How To Overcome Your Urges in 3 Steps

In this episode, we delve into the latest research on Binge Eating Disorder (BED), exploring its most common causes and effective treatments. Recent studies new findings show BED's connection to brain activity and reduced impulse control. Research also demonstrates the roles of s ... Show More

Are you someone who experiences a period of good weeks followed by bad weeks? Maybe you've heard yourself thinking, "I've been so good, I can afford it." This is an unhelpful thought that we hear pretty regularly from our clients and it's something we call "The Overconfidence Tra ... Show More

"I want to eat like a normal person". That's what people tell us over the phone, on Zoom, via email, or written into our new client assessment. In today's episode, we want to explore with you what it means to be a 'normal eater,' and highlight that normal eating encompasses a ran ... Show More

Do you ever feel an urge to binge and try to talk yourself out of bingeing? Sometimes it might work but, sometimes it might not. This episode is about the times it doesn’t.   I’m going to give you a couple tips for what you can do to stop yourself from giving in to the urge. I’m ... Show More

Once you’re feeling an urge to binge, you have a choice to make. In this episode, I’m showing you what they are and which ones will reliably make your urge go away. If you haven’t guessed, one of them will be feeling the urge. So I’ll also be talking about why you’ll want to choo ... Show More

In this last part about eating urges and shenpa, I share this age-old technique for dealing with urges that cause overeating. The next time you have urge to overeat, try these 3 steps to help you eating urges and stop overeating: Acknowledge you’re hooked (or have an urge.) Pause ... Show More

You’ve tried meditating, calling a friend, drinking some tea, shaking your body, setting a timer for 10 minutes, taking a walk…and basically every other strategy out there to NOT eat when the urge to binge hits.   But once that little voice in your head says “f*ck it…let’s open t ... Show More

A Bite-Size episode exploring a common phenomenon for people suffering with eating disorders: - not feeling sick enough. I explore three possible reasons for this and how to view this differently. If you are struggling, please do seek help. You absolutely deserve to do this.  I h ... Show More

Relapse is an absolutely normal and inevitable part of recovery. It’s incredibly rare that someone can just stop their eating disorder behaviours, as you have to deal with food every day. Whether this be lapsing back into restrictive eating, binge eating, purging or over-exercisi ... Show More

The process of eliminating binge eating from your life isn't a series of successes. You are going to fail from time to time. You're going to binge and how you handle it matters. In today's episode, I'm talking about what most people do when they binge and how that negatively affe ... Show More

How many times have you sworn you'll eat perfect during the week, but then spend the weekends eating & drinking everything - and having to 'start over' again on Monday? (Been there, done that). So in today's episode, I'm giving you the 3 steps you need to ... Show More

Being willing to feel urges and emotions is an important part of stoping binge eating. Most people don’t want to do it though because they seem too scary, painful, intolerable, or unbearable. If that’s you too, then this episode is for you.   I’m going to help you change your opi ... Show More

I know this may sound crazy, but there are times when you want to binge. If you listened to episode 2, which you absolutely should, then you know there is a moment when you decide you're going to binge. If you decide to binge, it's because part of you wants to do it. In today's e ... Show More