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Brain over Binge Podcast
by Kathryn Hansen
A Simple, Brain-Based Approach to Help You Stop Binge Eating and Get on with Your Life.
Episodes
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Special Announcement: Join Kathryn for a Live Brain over Binge Webinar!
Join me for a live Brain over Binge Webinar on Saturday, October 24th, from 11 AM–2 PM Eastern! During this three-hour event, I’ll walk you through the essential concepts of the Brain over Binge approach in a clear, organized way, followed by an extended live Q&A where you can ask questions and…
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Ep. 211: What if Binge Eating Really Does Feel Like Coping?
What if binge eating feels like a way to cope with emotional pain? In this episode, Kathryn explores why you don’t have to deny the temporary relief or distraction bingeing may provide in order to recover. She explains how emotional pain can trigger urges without making those urges meaningful…
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Ep. 210: The Scale in Binge Eating Recovery: What to Do About Weighing
This episode explores how to approach the scale during binge eating recovery. There isn’t one right answer about whether or how often to weigh yourself, and Kathryn guides you in deciding what works best for you. You’ll learn why impulsive or compulsive weighing can increase preoccupation and…
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Ep. 209: Regulating the Nervous System in Binge Eating Recovery (with Coach Julie)
Kathryn and Coach Julie explore nervous system regulation and how it can support binge eating recovery. You’ll learn tools to help you feel more grounded, make better decisions, connect with your higher self, ride out harmful urges, and avoid letting difficult emotions turn into harmful actions....
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Ep. 208: Discovering Life After Bulimia: A Reflection on Recovery
In this episode, I share a beautiful reflection written by a Brain over Binge Group member who is now living free after decades of bulimia. She captures in a profound way what it’s been like to step out of the binge-purge cycle and discover the presence, peace, and ordinary joys that recovery…
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Episode 207: Recovery Stories Part X (The Intersection of Faith and Eating Disorder Recovery)
Kathryn talks with Beth about her more than two-decade struggle with bulimia and how she ultimately found freedom. Beth shares how the Brain over Binge approach changed the way she understood her urges, and how her Christian faith gave her additional meaning and conviction, which strengthened her...
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Ep. 206: Coaching Insights from the Brain over Binge Group
I’m sharing a collection of brief excerpts of guidance I’ve given to Brain over Binge Group members during our live calls (only my voice is included). The coaching clips cover a variety of topics that come up in recovery, and my goal is to give you insights that can help you in your own life. As...
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Ep. 205: Having an Aligned Identity (with Coach Julie)
Kathryn is joined by Coach Julie to talk about how connecting with who you are and who you want to be can support recovery from binge eating and other harmful habits. They explore how automatic thoughts and limiting beliefs can make you feel stuck or disconnected from yourself, and how you can...
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Ep. 204: Boredom is Better Than Bingeing
Kathryn talks about why boredom can show up when you start letting go of binge eating and how the lower brain may use that feeling to make the habit seem appealing again. You’ll learn why “boredom is better than bingeing,” and how to stop using bingeing as a (harmful) solution for boredom. Since...
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Ep. 203: Food Noise, Part 4: Eating Foundations for More Stability and Ease (with Marcus Kain)
In Part 4 of the Food Noise series, I’m joined by returning guest Marcus Kain to talk about practical, non-diet eating foundations that can help lower the intensity of intrusive thoughts about food. We share some general guidance you can use to help yourself eat in ways that calm food noise…
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Ep. 202: Building the "I Can Do Hard Things" Identity (with Coach Julie)
Coach Julie returns to the podcast for a conversation about building the “I can do hard things” identity. In this episode, Kathryn and Julie explore how the brain wants to keep us in what feels familiar, safe, and easy—and how that can keep us stuck in binge eating and other harmful habits.…
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Ep. 201: Food Noise, Part 3: Mindset Shifts for More Peace and Self-Trust
In Part 3 of the Food Noise series, Kathryn shares 7 mindset-based tips to help you respond to food noise in a way that supports recovery and peace around eating. Instead of trying to force the noise to disappear, this episode helps you shift out of fear, resistance, and over-monitoring so the...
