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Confessions of a Binge Eater
People who struggle with food and weight tend to look for answers in all the wrong places. Join Tricia Nelson as she takes you on this journey of inspiration and healing.
Episodes
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp504: Design Your Best Life with Tabitha Benway
Do you sometimes feel like your life is getting away from you? The demands of others, the desire to make people happy, the pressure of obligation - all of it…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp503: LA Fires and Feelings
The recent Southern California fires have me feeling the feels. In this episode, I talk about where I'm putting those feelings, and how I'm dealing with the…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp502: Build Stronger Bones with Debi Robinson
Sugar, processed carbs, chemicals…as we eat them, they erode the strength of our bones. But we can rebuild! In this episode, bone health expert, Debi Robinson…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp501: Caring for Aging Parents While Working - with Liz O'Donnell
If you're juggling work and caring for aging parents, meet Liz O'Donnell. She's the author of Working Daughter: A Guide to Caring for Aging Parents While…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp500: Let's Celebrate! 500 Fabulous Episodes!
Join us for the LIVE recording of episode 500, where we roll out our new Heal Your Hunger theme song, hear from clients about how the HYH tenets have worked in…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp499: The Journey from Your Head to Your Heart
Trying to figure yourself out? Are you reading, listening to and watching information so you can understand why you overeat? It's a thing for emotional eaters…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp498: How to Have More Sanity During the Holidays
Is SUPERWOMAN status losing its luster? Are you feeling tired of doing too much and ending up exhausted as a result? Do you feel a little resentful of those…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp497: Alcohol-Free Living with Amanda Kuda
Do you go overboard drinking alcohol at times? Do you feel like drinking gets in the way of your living a healthy lifestyle? Does drinking lead to overeating…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp496: TranscenDance with Jennifer Joy Jimenez
Join me on this enlightening episode of The Heal Your Hunger Show as I chat with Jennifer about how to embrace movement as a form of healing and source for…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp495: Letting Spirit Guide You
Do you feel like you're working hard to keep several spinning plates in the air at all times? That if you don't work as hard as you're working to stay in…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp494: Is It a Sleep Problem or a Going to Bed Problem?
Many emotional eaters struggle with sleep. But sometimes, it's not about sleep, as much as it's about going to sleep. We stay up late, eating in front of the…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp493: Do You Snack When You're Sick?
When you're feeling under the weather, sticking to healthy habits can feel impossible—especially for emotional eaters. In this episode, I dive into the…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp492: Dr. Gina Nick's Healthy Pixie Sticks
In this fun episode of The Heal Your Hunger Show, we're taking a sweet trip down memory lane with naturopathic physician Dr. Gina Nick as we chat about pixie…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp491: Are You an Info-Binger?
Weight loss podcasts, nutrition studies, bestselling books, online courses…if you're constantly studying nutrition, diet, metabolism, psychology of eating…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp490: Do You Suffer from Imposter Syndrome?
Ever feel like at any moment others will realize you don't know what you're doing and you'll be rejected or fired? Emotional eaters often struggle with feeling…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp489: How to Heal Through Dance
As emotional eaters, we are typically stuck in our bodies. We are hurting ourselves with food, and we don't want to face it, so we live from the neck up…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp488: Me, a Martyr??
Do you sometimes feel like you do all the work around your home? Do you feel resentful that others don't pull their weight? Do those feelings make their way…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp487: Stop Trying to Lose Weight
So long as I focused on weight loss, I couldn't lose weight. Oh sure, I lost weight from time to time. But then I put it all back on. In this episode, I talk…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp486: The Art of Mindful Eating with Dr. Sharon Stills
How does one eat mindfully when they're an emotional eater? That's exactly what we explored during my interview with Naturopathic doctor, Dr. Sharon Stills…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp485: The #1 Food That Lead me to Binge-Eat
Is food addiction a thing? You'll think so, after hearing this. In this episode, I discuss the type of food that caused most of my binge-eating. And it wasn't…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp484: Are You Overthinking Things?
Do you wish your head would sometimes just shut up and give you a few moments of peace? If you're tired of thinking things to death, and wringing the joy out…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp483: Are You Overthinking Things?
If you're tired of thinking things to death, and wringing the joy out of your life in the process? If so, then this episode is for you. Let's face it…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp482: Let's Talk Health Coaching with Dr. Sandra Scheinbaum
Ever thought about being a health coach? If you have an interest in health, and helping others, you must listen to my conversation with the founder and CEO of…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp481: Leave Your Husband Out of It!
Ever tell your spouse that you're on a diet? Then, in the next breath, ask him to pick up your favorite binge food? Being married to an emotional eater isn't a…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp480: How to Sleep Naturally with Dr. Catherine Darley
Good sleep should be simple: put your head on the pillow and sleep. But it's not that easy. In this episode, I talk to natural sleep expert, Dr. Catherine…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp479: The Case for Cute Clothes (It's Not That Superficial)
The desire to lose weight so you can fit into your cute clothes is perfectly legit. And while it may seem superficial, it's not. Wearing cute clothes can boost…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp478: Mastering the (Meno)Pause with Dr. Betty Murray
Got questions about hormone therapy? Dr. Betty Murray is passionate about helping women navigate perimenopause and postmenopause. In this episode, we talk…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp477: Nighttime Eating? 5 Steps to Stop Eating at Night
Seventy-five percent of emotional eaters surveyed said that evening (starting after work) and nighttime is the hardest time to resist overeating. Stress from…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp476: Sh#t's Getting Real
Why do we eat? Because we want to change our reality. In this episode, I talk about the real struggles of aging that surround me, and how I'm able to face them…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp475: Are You Bored - or Just Uncomfortable?
