? In this episode, we talk about why calm can feel unfamiliar when effort has been your survival strategy—and ho
What To Do When the Urge Hits
New to the show? Start Here: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the listening path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.Show Notes: When the urge to eat feels urgent, convincing, and hard to resist, insight alone usually isn’t enough. In this episode, we focus on what to do once the urge is already here—so you reduce escalation instead of making it wors
Support in the Moment: Kahani, Eating Disorder Recovery, and Real-Time Tools (with Mehek Mohan + Elena)
New to the show? Start Here: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the listening path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.Episode summaryRecovery doesn’t only happen in therapy—it happens in the moments in between. In this episode, Georgie talks with Mehek Mohan, cofounder of Kahani, an app designed to offer personalized, on-demand support for eating diso
When Food Is the Only Break You Get
New to the show? Start Here: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the listening path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.When life feels like nonstop self-management, food can become the fastest, most reliable way to get relief—especially if rest, comfort, or support don’t feel allowed. In this episode, we’ll look at why emotional eating and binge eating
Why “Being Good” Backfires (Especially When Weight Loss Is the Goal)
New to the show? Start Here: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the listening path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.So many people believe: “Once I lose weight, I’ll finally feel calm around food.” In this episode, we unpack why that belief often backfires—turning food into a high-stakes performance, increasing stress and rigidity, and making emotio
The Binge–Restrict Cycle (and Where It Actually Starts)
New to the show? Start Here: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the listening path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.Episode 4 — The Binge–Restrict Cycle (and Where It Actually Starts)From Distress to Stability — Part 4Most people think the cycle starts with the binge. But binges don’t come out of nowhere—they come out of pressure.In this episode, we
Why Stress Makes Eating Feel Out of Control
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.Show Notes: Ever felt like the first bite “signs a contract”—and suddenly the brakes are gone? In this episode, we slow that moment down and explain why loss-of-control eating is a predictable state shift that shows up more oft
What Everyone Gets Wrong About Restriction
Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-here Pick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.If you’ve ever been told “just stop restricting” and felt more confused than helped, this episode is for you. We’re defining restriction in a way that actually supports recovery: not every “no” creates pressure. The kind of restriction that fu
Start Here: Pick Your Path
New to the show? Start Here: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the listening path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.
It’s Not Willpower, It’s Pressure (Why Binge & Emotional Eating Happen)
Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-hereWelcome to Season 2 of Breaking Up With Binge Eating. This 12-episode series walks you step-by-step from distress around food to something steadier and more workable—without perfection. In the Season 2 opener, we challenge the idea that loss of control is a character flaw and replace it with a more acc
How Binge Eating Reflects Our Struggle with Restraint
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-here Pick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.Episode SummaryIn this episode, Georgie Fear explores the psychological chain reactions behind binge eating, revealing how it often serves as a rebound effect from excessive restraint and self-sacrifice. Through the story of M
"But I'm not losing weight yet"
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.Losing weight is probably one of the most common reasons we hear that people want to end their binge eating. It's the physical symbol of success and is most apparent to the world. Reasons for wanting to change their current sta
When Food Becomes Protest: Defusing Resentment & Rebellion
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.Have to do this. Can't eat that.Over and over, these mandates drive a person crazy. Many of our clients say that it builds up over time, and they snap. They just want to eat and eat, in opposition to feeling pushed around by al
I Really Eat Perfectly (When I'm Not Bingeing)
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now. "I eat really clean", Kyle said "Even my binges are on healthy things. That's why it's confusing. I'm a fit guy. I'm a healthy eater who binge eats." Kyle's words bring up a number of misconceptions about binge eating and the
Rest Is Hard. Here's How To Do It Anyway. (Featuring Allison)
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.In this Episode:Our philosophy on treatment includes supporting people in many areas of life in addition to meeting their nutrition needs. Eating disorder recovery certainly involves modifying your eating, but if someone only w
