The Stop Binge Eating Podcast

Do you ever worry about your ability to stay binge-free long-term? I see this fear come up in people both when they're doing well for awhile and when they've just started seeing success. Their past failed attempts keep coming to mind and the self-doubt comes along with it. In this episode, I'm helping you build your belief in your ability to have long-term success. There's honestly no reason why y...

In this episode, I'm bringing on a very special guest! My former client Lainie is joining me to share her binge eating story with you all. You'll hear what life was like for her before we worked together, some of the things that helped her make big shifts in her eating, and how she's doing now. I have no doubt that you'll find some of her story relatable to yours. I do! She's such an inspiration a...

Love is the best feeling in the world. When we love ourselves and love other people it feels so good. But I often find that many of my clients and other people who binge that I talk to are lacking love in their lives for themselves, for their bodies, and for some people in their lives.   In this episode, I'm exploring what happens when we don't feel love and how we can feel more of it. It may not...

You're a human, so you've experienced physical pain. Maybe you have chronic pain, maybe you just have acute pain that happens more rarely. When you experience it, you might find yourself eating to distract yourself from the pain and to feel better. In this episode, not only am I talking about what happens when you eat to ease your pain, but also how you can still live a fulfilled life no matter ho...

When you're feeling an urge to binge, are you thinking it's going to last forever? Are you thinking it's not going to go away? If you are, you're not going to be willing to allow the discomfort of the urge. If you don't believe that relief and comfort are coming after the urge, you're going to eat to get them ASAP. In this episode, I'm talking about your belief in good feelings. When you feel a lo...

Do you freak out when you go out to eat or when you eat at someone else's house? So many concerns come up about what you're going to eat and how much. So much uncertainty. In this episode, I'm going to help you calm down. Going out to eat doesn't have to be so scary. It can be just as calm as cooking your own meals and you can still feel in control of what you eat. Having someone else prepare your...

Do you have a great life? If you're binge eating, you might say you don't. Or maybe you do, and everything is great except your eating. If you life isn't as great as you want it to be, you're the one stopping yourself and you might not even know how you're doing it. In this episode, I'm showing you why your life isn't as great as you want it to be and how you can create better for yourself. The li...

Are there certain feelings you think you're not supposed to feel? Maybe anger, fear, frustration, sadness? Then when you do feel them, you might try to stuff them down with food or distract away from them somehow. You think it's wrong to feel them so you do what you can to not feel them. In this episode, I'm addressing the idea that there are feelings we're not supposed to feel. Personally, I don'...

If you've ever felt disappointed by the amount of pleasure you experienced while eating then you've experienced pleasure scarcity. This concept is all about you thinking you're not getting enough pleasure and most likely it's more pleasure from food that you're wanting. In the episode, I'm breaking down what pleasure scarcity means, why you experience it, and how you can feel more abundant with yo...

If you've been binge eating for a long time, you may be feeling some hopelessness. You may think that it's just a part of you now or that you'll never be able to stop. You've failed so many times that you assume you're just going to fail forever. In this episode, I'm showing you why none of that is true. No matter how long you've been binge eating, you are a changeable human that can make this cha...

Do you focus more on your failures than your successes? If so, you might feel like you're not making enough progress and you might be feeling bad about yourself. You especially will if you make your failures mean something negative about you as a person. In this episode, I'm talking about the importance of celebrating your successes and we as giving you tips for how you can find successes to celeb...

Have you been having concerns about loved ones getting sick and even dying from the coronavirus? Are you having trouble believing that you really can stop binge eating? Are you curious what a coaching session with me is like? If you answered yes to any or all of these, then this episode is for you! In this episode, I'm sharing an excerpt from a group coaching call where I'm coaching my client Jenn...

Do you feel guilty after you binge? Do you feel apathetic, resigned, or indifferent? These are all feelings that make sense to feel after you do something that's so destructive to your life. But are they useful? That's not really a question we consider. In this episode, I'm talking about how our post-binge feelings affect our future binges and how you can make sure you're setting yourself up for s...

