Brain over Binge Podcast

Kathryn is joined by Dr. Paula Freedman-Diamond, PsyD, to talk about the intersection between eating disorders and ADHD, and how these challenges often overlap. Dr. Paula explains how people with ADHD/neurodivergence may struggle to recognize hunger and fullness cues and offers practical tips for making recovery work. She encourages self-acceptance and working with your unique brain, not against i...

Kathryn shares how to grow or rebuild connections in your life during and after recovery from binge eating. You’ll learn strategies for reconnecting with yourself and others in safe, manageable ways once you are no longer devoting so much time and energy to the eating disorder. Kathryn also guides you toward navigating shifts that may occur in relationships as a result of the positive changes you...

Kathryn and coach Julie help you reframe how you think about recovery. You’ll learn to challenge the belief that stopping binge eating is a hard road and see that ending this destructive habit is actually the easy path. Ease never comes from giving in to urges to binge, or trying to control weight through restriction, but from nourishing your body, accepting your natural weight, and letting go of...

Episode  Kathryn introduces the  Brain over Binge Podcast Guide —a simple, indexed PDF that organizes all of the episodes so far into 85+ recovery topics like restriction, body image, motivation, weight, overeating and more. Whether you’re new or want to easily revisit relevant episodes, the guide is a practical tool designed to help you make the most out of the podcast. Get the  Podcast Guide  fo...

Kathryn and Coach Julie talk about the idea of “eating foods you love that love you back.” This is a phrase that Julie has used here on the podcast and that she often uses as a framework in coaching as she helps people learn to eat adequately. We’ll talk about many ways to interpret this concept and how you can apply it in your own life. Get the free Inspiration Booklet Join  group coaching Additi...

This is Part II of a series about healing your relationships with food, yourself, and others (listen to  Part I here ). Kathryn will help you explore your own unique patterns as far as how your relationship with food has affected your other relationships. This applies even after recovery. You’ll also learn to separate relationship issues, as much as possible, from your ability to recover. Last, yo...

A binge-free life is created by dismissing one binge urge at a time, and by eating adequately one meal/snack at a time. This requires consistency. Although the decision to stop bingeing can be instantaneous, healing of the body and brain from this habit takes time. If you’re someone who tends to do well for a little while just to slip back into old behaviors, or if you want to prevent that from ha...

I had an enlightening conversation with Nidhi Pandya about balancing your body and developing a more holistic view of your body that allows you to honor and take care of yourself. Nidhi is an Ayurvedic doctor, teacher, coach, speaker, and author of the new book,  Your Body Already Knows . She shares an informative and insightful perspective—based on Ayurvedic principles—about a variety of topics r...

Kathryn and Coach Julie teach you how to make positive change in pivotal moments or “inflection points” in recovery. You’ll learn that you don’t have to fix every part of your life or every part of your eating. Instead, you can zero in on the times when you are tipping into the problematic behaviors, make some adjustments, and harness your own power of choice. When you recognize and work on your o...

Having a difficult relationship with food affects nearly every other relationship in your life, including your relationship with yourself. Because eating disorders are so isolating, you may find yourself turning away from other people—even the people you love the most and who love you the most. Your drive to binge and your obsessive food thoughts can distract you from being present in relationship...

Jenné Claiborne , author of the new cookbook, Vegan Vibes,  shares her journey from eating in a way that was harmful, and slipping into diet culture, to learning to love nourishing, nutrient-dense food and sharing that love of food with others through her brand,  Sweet Potato Soul .  Jenné and Kathryn talk about some of the issues surrounding veganism and eating disorder recovery, as well as makin...

Kathryn and Coach Julie talk about when doubts pop up in binge eating recovery in the form of “yeah, buts,” including: Yeah, but I have weight to lose.  Yeah, but I have too much stress in my life.  Yeah, but I have been bingeing for too long.  Yeah, but my case is different. You can learn to recognize and reframe the “yeah, buts” so they don’t hold you back from having freedom from the struggle w...

I want to share my insights about how Mel Robbins’  Let Them Theory  could be a powerful tool in your recovery from binge eating, or as you break any habit. I’ll suggest ways you can apply this theory—especially when dealing with food and weight comments, harmful messages of diet culture, and thoughts and urges that drive behaviors you want to quit. Get  The Let Them Theory   by Mel Robbins The Me...