The Lie Behind "I Don't Deserve To Have Good Things"
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.Show Notes: Have you ever had the thought 'I don't deserve good things'? This pervasive belief can be subtle, but it's not harmless. Today we are going to explore what's really going on with this belief.When we peel back the la
Olivia's Journey: How Medication Helped Silence Her Food Noise
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.Olivia emailed us sharing her personal journey with Semaglutide, a GLP one receptor agonist, and how it helped her manage binge eating disorder. Olivia's experience was so compelling and we believe it sheds light on the silence
“I Can’t Handle This” — The Thought That Triggers the Binge
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.In today's episode, we discuss how moments of emotional distress can often trigger binge and emotional eating and it all starts with the thought 'I can't handle this'. But what if there was a way to reframe that thought and cha
The Lie Behind "I'll Make Up For It Tomorrow"
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.Join us in today's episode as we dive into one of the most pervasive thoughts in the binge-restrict cycle: 'I'll make up for it tomorrow.' We'll explore how this seemingly harmless thought is a clustered cognitive distortion, c
What the Latest Research Says About Binge Eating Disorder
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.In this episode, we delve into the latest research on Binge Eating Disorder (BED), exploring its most common causes and effective treatments. Recent studies new findings show BED's connection to brain activity and reduced impul
"I've been so good, I can afford it" (The Overconfidence Trap)
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.Are you someone who experiences a period of good weeks followed by bad weeks? Maybe you've heard yourself thinking, "I've been so good, I can afford it." This is an unhelpful thought that we hear pretty regularly from our clien
How To Eat Like A "Normal Person"
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now. "I want to eat like a normal person". That's what people tell us over the phone, on Zoom, via email, or written into our new client assessment. In today's episode, we want to explore with you what it means to be a 'normal eate
When Food Isn't The Fix: Emotion Regulation Skills (Part 3)
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.Have you noticed a pattern in your life where you use food to solve all the things? Whether you are cold, tired, behind schedule or intimidated or unsure or angry, does your brain say "should we eat something?" Even if you aren
The Incredible Relief of Changing Your Story
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.We all have tapes that play in our heads or narratives in the background of our lives. The stories we tell ourselves cast us into roles and you can be certain that they impact how you feel, the choices you make day to day, and
When Food Isn't The Fix: Emotion Regulation Skills (Part 2)
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.Have you noticed a pattern in your life where you use food to solve all the things? Whether you are cold, tired, behind schedule or intimidated or unsure or angry, does your brain say "should we eat something?" Even if you aren
Let's Help Marissa
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now. We love when we get letters from listeners! Today, we want to share one that came in from longtime listener, Marissa.Marissa has stopped binge eating thanks to following the skills she's learned from this podcast! However, she
When Food Isn’t the Fix: 4 Emotion Regulation Skills (Part 1)
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.Have you noticed a pattern in your life where you use food to solve all the things? Whether you are cold, tired, behind schedule or intimidated or unsure or angry, does your brain say "should we eat something?" Even if you aren
Your Winter Wellness Survival Guide (The Art of Wintering)
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.Winter is here! For many of us, it's a long stretch of the year—one that can throw a wrench in even the best-laid health plans. If you're someone who tries to stay active, eat well, and nurture your mental wellness throughout t
Why You're Procrastineating (and How to Change It)
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.Today on the show, we are going to talk about procrastineating, which is procrastination, where food is concerned. Procrastineating may show up like snacking or grazing, or it may be the form of a binge. When we sort through pr
How to Halt a Binge in Its Tracks
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.Whats the best way to smother a binge before it snowballs, stopping it from gaining momentum, and spreading it to destroy your day, weeks, or decades? Well, we actually are going to talk about exactly that in today's episode. O
What To Do When Your Brain Goes Into "Cut and Run Mode"
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.Our group coaching client Emma recently reached out feeling defeated. Her vacation got derailed by an incoming hurricane. She felt like a failure of the program because she was going back to old ways of using food to cope with
Are you Anti-compassion, Anti-Praise, or Anti-Encouragement?