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Ep. 200: Coaching Notes: Recovery Reminders from My 1:1 Sessions
In this 200th episode milestone, Kathryn shares encouraging and practical coaching notes from her 1:1 sessions, in order to give you tips that you can use now to support your own recovery. You’ll hear ideas and insights to help you feel less alone, connect with your higher brain, nourish your…
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Ep. 199: Food Noise, Part 2: The Effect of the Food Environment (You're Not Broken or Powerless)
In Part 2 of the Food Noise series, Kathryn explores how the modern food environment and intense cultural pressure around bodies and weight contributes to an overabundance of thoughts about food. This episode is designed to help you better understand why the noise shows up, so you can approach it...
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Ep. 198: Food Noise, Part 1: Bingeing is Not a Solution
Food noise is getting a lot of attention right now, and it can be easy to assume it’s the reason binge eating happens. But this episode focuses on one essential recovery truth: binge eating is never a solution to food noise. In Part 1 of this new series, Kathryn explains how food noise and urges…
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Ep. 197: Nourishment in the New Year: Rebel Against Diet Culture with Bonnie Roney, RD
I’m joined by Bonnie Roney, RD, intuitive eating counselor, and founder of Diet Culture Rebel—to help you avoid the common food and weight traps that show up as we approach the new year. If you’re someone who starts a diet plan every January and ends up back in the binge cycle, consider that the...
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Ep. 196: How Humor Can Support Recovery (with Coach Julie)
Kathryn and Coach Julie explore how gentle humor can support recovery—without minimizing the seriousness of binge eating or eating disorders. You’ll learn how bringing some laughter into certain situations can help pull you out of fight-or-flight and harsh self-criticism, so you can make clearer,...
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Ep. 195: The Protection Myth: Bingeing is Not Keeping You Safe
There is a widespread idea that bingeing has “protective” value for the binge eater—protection from difficult emotions, pain, stress, and other problems. I remember believing this when I was bulimic, and I know how convincing it can feel. In this episode, I talk about why the protection narrative...
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Ep. 194: Integrity in Recovery from Binge Eating (with Coach Julie)
Kathryn and Coach Julie explore the idea of bringing integrity into your recovery from binge eating, which can help you have more clarity and motivation. We’ll talk about what integrity looks like in many different aspects of recovery. You’ll learn why integrity is not the same as perfection, and...
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Ep. 193: Rejecting the Binge Inevitability Mindset
In this episode, I unpack the “binge inevitability mindset”—the belief that a binge is destined to happen at some point. Binge inevitability thoughts can sound like, “I know I’m eventually going to give in and binge anyway, so I might as well just get it over with.” You’ll learn why these binge...
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Ep. 192: The Power of Visualization (with Coach Julie)
Kathryn and Coach Julie explore how visualization can support binge eating recovery—not through wishful thinking, but by helping your brain rehearse what you actually want to do. Whether it’s dismissing urges, eating adequately, or facing challenging situations around food, visualization helps...
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Ep. 191: Bodybuilding and Bingeing: Natasha’s Story of Recovery and Reclaiming a Healthy Relationship with Eating and Training (with Natasha Kostalas)
Kathryn talks with Natasha Kostalas, author of Beyond the Barbell: Confessions of a Female Fitness Competitor, about her journey of overcoming binge eating that was fueled by competing in bodybuilding. Natasha shares how the intense restriction of competition prep led to a loss of control around...
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Ep. 190: Supporting Your Nervous System to Support Recovery
I talked with Dr. Aimie Apigian, author of the Biology of Trauma, about how trauma impacts the body and nervous system, and how that can create challenges in recovery. She explains how trauma healing creates more safety in the body and nervous system, which gives you more access to your...
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Ep. 189: "I Don’t Want My Child to Go Through This”: Parenting and Eating Disorder Prevention (with Oona Hanson)
If you’re a parent who has put your eating disorder behind you, or you are trying to recover, or you are still struggling, and you want to make sure your child never has these issues, this episode is for you. I talk with parent coach Oona Hanson about how to help kids build a healthy relationship...
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Ep. 188: Losing the Weight Fixation (with Coach Julie)
Kathryn is joined by Coach Julie to talk about letting go of the fixation with weight, body size, and shape. Weight is a complex topic, and concerns don’t disappear overnight—but you can make progress so that weight issues don’t interfere with recovery from binge eating. In this episode, you’ll...
