Losing weight after being a binge eater—without triggering more binges—can be tricky, which is why most approaches will barely touch the topic. I’ve left this issue to the end in this series on self-regard because without a solid foundation, any weight loss information I offer just risks being rehashed into another hysteria-driven, hate-based dieting mentality. I’m done with that, and I hope you are too.

When we focus on losing weight, we’re just treating the symptom—the tip of the iceberg, the part of the problem that we can see. We’re not addressing what lies below, the bulk of the problem that we can’t see. We have to dive beneath the surface to find the underlying causes of being overweight. One of the biggest culprits is the desire to overeat—and that’s what Episode 12 is all about!

In this episode, we continue the discussion we began in Episode 3 about using self-regard as your key ally as you end your binges. Self-regard can help you deal with your unhappiness with your weight, the temptation to diet to lose that weight and control your eating, your urges to binge, the bingeing itself, and weight loss after you stop bingeing. 

Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.holdingthespace.co/12

EP #12: The desire to overeat

If you’re done with binge eating, this podcast is for you. If you’re tired of that “ugh” feeling after a binge—of those moments of regret, distress, and shame—this podcast is for you. Done Bingeing is the podcast that teaches actionable strategies and the latest brain science to deal with urges to binge, to restore your trust in your ability to feed yourself normal amounts of food, and to return to your natural weight. Martha combines her coaching expertise, her work with trusted health care professionals, her formal education, and her 30-year battle to end binge eating to teach cognitive-based and body-positive tools to find freedom from binge eating. The Done Bingeing Podcast offers a broad and deep approach to recovering from binge eating that respects the spectrum of treatment options available and the unique needs of each person who struggles with binge eating. From the urges to binge to just plain life, Martha will help you navigate common triggers to bingeing and help you heal from a place of power instead of from a place of powerlessness. You’ll be surprised how much easier this journey can be when you know how you manage your mind! 
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“How do I deal with the urge to binge?” It’s one of the most common questions I get asked. The experience of the urge can be incredibly tough, scary even. But you’re not alone in this. I’ve put together this episode with nine actionable steps to help you navigate those moments when the urge to binge eat feels overwhelming. In episode 78, I share nine actionable steps to help you when you’re experiencing urges and cravings, including part of Stephen Porges’ Polyvagal Theory. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.holdingthespace.co/78. And here’s the cherry on top: I’ve created a special resource called, Calm in the Crave: Your Pocket Pal When You Need It, just for you. It summarizes everything we’ll discuss here, so you can have it handy whenever you need it. Head over to https://www.holdingthespace.co/calm to download it.

EP #78: 9 steps to finding calm when you’re craving a binge

If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably tried every diet, program or solution you could find—so many of which promised rapid results. I understand the soaring hope as you start out followed by the descent into disappointment when the bingeing returns, because I’ve been there too. It makes sense to me that you want to stop bingeing right now—or yesterday—forever. But what I’ve learned from my and my clients’ lives is that living from a place of urgency and pressure for immediate change often leads to exactly the result you don’t want—slower change, no change, or backward movement. Listen to episode 77 as I talk about the exponential power of tiny marginal improvements, as outlined by James Clear in his book, Atomic Habits. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.holdingthespace.co/77. If you’re ready to invest in one-on-one support to help heal binge eating, go to https://holdingthespace.as.me/free30 and get on my calendar for a complementary consult today.

EP #77: The 180 degree flip vs the 1 degree shift

Binge eaters often wonder: Is it safe for me to hope that one day I’ll be able to stop bingeing, after doing it for this long? I remember wondering this too. Then I’d risk it, try a new approach, and find myself uplifted with hope. Then, when the approach didn’t resolve my bingeing, I’d find myself dropped back into hopelessness, believing once again that freedom was impossible, a place where hope seemed a world away. Luckily hope isn’t the only thing that can inspire healing. There’s power in holding on to the possibility of healing, rather than clinging to the hope of healing. Listen in to episode 76 as I talk about how focusing on the plains of possibility offers some respite from the rollercoaster ride of hopefulness and hopelessness. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.holdingthespace.co/76. If you’re ready to invest in one-on-one support to help heal binge eating, go to https://holdingthespace.as.me/free30 and get on my calendar for a complimentary consult today.

EP #76: The highs of hope and the plains of possibility

Depending on where you live, you may be about a month into summer. The summer is fraught with exposure stress for many binge eaters. With more heat comes more beach trips, more pool parties, more shorts, shorter sleeves, higher skirts, undershirts, camisoles, Speedos, and bikinis. With more flesh to be seen, the spring often brings on a deluge of summer pressure, preparations, and promises. At this point in June, those aspirations may be going swimmingly well or drowning in disappointment. If it’s the latter, or if you want to set a new goal right now, this episode is for you—it’s all about setting intensions, based on the work of Chris Burris, an Internal Family Systems lead trainer and author. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.holdingthespace.co/75. If you’re ready to invest in one-on-one support to help heal binge eating, go to https://holdingthespace.as.me/free30 and get on my calendar for a complimentary consult today.

EP #75: Mid-summer goal check-in

Guilt and shame aren’t the same. And it turns out that it pays to understand how they differ and what their relationship is with binge eating. This episode explains the difference between guilt and shame, why we feel these emotions, and what they often lead us to do. When enough compassion is present, it’s possible to see how our parts that feel guilt and shame interact with harshly critical parts of us that can inflame these emotions, and with a binge eating part that tries to ease the pain and return harmony. Listen to the episode here: https://www.holdingthespace.co/74. If you’re ready to invest in one-on-one support to help heal binge eating, go to https://holdingthespace.as.me/free30 and get on my calendar for a complementary consult today.

EP #12: The desire to overeat

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