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.This is our 100th episode of the Breaking up With Binge Eating Podcast! Thank you, listeners, for the love and support of this podcast. We are glad you are here and thankful to be a small part of your healing journey to food fr
Ways To Connect With People That Don't Center Around Food
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.Food can be a wonderful tool of connection. You can use it to connect with others, to a nostalgic memory, while traveling to a new culture, or even connecting to your own heritage. But food is not the only way you can connect t
How To Have Honest Conversations About Your Eating (Without Excessive Awkwardness!)
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.The days are gone when eating disorders and body image struggles were secrets to keep. Nowadays, people talk about them openly, which a beautiful thing. But if you aren't prepared, those conversations can get awkward, or worse
How to Move Away From Calorie Counting
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.Are you a long term calorie counter? Then you may want to consider whether it is helping or hurting your journey to breaking up with binge eating. What we have seen with clients is that calorie counting and binge eating are lin
How to Recover From A Slip Up With Compassion
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.“We all make mistakes” - you’ve heard that so many times that I bet it’s practically meaningless. It’s like a bland hallmark card inscription that has zero power for most of us. Many people who are working on improving their re
"I'm not fighting myself anymore on eating" (An Insider Review of Our Coaching Program)
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.This week, we are excited to share an insider review of our Breaking up with Binge Eating Group program. Join Georgie and Berenice, as they discuss her journey from being a listener of the podcast, to joining the group program
Research on Food Addiction and BED
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.Have you ever wondered if you are addicted to food? Can someone be addicted to food like they can be to alcohol and other substances? Many of our clients feel out of control around certain foods, and may feel as though they are
Dusting off the shame & knowing your worth
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.This week, we are excited to share a Client interview from our 1:1 coaching program. Join Coach Christina and her former client, Maddie, as they discuss her journey of overcoming the binge and restrict cycle and developing food
Research Updates On Emotional Eating and Binge Eating Disorder
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.Join coach Georgie and the Confident Eaters team in today's episode, as we discuss recent updates to Emotional Eating and Binge Eating Disorder in one our monthly coaches education meeting.One of the papers we discuss in this c
WTF Is Stress Management Anyway?
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.Everybody is "stressed", but we don't always understand exactly what that means. We believe that not all stress is bad. It is a protective mechanism that helps us survive situations in life. It also allows us to be challenged a
How to Not Beat Yourself Up (And Still Be A High Achiever)
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.If you've listened to our podcast before, then you've heard us talk extensively about the fact that being kind to yourself can lead to remarkable personal growth and improved well-being. In this episode, Coach Georgie explores
Brian: How getting to know yourself helps stop binge eating
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.This is a free preview of subscribers-only content! To unlock ALL the subscribers-only episodes with real clients and conversations, join us at georgiefear.com/podcast.Join Georgie with her real life client Brian, who has had a
Help! I Meant To Make It Last All Week, But Ate It All
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.Right after an overeating incident or binge, once of the most helpful things to do is look back and consider what lessons we want to take from the experience. Maybe you discovered a situation you don't want to put yourself in a
Rachel: "How To Get Off the Hamster Wheel"
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.This is a free preview of subscribers-only content! To unlock ALL the subscribers-only episodes with real clients and conversations, join us at georgiefear.com/podcast.Today you'll hear Georgie and real life client Rachel in a
Eating to Avoid Procrastination Hell
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now."I'll get started... after a snack." "This is so overwhelming... I need candy." Life contains onerous tasks, and they can cause dread and anxiety even when we haven't begun them. Because avoiding a chore presents its own drawn
Recognizing and Soothing Scarcity Mind
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now."Now's my chance." "I'll be better tomorrow." "One last time." Thoughts like these can make you feel just a little more reactive, a little more tense, a little less settled. And frankly, they also make you more prone overeating
The Best Things to Do After a Mistake (To Avoid Bingeing)
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.The sinking feeling of realizing you made a mistake can be awful. It can lead to panic, fear, embarrassment, and often, binge eating. Presumably you are already trying hard to not make mistakes, so what else can be done? A lot.