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Ep. 187: Balancing Fitness, Food, and Self-Care in Stressful and Successful Times (with Ted Ryce)
Kathryn talks with Ted Ryce—health expert, high-performance coach, and host of The Legendary Life Podcast. Ted shares his journey of resilience through tragedy and his experience helping successful professionals who struggle to prioritize health. Together, they discuss how to care for yourself...
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Ep. 186: The Biology of Binge Eating: New Research on How Weight Suppression Impacts Leptin and GLP-1 (with Pamela Keel, PhD)
I talked with Dr. Pamela Keel about her new study exploring the biological underpinnings of binge eating. We discuss how weight suppression affects key hormones—GLP‑1 and leptin—and how those changes can reduce satiety and drive binge eating. Dr. Keel explains what this means for understanding...
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Ep. 185: Healing Your Relationship with Food, Yourself, and Others (Part V)
Kathryn answers more listener questions about the intersection of binge eating recovery and relationships—whether that’s your relationship with yourself, romantic partners, friends, or family. This is the final episode in the series on healing your relationship with food, yourself, and others....
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Ep. 184: Productive Discomfort in Recovery (with Coach Julie)
Kathryn and Coach Julie talk about the role of productive discomfort in binge eating recovery. It’s natural to want recovery to feel easy, but the truth is that some discomfort is necessary—because that’s how the brain learns to let go of the binge eating habit. You’ll learn why feeling…
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Episode 183: GLP-1 Medications, Food Noise, and Binge Eating Recovery (with Marcus Kain)
Kathryn welcomes back Marcus Kain for a thoughtful conversation about the increasing use of GLP-1 medications (like Ozempic and Wegovy) in the context of binge eating recovery and weight loss. They discuss the significant risks—especially for those with a history of restrictive eating—while also...
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Ep. 182: Healing Your Relationship with Food, Yourself, and Others (Part IV)
Kathryn answers listener questions about the intersection of binge eating recovery and relationships—whether that’s your relationship with yourself, romantic partners, friends, or family. Thank you to everyone who submitted questions—your vulnerability, curiosity, and willingness to contribute…
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Ep. 181: You Do Care and You Do Deserve Recovery (with Coach Julie)
During urges to binge you may find yourself thinking “I don’t care anymore,” or “It doesn’t matter,” or “I deserve this binge”—as if binge eating is a reward. You might also hear the false message that you “don’t deserve recovery.” These are common thoughts that perpetuate so many cases of binge...
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Ep. 180: Understanding ADHD, Neurodivergence, and Toxic Striving in Eating Disorder Recovery (with Dr. Paula Freedman-Diamond)
Kathryn is joined by Dr. Paula Freedman-Diamond, PsyD, to talk about the intersection between eating disorders and ADHD, and how these challenges often overlap. Dr. Paula explains how people with ADHD/neurodivergence may struggle to recognize hunger and fullness cues and offers practical tips for...
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Ep. 179: Healing Your Relationship with Food, Yourself, and Others (Part III)
Kathryn shares how to grow or rebuild connections in your life during and after recovery from binge eating. You’ll learn strategies for reconnecting with yourself and others in safe, manageable ways once you are no longer devoting so much time and energy to the eating disorder. Kathryn also…
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Ep. 178: The Easy Path (with Coach Julie)
Kathryn and coach Julie help you reframe how you think about recovery. You’ll learn to challenge the belief that stopping binge eating is a hard road and see that ending this destructive habit is actually the easy path. Ease never comes from giving in to urges to binge, or trying to control…
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Ep. 177: Podcast Guide (A Listener’s Companion to Help You Navigate Recovery)
Episode Kathryn introduces the Brain over Binge Podcast Guide—a simple, indexed PDF that organizes all of the episodes so far into 85+ recovery topics like restriction, body image, motivation, weight, overeating and more. Whether you’re new or want to easily revisit relevant episodes, the guide…
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Ep 176: "Eating Foods You Love That Love You Back"
Kathryn and Coach Julie talk about the idea of “eating foods you love that love you back.” This is a phrase that Julie has used here on the podcast and that she often uses as a framework in coaching as she helps people learn to eat adequately. We’ll talk about many ways to interpret this concept...
