What is self-compassion? To be able to answer this question, we explore your relationship with yourself.

In this podcast

• Part 1 - Q & A section (questions provided by you). How to help children with comfort eating.
• Part 2 - What does self-compassion mean?
• Why your relationship with yourself matters
• What self-compassion is not
• The top 20 self-criticisms
• What self-compassion is & how to be kinder to yourself.

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Citations  
The Mirror - How Women Criticise Themselves
Kristin Neff
Tara Brach 

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We all worry, especially now. Some worry is necessary for addressing what matters to us. Like anger, worry helps us to avert danger or discomfort. But, like anger, we aren't usually taught how to cope with worry.  So, worry can be another major reason why you might overeat or binge-eat.

The overeater's main worry is often about how you look. Learn to replace fear and avoidance with curiosity and compassion.

In this podcast

• Q & A section (questions provided by you). 
• What anxiety or worry is.
• 10 different ways to deal with worry or anxiety.

 You can read more about anxiety here

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Citations & Further resources:
Therapycat 30-second video on coping with anxiety or nighttime worry.
Therapycat video on feeling nervous about coming out of lockdown.
Therapycat video on worries about what others think of you.

Some ideas here were inspired by a Nicabm training on working with anxiety. You can buy your full training programme here

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Anger is a sign that something doesn't feel right, so it has an essential message for us that we need to pay attention to. Anger can also be turned inward as self-hatred and punishment.

In this podcast :

• Q & A section (questions provided by you)
• What makes you angry? (From 6:55)
• What is the root cause of anger?
• How can I control my anger? 10 ways to manage anger

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Citations
Click here for the Pema Chodron quote.
Some ideas here were inspired by a Nicabm training on working with anger. You can buy your full training programme here

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Feeling ashamed is common, strong, and uncomfortable for people who struggle with binge-eating. 

In this podcast: 

1. What shame and embarrassment mean for us
2. How it affects binge-eaters
3. Body-shame in our culture
4. Ways to release shame (for ANYONE experiencing shame)

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Citations
Some ideas here were inspired by a Nicabm training on working with shame. You can buy your full training programme here.

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We all want to love and be loved. But, the emotional eater tends to be someone who supports other people, rather than asks for help. Can you relate to this?

• Here, I talk about how putting other people first can cause comfort eating. 
• I also talk about how relational support can help the comfort eater to quit overeating.

Stopping a comfort behaviour is a constant journey of self-awareness...

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We all want a happy life, with a fit body and good relationships.  In January, we usually take an inventory of our lives and decide to cut out what’s harmful. As you know, this rarely lasts. But it’s even harder to maintain this year because we still need comfort.

In this episode:

• Realistic resolution suggestions
• New habits that you can practice
•  I also revisit some basics of how to overcome emotional overeating

Don’t give up hope!

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This podcast is about the difficulties we face during the Christmas season. Here you’ll find ways to approach COVID-19 Christmas challenges, particularly loneliness, and  binge-eating. But this episode is not just for comfort eaters:

• Normalise loneliness.
• Understand your family dynamics.
• Understand your Christmas comfort eating.
• Be proactive.
• Pause and take space.

This episode will help you to cope with being human this Christmas by understanding what's going on for you, and remembering love. I encourage you to take time to allow pleasure, and claim the space to remember what’s important to you.

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 I carry on talking about the issues that binge-eaters deal with. This episode is about body-shame, body image, and body confidence.

Explore:

• Explore how you shame your body.  
• Understand what your body does for you, rather than how it appears.
• Appreciate who you are, not how you look.
• Body dysmorphia and anxiety.

This episode will help you to start to understand, root out and heal from your prejudice and hatred towards your body, and how you look.

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In this episode, I carry on talking about the particular things that binge or comfort eaters face. This episode is about binge-eating at a certain time of the day or week. 

In today's episode:

• 5 ways to explore sporadic binge-eating, or binge-eating at a certain time.  
• Are you working too hard? Understand the stress cycle.
• Start learning how to prioritise yourself. 

Being able to prioritise yourself is what you need to choose to stop overeating naturally.  Here, I talk you through understanding what's behind your eating in the evening (or at specific times), and how this relates to being able to address what you really want and need.

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In this episode, I continue to explain what makes it difficult to stop eating. Behind many binge urges, there is often a self critic. Here, I'll start to help you recognise, and address yours.

In today's episode:

• 10  steps, or ways, to start thinking about your eating, and how to manage it, differently.
• Understand more about the compulsion to eat, and what's behind it.
• Recognise the  self-critic behind your eating.
• Explore ways to address the urge to eat.
• Learn how to begin to develop self-confidence

From a place of genuine self-respect, it is possible to choose to stop eating, naturally.  Here,  I go into more detail about self-criticism and self-confidence.

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Citations
CNVC Feelings Inventory

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