You’re successful in every area of life… except food.

You’ve tried the diets. The plans. The rules. The white-knuckling. And now you’re tired.

Part of you wants to stop binge eating. Part of you is terrified of failing again.

In this episode of Nourished & Free, I explains why what you’ve been calling “failure” is actually the most teachable moment in the entire process, and how to make failure your secret weapon.

I'm breaking down:

• Why mistakes are necessary for learning
• How binge episodes provide powerful insight
• Why perfection isn’t the goal (and never was)
• How having support during setbacks changes everything
• What actually makes clients successful long-term

Good news, fam: You are not broken. Your brain is adaptable. Your patterns are retrainable.
And, your setbacks can become stepping stones... if you let them.

If you’re ready to stop spiraling and start recalibrating, this episode is for you.

TOPICS COVERED 👇🏼

00:00 “What if I’m just broken?” (the spiral you don’t say out loud)
02:36 The “I knew this would Happen” spiral
09:26 Why one slip turns into “I’ll start over Monday”
17:17 Learning from a binge instead of letting it define you

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If you’ve lost weight before, but it came back... this episode is for you.

Let's break down why weight loss often becomes the common denominator behind dieting burnout, binge–restrict cycles, and feeling out of control around food. Not because weight loss is bad, but because making it the main focus quietly changes how your brain and body respond to food.

I'll talk through how obsessing over the outcome (the scale) clouds judgment, increases pressure, and actually makes consistency harder. You’ll learn why the scale is delayed, ambiguous feedback, and why using it as a daily pass/fail test often backfires and has the opposite effect you're wanting.

This episode walks you through what changes when weight loss stops being the driver, how food decisions get quieter, and why rebuilding trust and safety with food leads to more ease, self-control, and long-term change (with or without weight loss).

If you hate that you say, "It worked, I got the weight off... but then it came back", then this episode offers a mindset shift that could change everything.

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JUMP TO:

• 00:00 Why weight loss keeps turning into a losing–regaining cycle
• 01:39 How the scale quietly starts running your life
• 04:01 The pressure that makes food feel loud and exhausting
• 06:24 The credit score analogy that explains why this feels so hard
• 09:25 Why the scale is terrible daily feedback (and messes with your head)
• 10:40 When weight starts feeling like a measure of your worth
• 13:38 What changes when weight loss isn’t the main focus anymore
• 15:37 “But i still want to lose weight…” let’s talk about that
• 17:05 The foundation that actually quiets food noise
• 19:16 What it feels like when food stops being the main character
• 20:54 The question that changes how you move forward

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What happens after you stop a GLP-1? If you're like Heather, you might see 30 of the 45lbs you lost come back, food noise return, and ask yourself repeatedly "Why can't I just eat like a NORMAL person?"

This episode is for anyone who:

• Lost weight on a GLP-1
• Came off it hoping to “maintain naturally”
• And then watched the food noise, binge urges, and weight creep back in

Heather joins me to share her story of:

• Life before GLP-1s
• How she felt on the medication
• And the emotional whiplash that happened when she stopped
• Plus... what she did to stop food noise without going back on the GLP-1.

We talk about the part no one prepares you for:

👉 GLP-1s can change appetite, but they don’t teach you how to eat, trust yourself, or break all-or-nothing patterns.

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TOPICS COVERED:

• Heather’s relationship with food before GLP-1s
• What it felt like when food noise disappeared on the medication
• Why the weight and urges came back after stopping
• The emotional toll of regain (and the shame no one talks about)
• Perfectionism, all-or-nothing thinking, and binge cycles
• Why “just eat normally” isn’t actually helpful advice
• How alcohol quietly fueled binge eating
• What finally helped Heather feel calm around food again
• The difference between willpower and effortless self-control
• Why this work isn’t about another plan, diet, or rule set

JUMP TO:

00:00 She stopped a GLP-1… and the food noise came back
02:50 How dieting, work, and motherhood shaped her relationship with food
05:40 What GLP-1s fixed and what they didn’t
08:29 Off the medication: “why can’t I just eat normally?”
11:45 The moment she realized another diet wouldn’t help
13:55 The real issue wasn’t food
16:00 Weight regain, shame, and the emotional fallout
17:12 Perfectionism, all-or-nothing thinking, and binge cycles
18:30 Facing holidays and trigger foods without spiraling
22:48 Uncovering the beliefs driving food noise
23:19 Alcohol and late-night binges
29:05 What eating like a “normal person” looks like now
30:12 What she’d say to anyone coming off a GLP-1 for fixing food noise naturally and learning how to eat normally

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