Breaking Up With Binge Eating
Georgie Fear and the Confident Eaters Team
Binge eating and emotional eating keep millions of people from living their best lives. If you're one of them, this podcast is for you. Hosts Georgie Fear, Christina Holland, and Maryclaire Brescia share insights and key lessons from their wildly successful Breaking Up With Binge Eating Coaching Program. Their methods integrate Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, nutritional science and change psychology -- but what you'll notice is that it works and feels good. Step off the merry go round of dieting and binge eating and into a healthier, happier body and mind.
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Sep 11, 2020 • 14min
Has Dieting Burnout Torched Your Motivation? Let's Fix That.
When even the thought of cutting back on carbs makes you crave bagels...Or the mental image of plain rice and canned tuna sends you straight to the vending machine... Or you consider restarting macro counting, but would rather do your own appendectomy...You've got diet burnout. And that is actually a good thing. You'll see why in this episode.
Sep 9, 2020 • 11min
Help For "Every Day I Try to Get Back On Track, But I Don't"
At points in your journey you might find yourself not progressing or taking action, seemingly paralyzed. In this episode you'll meet Jackie and find out the perfectly logical reason she was stalled, and the solution we uncovered.
Aug 11, 2020 • 14min
Dethrone Your Inner Critic With Self-Compassion
Maybe there is actually nothing "wrong with you". Maybe it's okay that you slipped up. Maybe you can help yourself feel better instead of choosing to make yourself feel worse. Dare to be compassionate by learning more in this episode.
Aug 3, 2020 • 9min
Feeling "Not Good Enough?"
It's normal to have confidence which varies depending on the context. But for many people who struggle with emotional eating or binge eating, feeling inferior to someone else can cause the intense anxiety and self-consciousness that makes a person head for the pantry. In this episode, we'll talk about the 4 options you have in that scenario.
Jul 27, 2020 • 11min
Your New Language of Recovery
Want to see yourself making more progress? Want to feel stronger and more motivated on a daily basis? It's all in the words you use. In this episode we'll touch on the key phrases you'll want to start using, and which terms you'll want to strike from your vocabulary to leave binge eating and emotional eating far behind you.
Jul 20, 2020 • 13min
Distress Tolerance (and Prevention!)
If I were your fairy godmother, I'd wave my magic wand and get you out of every crappy situation: marathon Zoom meetings, the splitting headache days, I'd even get you out of hangovers and bad dates. But... (sigh) I can't stop life from being distressing at times. What I can do, is help you avoid the situations you can save yourself from, and give you some tools to get through the aggravations in your life without emotionally eating or binge eating.
Jul 14, 2020 • 10min
Moving Past "I Binge When I'm Stuck"
Feeling stuck or helplessly trapped in a distressing situation is one of our clients' most troubling setups. You might feel "stuck" when you are physically confined somewhere you don't want to hang out (thanks, quarantine), or when you are expected to be a certain way that feels unnatural and effortful. You might feel stuck in a role where the responsibilities feel like too much at times. In this episode, we'll cover some skills for managing these totally normal feelings, and how you can persevere and come out the other side without food as your chaperone. You got this.
Jul 7, 2020 • 12min
Drain the Strength from Your Urges
What if you could make an urge wither as soon as it started, so it never gained power from the start? Then they wouldn't overpower you, boss you around, or heckle you. You could go back to living your life, and eating the way you want to. In this episode we'll cover exactly how to do just that.
Jun 22, 2020 • 11min
"Might As Well"
The road to a regrettable eating experience has some signs. One of them reads, "MIGHT AS WELL!" with a big arrow pointing to food and drink. But you don't need to follow those signs. You've got a steering wheel, and this is anything but a one way street!
Jun 12, 2020 • 12min
It's Not Over Yet
In this episode, Georgie tells a story of how her inner quitter got the upper hand - but was proven to be a liar. And since then, it's never held the same power over her. "You can't make it. You are sunk. Just quit." Everyone has heard that defeatist voice at times, including the people who succeed! Here's how to handle those thoughts.
