The YoYo Freedom Podcast

Discover a little trick to create more of what you actually want this Christmas. What’s that got to do with food and eating? Well, overeating in a way that isn’t enjoyable isn’t usually about the food at all—it’s more likely to be in response to something else entirely. Food is effective in the moment. It does create a little bit of what you’re longing for … it’s just not the answer you really cra...

You can genuinely enjoy December even if you’ve been struggling with This Food Thing. This is the episode for you if previous Christmases have looked like: — wanting to eat perfectly only to end up eating everything, — aiming to create a fasting window that’s crashed and burned, — diving into the chocolate selection box in secret, or — buckling under the pressure to eat treats...

Looking forward to the holidays can seem part of our genetic makeup. Dreams of smiling faces, delicious festive food, and that coveted gift under the tree … expectations are high. But what happens when the holidays don’t turn out like the fairy tale in our imaginations? People don’t show up, you're sick, or finances are strained. If food helps get you through—to feel better or escape the whole she...

The holidays are coming … along with the parties, get-togethers and celebrations that happen during Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year. Perhaps there are certain people whose behaviour is guaranteed to drive you straight to the buffet table, or lead to a binge in the attempt to cope, or recover. Listen in to discover strategies to put yourself back in control of how you feel, and a selection of...

You already have an inkling that there’s more to binge eating than just the food. But, even when you know what you’re really looking for can’t be found at the bottom of an ice-cream tub, what do you do with that insight? Discover the exact next steps toward easing back from a reliance on food so you can instead start to create whatever it is that you really desire, deep down. You’ll learn the 4 qu...

What if overeating or binge eating is an external indicator of your internal needs? Understanding why your eating patterns are there may be something you haven’t considered. When you can see the role the eating is playing and what it’s trying to help you with, it makes much more sense. Yes, it might have been subconscious until now BUT there is a reason the bingeing is happening. And, wh...

Feeling safe, secure and calm in your own body is such a key part of healing from feeling compulsive or out of control around food, eating in secret or binge eating. Which is why feeling genuinely physically satisfied by the food you eat is so important. When the body is physically content, you can begin to ease away from a high alert, hyper-focused on food. There’s less likelihood of being trigge...

Understanding how the body works and tuning into messages it sends is a form of super-supportive self-care. Today we’re continuing to explore hunger, this time by looking at the hormone, Ghrelin. If hunger is a trigger for overeating or bingeing, listen in to discover how ghrelin makes a difference and what you can do about it. Learn simple, practical strategies to reduce sensations of hunger...

“I just need more willpower to stop eating.” Well … actually, willpower doesn’t work and, in this episode, we discuss one of the reasons why. Hormones—aka chemical messengers—operate outside conscious control and drive the balance within our bodies. One in particular (insulin), impacts hunger, food-cravings and whether or not the body uses or stores fat. Listen in to learn: - why insulin matt...

Is it hard to stop eating until you’re so full you can hardly move? I was for me, and I had no idea why I kept doing it to myself. This episode is all about making sense of the need or desire to feel stuffed with food which, in turn, will begin to allow you to shift the balance and ease back from that level of fullness. You’ll learn the exact steps to:1. increase awareness the feeling of being rea...

Times are tight right now and wasting food feels … well, especially wasteful. But you probably find that clearing the kid’s plates, finishing off what’s in the fridge before it hits the best-before date, or polishing off food that’s been gifted to you leads to more overeating. In this episode, you’ll learn how to reframe food wastage AND my top hacks to reduce temptation in the milli-second before...

So often, eating “well” or eating “healthily” involves trying to follow a set of rules dictated by someone else. It’s not surprising our bodies and our minds rebel—and that rebellion can lead right to a session of binge eating or overeating. In this episode, you’ll learn how to switch hunger signals from being something to dread into becoming a trusted guide. You’ll discover how to tune back into...

