4 Reasons to Share Your Binge Eating Story (& Why I Share Mine)

Episode 27. If you feel deeply ashamed of your binge eating (aka feeling out of control with your eating), or your weight, this post is for you. Do you ever listen to this podcast, or read what I or others write online and think, "Wow that's brave, but I could never do that?" If so, I have been where you are. Back in 2009, I was deep in my binge eating disorder shame spiral. I would walk around the streets of Philadelphia listening to the Inside Out Weight Loss podcast. I listened to the things that Renee Stephens said about eating food out of the garbage can and think that exact same thing. Sometimes I even thought, should she really be sharing all of this with us? It felt so raw, and at times was somewhat hard to look at. But it also gave me immense hope and was part of what lead me here today, feeling more at peace and grounded in who I am than I ever have before. What to Expect: In today's episode and post, you will find: More details about my personal journey with disordered eating (including the ways the immense amount of shame I felt about it kept me so stuck)Why all the evidence-based information and tools made no differenceWhat things made the biggest difference for me, and why a lot of the self-help work I was trying on myself (including books on Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) just were not enough. Ready to Break the Binge Eating Cycle for Good? Ready to stop avoiding and break the binge eating cycle for good? The first step is to disrupt the cycle. My free practical guide has 23 positive ideas for things to do instead of eating. Don't worry, you wont find the standard diet culture BS advice (take a walk, have some water!) Take the first step to finally stop binge eating and grab my free practical guide today! Grab my free guide to disrupt the cycle of emotional and binge eating today! The Power of Story (and Inconvenience of Getting Podcasts in 2008) For someone who loves multi-tasking and who is quite frugal and