When Food Feels Hard

When Food Feels Hard

By Dr Sarah CookeHealth & FitnessNutrition
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When Food Feels Hard episodes

  • How to Stop Weighing Yourself (and Make the Scale Mean Less) Part 2

    In the second part of this podcast, I explore how to make the scale mean less (spoiler, it involves reducing/stopping how often you weigh yourself!) we explore how to move away from the perceived need to weigh yourself, and how to shift to a place where you can exist without ever knowing your weight (and live a healthy, happy life in doing so!)


    Here’s the link to book a free, no pressure chat to learn more about working with me 1-2-1

    24 min
  • How to Stop Weighing Yourself (and Make the Scale Mean Less) Part 1

    In this episode we discuss why regular weighing can be unhelpful when healing your relationship with food, practical tips to stop it and why it can feel hard to stop.


    If you feel tied to the scales and unsure how to navigate change- this episode is for you!


    To book a free no-pressure chat with me and learn more about how I help women inside my 1-2-1 program, click here

    17 min
  • How to Build Awareness and Make Changes with Your Relationship with Food

    This episode talks about building awareness around your eating habits, including how to identify emotions, patterns with your eating and how to start asking questions which help raise awareness and facilitate change. We talk about two types of awareness- the ability to reflect on events and notice triggers, and the ability to be aware in the present, when the triggers are happening.


    Here’s a link to the free guide I mention in the podcast


    Follow me on insta for more tips and posts @drscnutrition

    23 min
  • Why I Bang on About Balanced Meals and Snacks!

    If you’re trying to heal your relationship with food but still feel out of control around snacks, constantly hungry, or stuck in the binge–restrict cycle… this episode is essential.


    Today we’re talking about the importance of balanced meals and snacks — and why they’re not about being “perfect” or eating “clean,” but about creating biological and emotional safety with food.


    When you’re under-fueling, skipping meals, or eating in an unbalanced way (even unintentionally), your brain notices. Hunger hormones rise, cravings intensify, and food noise gets louder. What often feels like a willpower problem is actually a physiological response.


    In this episode, we cover:


    • Why balanced meals are foundational when healing from restriction or binge eating

    • How under-eating (even subtly) fuels cravings and emotional eating

    • What “balanced” actually means in a practical, non-diet way

    • Why snacks matter just as much as meals

    • How consistent nourishment builds trust with your body


    This isn’t about rigid food rules.

    It’s about giving your body enough- regularly and reliably- so it doesn’t feel the need to shout at you.


    Book a free call here to learn more about working with me 1-2-1

    22 min
  • Food Noise & Restriction: Three Hidden Ways You’re Fuelling the Obsession

    Why is food constantly on your mind?


    If you feel like you’re always thinking about what you’ve eaten, what you’ll eat next, or whether you’ve been “good” or “bad” - this episode is for you.


    In today’s conversation, I’m breaking down food noise and the three hidden forms of restriction that keep it alive:


    • Physical restriction (dieting, cutting foods, under-eating)

    • Mental restriction (guilt, food rules, moralising what you eat)

    • Emotional restriction (not allowing yourself to feel or meet your needs)


    Food obsession isn’t a willpower problem.

    It’s often your brain responding to restriction - even the subtle kind.


    We’ll explore why the binge–restrict cycle happens, how these forms of restriction stack together, and what actually helps quiet the mental chatter around food.


    If you’re ready to go deeper and start healing your relationship with food, you can:


    💛 Book a free call with me

    💛 Or learn more about the program

    34 min
  • Fears About Stopping Dieting

    In this podcast I talk through some common fears which come up for people when deciding to stop dieting, or introducing “forbidden” foods into their diet regularly.


    Fears we discuss include

    “What if I never stop eating?”

    “If I allowed myself to eat what I wanted, I’d just eat [x] all day”

    “What if I gain weight?”


    This episode talks through the root of these fears and practical ways to help reduce their power and influence your behaviour.


    To learn more about working with me 1-2-1, book a free call here

    23 min
  • How to Stop Yoyo Dieting

    In this episode we discuss what yoyo dieting is, why it happens, and practical steps to take to change the pattern you’re in.


    For more information about my 1-2-1 program, The Food Freedom Method, click here


    To book a free call to learn more about how I work with women inside my program, to ask questions and get a feel for working with me, book here

    36 min
  • Three Things You Can Do Today to Stop Emotional and Binge Eating

    A quick episode of practical tips you can action TODAY to create a calmer relationship with food.


    This episode isn’t about stopping emotional and binge eating with quick fixes that last a few days, it’s about simple things you can do to create safety around food and increase awareness around your thoughts and eating- which over time will increase understanding, reduce self-blame and criticism, and allow you to see triggers and patterns with your eating.


    To learn more about working with me 1-2-1, have a look at my program page here, and book a free call to chat more about how I help women break free from emotional and binge eating.

    13 min
  • Tools for Binge Eating (Part Two)

    Following on from part 1, this episode talks more about the “brain stuff” and neuroscience of emotional and binge eating, and tools to break the habit of eating to self-soothe emotions.


    To gain more information and access to the tools, you can access my free guide here


    For more information about my 1-2-1 program, The Food Freedom Method, click here


    To book a free call to learn more about how I work with women inside my program, to ask questions and get a feel for working with me, book here

    28 min
  • Tools for Binge Eating (Part One)

    In this episode, we’re talking about the tools that actually help reduce binge eating long-term. Not rules or moderation, but the foundations that calm the brain and body so food stops feeling urgent.


    You’ll learn why regular eating matters more than “being good,” how bringing back forbidden foods reduces loss of control, why lifting restriction is essential (even when it feels scary), and how noticing emotions- without judging or fixing them- helps break the binge cycle.


    If you’re tired of fighting food and want practical, compassionate tools that work with your brain instead of against it, this episode is for you.



    Follow me on insta @drscnutrution


    Book a free call to learn about my 1-2-1 program

    35 min

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If you struggle with emotional or binge eating and feel stuck in cycles of restriction, guilt, and starting over, this podcast is for you.