From behind-the-scenes business growth to personal food freedom reflections — this episode is a real, honest 2025 wrap and a look at what’s coming in 2026 (including live group coaching in February).
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Christmas and the holiday season is meant to be joyful—but if food guilt, binge urges, and family comments hijack the season for you, this episode is your permission slip to do things differently.
In this episode, Nic breaks down why this time of year feels so hard around food (hint: it’s not a lack of willpower), and shares therapist-approved tools to help you stay calm, grounded, and confident—without restriction, punishment, or another January reset.
This is real psychoeducation, nervous-system support, and compassionate guidance to help you actually enjoy the holidays… not just survive it.
There’s a LOT of body talk in the world right now — weight-loss injections, shrinking celebrities, changing bodies everywhere — and if it’s making you feel wobbly, this episode is your soft landing.
Nic breaks down why feeling triggered is totally normal (and not a setback), how you can respect other people’s choices and still have an emotional reaction, and simple tools to help you stay grounded in your own food-freedom journey.
You’ll hear:
• Why your brain reacts to weight-loss content
• Why being triggered does not mean you’re going backwards
• How to hold space for your feelings with compassion
• Grounding reframes to bring you back to yourself
🎄 Don’t forget: My FREE Masterclass is on December 18th at 6PM NZST.
Links & Resources
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💜 My Website: Free resources , blogs, upcoming
events and more on my programs and myself! 👉
🆓 Free Guide: The Emotional Eater’s Fix: Your first step to understanding why you emotionally eat — and what to do instead
💥 Join The Break Up: My signature program to stop binge and emotional eating, heal your nervous system, and build body trust — for good. Includes lifetime access + over $1500 in bonuses
📲 Follow me on Instagram: For daily support, education, and anti-diet truth bombs.
In this episode, we’re diving into the sneaky world of body checking — the mirror glancing, photo zooming, scale obsessing, pinching and pulling that quietly fuels body anxiety and keeps you stuck in the binge–restrict cycle. You’ll learn why these tiny habits make your body feel like the enemy, how they dysregulate your nervous system, and the gentle, realistic steps to break free (without going cold turkey on mirrors).
If one reflection or weigh-in can wreck your mood, this episode will help you understand what’s really going on — and how to feel safer, grounded, and more at home in your body again.
🎄 Don’t forget: My FREE Masterclass is on December 18th at 6PM NZST.
Links & Resources
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is not here, the offer noted is no longer available or has expired.
💜 My Website: Free resources , blogs, upcoming
events and more on my programs and myself! 👉 https://bingefreebestie.com
✨ Workbook: Embrace Your Body
🆓 Free Guide: The Emotional Eater’s Fix: Your first step to understanding why you emotionally eat — and what to do instead 👉 Download it here
💥 Join The Break Up: My signature program to stop binge and emotional eating, heal your nervous system, and build body trust — for good. Includes lifetime access + over $1500 in bonuses 👉 Enrol here
📲 Follow me on Instagram: For daily support, education, and anti-diet truth bombs.👉 @bingefreebestie
In this episode, I invite in Rachel Evans, a UK-based psychologist, to share her personal journey with purging and binge eating, discuss the impact of diet culture, relationships, and social media on her mental health.
Rachel provides us with insights into the psychological aspects of eating disorders and offers practical steps for those struggling with similar issues.
Our conversation highlights the non-linear nature of recovery and encourages you to seek help and build your own toolkit for managing triggers and maintaining a healthy relationship with food.
Connect with Rachel: https://eatingdisordertherapist.co.uk
✨ Links & Resources
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is not here, the offer noted is no longer available or has expired.
💜 My Website: Free resources , blogs, upcoming
events and more on my programs and myself! 👉 www.bingefreebestie.com
🆓 Free Masterclass: Break Up With Binge Eating . Learn the three triggers driving binge + emotional eating- and the exact tools to stop the cycle, without restriction.
🆓 Free Guide: The Emotional Eater’s Fix: Your first step to understanding why you emotionally eat — and what to do instead 👉 Download it here (https://bingefreebestie.com/freebie/)
💥 Join The Break Up: My signature program to stop binge and emotional eating, heal your nervous system, and build body trust — for good. Includes lifetime access + over $1500 in bonuses 👉 Enrol here https://bingefreebestie.com/the-breakup/
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Do you ever sit down to eat, blink, and realize the food’s already gone? Or find yourself snacking while scrolling and not even tasting what you just ate?
