Once Upon a Binge Podcast

By Once Upon a Binge Podcast

Welcome to the Once Upon a Binge podcast, where we dive into meaningful conversations about binge eating recovery, overcoming perfectionism, and healing body image.

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The podcast currently has 23 episodes available.

Once Upon a Binge Podcast episodes:

November 10, 2025 Can You Recover from Binge Eating AND Lose Weight? - Once Upon a Binge Podcast - Ep. 23
Can you truly recover from disordered eating or an eating disorder while still wanting to lose weight?

In this episode, Katy and Becca dive deep into one of the most complicated and emotionally charged topics in recovery.
They talk about:

✨ Why the desire for weight loss can still exist (and why that’s normal)
✨ The difference between wanting to lose weight and pursuing it
✨ Privilege, set point theory, and how restriction affects the body
✨ The role of compassion and curiosity in navigating this tension
✨ What “parking” weight loss looks like in recovery
This isn’t a black-and-white conversation, it’s an exploration of nuance, safety, and self-trust.
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45min
October 27, 2025Finding Satisfaction with Food - Once Upon A Binge Podcast - Ep. 22
In episode 22, Katy and Becca talk about finding satisfaction from food – what it means, why it matters and how it evolves with recovery.
Katy and Becca discuss:
The difference between fullness, satiation, and satisfaction
Why satisfaction can feel foreign or even scary during recovery
How nostalgia, textures, and even food temperatures shape satisfaction
The role of guilt and food rules in blocking true contentment
Why “just being full” often isn’t enough
How satisfaction with food mirrors satisfaction in life
The role of dopamine in satisfaction
Practical ways to explore what actually leaves you content

We’d love to hear your experiences of experimenting with satisfaction through food. Let us know in the comments below.
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Connect with us:
- Instagram - www.instagram.com/onceuponabingepodcast
- Email - [email protected]

Connect with Becca:
- Instagram – www.instagram.com/bingefreeandbeautiful
- LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/beccarobinson/
- Email - [email protected]

Connect with Katy:
- Email – [email protected]
- Instagram - www.instagram.com/knacoaching
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45min
October 13, 2025Intuitive Eating for Weight Loss (& Other Myths) - Once Upon a Binge Podcast - Ep. 21
Have you heard of Intuitive Eating?
Are you considering trying it to see if it can help heal your relationship with food but you’re also a little apprehensive?
Or maybe you’ve even given it a go and left feeling like a failure cos it didn’t work for you?
Then episode 21 is for you. In this episode Katy and Becca look at what actually is Intuitive Eating?
They also unpack the following misconceptions:
It’s the hunger and fullness diet
It’s a weight loss tool
It’s a free for all
It’s another rigid set of rules
It should feel easy
Katy and Becca also share which principles they found most helpful. Let us know in the comments below - Which principles resonate most with you? What other misconceptions have you believed?
P.S. If you know why soya milk sometimes curdles and why some pies explode while you cook then, also let us know in the comments!
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Connect with us:
- Instagram - www.instagram.com/onceuponabingepodcast
- Email - [email protected]

Connect with Becca:
- Instagram – www.instagram.com/bingefreeandbeautiful
- Email - [email protected]

Connect with Katy:
- Website - www.knacoaching.com
- Email – [email protected]
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51min
September 29, 2025 Acceptance in Recovery: Why It's So Powerful (But So Hard) - Once Upon A Binge Podcast - Ep. 20
In this episode, we explore the often misunderstood concept of acceptance and how it plays a powerful role in recovery from binge eating and body image struggles.
Katy and Becca share personal stories and reflections, including:
✨ Katy wearing shorts in public for the first time without overthinking her body
✨ The moment Becca realised she hadn’t truly accepted her bingeing, even though she thought she had
✨ Why acceptance is not the same as approval, passivity, or giving up ✨ How resistance keeps us stuck—and dysregulated
✨ What the neuroscience says about acceptance, the nervous system, and flexible thinking
✨ How exposure, readiness, and surrender show up in body image healing
✨ The difference between saying “I binge” and saying “I binge and I’m still worthy”
This episode is honest, compassionate, and grounded in real experiences, perfect for anyone struggling to find peace with their body, food, or recovery journey.
Tune in and ask yourself: What does acceptance mean to me?
#BingeEatingRecovery #BodyImageHealing #AcceptanceInRecovery #OnceUponABinge #EatingDisorderSupport
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41min
September 14, 2025Reclaiming Movement after an Eating Disorder - Once Upon a Binge Podcast - Ep.19
In this episode, Katy and Becca dive deep into what it really looks like to heal a disordered relationship with exercise. They share personal stories, messy truths, and practical tools from their own recovery journeys, including the red flags they look out for and how they reintroduced movement in ways that felt safe, flexible, and empowering.
Whether you’ve taken a break from formal workouts or are exploring movement again after recovery, this conversation offers compassionate, relatable insight.
We talk about:
Letting go of rigid, weight-focused exercise
Taking intentional breaks from movement during recovery
Red flags and boundaries to support a healthier mindset
How to return to movement with curiosity and self-trust
Navigating body changes and discomfort while exercising
Let us know what this brought up for you, we always love hearing from you!
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54min
September 01, 2025 How to Find Food Freedom with Sarah Dosanjh - Once Upon A Binge Podcast - Ep. 18
In this episode, we're joined by the wonderful Sarah Dosanjh, also known as The Binge Eating Therapist, to dive deep into the tricky world of food permission.
We share our honest experiences about:
- What giving ourselves permission to eat really looked like
- What felt restrictive, even when it seemed “permissive”
- What actually helped in our individual journeys
- Common mistakes people make when exploring permission
- Big misconceptions that keep people stuck
Whether you’re at the start of your recovery or somewhere in the messy middle, we hope this conversation helps you feel less alone and more curious about what true permission can look like for you.
We’d love to hear from you: Where do you feel stuck with food permission? What helps you feel truly free to choose?
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59min
August 18, 2025Magical Thinking - The Illusion of Diet Culture - Once Upon A Binge Podcast - Ep. 17
In episode 17 of the Once Upon A Binge podcast, Katy and Becca look talk about magical thinking.
They discuss:
What is magical thinking?
How can you identify magical thinking is at play?
How diet culture uses magical thinking
Does magical thinking give us hope?
How lived experience can reinforce magical thinking as well as dispel it
The role of stress in magical thinking
The magical BMI
The pain of letting go of magical thinking
Does an conditional upbringing make us more likely to turn to magical thinking?
Can you see yourself in any of these experiences? How does magical thinking show up for you? Let us know in the comments below!
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Connect with us:
- Instagram - www.instagram.com/onceuponabingepodcast
- Email - [email protected]