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Ep. 175: Healing Your Relationship with Food, Yourself, and Others (Part II)
This is Part II of a series about healing your relationships with food, yourself, and others (listen to Part I here). Kathryn will help you explore your own unique patterns as far as how your relationship with food has affected your other relationships. This applies even after recovery. You’ll…
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Ep. 174: The Magic of Consistency (with Coach Julie)
A binge-free life is created by dismissing one binge urge at a time, and by eating adequately one meal/snack at a time. This requires consistency. Although the decision to stop bingeing can be instantaneous, healing of the body and brain from this habit takes time. If you’re someone who tends to…
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Ep. 173: Honoring and Balancing Your Body with Ayurveda (with Nidhi Pandya)
I had an enlightening conversation with Nidhi Pandya about balancing your body and developing a more holistic view of your body that allows you to honor and take care of yourself. Nidhi is an Ayurvedic doctor, teacher, coach, speaker, and author of the new book, Your Body Already Knows. She…
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Ep. 172: Inflection Points in Binge Eating Recovery (with Coach Julie)
Kathryn and Coach Julie teach you how to make positive change in pivotal moments or “inflection points” in recovery. You’ll learn that you don’t have to fix every part of your life or every part of your eating. Instead, you can zero in on the times when you are tipping into the problematic...
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Ep. 171: Healing Your Relationship with Food, Yourself, and Others (Part I)
Having a difficult relationship with food affects nearly every other relationship in your life, including your relationship with yourself. Because eating disorders are so isolating, you may find yourself turning away from other people—even the people you love the most and who love you the most....
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Ep. 170: Veganism, Ethics, and Loving Food (with Jenné Claiborne)
Jenné Claiborne, author of the new cookbook, Vegan Vibes, shares her journey from eating in a way that was harmful, and slipping into diet culture, to learning to love nourishing, nutrient-dense food and sharing that love of food with others through her brand, Sweet Potato Soul. Jenné and Kathryn...
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Ep 169: Overcoming "Yeah, Buts" (with Coach Julie)
Kathryn and Coach Julie talk about when doubts pop up in binge eating recovery in the form of “yeah, buts,” including: Yeah, but I have weight to lose. Yeah, but I have too much stress in my life. Yeah, but I have been bingeing for too long. Yeah, but my case is different. You can learn to...
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Ep. 168: My Take: Using Mel Robbins’ “Let Them” Theory to Help You Stop Binge Eating and Break Other Harmful Habits
I want to share my insights about how Mel Robbins’ Let Them Theory could be a powerful tool in your recovery from binge eating, or as you break any habit. I’ll suggest ways you can apply this theory—especially when dealing with food and weight comments, harmful messages of diet culture, and...
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Ep. 167: Healthy Goal Setting and Sustainable Change in the New Year (with Marcus Kain)
Kathryn talks with Marcus Kain of Strong Not Starving about avoiding some of the typical pitfalls that January can bring when it comes to food and weight. When setting goals or resolutions in the new year, the choice is not a dichotomy between restrictive dieting and not caring about your health…
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Ep. 166: Rein in Overeating & Overdrinking During the Holidays (with Patrick Fox)
Kathryn talks with Patrick Fox who is a Sober Coach and the host of the Alcohol Rethink Podcast about overcoming problematic drinking and excessive eating during the holidays. These are common behaviors during festive times, but you can make new choices this year that align with who you want to…
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Ep. 165: Following Through in Recovery (with Coach Julie)
This episode will help you focus on long term success. Kathryn and Coach Julie talk about the mindset and actions necessary to follow through in recovery until you are completely binge-free. Join Coach Julie’s Retreat on 12/30 (10am-12pmEST) Join the Brain over Binge Group (and get the Retreat…
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Ep. 164: Faulty Logic of the Lower Brain
Binge-encouraging thoughts don’t make logical sense, but they are tempting to believe in the moment of an urge. You can learn to stop taking these thoughts seriously, dismissing them as untrue and not indicative of who you truly are and what you truly want. It’s helpful to know that you aren’t…
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Ep. 163: Deprogramming Diet Culture (with Dr. Supatra Tovar)
Kathryn is joined by Dr. Supatra Tovar, who is a clinical psychologist, registered dietician, fitness expert, and the author of the new book, Deprogram Diet Culture: Rethink Your Relationship with Food, Heal Your Mind, and Live a Diet-Free Life. Dr. Tovar talks about how dieting creates harm on a...
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A Simple, Brain-Based Approach to Help You Stop Binge Eating and Get on with Your Life.
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Brain over Binge Podcast is created and hosted by Kathryn Hansen.
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