Today we have a super special & FUN episode where I am answering YOUR questions to celebrate 100 episodes of the Become a Confident Eater Podcast!
I answer…
-In binge eating recovery, how do you work with cravings instead of fighting them, especially with novelty foods?
- How can someone change habits around sweets without restriction or shame?
- How do I return to healthy eating habits after getting comfortable in a relationship where I’m always following my partner’s eating and snacking habits?
- How did you find motivation that works to stop overeating?
- Do you prefer calorie counting, mindful eating, or eating based on macros and why?
- Do I eat monkfruit?
- Where do I start if I want to eat normally?
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If you want to make 2026 the year you FINALLY stop binge eating, I’m giving you a step by step plan to hit your food freedom goals.
You’ll learn:
- The 2 biggest mistakes people make with New Year goals that keeps you stuck overeating
- How to track progress without weighing yourself on a scale
- My 5 step process to hit your goal to stop binge eating
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Before you set another goal for 2026, you need to understand the eating patterns you repeated all year.
Today I’m going to teach you…
- Why you continue to not hit your eating, health, and weight goals year after year
- How to eliminate any shame about where your eating habits are right now
- 6 powerful questions to help you learn from your past year of eating
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Do you feel addicted to sugar? No matter how much you have of it, you just keep wanting more?
In today’s episode, I’m going over the science behind why you feel obsessed with sugar and can’t stop eating it.
You will learn…
- What counts as processed sugar?
- What’s happening to your biology when you eat sugar
- Why healthy foods don’t satisfy your sweet cravings
- How to stop binge eating sugar
- Why sugar might feel more addictive to you than others
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Have you ever told yourself no to a food and instantly felt deprived or panicked?
Today I’m unpacking one of the biggest sources of confusion in binge eating recovery: the difference between restriction and loving boundaries.
You will learn:
- What “don’t restrict” actually means
- Is saying no to sugar and processed foods restricting?
- The difference between diet culture and loving boundaries
- Why your brain freaks out when you tell yourself no and how to calm it down
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Today we have special guest, Dani Sherrif, who helps women recover their missing periods, optimize them, and get pregnant or avoid pregnancy naturally.
Her expertise comes from many years of research and time spent in the nutrition, sport and fitness industry, as well as being trained to use the fertility awareness method as a diagnostic tool as a certified fertility awareness practitioner.
We cover…
- Why you lost your period even if you feel like you're eating enough & healthy
- When is losing your period a problem?
- What to do if you don’t want to cut back your exercise
- What are the long term health consequences of not having a period?
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You’re full, content, and someone leans across the table and says, “You have to try my pie!”
Food pushers are the well-meaning friends, family, and coworkers who pressure you to eat more (or differently) than your body wants.
Whether they’re offering “just one bite” or piling seconds on your plate, it can feel hard to say no without guilt or awkwardness.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- Why people become food pushers
- Why it feels so hard to say “no” even when you don’t want the food
- How to set boundaries that feel calm, kind, and confident, but not defensive
- Simple phrases you can use to stop food pushers and not overeat
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Ozempic. Wegovy. Mounjaro. If you’ve ever found yourself wondering, “Should I try one?”—this episode is for you.
Roughly 12% of Americans have tried a weight loss drug, yet up to 85% stop within two years. Most regain the weight, and many feel worse than before. So why do these drugs seem so promising—and why don’t they work long-term?
Today you will learn…
- How GLP-1 drugs actually work
- The dark side of GLP-1s that no one mentions
- What happens when you stop taking weight loss medications
- The sustainable alternative to healing food noise
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You’ve been told to eat every 3 hours on the dot and never go hungry.
To set timers and prepare mini meals.
And still… You end the night staring into the pantry frustrated with “Why do I still want food?”
In this episode, I cover:
- Who specifically can benefit from eating every 3 hours
- Why this food rule could be secretly making everything worse and causing you to fear hunger
- How often you should be eating to stop binge eating
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You can eat all the “right” foods, balance your blood sugar, cut out sugar, track your calories, and still binge.
Or, you can work on your mindset — do the affirmations, read the books, journal for an hour a day and still end up standing in front of the pantry at night wondering what went wrong.
So… which one actually works to stop binge eating — mindset or nutrition?
The answer is both… but not in the way most people think. Let’s break it down.
I cover…
- The key differences between a mindset-based approach and a nutrition-based approach to ending binge eating
- Which approach you should focus on each one based on your journey with food
- The 2 step framework I use to help people eat normally
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Have you ever wondered why the land of pasta, bread, and wine is filled with so many healthy, thin people?