Kathryn talks with Marcus Kain of  Strong Not Starving  about avoiding some of the typical pitfalls that January can bring when it comes to food and weight. When setting goals or resolutions in the new year, the choice is not a dichotomy between restrictive dieting and not caring about your health or body at all. Thinking about goals more sustainably and approaching change with a healthy mindset m...

Kathryn talks with Patrick Fox who is a Sober Coach and the host of the Alcohol Rethink Podcast  about overcoming problematic drinking and excessive eating during the holidays. These are common behaviors during festive times, but you can make new choices this year that align with who you want to be and how you want to feel. Get the FREE 30-day Inspiration Booklet Join Coach Julie’s Retreat  on 12/...

This episode will help you focus on long term success. Kathryn and Coach Julie talk about the mindset and actions necessary to follow through in recovery until you are completely binge-free. Join Coach Julie’s Retreat  on 12/30 (10am-12pmEST) Join the Brain over Binge Group  (and get the Retreat for free) Episodes mentioned in this show: Ep. 147: Redefining Restriction Ep. 161: Boundaries in Recov...

Binge-encouraging thoughts don’t make logical sense, but they are tempting to believe in the moment of an urge. You can learn to stop taking these thoughts seriously, dismissing them as untrue and not indicative of who you truly are and what you truly want. It’s helpful to know that you aren’t the only one having thoughts that try to justify binge eating. In this episode, Kathryn shares several co...

Kathryn is joined by Dr. Supatra Tovar, who is a clinical psychologist, registered dietician, fitness expert, and the author of the new book,  Deprogram Diet Culture:  Rethink Your Relationship with Food, Heal Your Mind, and Live a Diet-Free Life . Dr. Tovar talks about how dieting creates harm on a hormonal and physiological level, and how you can learn to let go of the messages of diet culture....

Recovery can bring up some unexpected feelings, including grief.  Even though binge eating is ultimately a harmful behavior, you may still experience a sense of loss as you let it go, and you may also grieve the time you lost to the eating disorder. As you go through this, it can be helpful to cultivate thoughts and feelings of gratitude to soften the grief, and to keep you moving in the direction...

Recovery involves setting some boundaries with food, with the primary boundaries being to avoid binges and to avoid restriction. You can also use gentle, loving boundaries in other ways — as tools that help you protect your time, energy, and mental clarity so that you can connect with your higher brain and make recovery-promoting choices.   Episode mentioned in this show: Ep. 147: Redefining Restr...

I was honored to have a conversation with My Nguyen, creator of  My Healthy Dish  and author of  Healthy,  My  Way . You’ll learn about My’s journey through challenges with food restriction and body image issues, to figuring out her own way of cooking and healthy eating that nourishes her and allows her to honor her body. She shares her enjoyable and exciting recipes with the world and inspires mi...

Kathryn and Coach Julie talk about the value of generating curiosity in recovery. You may wonder how curiosity applies to overcoming binge eating, but by the end of this episode, you’ll understand how powerful it is to shift into a curious mindset, and how it can help you make changes in a much more self-caring and natural way. Book a one-on-one coaching session  (limited audio-only night sessions...

Kathryn shares insights surrounding the topic of grazing to help you understand this behavior and any connection it may have to your binge eating. Although grazing isn’t inherently harmful, there are times when it can become problematic, and this episode will help you start overcoming any grazing behaviors that are affecting your life in a negative way. Get personalized support with one-on-one coa...

Kathryn and Coach Julie talk about how valuable recovery is in terms of time, energy, money, relationships, and more. You’ll learn to look at the costs of binge eating to help yourself see through the false promises of the lower brain. Fully knowing the value of freedom from food struggles helps with your daily motivation and commitment to build a binge-free life. Brain over Binge Retreat Get the...

Physical hunger and fullness signals aren’t the only driver of eating. We also have what I’m calling “stop and go signals” which are primarily thoughts, but also feelings and sensations that encourage us to eat or stop eating that are independent of physical hunger and fullness cues. In this episode, you’ll learn to understand and react to these signals in a way that moves you toward recovery and...