In this week’s episode I'm unpacking the truth about mindful eating- what it really means (and what it definitely doesn’t). Spoiler: it’s not about chewing an almond for 3 hours or trying to eat like a monk.
Mindful eating is about connection- to your food, your body, and your satisfaction. And when you can tap into that connection, you start to feel calmer, fuller, and more in control around food.
✨ Links & Resources ✨
🆓 Free Guide: The Emotional Eater’s Fix: Your first step to understanding why you emotionally eat — and what to do instead 👉 Download it here
💥 Join The Break Up: My signature program to stop binge and emotional eating, heal your nervous system, and build body trust — for good. Includes lifetime access + over $1500 in bonuses 👉 Enrol here
📲 Follow me on InstagramFor daily support, education, and anti-diet truth bombs.👉 @bingefreebestie
Have you ever eaten a full meal and still felt hungry? Or finished dinner only to find yourself back in the kitchen 10 minutes later “just picking”?
In this episode I explore:
Why you might still feel hungry after eating (it’s not lack of willpower!)
The difference between physical and emotional hunger
How to build balanced, satisfying meals that actually keep you full
The emotional side of “never feeling satisfied”- and how to soothe it without restriction or guilt
✨ Links & Resources ✨
🆓 Free Guide: The Emotional Eater’s Fix: Your first step to understanding why you emotionally eat — and what to do instead 👉 Download it here
💥 Join The Break Up: My signature program to stop binge and emotional eating, heal your nervous system, and build body trust — for good. Includes lifetime access + over $1500 in bonuses 👉 Enrol here
📲 Follow me on InstagramFor daily support, education, and anti-diet truth bombs.👉 @bingefree.bestie
Full but still standing at the fridge? You’re not “bad”- you’re under-satisfied.
In this weeks poddy episode I have the amazing dietician Toni Rudd with us and she has shared simple strategies to enhance satisfaction and add more fun to your meals!
Plus empowered meal planning ideas that you’ll actually follow. Yay.
Toni Rudd: https://www.thebingedietitian.com
✨ Links & Resources ✨
🆓 Free Guide: The Emotional Eater’s Fix: Your first step to understanding why you emotionally eat — and what to do instead 👉 Download it here (https://bingefreebestie.com/freebie/)
💥 Join The Break Up: My signature program to stop binge and emotional eating, heal your nervous system, and build body trust — for good. Includes lifetime access + over $1500 in bonuses 👉 Enrol here (https://bingefreebestie.com/the-breakup/)
📲 Follow me on InstagramFor daily support, education, and anti-diet truth bombs.👉 @bingefree.bestie (https://www.instagram.com/bingefreebestie/)
💡 What You’ll Learn in This Episode
✨ Why we crave sweets after dinner — the real (and normal) biological, habitual, and emotional reasons behind it.
✨ Why it’s okay to honour those cravings — how unconditional permission reduces the power struggle with food.
✨ Practical tools to find balance — from eating enough dinner to building your comfort toolbox (without using food as your only strategy).
✨ Links & Resources
🆓 Free Guide: The Emotional Eater’s Fix: Your first step to understanding why you emotionally eat — and what to do instead 👉 Download it here https://bingefreebestie.com/freebie/
💥 Join The Break Up: My signature program to stop binge and emotional eating, heal your nervous system, and build body trust — for good. Includes lifetime access + over $1500 in bonuses 👉 Enrol here https://bingefreebestie.com/
📲 Follow me on InstagramFor daily support, education, and anti-diet truth bombs.👉 @bingefree.bestie https://www.instagram.com/bingefreebestie/
💡 What You’ll Learn in This Episode
✨ Why we eat when we’re bored — and why it’s not about willpower or self-control.
✨ How boredom, restriction, and guilt fuel overeating — and how to stop the spiral.
✨ 3 practical mindset and behaviour shifts to bring awareness, compassion, and choice back to the table.
