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Financial Stress Eating: How Money Anxiety Hijacks Your Body You're not eating because you're hungry. You're eating because your nervous system thinks you're about to starve. This episode is about financial stress eating. Specifically, why money anxiety sends your body straight into survival mode and makes food feel completely out of control. If you've ever noticed that a bad b...

You had a streak going. You felt good. Then you binged. And your brain immediately called it self-sabotage. That word is doing you real harm. This episode is about why. A question came in from Deborah inside the Bestie Squad asking why she feels great during a streak of no bingeing, and then it all falls apart. I'd bet most of you know exactly what that feels like. So I'm answering it prop...

Nobody warned me that hating my body and struggling with food, would also blow up my relationship. That’s not what the diet books sell us. Certainly not what the wellness content I was consuming by the bucketload sold either. Nobody connected those dots for me, so I’m to have some real gal to gal chat with you today. This episode is about what body shame and binge eating actually do to your sex li...

You've seen the reels. The before-and-afters. The influencer who says DM me to find out more, and then sends you a link to buy a peptide stack. This episode is about Retatrutide, known as Reta, and what's actually going on behind the content you're seeing. I'm not here to lecture you or tell you what to do with your body. But I do want to make sure you have the full picture before...

Hilary Duff. Times Square. "Stronger, not smaller." I saw it and felt genuinely warm. Then I sat with it longer. This episode is about why that campaign is a better message, and why it's still not the whole picture. We talk about the 2000s body image era millennials grew up in, thin privilege and who gets to front campaigns about body change, and why swapping "I want to be small...

The women in your life weren't trying to mess you up. They genuinely thought they were helping. But some of what they said, about food, about bodies, about their own thighs , stuck. And now you're carrying it. This episode is about breaking that chain. I've got Dr Chelsea Arnold back on the pod. She's a clinical psych who specialises in eating and body image, and she's also a m...

Dopamine Did It. Not You. Short episode. Big shift. If you've spent years thinking you have no willpower around food, this episode is going to reframe everything. I break down what dopamine actually does in the brain, why certain foods and situations create automatic urges you didn't choose, and why every diet you've tried has been working against your neurology, not with it. You'l...

Nobody told me that healing would feel like loss. That one day you'd be doing all the right things, no bingeing, eating well, feeling calmer around food than you ever had, and still feeling this quiet grief about the body you've been chasing for years. That's what this episode is about. Body grief is real. It's the part of recovery that nobody puts on the sales page because it'...

You're not "bad at stopping", you're just following a rule you learned as a kid that's keeping you stuck in the binge cycle. Ever finish your plate even when you're full? That's the Clean Plate Club at work. And it's one of the sneakiest drivers of binge eating and overeating. In this episode: - Why you keep eating past fullness (hint: it's not about willpower...

Raise your hand if you've ever ordered the salad when you actually wanted the burger. In this episode, we're diving into something nobody talks about: the double life so many of us live with food. We perform "good eating" in front of others: ordering salads, making comments about being "healthy," projecting an image of control. Then we binge in private, when no one'...

What to Do the Morning After a Binge (The Anti-Diet Recovery Protocol) You wake up and it hits you before you're even fully conscious, the dread, the memories, the wrappers, the promises to "start fresh Monday." If you've ever lived through a binge hangover, this episode is for you. In this deeply honest conversation, Nic walks you through exactly what to do the morning after a b...

Can I be really honest with you today? This episode is personal. Like, properly personal. I'm taking you through the actual chapters of my life — the eleven-year-old me at the kitchen table, the bullied teenager with the (truly catastrophic) bowl cut, the uni student eating chips alone in her room, and the woman who had bariatric surgery and was still binge eating within months. But here's...

Is your mum's diet culture still living in your head? Here's how to make sure it doesn't reach your kids. Most of us grew up in homes where dieting was just... normal. Mum was always on something. The body comments were constant. Food was either good or bad, clean or naughty, and we absorbed every single bit of it. Now we're beginning to raise kids of our own or have young people in our lives. And...