Are you feeling a lot of uncertainty and worry? You may have had some changes in your circumstances recently, or a lot of changes, or you're worried about the possibility of future changes. This doesn't feel comfortable and worrying might be leading you to eat. In this episode, you'll learn the number one reason why you feel worried about uncertainty and how you can ease your worry. Less worry mig...

Are you feeling a lot more stress and overwhelm these days? You're not alone. Circumstances, schedules, and routines are changing and you might be having a hard time adjusting. Also, you eating might be ramping up in response to it. In this episode, I'm sharing with you one thing that can help ease all the stress and overwhelm you're feeling. If you're feeling them because of the things you want t...

The way you choose to tell your stories matters. Right now, when this episode is being released, we're in the midst of a pandemic. People are telling all kinds of stories that are causing panic, fear, and worry as well as ones that are causing calm and optimism. Even when this wasn't going on, you were probably telling some not so useful stories about your binge eating. We're telling stories about...

Do you feel deprived when you don't eat certain foods? Do you fear feeling deprived so you eat things off your plan to avoid it? Deprived is a common feeling that leads to going off plan and binge eating. It's a feeling people fear and one that they go against their true wants to avoid feeling. In this episode, I'm talking about why you feel deprived, how you can feel less deprived, and how to sto...

Do you label foods as good and bad? If so, why do you do that? What classifies a food as good or bad? In this episode, I'm talking about the different reasons that people may consider a food to be good or bad and how that can affect you. I also help make the shift away from using those labels if it's something you want to do. There's a different way to look at all of it and I'm sharing it with you...

Are you engaging in enough self-care? Do you even know what it is? Are you unsure about whether or not what you are considering as self-care actually is? In this episode, I'm sharing my take on self-care, what it is, why it's important, and the do's and don'ts of it. There are things I'm talking about that you might not consider to be self-care but when we really think about it, it actually is. Li...

Do you ever find yourself in situations where you want to not eat when everyone else is? Or when you want to eat different foods than everyone else is? If so, then this episode is for you! It can be uncomfortable to be different. However, it can also be uncomfortable to go along with the crown and go against your true wants. So how can you feel more comfortable with doing what you want to do when...

Do you ever binge on healthy foods? A lot of people don't, but there's a lot who either exclusively do or sometimes do. In this episode, I'm talking about binge eating on healthy foods, why you do it, and whether it's a problem or not. Maybe it's not and maybe it is. Time to find out the answer and how you can stop doing it if it is. Interested in working with me? Sign up for a free mini session s...

This episode is all about escaping yourself. When you binge, that's exactly what you're doing. You're trying to get away from your thoughts, your feelings, and/or your urges. Eating is your way to get away from yourself for that moment. So I want you to see what happens when you do that. Escaping doesn't result in zero consequences and your life might be a heck of a lot better if you stop escaping...

Should you be counting calories? I get asked that question sometimes and it's not a simple yes or no answer.   In this episode, I'm going to help you make the decision for yourself. Listen in as I discuss calorie counting and whether it's an effective way to manage your eating and your weight.   Interested in working with me? Sign up for a free mini session so you can see what coaching is like and...

Do you ever find yourself in situations where you don't have options for what to eat? Maybe someone made you food or other people decided what restaurant to go to or you're going to a retreat where meals are included. You of course have the option to just not eat, but when you don't choose that, and you're going to eat what's available, you may have a lot of drama about it.   In this episode, I'm...

Today's episode is digging in to habits a lot of us have when dealing with thoughts and feelings. Since it's our thoughts and feelings that drive us to binge, it's important to know how to handle them.   Your reaction may initially be to allow all the thoughts that come to you mind, but did you know you don't HAVE to think any particular thoughts? It's possible to think on purpose what you want to...