binge eating recovery

In this episode, we dive into the concept of self-abandonment and the journey towards self-compassion. We explore the role of shame and the profound loneliness that often accompanies self-abandonment. By learning to separate feelings from shame and embracing self-care, we can navigate life's challenges without losing ourselves. Topics include:

• Exploring the journey of self-discovery and self-care.
• Overcoming the tendency to self-abandon during challenging moments.
• Reflecting on how survival once meant self-abandonment.
• Discovering the power of maintaining balance without losing oneself.
• Understanding the importance of taking breaks without self-abandonment.
• Embracing permission to "check out" when needed.
• Navigating life's challenges without losing oneself.
• Distinguishing between self-abandonment and self-care.
• Learning to separate feelings from shame and judgment.
• Stef and Sarah’s personal experiences of reclaiming control during challenging times.
• Making conscious choices for self-nurture.
• Unpacking the connection between self-abandonment and shame.
• Breaking free from the cycle of self-rejection and self-abandonment.
• The heart-wrenching loneliness of self-abandonment.
• Reflecting on the journey from self-abandonment to self-compassion.
• Introverts and extroverts

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In a world of technology, how many of us find it easy to sit down to eat without the distraction of a screen? Is there a difference between eating in front of a TV versus eating in front of a laptop or cell phone? And more importantly, how is this impacting us? How do we work on Intuitive Eating if we feel like we need this type of distraction, or can't break the habit? We'll also talk about:

• Sarah’s experience of separating screens from bingeing
• Stef’s transition from dinner in front of the TV to family meals
• When does screen time become a problem
• Regulators vs Escapists
• Sarah searching for catharsis
• Compulsive puzzling
• The purpose of checking out
• Permission to not be productive
• Real time self care demonstration
• MEET US IN DUBLIN!

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This week Sarah & Stef are joined by Sinead of Intuitive Eating Ireland! Sinead is the other half of The Intuitive Eating Hub and a co-host of our live event in Dublin this September. Sinead, the oldest of three sisters, left diet culture and started her own social media account back in 2020 and has become a popular force in Ireland for helping people leave diets behind and find success with Intuitive Eating. She sat down with us to talk about her personal story with dieting, body image, binge eating, and ultimately, recovery.

• Sinead’s accident as a child and how it impacted her body image
• Sinead’s body changes during pregnancy
• Orthorexia resulting from nutritional training and how it affected Sinead’s family
• How Sinead and her sisters decided to stop dieting
• The role of @intuitiveeatingireland social media account in helping Sinead stay in recovery
• How Sinead has created a community of women in Ireland
• Stef’s client who went to one of Sinead’s retreats!
• How did Sinead let go of the desire to lose weight?
• How did she deal with the actual weight gain that came from not restriction?
• Join us in Dublin this September!

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Many of us have tried to reduce or eliminate white sugar, flour, carbohydrates, and/or processed foods in order to improve our relationship with food, reduce overeating, and lose weight. Does this approach make sense? Does it help? Is it a problem with the approach or a problem with us? In this episode, we explore:

• Stef’s experience of feeling good on keto, and it’s unraveling
• Is it a psychological or a physiological issue?
• Bright Line Eating and the science of insulin and leptin
• Stef’s “close-to-the-bathroom” analogy
• How community impacts this process
• The rebel spirit
• Can we separate abstinence from morality? Does anyone?
• Personal responsibility when consuming content around these concepts

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Many people who've struggled with binge eating for a long time have come across the book "Brain Over Binge" by Kathryn Hansen. Sarah and Stef, co-hosts, both read the book as they tried to recover and are discussing how the method landed for them. The episode looks into:

• Stef’s history and experience with reading BOB and taking the official BOB course
• Sarah’s experience of “looking forward to” the next binge urge to learn a new response.
• Dismissal of urges as irresponsible – what if those messages from the primal brain are valid, asks Stef
• Weight and eating as pathological
• Minimization (demonization?) of conventional therapy
• Do some personality types find this approach easier than others?
• Sarah’s use of RALIC to ride out binge urges - but not with the goal of not bingeing itself.
• What if giving yourself permission to binge does NOT feel okay?
• Does it work to delay a binge?
• What can we take from BOB, in S&S’s perspective?

