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EPISODE · Nov 29, 2025 · 8 MIN

Episode 213: The Behavioral Cycle That’s Sabotaging Your Food Sobriety

from Food Freedom · host Mary Roberts

In this episode of the Food Freedom Podcast, Mary breaks down one of the most important concepts in mental health and food addiction recovery: the Thoughts → Feelings → Behaviors cycle. If you’ve ever wondered why you react the way you do, why certain situations trigger you, or why you keep repeating patterns that don’t serve your recovery, this episode will help you finally understand what’s happening beneath the surface.You’ll learn how your thoughts and deep-rooted beliefs (often shaped by past experiences) create your emotional responses and how those emotions drive your behaviors, including binge eating, emotional eating, self-sabotage, and breaking your food sobriety. Mary shares simple, practical tools to help you interrupt the cycle, build awareness, and choose behaviors in line with recovery instead of defaulting to automatic patterns.This episode is a powerful reminder that your behavior is never random. There is always a reason and once you learn how to identify the thought–feeling–behavior loop, you can finally break free from the cycle that keeps you stuck.If you’re working on food sobriety, emotional regulation, binge eating recovery, or healing your relationship with food, this episode will give you the mindset tools you need to create lasting change.Enroll in Crush The Holidays Email Series - 21 days of emails to get you through the holidays food sober. Recipes, strategies, mindset …..www.foodfreedomwithmary.com/crushholidayseries Grab your copy of my FREE 9 page Beginner’s Guide to Food Sobriety https://www.foodfreedomwithmary.com/foodsobrietyguideFood Freedom Online Course: https://www.foodfreedomwithmary.com/foodfreedomcourseFood Sobriety Mini Course -https://www.foodfreedomwithmary.com/foodsobrietymcWant to learn more about me and my coaching programs? Do you need private coaching and intensive daily contact with a coach? Fill out my application so we can chat about whether or not my program is for you and which option is best for you. Payment plans available. Don’t see a payment option that works for your pay schedule? Let’s chat about a custom pay plan.www.foodfreedomwithmary.com/chooseyourpath Join my online community The Food Freedom Tribe! An online community of support, eduction, inspiration, accountability….. Learn more here: https://www.foodfreedomwithmary.com/tribemembership Application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1upnWHYK0RXfmyRTqlsF_R06z3NA8LZYHIMWFykq7-X4/viewformInstagram: www.instagram.com/coachmaryroberts Facebook: www.Facebook.com/ketomary71 Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/4915319108493196/?ref=share_group_linkWebsite: www.foodfreedomwithmary.com Join the email list.Email: [email protected]

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