Food Freedom

Are you binge eating… or just overeating? And does the difference really matter? In this episode of the Food Freedom Podcast, Mary breaks down why focusing on labels like binging versus overeating often keeps people stuck and why the real issue isn’t food at all, but the feeling of being out of control. Whether you’re struggling with binge eating, emotional eating, or repeated overeating, this epi...

Excuses and justifications don’t come from weakness they come from the eating disorder voice. In this episode of the Food Freedom Podcast, we’re talking about the voice of sabotage and how it fuels binge eating, compulsive eating, and disordered eating behaviors. If you’ve ever caught yourself saying: • “I deserve this.” • “I’ll start over tomorrow.” • “One bite won’t hurt.” • “I already blew it,...

Living food sober in a world full of triggers isn’t easy , especially when food is used to be your coping mechanism for stress, emotions, and overwhelm. In this episode, Mary walks you through how to build your Food Sober Toolbox a personalized set of tools, habits, and systems designed to help you stay grounded, reduce cravings, and protect your recovery. You’ll learn the essential emotional, phy...

In this episode of the Food Freedom Podcast, Mary breaks down one of the most misunderstood parts of recovery: transfer addiction, when you stop one coping behavior, only to find yourself picking up another. If you’ve ever quit binge eating only to start nightly wine… Or stopped drinking but suddenly can’t stop snacking… Or overly restricted food and found yourself scrolling, shopping, or staying...

In this episode of the Food Freedom podcast, Mary dives into the deceptive trap of the comfort zone and why it’s one of the biggest obstacles to real recovery from food addiction and disordered eating. If you’ve ever felt “stuck” in your healing journey, this episode will challenge the lie that comfort equals safety. Mary explains how staying in your comfort zone leads to shrinking dreams, fading...

Healing sounds inspiring… until it asks you to actually do the work. In this powerful episode, Mary breaks down the truth about food addiction recovery and why so many people stay stuck in the same binge cycles, guilt, shame, and self-sabotage for years. We talk about why comfort keeps you trapped, why dysfunction feels familiar, and why healing requires facing your emotions, changing your habits,...

Struggling with disordered eating but keep falling into the same cycle of “start over tomorrow”? It’s not because you’re weak , it’s because you’re trying to recover alone. In this episode of the Food Freedom Podcast, Mary breaks down the real reason most people stay stuck in binge-restrict cycles: a lack of support and structure. You’ll learn why willpower always burns out, why nighttime cravings...

Social media is pushing women back into the obsession with being “skinny,” and Coach Mary is not having it. From hormone-wrecking weight-loss drugs to influencers encouraging unhealthy fat loss at already healthy weights, this episode exposes the truth behind the trend and why it threatens your long-term strength and freedom. Fair warning: if you’re still chasing skinny, this episode might piss yo...

In this powerful episode of the Food Freedom Podcast, Mary breaks down the three types of core beliefs that quietly shape your relationship with food: how you see yourself, how you view others, and how you perceive the world. These deep, often subconscious beliefs influence emotional eating, binge eating, food addiction patterns, and your ability to stay food sober—far more than willpower ever cou...

In this episode of the Food Freedom Podcast, Mary Roberts breaks down a powerful truth about food addiction recovery: you will still get disordered thoughts even when you’re doing everything right. Recovery isn’t about eliminating the urges or permanently silencing the voice of sabotage. It’s about learning to actively disobey the thoughts that once controlled your eating. If you’ve ever wondered...

High blood pressure isn’t genetic, random, or “just part of getting older.” In this powerful episode, Coach Mary breaks down the real root cause behind rising blood pressure and exposes the connection doctors rarely talk about: disordered eating, food addiction, and years of processed, high-sugar, highly-palatable foods damaging your blood vessels. Instead of viewing high BP as a disease or destin...

Supporting someone with food addiction or an eating disorder isn’t always straightforward, and the words meant to be harmless can actually trigger shame, cravings, or relapse. In this episode of the Food Freedom Podcast, Mary speaks directly to the loved ones of those struggling with food addiction, binge eating, emotional eating, and disordered eating patterns. You’ll learn why comments like “jus...

