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Sep 30
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Ep 64: Three Triggers to Binge Eating & ...

Rachel Evans
About this episode

Hold on because this episode covers A LOT!

We're talking about 90s diet culture, GLP-1s, secret eating in your car, semi-starvation responses, nervous system regulation and normal eating.

Nic shares her journey through binge eating in her car, to baratric surgery and more bingeing, to training as a therapist, being her own guinea pig and founding Binge Free Bestie.

Want to know more about what triggers binge eating and how you can handle them, then this episode is for you!


Connect with Rachel

Dr. Rachel Evans is a psychologist, hypnotherapist and eating disorder survivor. She brings together academic knowledge and theories, therapeutic skills and personal experience for a unique perspective on eating disorder recovery.

⁠⁠https://eatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/rachel.evans.phd/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/rachel.evans.phd

Connect with NicNic Gaviria is a registered therapist, food freedom coach, and the founder of Binge Free Bestie — a global community helping women break free from binge and emotional eating. She hosts the Binge Free Bestie Podcast, speaks regularly on body image and food freedom, and is on a mission to help women reclaim their power, confidence, and joy beyond the number on the scale.

https://www.instagram.com/bingefreebestie/

https://bingefreebestie.com

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