✨ Links & Resources
🆓 Free Guide: The Emotional Eater’s Fix: Your first step to understanding why you emotionally eat — and what to do instead 👉 Download it here https://bingefreebestie.com/freebie/
💥 Join The Break Up: My signature program to stop binge and emotional eating, heal your nervous system, and build body trust — for good. Includes lifetime access + over $1500 in bonuses 👉 Enrol here https://bingefreebestie.com/
📲 Follow me on InstagramFor daily support, education, and anti-diet truth bombs.👉 @bingefree.bestie https://www.instagram.com/bingefreebestie/
Want more info? Listen up because this be just the thing 🤠
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Have you ever stopped one habit… only to find yourself leaning on another? 🙋🏻♀️
Maybe you ditched dieting, but now wine o’clock is calling every night. Or you stopped drinking, but suddenly food feels out of control again. This, bestie, is called transfer addiction — and it’s way more common (and normal!) in recovery than you think.
In this episode, we’re breaking down:
✨ Why transfer addiction happens (hint: it’s not because you’re weak or broken).
✨ What red flags to look out for when one coping tool swaps for another.
✨ Therapist-backed strategies to build a healthier toolbox and meet your needs without shame.
Healing isn’t about perfection — it’s about noticing patterns, understanding your nervous system, and learning new ways to care for yourself. You’re not failing, you’re growing. 💜
3 Key Takeaways:
Transfer addiction is your nervous system’s way of searching for safety, not a sign of failure.
The behaviour matters less than the function it’s serving (numbing, avoiding, soothing).
You can replace old coping tools with compassionate, empowering strategies that actually support healing.
🎧 Listen now, and if this episode resonates, don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and leave a review — it helps so much in spreading this message.
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🆓 Free Guide: The Emotional Eater’s Fix: Your first step to understanding why you emotionally eat — and what to do instead 👉 Download it here (https://bingefreebestie.com/freebie/)
💥 Join The Break Up: My signature program to stop binge and emotional eating, heal your nervous system, and build body trust — for good. Includes lifetime access + over $1500 in bonuses 👉 Enrol here (https://bingefreebestie.com/)
📲 Follow me on Instagram: For daily support, education, and anti-diet truth bombs.👉 @bingefree.bestie
If you love someone who struggles with binge or emotional eating, it can feel confusing (and sometimes really frustrating) to know what to do or say. Do you encourage them? Step back? Hide the snacks? (Spoiler: please don’t do that 🙅♀️).
In this episode, I’m breaking down how to show up as the supportive, safe, and loving partner they need — without adding guilt or pressure. Whether you’re the one struggling or the support person, this conversation will give you compassion, clarity, and real tools for navigating this journey together.
✨ The 3 root triggers behind binge + emotional eating (it’s not about willpower).
✨ What not to do — the common mistakes partners make that backfire.
✨ The most powerful ways to support your loved one’s healing, from practical help to everyday encouragement.
Your partner doesn’t need food police. They don’t need another diet tip. What they need is compassion, patience, and love as they move toward recovery. And if you’re the one struggling, maybe this is the episode you’ll want to share with your partner so they can better understand what you’re going through. 💜
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Today, we’re talking about something I know so many of you struggle with: the guilt spiral after eating.
You know the drill… you eat something, maybe it’s a binge, maybe it’s just food you’ve labelled as ‘bad,’ and suddenly you’re drowning in shame. That heavy, suffocating voice saying, ‘Why did I do that? I have no control. I’ll never fix this.’
We’re going to break that down today — why it happens, how to get out of it, and what you can do next time the shame storm rolls in. And of course, I’ve got some lovely affirmations for you too as we close up.
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In this episode, we’re unpacking what I call the Millennial Body Image Hangover - the toxic messages we absorbed from shows like The Biggest Loser, the Special K diet, and low-rise jean culture, and how they’re still messing with us today. More importantly, we’ll talk about how to finally heal from it.
Here’s what you’ll hear inside this episode:
✨ Why thinness was sold to us as worthiness — and how that belief still lingers
✨ The sneaky ways diet culture “programs” run in the background of our lives
✨ Five powerful remedies for healing the hangover
If you grew up in the 2000s, chances are you remember The Biggest Loser: dramatic weigh-ins, trainers screaming, contestants collapsing on treadmills, and the promise that extreme weight loss meant health and redemption.