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What is your relationship with hunger? Do you ever eat to prevent the feeling of hunger? What do you think this is about? In this episode, we talk about:

• Stef’s internal hunger “alarm bell”
• The difference between hunger and deprivation
• What if we have hunger AND anxiety?
• Eating prophylactically to avoid hunger
• What does hunger actually FEEL like for you
• How somatic awareness helps us feel safer with hunger (or safer to experiment with it)
• Sarah’s phobia of wasps (and what this has to do with fear of hunger)
• Beliefs about hunger

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Sarah’s book I Can’t Stop Eating is available on Amazon

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We really need to stop using moralistic terms around food. Calling food good or bad (or other terms I cover in this week's episode) only leads to guilt, shame, and judgement toward yourself and others. Have you considered how harmful these words can be? Let's grab our aprons and dive in.

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Intuitive Eating advocates may have us believe that we will naturally start to crave nutritious food after allowing ourselves to eat what we want, but is this true? What does it look like if you're someone who feels more selective around food or doesn't really like vegetables? In this episode, we talk about...

• The foods that Sarah and Stef don’t like
• Do you say cilantro or coriander?
• What do you do if you don’t like vegetables?
• Are there foods we don’t like or foods we believe we don’t like? And vice versa
• Do processed foods beget more processed foods?
• Nutrition as a habit
• Does what we eat matter so much?

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Why have we spent almost all our lives thinking that we should lose weight or be more lean? 

Today's episodes discusses reason behind why weight loss is something that we all just assume is a good thing for us. Weight gain would be a negative reflection on you as a person right?

We chat about some of the reasons behind this collective thought pattern, and how society has developed a view that doesn't benefit anyone (apart from those who profit from our insecurities.. cough**dietplancompanies**cough)

Come and say hello or tag me in your stories if you have ideas for points to add to the list @emmacooki

If you're interested in working more closely with me, visit emmacooki.com and drop me a message. 

Chat soon! 
Em x 

Welcome to the way the cookie crumbles, 

A space where we discuss binge eating, disordered eating patterns, body image, self confidence and the less than flashy side of the health, fitness and diet industries. 

I’m Emma Cook and I’m here to share experiences and actionable insights into how you can finally leave binge eating behind. 

Today's episode looks into the various different types of binge eaters, and which experiences you might relate to. Do you find it hard to ever feel satisfied with whatever you eat, or do you always turn to food when you're bored.
Do you eat for emotional support, or to comfort yourself when experiencing a negative emotion. Could you be energy seeking, habitual, or all of the above.

I hope this episode helps you to understand a bit more about why you might currently be binge eating and encourage some reflection on what your current situation is with health and fitness.

Thanks so much for taking the time to listen, your future self will thank you too.
Say hello @emmacooki on instagram or check out the website emmacooki.com for more info. 

Cooki x 

• The evolution of Sarah & Stef’s fatigue over the years
• "Fatigue" versus "being tired"
• Sarah naps!
• Rest: Splitting attention versus single-focus restoration
• Connection and purpose to mitigate fatigue
• Routines, intentions, and structure as coping tools

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YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist 

Sarah’s book I Can’t Stop Eating is available on Amazon

Connect with Stefanie Michele

Website – www.iamstefaniemichele.com

Work With Stef - www.iamstefaniemichele.com/application

• We are now on Patreon! Join the private FB group.

Connect with the show!

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Connect with Sarah Dosanjh

Website – www.thebingeeatingtherapist.com

YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist 

Sarah’s book I Can’t Stop Eating is available on Amazon

Connect with Stefanie Michele

Website – www.iamstefaniemichele.com

Work With Stef - www.iamstefaniemichele.com/application

Binge Eating Program

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Join me for a quick solo episode on my full eating disorder journey. I share from the beginning of it all up to my current situation and give the low down on recovery. 

In this I discuss:

• The impact of diet culture in media
• Health obsession and orthorexia
• Recovery 
• The mind-body connection

To connect, find me @emilyfeikls and @letsthrivepodcast