What's Up With The Guilt?
The following sequence of events may be all too familiar: You want to push yourself to do something different with food - maybe order a carb, eat the dressing, or enjoy dessert out in the open instead of in secret. So you gather your strength, recite a mantra or two, take the leap... and then feel mega guilty afterwards. What gives? This is what you wanted to do, and now instead of glowin
Kaitlyn: "My entire day revolves around food"
"It's frustrating," says Kaitlyn. Who wouldn't be frustrated? Watching your mind circle around the next opportunity to eat like a moth doing laps around a garden light...is hardly the fully-lived life most of us want to be experiencing. Let's look at how we can help Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn has already made some progress, including a recent win with handling a stressful day without a binge. She's
This Small Step Isn't Enough!
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.When it comes to problems in our lives (such as disordered eating or excess weight), we can create full-time jobs for ourselves just thinking about them. We can spend endless hours considering how this problem has worsened or c
“I listed alternate behaviors, now how do I get myself to do them?”
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-herePick the path that fits what you’re dealing with right now.What should Suzanne do? She listed out alternative behaviors to turn to when she is triggered to binge. But she's not turning to them. Making a list of alternatives to turn to instead of food is an important step. (Don't count
Food Limit Reactivity: "Even the thought of cutting back makes me binge” (part 2 of 2)
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-hereDoes any type of food guideline, rule, or limit "set you off?" You're not alone. As a person's relationship with food heals, this type of food limit reactivity goes down. In other words, it becomes tolerable, then comfortable to experiment with waiting to eat for a short time, or choos
Food Limit Reactivity: "Even the thought of cutting back makes me binge" (Part 1 of 2)
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-here Food limit reactivity is an issue that I often see in my clients. If you feel like the mere thought of eating less drives you into a panic, sparking an immediate desire to eat compulsively, you may be experiencing it. This state makes it all but impossible to lose weight, or follow fo
Is Recovery Just Willpower?
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-hereIs recovering from binge eating a matter of willpower? Are we wasting our time looking for answers in books, podcasts, therapists, when what we really need is to buck up and try harder? Find out why I say no. (And why the implication that "all it takes" is willpower makes me bristle).
"I wanted it": All about managing desire
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-hereIt's human to want. Feeling a desire for a particular food (as in a craving), or simply a strong desire to EAT is a normal challenge to work through on our road to healing from disordered eating. In this episode, we cover some of the pitfalls you can avoid, and how to help yourself rea
Julie: "I do it all, or nothing at all."
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-hereAfter 30 years of battling food and her body, Julie doesn't want to hide and eat cookies in the pantry. She wants to feel like her healthy eating during the day extends through the evening hours too. Above all, she wants to just eat in peace. It's interesting how even if we hide to eat
Moving from Calorie Counting to Using Body Signals (And Emotions!)
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-hereIn the last podcast episode we talked about building up skill with sensing hunger, fullness, and emotions, while still continuing to count calories if you aren't ready to let go of that part. Now, what comes next. If you've counted calories for ages and have become afraid to stop, her
Can I Count Calories AND Learn To Follow My Body Signals?
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-here"I want to learn how to eat by body signals... but I'm scared to stop counting calories, because I'm sure I'll gain weight." This is not the exception, it's the rule. In this episode, I'll help you navigate the fear of this dilemma.What a conundrum: Nobody likes counting calories. But
How to Stop Eating at Satisfied (even if you've tried and failed 87,523 times)
New to the show? Start Here + Listening Paths: https://breakingupwithbingeeating.transistor.fm/start-hereIt sounds straightforward: if we always stopped eating once we reach the point of satisfaction, we would consume the right amount for our body, feel positive and proud, and live happily ever after. But... stuff tends to get in the way, doesn't it? In this episode, we discuss the most c
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