Brain over Binge Podcast
Health, Fitness & Longevity
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A Simple, Brain-Based Approach to Help You Stop Binge Eating and Get on with Your Life.
Episodes
- 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 u…
- 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 kee…
- 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 sh…
- 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 le…
- 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…
- 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 t…
- 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 Janu…
- 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…
- 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.…
- 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…
- 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 w…
- 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…
- 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 restr…
- 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 n…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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 eati…
- 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 hea…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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 recogn…
- 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…
- 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 fr…
- 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 n…
- 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 adequat…
- 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…
- 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 f…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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 othe…
- 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 lon…
- 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 we…
- 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 bet…
- 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 ma…
- 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-12pmES…
- 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 wh…
- 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…
- Ep. 162: Grief and Gratitude (with Coach Julie)
Recovery can bring up some unexpected feelings, including grief. Even though binge eating is ultimately a harmful behavior, you may still experience a sense of loss as you let it go, and you may also grieve the time you lost to the eating…
- Ep. 161: Boundaries in Recovery (with Coach Julie)
Recovery involves setting some boundaries with food, with the primary boundaries being to avoid binges and to avoid restriction. You can also use gentle, loving boundaries in other ways—as tools that help you protect your time, energy, and…
- Ep. 160: Cooking and Eating to Feel Great and Have Fun! (with My Nguyen)
I was honored to have a conversation with My Nguyen, creator of My Healthy Dish and author of Healthy, My Way . You’ll learn about My’s journey through challenges with food restriction and body image issues, to figuring out her own way of…
- Ep. 159: Generating Curiosity in Recovery
Kathryn and Coach Julie talk about the value of generating curiosity in recovery. You may wonder how curiosity applies to overcoming binge eating, but by the end of this episode, you’ll understand how powerful it is to shift into a curious…
- Ep. 158: Grazing and Bingeing
Kathryn shares insights surrounding the topic of grazing to help you understand this behavior and any connection it may have to your binge eating. Although grazing isn’t inherently harmful, there are times when it can become problematic, a…
- Ep. 157: The Value of Living Binge-Free (with Coach Julie)
Kathryn and Coach Julie talk about how valuable recovery is in terms of time, energy, money, relationships, and more. You’ll learn to look at the costs of binge eating to help yourself see through the false promises of the lower brain. Ful…
- Ep. 156: Stop and Go Signals
Physical hunger and fullness signals aren’t the only driver of eating. We also have what I’m calling “stop and go signals” which are primarily thoughts, but also feelings and sensations that encourage us to eat or stop eating that are inde…
- Episode 155: Reclaiming Fullness (with Coach Julie)
Kathryn and Coach Julie talk extensively about appetite cues, especially about learning new and helpful ways to relate to fullness. You may currently have some negative associations with feeling full after eating, and we want to help you u…
- Ep. 154: Eating Disorders and Recovery in the LGBTQ+ Community
Kathryn talks to Quinn Haisley about the intersection of gender identity, sexuality, and eating disorders. Research shows that there are higher rates of eating disorders in people who identify as LGBTQ+ than in those who don’t. Quinn expla…