In this 3 part series, I’m interviewing Isabella Drake, a half Italian/half American friend, who studied food production for 3 years in Italy and got her masters in food technology. Let’s learn what Italy gets right about eating and how we can eat more like Italians.
In part 3, we cover…
- The specific government policies that help maintain the integrity of their food system
- Why obesity rates are still rising in Italy too
- The biggest things Italy gets right and wrong about eating
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Have you ever wondered why the land of pasta, bread, and wine is filled with so many healthy, thin people?
In this 3 part series, I’m interviewing Isabella Drake, a half Italian/half American friend, who studied food production for 3 years in Italy and got her masters in food technology. Let’s learn what Italy gets right about eating and how we can eat more like Italians.
In part 2, we cover…
- Do people in Italy ever talk about “mindful eating,” or is it just naturally built into how they eat?
- What surprises you about portion sizes, snacking habits, or how Italians respond to hunger and fullness?
- You’ve lived in both Italy and the U.S. — what emotional or psychological differences have you seen in how people talk about food, guilt, or body image?
- Why do you think Italians seem to experience less guilt or anxiety around food?
- How is wheat processed different in Italy? Why can gluten intolerant people eat bread in Italy?
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Have you ever wondered why the land of pasta, bread, and wine is filled with so many healthy, thin people?
In this 3 part series, I’m interviewing Isabella Drake, a half Italian/half American friend, who studied food production for 3 years in Italy and got her masters in food technology. Let’s learn what Italy gets right about eating and how we can eat more like Italians.
In part 1, we cover…
- What’s different about how Italians think about food compared to Americans?
- Do Italians think about food MORE often throughout the day?
- How does intentionality around food shape their health and satisfaction?
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I walk you through my 30 day (and counting) experiment of avoiding processed sugar and ultra-processed foods. I share what motivated me, what got easier (and what surprised me), the results, and how this approach can help you stop binge eating.
You will learn…
- Why isolated sugar + added flavorings can confuse your body and fuel cravings
- What changes I observed in my weight, mood, anxiety, workouts, energy, and taste
- The lessons I’m taking away from The Craving Reset
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Today I explain how one of the most powerful concepts in behavioral psychology, intermittent reinforcement, drives food addiction, binge eating, and cravings for processed foods.
You will learn…
- What intermittent reinforcement is and why it makes habits harder to quit
- How BF Skinner’s pigeon experiments explain obsessive food cravings
- The hidden role of flavor deception in processed foods and sugar
- Why binge eating feels rewarding in the moment but robs you of true pleasure
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Today I’m joined by Jovonnie Ford, a Healthy Habits & Lifestyle Coach and host of the Empowered Plates Empowered Lives podcast. After being diagnosed with endometriosis, PCOS, adenomyosis, and fibroids, she turned to plant-based, mindful eating and juicing to naturally reduce inflammation and emotional eating. Through her M³ Healing Empowerment Formula—mindset, mindful eating, and movement—she helps women reclaim their energy and break free from compulsive patterns.
We cover…
- how people pleasing led to her health decline
- why having an irregular period is often a sign of something deeper
- why pain is not normal and how to love & listen to your body through that experience
- the impacts of stress on your health
- how to reduce inflammation in a habit-based way
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Today I’m giving you another exclusive audio that explains exactly how I’m resetting my cravings in 30 days.
You’ll learn…
- The difference between real and fake flavored foods
- How your body is impacted by processed sugar vs natural sugar vs flour
- Why avoidance is better than abstinence or moderation
- The problem with supplements and why to ditch your multivitamin
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Exciting new changes and a 1 time opportunity to join me for 30 days to witness my eating transformation.
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This episode was originally aired on Adam Cox’s Podcast, The Hypnotist, but you can listen to it here to hear me getting interviewed!
We cover…
- My story of how I stopped binge eating
- How scarcity thinking fuels overeating
- Using mindful eating to eat less
- The surprising way to notice how processed foods don’t actually taste as good as your brain tells you they do
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Today I’m joined by Adam Cox who is a leading hypnotherapist, international speaker, and the creator of The Hypnotist podcast — one of the world’s most popular hypnosis podcasts with over 12 million downloads. Known for blending therapeutic expertise with compelling storytelling, Adam helps global audiences harness the power of the subconscious to transform habits, beliefs, and emotions.
We discuss how to use hypnosis to stop overeating plus…
- How hypnosis transformed Adam from socially anxious to confident
- What hypnosis is and isn’t
- The common themes he’s seen after helping 100’s of people with food & weight loss
- The hidden payoffs of binge eating (like comfort, protection, or even drama) that keep you stuck
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