Brain over Binge Podcast

Kathryn Hansen

A Simple, Brain-Based Approach to Help You Stop Binge Eating and Get on with Your Life.

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207 episodes
Updated July 24

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Dec 23, 2024 · 47 min
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 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...
Dec 16, 2024 · 30 min
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. on 12/30 (10am-12pmEST) (and get the...
Dec 11, 2024 · 19 min
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...
Nov 26, 2024 · 46 min
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, . Dr. Tovar talks about how dieting creates harm on a hormonal and physiological level, and how you can...
Nov 14, 2024 · 31 min
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...
Oct 25, 2024 · 31 min
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 mental...
Oct 15, 2024 · 35 min
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 and author of . You’ll learn about My’s journey through challenges with food restriction and body image issues, to figuring out her own way of cooking and healthy...
Sep 25, 2024 · 22 min
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 mindset,...
Aug 26, 2024 · 20 min
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, and this...
Aug 21, 2024 · 26 min
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. Fully knowing...
Jul 29, 2024 · 20 min
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...
Jul 12, 2024 · 26 min
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 unlearn any...
Jul 1, 2024 · 36 min
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 explains the...
Jun 21, 2024 · 26 min
Ep. 153: Noticing Progress (with Coach Julie)
Kathryn and Coach Julie talk about noticing and tracking progress in recovery. You’ll learn why it’s important to see what is going right and build upon that. You can track dismissing urges, adequate eating, and many other behaviors aimed at...
May 23, 2024 · 25 min
Ep. 152: No Matter What (with Coach Julie)
Kathryn and Coach Julie explain how to apply a “no matter what” mindset in recovery so that you can overcome the endless excuses and justifications of the lower brain. You’ll learn that it’s possible to make a life-changing commitment to end...
May 11, 2024 · 16 min
Ep. 151: Emotional Not Eating
The conversation about emotional eating in recovery usually focuses on the increased desire for food during stressful times, but what about when emotional pain suppresses the appetite? Kathryn talks about how to deal with...
Apr 23, 2024 · 24 min
Ep. 150: Making Peace with Your Body (with Coach Julie)
Body and weight concerns can hinder progress in recovery by interfering with your commitment to nourish yourself with enough food; and when you are food-deprived, it’s impossible to stop binge eating. Coach Julie and Kathryn unpack this issue and...
Apr 10, 2024 · 3 min
Ep. 149: Free Inspiration Booklet
Kathryn talks about the new free resource: This booklet contains 31 daily messages to help you stay motivated and keep the Brain over Binge concepts in the front of your mind as you let go of binge eating. Get the ...
Apr 4, 2024 · 41 min
Ep. 148: Recovery Stories, Part VIIII (Nervous System Regulation)
Staci B’s story is one of persistence, self-acceptance, and learning how to feel safe. We discuss nervous system regulation, which has been a big part of her healing journey—and something that anyone with a history of trauma or stressful...
Mar 21, 2024 · 25 min
Ep. 147: Redefining Restriction (with Coach Julie)
Kathryn and Coach Julie talk about food restriction in new ways that will help you understand more deeply what it means to “give up restriction” as you stop binge eating. Avoiding restriction doesn’t mean eating anything and everything or eating...