Now, Netflix’s new documentary Fit for TV: The Reality of The Biggest Loser pulls back the curtain — and it’s even more harmful than we realised.
Here’s what we unpack today:
✨ The shocking behind-the-scenes realities revealed in Fit for TV — from starvation-level diets to life-threatening health risks.
✨ The devastating aftermath: why so many contestants regained weight, and why it was never about willpower.
✨ The generational impact on millennial viewers (like me and maybe you too) who absorbed its harmful messages alongside our mums, friends, and peers.
✨ The anti-diet reframe: why exercise isn’t punishment, food isn’t the enemy, and your worth was never meant to be weighed on a scale.
The Break Up Waitlist: https://stan.store/bingefreebestie/p/the-break-up-group-coaching-program-waitlist
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bingefreebestie/
Many of the tools you’ve tried may have sounded like the solution. They may have even worked for a little while. But here’s the truth:
Diets only work until you can’t follow them anymore.
Therapy is powerful — but most general therapists don’t specialise in disordered eating.
Tracking gives you data, not peace.
Intuitive eating is amazing — but it’s really hard to implement if your nervous system is still dysregulated and you’re still secretly afraid of food and treating it like just another diet.
👉 If you’re ready to break the binge–restrict cycle for good, this is exactly what I help you do inside my program The Break Up.
You’ll learn how to:
✔️ Stabilise your eating with a simple, nourishing rhythm✔️ Reintroduce your “trigger foods” without spiralling✔️ End the all-or-nothing thinking around food✔️ Rebuild trust with your appetite
The Break Up Waitlist: https://stan.store/bingefreebestie/p/the-break-up-group-coaching-program-waitlist
My Website: www.bingefreebestie.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bingefreebestie/
If you’ve ever wondered “Why do I keep eating like this?” even after swearing off diets, this episode is for you.
Today, I’m unpacking the number one reason binge and emotional eating continues — and why restriction (not lack of willpower) is at the root of it all.
Here’s what you’ll hear inside this episode:
✨ The sneaky ways restriction shows up (even when you don’t think you’re restricting)
✨ Why binge urges are not sabotage — but your body’s survival system protecting you
✨ The exact cycle that keeps you stuck in “screw it” mode
✨ What needs to shift so you can stop fighting food and finally feel at peace
The truth is, binge eating isn’t a problem of control — it’s a problem of deprivation. Your body isn’t broken, and you’re not alone in this.
🌟 In this episode, I’ll show you how to start fuelling yourself like you matter, why consistency beats perfection, and how this one shift changes everything.
👉 If you’re ready to break the binge–restrict cycle for good, this is exactly what I help you do inside my program The Break Up.
You’ll learn how to:
✔️ Stabilise your eating with a simple, nourishing rhythm
✔️ Reintroduce your “trigger foods” without spiralling
✔️ End the all-or-nothing thinking around food
✔️ Rebuild trust with your appetite
The Break Up Waitlist: https://stan.store/bingefreebestie/p/the-break-up-group-coaching-program-waitlist
My Website: www.bingefreebestie.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bingefreebestie/
Today we’re diving into the real cost of your toxic relationship with food, your body, and the weight loss world- and spoiler alert: it’s costing you WAY more than calories or cash.
From diets and gym memberships you never use, to “wellness” programs, tracking apps, injectables, and the binge cycle itself- this obsession is robbing you blind.
And that’s just the beginning. Because what it’s really stealing is your time, your joy, your self-trust, your peace, and your damn life.
In this episode, I break down:
The actual dollar cost of binge-restrict cycles, dieting, and weight loss culture
The emotional toll of constantly trying to “fix” your body
The dreams, memories, and confidence you’re sacrificing by staying stuck
And the truth about why willpower was never the problem in the first place
Remember, leave me a review DM the screenshoot on socials and I'll send you a free copy of my beautiful body image recovery workbook, Embrace Your Body.
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Welcome to The Recovery Rebellion- a limited 4-part series by Binge Free Bestie.
In this first episode, we’re pulling back the curtain on diet culture and exposing why 95% of diets fail — and what’s actually keeping you stuck in the binge-restrict cycle.
Join the Waitlist for The Break Up: https://stan.store/bingefreebestie/p/the-break-up-group-coaching-program-waitlist
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