The Done Bingeing Podcast

If you've ever noticed a part of you that wants to binge and another part of you that would do anything to stop, you may intuitively recognize the idea of parts. Different parts resort to different coping mechanisms—some of which might be harmful, such as binge eating. However, there is a way to lead these parts in a new direction and to heal negative behavior patterns—even those that seem deeply...

Hating the binge makes perfect sense. After all, it's probably wreaked havoc in your physical, mental and/or emotional life. But, has hating the binge helped weaken or diminish it, or does it stubbornly remain? If you're still bingeing, it may be time for a different approach. One path toward healing is to befriend the part of you that binges—to begin to know and understand it—so that it doesn't h...

​You know you want to stop binge eating—that's so obvious it's hardly worth saying, right? Yet, if you're still bingeing there must be  part of you that wants to do it for some reason. After all, I'm guessing no one has ever forced you to binge. Although it may seem counter intuitive, great benefit lies in understanding just how bingeing is trying to help you. This episode talks about how apprecia...

So much of the journey to end binge eating seems to involve looking to others for guidance. There can be many different approaches, each offered by a different expert. Some of what you learn may help. Some may not. But what if it's possible to connect with an inner-wisdom—a deep knowing of what does and doesn't align with you. This episode talks about how to tune in to you and develop an internal...

When you start putting YOU at the top of your to-do list, others may not be so thrilled. They might be used to you dropping everything the moment they ask for you. If you've lived as if your needs weren't as important as anyone else's, you may have trained others to expect instant access to you. It may take time for them to adjust, and that's okay. It may take time for you to adjust too. This epis...

On the one-year anniversary of The Done Bingeing Podcast, we're talking about self-care—epic self-care, the eighth key in this special series, 12 Keys to End Binge Eating. Part of the reason we're talking about self-care, right on the heels of talking about hormones, is because there's another hormone that's important to consider in the mix. That hormone is called "cortisol"—the stress hormone. Wi...

If having high levels of insulin in your blood hijacks your hunger and fullness signaling system and blocks your ability to burn your own fat stores for fuel, it's helpful to understand what raises insulin in the first place. That's exactly what this episode explores more fully! If you're ready to apply the concepts in this podcast at a deeper level, get on the waitlist for the next Done Bingeing...

Insulin is sometimes called "the fat-storage hormone" because it's the main hormone determining whether you gain, maintain, or lose weight. Too much insulin can interfere with the ability of leptin to signal to your brain that you're full. If you're bingeing, you're eating more food then you need, so it's important to look into how hormones regulate your hunger, regardless of whether excess weight...

This episode takes a deeper look at the second of two key hormones central to regulating your hunger and fullness signals. If you're bingeing, you're eating more food then you need, so it's important to look into how hormones regulate your hunger, regardless of whether excess weight is an issue for you. Once you balance your hormones, it'll be easier to eat less because your brain will actually be...

If you're bingeing, you're eating more food then you need, so it's important to look into how hormones regulate your hunger, regardless of whether excess weight is an issue for you. It's hard to normalize eating if your hormones are whacked. Why? Because hormones are key players in when we feel hungry and when we feel full—not to mention how fat gets stored and released in our bodies. If you're re...

We've been trying to understand the desire to overeat from four perspectives: an emotional desire to overeat, a culturally conditioned desire to overeat, a neurological desire to overeat, and, now, a hormonal desire to overeat. This episode sets the stage to explore the role of hormones. Listen to the episode to find out more! If you're ready to apply the concepts in this podcast at a deeper level...

This episode continues to unravel the desire to overeat by looking at the role of dopamine in the brain and at how sugar is implicated in how we get hooked on certain foods. Listen to the episode to find out more! My e-book, 12 Surprising Steps to End Binge Eating, Starting with Your Very Next Urge , is available for free for a limited time. You can download your copy here: https://www.holdingthes...

When do you eat? When do you not eat? You probably wouldn't be listening to this podcast if your answers were: "I eat when I'm hungry and I don't eat when I'm not hungry." Why is it that we often eat when we're not hungry and sometimes don't eat when we are hungry? They way we're conditioned to eat by society may be part of the reason. Listen to the episode to find out more! My e-book, 12 Surprisi...

Emotional eating is about eating to make a difficult emotion go away. But what if you're contributing to that emotion being there in the first place? Say what? Oh, yeah. You read that right. I was shocked when first heard this idea too. But figuring out how we create our own negative emotions is a huge tool in your toolbox to ending your struggle with emotional eating. Listen to the episode to fin...

At the heart of the desire to overeat is emotional eating. Emotional eating is about eating to cope with a difficult emotion or eating to make that emotion go away. Emotional eating offers a distraction and an analgesic. But there's a downside: we get good at whatever we practice. So, here's the question: Do you want to get better at eating frosting when you're frustrated? Or do you want to get be...

Reducing the desire to overeat is one of the biggest pieces that's missing from almost all approaches to end bingeing or to lose weight. Most meal plans—even reasonable ones—are essentially about eating less food. But what if you still really want to eat the food that the program says is either too much food or not the right kind of food? Then what? Listen in to the episode to find out more! My e-...

This episode continues our discussion of the sixth key to end binge eating: Welcome your urges. We're looking so closely at your urges because if you're afraid of them, you'll be inclined to make them go away by bingeing. But what is it that we usually fear? We fear what we don't know. So, I want to share strategies to get to know your urges in a way that makes them much less frightening. Listen i...

You might think that welcoming your urges is a terrible idea. I hear you. But when you're terrified of your urges, you probably binge to make them go away, ASAP! So . . . that's not working for you. And it didn't work for me either. In this episode, let's try something different. Let's take the power out of the urge by hanging with it. Let's get up close and personal, and then way back and imperso...

When you understand what's happening in your brain when you binge, so much of the struggle begins to make sense. Part of you wants to stop bingeing so badly and part of you wants to keep bingeing just as badly. So you have that tell-tale dissonance between how you want to eat and how you actually do eat. It's like there's two of you playing tug-of-war. And that is fantastic news. Why? Because the...

You might think that ending bingeing or overeating means you have to give up food and suffer through yet another bout of deprivation. But ending bingeing or overeating doesn't mean that you go without food. In fact, it requires that you eat enough food. And that is the focus of Part 5 of 12 Keys to End Binge Eating. This episode focuses on the fourth key: Eat Enough Good Food. Listen to the episod...

Part 4 of 12 Keys to End Binge Eating wraps up the conversations we began in the last episode about the third key: Ease the Pressure to Be Different. This episode is chock full of practical tips to ditch the ruthless critic inside you whose constantly wagging her finger. Listen to the episode to find out more! Oh! And why not join me for a free masterclass to dig even deeper into the essential ste...

This week, in part 3 of 12 Keys to End Binge Eating, we're talking about the third key: Ease the Pressure to Be Different. You already know the cautionary cliché about comparing yourself to others: "There will always be someone better or worse than you." Yet you still have a ruthless internal critic who tells you you're not enough—often, it's tut-tutting about your weight. Maybe it's time to ignor...

You want to stop bingeing yesterday . I get it. And so many approaches that offer to help you get it too, and they provide tips and tools designed to help you stop right away. The problem is that they're not grounded in foundational principles to ending binge eating that change permanent. That's why I've created a special series on 12 essential key to end bingeing or overeating. Episode 36 explore...

You probably feel competent in many areas of your life. But you may not feel so competent, or confident, when it comes to the amount and type of food you eat, or the way you look and feel in your body. If that sounds familiar, you're going to love what I have in store for you! I've created a special series on 12 essential steps to end bingeing or overeating because I felt it was time to review the...