The food noise goes quiet on GLP-1s and peptides, and that relief is real. But what happens when the injection stops? In this episode, Nic shares her own experience with bariatric surgery and why the binge came back anyway, breaks down what the research actually says about GLP-1s , peptides and eating behaviour, and uses the story of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Layla Taylor as a cultural mir...

Do you have a food that lives on a weird pedestal in your brain? One you either avoid completely… or eat the entire thing in one sitting? In today's episode, Nic shares the psychology behind why certain foods, especially childhood favourites, can end up carrying a disproportionate emotional charge. Spoiler: it's not about the food. In this episode, Nic covers: Why your brain links specific...

If you're driven, capable, and holding everything together, and you're also quietly struggling with food, this episode is for you. Today we're talking about the link between high performance stress and secret food rituals. Not just for corporate women climbing ladders, but for the mum managing the household like a project manager, the partner carrying the invisible mental load, the wom...

The Diet Culture Survival Guide: How to Handle Diet Culture Chat Diet culture hasn't disappeared. It has rebranded. In 2026 it sounds like wellness, optimisation, hormone balance, metabolic health, fasting windows, protein targets and “discipline challenges.”And while you might be doing real work healing your relationship with food, navigating these conversations in everyday life can still fee...

Kelly Osbourne, Diet Culture & Why “Concern” Is Still Body Surveillance The internet has a lot to say about women’s bodies right now. In this episode, I'm diving into the public discourse around Kelly Osbourne and the intense speculation about women’s changing bodies- from Ozempic rumors to “concern” about health. Kelly Osbourne was relentlessly fat-shamed as a teenager. Now, years later,...

Body image conversations are LOUD right now. Between the ANTM documentary resurfacing millennial trauma… and the viral New York Times interview where former body positivity influencer Gabriella Lascano stepped away from the movement…People are feeling hurt. Confused. Betrayed. Defensive. And if that’s you- this episode will steady you. As a therapist who specialises in binge eating, emotional eati...

Bestie! This week we’re unpacking the new America’s Next Top Model documentary- and the impact shows like this had on millennial women’s relationships with their bodies. ANTM didn’t just entertain us. It normalised: public body critique comparison between women shrinking yourself to be chosen and managing food to manage your appearance Contestants were weighed on camera, told to lose weight public...

In this episode, I'm going to delve into the complex relationship between millennial women and their bodies, exploring how societal standards and cultural conditioning have shaped their experiences with food and body image. I share more of my personal journey through binge eating and the impact of diet culture, emphasizing the importance of community and self-compassion in the recovery process...

This episode explores the nuanced journey of weight loss and self-acceptance, emphasizing the importance of balance and well-being in binge and eating disorder recovery. I share my personal experiences and insights, and invite you to reflect on your own. Let's go! Take Aways: Weight loss is not a one-size-fits-all solution. Self-worth is not determined by body size. Reflective journaling can a...

I didn’t win because I hustled harder. I won because I healed first. In this episode, I’m sharing the real story behind my recent trip to LA- winning a business challenge, meeting Steven Bartlett, and being given $100,000 to invest into my future- and why none of it would have been possible without healing my relationship with food. For years, binge eating, restriction, and body obsession consumed...

This episode is part of a special 7-day series designed to support you through the holiday season and beyond — with practical tools, nervous-system regulation, and compassionate psychoeducation around food, eating, and body image. Each episode in this series has a corresponding page in the  Resource Bundle , with guided exercises, reflections, and tools to help you integrate what you’re learning —...

This episode is part of a special 7-day series designed to support you through the holiday season and beyond — with practical tools, nervous-system regulation, and compassionate psychoeducation around food, eating, and body image. Each episode in this series has a corresponding page in the  Resource Bundle , with guided exercises, reflections, and tools to help you integrate what you’re learning —...