In this episode, Mary breaks down the truth about type 2 diabetes that most people never hear. You’ll learn how early blood sugar damage begins, why your A1C isn’t all that matters, and the powerful connection between food addiction, emotional eating, and insulin resistance. If you’ve been told that diabetes “runs in your family” or “isn’t your fault,” this episode will give you clarity, hope, and...

In this powerful episode of the Food Freedom Podcast, Mary breaks down the truth about “treats” and why sugar, hyper-palatable processed carbs, and binge-trigger foods are anything but a reward. If you’ve ever told yourself you “deserve a treat,” this conversation will change the way you think about comfort eating, emotional eating, and addictive food patterns. You’ll learn why drug foods create a...

In this episode of the Food Freedom Podcast, Mary breaks down one of the most important concepts in mental health and food addiction recovery: the Thoughts → Feelings → Behaviors cycle. If you’ve ever wondered why you react the way you do, why certain situations trigger you, or why you keep repeating patterns that don’t serve your recovery, this episode will help you finally understand what’s happ...

In this episode of the Food Freedom Podcast, Mary tackles a tough but transformative truth: your eating disorder (ED) is not an external monster with all the power. It’s not the boogeyman. ED can plant thoughts but your response is 100% your responsibility. If you’ve ever said, “ED made me do it,” or felt like a victim of binge eating, compulsive food thoughts, or emotional eating, this episode wi...

In this episode of the Food Freedom Podcast, Mary breaks down the hidden beliefs and old narratives that keep women stuck in the cycle of binge eating, emotional eating, and food addiction. If you’ve ever had someone’s comment, criticism, or opinion stick with you for YEARS and you’ve realized it’s shaped how you see yourself, your body, or your ability to stay food sober this episode will help yo...

Struggling with holiday food stress? You’re not alone. In this episode of the Food Freedom Podcast, Mary breaks down why big holiday meals often trigger food anxiety, emotional eating, and old diet trauma and how to finally stop the binge / restrict cycle that shows up every year. You’ll learn: • Why big meals create food anxiety (and why it’s not about willpower) • The pendulum effect and how “be...

In this episode of the Food Freedom Podcast, Mary breaks down one of the most common mindset blocks that keeps people stuck in binge eating and disordered eating cycles: the belief that you’re not good enough and that what you’re doing isn’t good enough. If you’ve ever felt discouraged, unmotivated, or trapped in the “I should be further along” mindset, this episode will help you shift the interna...

In this episode of the Food Freedom Podcast, Mary breaks down one of the most important and most misunderstood truths about overcoming binge eating, emotional eating, and food addiction: you’re not dieting… you’re recovering. If you’ve ever wondered why dieting never worked for you, why moderation feels impossible, or why certain foods trigger obsession, cravings, and binge cycles, this episode wi...

In this episode of the Food Freedom Podcast, Mary breaks down why so many people feel stuck in the binge–restrict cycleand why healing your relationship with food can’t happen in the same environment that damaged it. If your life has been shaped by diet culture, weight-focused doctors, comparison traps on social media, and “wellness” programs disguised as restriction, this episode will feel like a...

Thanksgiving is one of the biggest danger zones for anyone in food addiction recovery, but it doesn’t have to derail your progress. In this episode, Coach Mary breaks down how to protect your food sobriety during the holidays without feeling deprived or left out. You’ll learn why Thanksgiving food isn’t actually “special,” how the ED voice uses holidays to sabotage recovery, and what it truly mean...

Weight loss is one of the most sensitive and misunderstood topics in food addiction recovery. In this episode of the Food Freedom Podcast, Coach Mary breaks down the real difference between structure vs. restriction, how to tell whether your desire to lose weight is coming from true recovery or from disordered thinking, and why urgency, perfectionism, and diet culture messaging can quietly sabotag...

In this episode of the Food Freedom Podcast, Mary breaks down a hard-hitting truth that can radically change your food addiction recovery: goals don’t create transformation, standards do. Most people set goals for “someday,” hoping they’ll eventually become the version of themselves who stops binge eating, quits sugar, or finally stays consistent, but in recovery, goals leave too much room for neg...

Food noise has become a trending topic thanks to Ozempic, but what is food noise actually trying to tell you? In this episode, Mary breaks down the truth behind constant food thoughts, why medication can temporarily quiet them, and why the noise often returns the moment you stop taking it. You’ll learn the difference between physical hunger, emotional hunger, and nervous-system-driven food noise,...