Underground Confidence - Comfort Eating Recovery

Mar 23, 2022 • S03 E08 • 00:16:14

Today's podcast is about the relief that compulsion or addiction brings.  I also talk about the life that we may be attempting to block. This is the first of a three part series about addiction, based on Gabor Maté's book 'In The Realm Of H...

Mar 16, 2022 • S03 E07 • 00:18:50

Gabor Maté says that we choose belonging 100% of the time, over authenticity.
Our self-critic keeps us ‘in check’ and ‘likeable’.
The part of us that feels criticised, ‘different’, or struggles to connect, is the part that turns to something out...

Mar 09, 2022 • S03 E06 • 00:12:56

We are affected when disaster and terrible inequality happen in the World. Here, I talk about illness, storms, doomscrolling, and the war on Ukraine. I suggest ways to cope with feeling anxious or helpless, and I talk about our connection with each other....

Mar 02, 2022 • S03 E05 • 00:17:44

Most of us feel inadequate. We imagine others are better than us, think they have a perfect life, and feel we are frauds waiting to be discovered. Most of us think that someone else could do better. It's this feeling that can lead to binge-eating or...

Feb 09, 2022 • S03 E04 • 00:17:13

Typically, the binge-eaters I see have lost touch with what makes them happy.  Today, I talk about why and how to develop a practice of making your own happiness more of a focus. Here, I list 10 learnable things that can make us happy.

We are mor...

Feb 07, 2022 • S03 E03 • 00:03:00

To be able to give up comfort eating, overeating or binge-eating, you're going to need to learn how to be kinder to yourself.  This might be a whole new language for the comfort eater. So, here I give you some examples of what to say.

Your n...

Feb 02, 2022 • S03 E02 • 00:16:53

 Overwhelm can rapidly contribute to losing control of eating. So, here, I talk about what overwhelm really is, and how to take back control of feeling overwhelmed.One listener says: “I want to learn how to recover for real, and for good. I can stay on a...

Jan 26, 2022 • S03 E01 • 00:14:31

Today, I share with you what it takes to regain control over any compulsion, without harsh dieting or 'all or nothing' thinking.

As we enter what is traditionally known in the UK as the most depressing week of the year, I offer you an a...

Dec 21, 2021 • S02 E45 • 00:17:05

Today, I end the year with a round-up of some of the main themes I’ve talked about this year. I talk about how to understand your comfort eating, and how to recover from it, so that you are prepared for the post Christmas desire to get healthier.

Dec 20, 2021 • S02 E44 • 00:01:53

One thing people ask me all the time is how to recognise their own needs. So, here I list some basic human needs. Which ones do you resonate with?Your next podcast: How Do I Stop Self-Criticism?Support the showWant to see if we're a good fit for work...