One of the scariest things for emotional eaters is downtime - unplanned, unstructured moments when we don't know what to do with ourselves…so we eat. In this…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp474: My Favorite Natural Soft Drinks
When you're trying to eat clean it's hard to know what to drink and whether it qualifies as healthy. I solve this problem for you by sharing about my favorite…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp473: My Spanish Adventure - Part 3
After two weeks in "Spanish school", and a weekend of running around seeing the sights in Barcelona (Sagrada Familia, Picasso Museum, etc.), I've recorded my…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp472: Good Food Bad Food Reframe
Diet culture: there are so many things to say about how years of dieting affects our psyche, our relationship with our bodies, and how we view food. Food is…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp471: My Spanish Adventure - Part 2
Hola - de Barcelona! So this is my second episode, following my first week of traveling to Spain and attending Spanish language school. I'm learning many…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp470: Ready for Your Act 3 Reinvention? A Fun Convo with Charlene Gorzela
Are you living a juicy life? Or are you needing a possible 3rd act reinvention? If life is feeling a little dull and you'd like a boost, check out my…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp469: My Spanish Adventure Part 1
It's been a lifelong dream of mine, which I did nothing about…until now. My new goal is to learn to speak Spanish by age 60. I'm not too far away! So I pulled…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp468: Your Life Decisions Inform Your Food Decisions
Food cravings don't just happen. It seems like the strike at any given time, but usually they are the result of how we're feeling about ourselves and our…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp467: Are You Aging Powerfully? Learn how with JJ Virgin
Health Influencer and New York Times Bestselling Nutrition Expert, JJ Virgin, and I sat down for a fun talk on how to age powerfully…because it's much more fun…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp466: Are You a Binger, Snacker or Stuffer?
As emotional eaters, our behaviors around food vary. I was a binger…and I could pack away thousands of calories in one sitting. But some have different habits…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp465: Leverage Your Genetics for Health with Dr. Sam Shay
Understanding your genetics can help you determine your ideal diet, learn how to achieve satiation and even manage your mood. In this interesting talk with Dr…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp464: Do You Let People Love You?
It seems like it would be easy to let people love us. After all, love is what we've craved all our lives. But when it comes to that intimate feeling of being…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp263: 275 Pounds and Hopeless: My Mentor's Story
I recently came across this short recording of my mentor, Roy Nelson, telling his story of being a hopeless case, and boy, he wasn't kidding. No nonsense. Just…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp462: We're as Sick as Our Secrets
Do you hide the "evidence" after a binge so no one will find out? Do you put on a happy face with others, never letting people know when you're feeling down?…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp461: The 7 Perils of People-Pleasing
CAUTION: Tough truths ahead! Yes, indeed, in this episode, I talk about one of the biggest cruxes of emotional eating and it's underlying causes…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp460: How to Overcome a Bad Breakup with Food
When food binges get so bad that we swear off sugar and carbs "for good", then what do we do? We want to be done, but we still feel a sense of loss and…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp459: Shedding Layers and Finding Her Light with Sal Daina
Has middle-age left you feeling like you don't quite know who you are, or where your place is in your life? In this episode, I have a real and raw conversation…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp458: How I Deal with Criticism - without Eating
After receiving some strange criticism on Facebook, I decided to share about how I deal with being picked apart (usually from complete strangers), without…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp457: Are You an Info-Binger?
Weight loss podcasts, nutrition studies, bestselling books, online courses…if you're constantly studying nutrition, diet, metabolism, psychology of eating…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp456: What's Causing Your Food Cravings - with Roy Nelson
Food cravings. They don't just happen. There is a cause, and knowing where they come from and how to heal them, is a total game changer for emotional eaters…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp455: Burnout: Here's What to Do...with Nicolette Verheem
It can happen to anyone…you're working hard at your job, perhaps you lack good self-care, the stress accumulates over time, and you begin to feel bad. Symptoms…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp454: You're Not That Good...at Being Bad
Do you feel like everyone is better than you…that you don't measure up? Not good enough, smart enough, thin enough, talented enough? Your head is lying to you…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp453: Yes! Hormone Health is Possible with Dr. Anna Cabeca
Feeling dry down there? Is sex painful? Want to get back your mojo and enjoy sex into your 80s? Then let's talk about it. (Ladies, we've GOT to talk about it.)…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp452: My Process of Grief, Life and Healing
Life includes death. It kinda sucks, but it's a fact. In this episode, I talk about my grieving process, as I say goodbye to my mentor, friend, former husband…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp451: Is It an Eating Disorder or Food Addiction? With Dr. David Wiss
Food plans, strict rules and restrictions can be taboo for those recovering from eating disorders, and the professionals that treat them. But, eating sweets…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp450: Feeling the Feelings
Just a few days ago this world lost an extraordinary man. My mentor, former husband and soulmate, Roy Nelson, blessed my life in ways I can't begin to…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp449: What to Do When Your Mind Won't Leave You Alone
Mistakes we've made, hurts we've experienced, losses we grieve. Sometimes, our minds are like a runaway train, overthinking, rehashing and dwelling on painful…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp448: Why I Don't Eat Sugar
I loved sugar. I loved sweet foods. I loved anything ooey, gooey and chewy. But they didn't love me back. I was a sugar addict, and once I started eating the…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp447: When One Thing Leads to Another
Ever heard the phrase, "God works in mysterious ways"? Well, my life is full of things that happened, on account of one thing leading to another. In this…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp446: Got Grief? A Discussion on This Tough Emotion with Kim Hamer
Grief is a mighty emotion. It is an intruder that barges into our life when it wants, and takes its own damn time leaving. In this episode, my good friend and…
Confessions of a Binge EaterEp445: Stress-related Symptoms with Dr. Doni Wilson
Got strange things going on with your body? Migraines, gut issues, acne or rashes? If you have mystery symptoms, they could be traced back to stress. In this…