Thanks to Brave Companion Jenny, Laurie was interviewed by comedian, Paul Gilmartin for his very successful podcast, The Mental Illness Happy Hour. Laurie spills how it all went down and has a special gratitude surprise for Jenny. Thanks too to Garden Girl KP who kindly reviewed this show on her weight maintenance blog and who gave the show a 5 star review on iTunes. Laurie ponders letting go of assumptions, welcomes new listener Sofia from Sweden who reaches out via FB, and places new listener Amy on the Bravery Report for not only contacting Laurie via the contact form, but for stepping up and calling the bravery hotline immediately after a compulsive eating experience to talk it through with us vs. beating herself up. Brava Amy! Last, but not least, Brave Companion, Dawny makes show history by being the FIRST BC to call for Foolish Fun. Thanks too to more brave companions who have shown their support to the show financially.

Laurie makes a shocking decision about what to let go of today! A new way to measure progress is rolled out. Thanks to listeners for supporting the show on iTunes, Stitcher, and TuneIn radio. Special thanks to Cheryl, Sue, and Karen for posting comments on Alen's blogs after Laurie and Alen's interview. Dawny is on the bravery report for calling the bravery hotline with an audio question for Alen and Laurie's next interview. Laurie answers part of the question now and Alen weighs in via email until they can address the topics more in depth in future. Laurie's pleased and humbled that a new listener and brave companion from Rhode Island calls the bravery hotline to share her story and we are the very first people to ever hear her thoughts about her eating struggles. Laurie's also floored that a Brave Companion actually sent her $5.00 via her new button and Laurie digs deep on what that brings up in her and why. More thoughts and feedback about the scale and a key comment from Kendra via Facebook. Laurie shares more about her long held dream of trying voice acting and how her social meeting with actual voice actors went. Helen supports Gracie with a kind comment and Laurie uses this to send her own good wishes to Gracie.

Laurie surprisingly recognizes how she's been holding on to an impossible dream version of herself and how she needs to let that go to appreciate the self that she has in the here and now. Shout-outs to Sue and Sandy for supporting Crystal on her brave post on the 'Who are the Brave Companions page', thank you to Amazon shoppers in the UK and US. Laurie mentions another way to support the podcast financially. Welcome to new listeners Dawny from Spokane and Garden Girl KP who found us via Alen's interview. More reactions from brave companions about the interview and Laurie lists why she's grateful it happened. Alen asks the brave companions for input on their next interview. Laurie gets the comments and thoughts from brave companions, old and new, that she asked for about her scale struggle. Laurie ponders the benefits of intuitive exercise.

When Alen Standish emailed Laurie that their interview was live, she couldn't wait to grab her hiking boots and give his show a listen. At the top of the mountain Laurie records her reactions and then ponders the power the scale still has over her!

Laurie ponders how we can easily fall prey to self-imposed rules, even when we are trying to practice intuitive eating. New brave companion, Helen, supports another listener and shares some of her own story. Stephanie from Germany asks a compelling question about how trying to stop a binge might make a binge compulsion worse. Cheryl and Sue have an interesting comment conversation about letting go of our food compulsion identities. Shout-outs to Canadian iTunes listeners for a new record, Alen Standish for his help in our last show, and to new Stitcher listeners who've added Compulsive Overeating Diary to their playlists.

Despite being plagued by flies on top of the mountain, Laurie has an epic realization about her compulsive eating identity. Shout-outs to Helen for her bravery and to Misha from Canada for a kind iTunes review. Cheryl poses a question to us in response to Laurie's Miracle Plate blog post. Is it possible to have fun without eating? Stéfanie from Quebec, Stephanie from Germany and Laurie have a comment discussion about intuitive exercise and just how dependent on gadgets we are to tell us how we're doing. Laurie wonders if anyone will EVER want to have Foolish Fun, and Alen Standish, from the Progress Not Perfection podcast, is a surprise guest expert during Stéfanie’s Secret Topic.

Stéfanie and Sue are on the bravery report for taking a leap of faith and trying 10 days without the scale. Sadly, Laurie's still not ready. On the positive side, Laurie's bike riding and hiking have been fantastic due to feeding herself enough food to support these activities. Who knew that fitness could actually feel fun? Serving sizes take on a new meaning with Laurie's intuitive eating practice. Shout-outs to new Facebook poster and brave companion, Lucy, to Laurie's first Amazon.com shopper, and to the 10 brave companions who have Laurie's show on their Stitcher playlists.

That darn scale, Laurie still can't keep herself off of it every morning! How can she get over this bad habit? The truth about Laurie's former weight maintenance methods and how intuitive eating differs. Shout-outs to Alen Standish for his kindness in providing Laurie a quick way to get ALL countries' iTunes reviews and to Cheryl for giving Alen's show a try and for posting a comment to him. Why Laurie so appreciates how you brave companions support her and each other. Hello from new brave companion Helen, brava to brave companion Monica from Australia for stepping up to say hi to us, and we hear from one of the original brave companions, Crystal, who gets back in touch and highly deserves her place on today's bravery report! More about money and Laurie's adventures with Amazon. Finally, Insomnia drives a wedge in Laurie's progress and we do an experiment to identify fullness in our tummies and guts.

Laurie takes a huge risk and explores what's really under her fear of associating business and money with doing what she loves. Control? Lack of assertiveness? Lack of self-worth? Panic? As Laurie thinks about her career past, she wonders why she can only see her value when she's doing what she doesn't care about. A warm hello and welcome to new listener and brave companion, Monica from Australia!

Laurie's experience learning intuitive eating features a pissy mood, a pie craving, and the support of good friends. Alen Standish renames his podcast and Laurie explains why that is brave. A hearty welcome to our newest Sparkpeople team member, Zhenya. Our new brave companion, Stephanie, from Germany, is once again on the bravery report and because Laurie faces up to some of her biggest fears, she puts HERSELF on the bravery report too! Thoughts on how to love the body you have right now. Thanks to Sue, Cheryl, Kendra and Stéfanie for supportive comments.