Connect with Becca:
- Instagram – www.instagram.com/bingefreeandbeautiful
- Email - [email protected]

Connect with Katy:
- Website - www.knacoaching.com
- Work with Katy - www.knacoaching.com/enquire
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38min
August 04, 2025Chasing Fitness But Losing Yourself - Once Upon A Binge Podcast - Episode 16
In episode 16 of the Once Upon A Binge podcast Katy and Becca talk about what life was like for them when they had a disordered relationship with exercise. Through sharing their experiences they look at:
The difference between riven exercise, compulsive exercise and excessive Exercise
How do you know when your relationship is disordered?
Vulnerability of your body changing through exercise or lack of
Exercise as a means to structure
When there’s always room to do more
The appeal of exercise to the perfectionist
Using devices to track exercise
How does identity and superiority link to exercise
Stay tuned for future episodes where Katy and Becca talk about what helped them in developing a more balanced and stable relationship with exercise.
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Connect with us:
- Instagram - www.instagram.com/onceuponabingepodcast
- Email - [email protected]

Connect with Becca:
- Instagram – www.instagram.com/bingefreeandbeautiful
- Email - [email protected]

Connect with Katy:
- Website - www.knacoaching.com
- Instagram - www.instagram.com/knacoaching
- Work with Katy - www.knacoaching.com/enquire
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58min
July 21, 2025Is Food Running The Show? - Once Upon A Binge Podcast - Episode 15
In Episode 15, Katy and Becca talk about their experiences of feeling out of control around food and why that felt so distressing. TRIGGER WARNING: This episode discusses sexual trauma because this is relevant for the podcast hosts experiences. If you would find this distressing to listening to then piece practice self-care and skip this episode.
Katy and Becca talk about:
Feeling your body change
Body checking to regain control
Feeling powerless to binges
Retraumatisation through binges
Restriction vs Bingeing – The battle for control
How parts work can help
Is it control or is it autonomy?
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Connect with us:
- Instagram - www.instagram.com/onceuponabingepodcast
- Email - [email protected]

Connect with Becca:
- Instagram – www.instagram.com/bingefreeandbeautiful
- Email - [email protected]

Connect with Katy:
- Instagram - www.instagram.com/knacoaching
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47min
July 07, 2025 Overcoming Shame in Binge Eating Recovery - Once Upon A Binge Podcast - Ep. 13
It’s Episode 14 of The Once Upon A Binge Podcast and today Katy and Becca are back with shame. But this time, they’re exploring what helps when we’re in a shame spiral.
Some of the things they cover are:
- The concept of unwanted identities
- Removing personal shame through psychoeducation
- Seeing shame as a human response
- Shaming as a form of behavioural control
- Sharing our shame – how do we do it safely?
- What’s physically going on when we feel shame
- Move away, move against, move towards
- Shame and binary thinking

What else has helped you with feelings of shame? This is a two part episode, listen to our last episode to learn more about our experiences of shame.
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Connect with us:
- Instagram - www.instagram.com/onceuponabingepodcast
- Email - [email protected]

Connect with Becca:
- Instagram – www.instagram.com/bingefreeandbeautiful
- Email - [email protected]

Connect with Katy:
- Website - www.knacoaching.com
- Instagram - www.instagram.com/knacoaching
- Work with Katy - www.knacoaching.com/enquire
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37min

FAQs about Once Upon a Binge Podcast:

How many episodes does Once Upon a Binge Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 23 episodes available.