Emotional eating is definitely a thing. And, if we get really honest, it does kinda work. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be tempting to eat when we felt bad. This episode is about how the way we feel impacts how we eat, AND introduces a really effective strategy to get through emotions—however they show up—without needing to turn to food to cope. You’ll learn:—why emotional eating becomes such an entrench...

That little voice in your head has so much impact on the food you put into your mouth. Listen in for the 4 steps to strike up a conversation with the voice in your head and interrupt patterns of thinking—which has the power to change the way you eat. Gently challenging thoughts and interpretations gives you the power to change  even the most entrenched behaviours and, bit by bit, to open to c...

When you’ve been bingeing or overeating for decades and have tried everything you can think of to stop, what ends up making a difference? Well, I binged for nearly 30 years, so I for sure know what it’s like to feel stuck. And I also found a way to stop bingeing and overeating. In today’s episode I’m going to let you in on the 4 changes I made that helped me finally move through the binge eating a...

If it seems that pizza, ice-cream, cookies, sweets, bread or crisps are constantly calling your name, this is the episode for you. Listen in to discover how the brain operates pathways of desire that can create intense urges to eat, and the strategies you can use to ramp down those cravings. Choose from a selection of simple tools which will help you create more non-food related pleasure in your l...

Urges to eat can have the power to lead you straight to the foods that leave you feeling wiped out and all round terrible. The good news is that, no matter how strong or overpowering the urge, there is a way through. And the more urges you explore in the ways I’m sharing, the less the power they hold over you. In this episode I share a tool that reframes urges in a way that completely changes how...

If you struggle with overeating or bingeing, urges to eat can feel particularly scary and overwhelming. Discover strategies to cope with those full-on urges and the two most powerful ways to understand them and get through them in this episode and the next. Because, when you’re able to experience a strong urge to binge AND know you’ll be ok without turning to food—that’s the taste of freedom! Feel...

Let’s talk about food restriction—aka dieting—and how it may impact episodes of binge eating or overeating. Wanting to diet can make sense for many reasons, but what are the longer term effects on your eating patterns? Listen in to learn two action steps that help soothe the body and, together, can be really effective in preventing a binge. Feeling out of control around food? Click here for your F...

Listen in for the six reasons that commonly lead to overeating and binge eating. The combination—or layering—of those reasons looks different for different people. It’s through understanding which are relevant for you that you’ll know where to start to make meaningful and lasting change to your eating patterns. Gain access to a quick and simple tool to help you uncover the “Why” behind your eating...

With so many—often conflicting—messages about how to follow the “correct diet,” it can be tricky and confusing to find the foods that support you and feel nourishing, energising and sustainable. In this episode you’ll learn the simple steps to discover the foods that work for you. It will be a key step in tuning into your body, mind and emotions which will directly help you move away from binge ea...

If you’re either sticking perfectly to a diet or feeling out-of-control around food, you're not alone. An all-or-nothing approach is commonly promoted in books or by certain “experts.”But more significant and lasting change often comes through a very different approach. Listen in to episode 4 to discover why smaller changes over time can be way more effective in dropping overeating and any excess...

So often, there’s an assumption that a harsh inner critic is simply realistic and what’s needed to create change, especially in what we eat or how our bodies look. But that inner shouty voice often leads right back to overeating or bingeing. Learn how to access a different emotion that’s way more effective in transforming eating behaviours. You’ll also discover the 5 reasons you might be turning t...

Discover what to expect from the YoYo Freedom Podcast and how to apply it so it becomes part of your real life! We’ll consider different paths to stop bingeing and overeating, and how to translate all the knowledge you already have into supportive behaviours that change your eating in the long term. I’ll guide you to create a compelling, authentic and unique vision for your life, lived from a plac...

Discover how The YoYo Freedom Podcast can help you:—escape a cycle of yoyo-dieting and overeating, —end your struggle with binge eating, —make peace with your body and find your natural weight, and —free your mind from all those thoughts taken up with food. Keep listening for actionable, step-by-step tools and strategies that combine Life Coaching and the Internal Family Systems model to guide you...