Binge Free Bestie

Spring often means one thing for your feed. The "summer body" ads are back, the gym marketing is ramping up, and diet culture is about to get loud. In this episode, I am breaking down why restriction, not willpower, is the actual binge trigger, how to spot diet culture hiding inside "wellness" content, and what to do instead of shrinking yourself for the season ahead.

In this episode:
Why spring is prime season for the restrict-binge cycle, and why it happens on a schedule every single year

The real reason restriction predicts a binge, explained through the Renourish pillar of the Food Freedom Method

How to spot diet culture dressed up as wellness, in gym marketing, "clean eating" challenges, and your own algorithm

A reframe on what actually matters this season, and why you don't have to earn your summer

Three practical things to do this week instead of tightening the food rules

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Why You Overeat Free Workshop: https://masterclass.bingefreebestie.com/opt-in

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The Binge Free Bestie Podcast is hosted by Nic, registered counsellor and recovered binge eater. Content shared in this podcast is educational in nature and is not a substitute for individualised therapeutic support.

In this episode, Emma Wright, a feminist health coach, shares insights on how societal power structures influence body image, dieting, and the use of medications like GLP-1s. We explore the intersection of feminism, health, and food, offering practical perspectives on reclaiming worth and navigating diet culture.

In this episode:
What a feminist health coach actually does, and why the word "feminist" isn't what you think
The real history behind why thin became "healthy" (it's uglier than the wellness version)
GLP-1s and my prediction for what happens to binge eating rates once the injections wear off

Connect with Emma:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkingwithemma/
Website: https://emmawright.co.nz/

Binge Free Bestie Resources and Goodies:
Everything lives here: ⁠https://stan.store/bingefreebestie

If this episode resonated:
Come find me on Instagram ⁠⁠@bingefreebestie ⁠⁠and let me know.
If you loved this episode, please leave a review and hit subscribe. It genuinely helps more women find this podcast, and that's the whole point. 💜
The Binge Free Bestie Podcast is hosted by Nic, registered counsellor and recovered binge eater. Content shared in this podcast is educational in nature and is not a substitute for individualised therapeutic support.

In this episode, Nic is joined by Alaina Booth for a conversation about courage, joy, and building a life that feels meaningful now, not after weight loss or perfection.

Alaina shares her Fuck It Friday practice, the mindset shifts that helped her to become a full-time creator, and why playfulness matters just as much as discipline.

We also discuss how food, body image, and control can shrink the rest of life, and how choosing fun, experimentation, and self-belief can open everything back up. If you’ve ever felt stuck waiting to “earn” the life you want, this one is for you.

Key topics

Alaina breaks down Fuck It Friday, a weekly 15-minute courage practice for sending the message, making the ask, or taking the shot
Nic connects that courage practice to recovery work, especially the idea that life does not have to wait until the body changes
We discuss why many people use food to cope with a lack of meaning, joy, or alignment in their lives
Alaina shares her concept of a “courage muscle” and how repeated reps help build tolerance for discomfort and rejection
We discuss growth mindset versus fixed mindset, and why experimentation makes life feel lighter and less outcome-driven
Nic introduces her “life lens” idea, a pie chart of what matters most, and how body preoccupation can crowd out creativity, hobbies, and relationships
Nic and Alaina reflect on the power of “why not me?” as a mindset for creative risk, recovery, and big life goals

Resources and Goodies:

Everything Binge Free Bestie lives here: ⁠https://stan.store/bingefreebestie

Connect with Alaina here: https://www.instagram.com/lainabooth/

Or check out her work here

If this episode resonated:
Come find me on Instagram ⁠⁠@bingefreebestie ⁠⁠and let me know.
If you loved this episode, please leave a review and hit subscribe. It genuinely helps more women find this podcast, and that's the whole point. 💜
The Binge Free Bestie Podcast is hosted by Nic, registered counsellor and recovered binge eater. Content shared in this podcast is educational in nature and is not a substitute for individualised therapeutic support.

You've eaten fine all day. You're not even hungry. Then 9pm hits and you're standing in front of the pantry like it owes you money.

This week I'm breaking down why night eating happens, and why it's almost never actually about the food. We're talking habit loops (yes, the Netflix and chocolate combo gets a full explanation), why under-eating during the day sets you up to lose the plot by dinner, why your 7pm cutoff rule might be the exact thing causing it, and what's actually going on when eating at night isn't even a conscious choice.

Plus a real client story on what actually shifted her night eating in under two weeks, and it had nothing to do with willpower.

In this episode:
Why your brain pairs certain activities with eating, even when you're not hungry
The cue-routine-reward habit loop explained in plain English
Why a hard cutoff time can backfire and create a scarcity mindset
The difference between physical hunger, emotional hunger, and a dysregulated nervous system
What to actually do about unconscious night eating (the wrappers-by-the-bed kind)
A client case study: what changed her nights in a week and a half

Resources and Goodies:

Everything lives here: ⁠https://stan.store/bingefreebestie

If this episode resonated:
Come find me on Instagram ⁠⁠@bingefreebestie ⁠⁠and let me know.
If you loved this episode, please leave a review and hit subscribe. It genuinely helps more women find this podcast, and that's the whole point. 💜
The Binge Free Bestie Podcast is hosted by Nic, registered counsellor and recovered binge eater. Content shared in this podcast is educational in nature and is not a substitute for individualised therapeutic support.

Everyone's talking about "food noise" right now. TikTok's obsessed with it, Oprah did a special on it, and it's basically the tagline for every GLP-1 ad you scroll past. But here's what nobody's telling you: half of what gets called food noise is just... hunger. And the other half is diet culture, dressed up in a scarier name so it can sell you a fix.

In this episode I'm breaking down where "food noise" actually came from (it wasn't drug companies who invented it, though they've had a field day with it since), the 1940s study that proves restriction manufactures food obsession, and how to actually tell the difference between your body asking to be fed and your brain running on empty from years of dieting.
In this episode:
What food noise actually is, and the two very different things getting lumped under that one label
Diet culture Doris, binge brain, and why food rules always backfire
The real history of where "food noise" came from, and how the weight loss industry turned it into a sales pitch
The Minnesota Starvation Experiment, and why your food thoughts aren't a willpower problem
How to tell when food noise is your body doing its job, versus when it's asking for real support
Wins from inside The Break Up community 💜

Resources and Goodies:
Everything lives here: ⁠https://stan.store/bingefreebestie
If this episode resonated:
Come find me on Instagram ⁠⁠@bingefreebestie ⁠⁠and let me know.
If you loved this episode, please leave a review and hit subscribe. It genuinely helps more women find this podcast, and that's the whole point. 💜
The Binge Free Bestie Podcast is hosted by Nic, registered counsellor and recovered binge eater. Content shared in this podcast is educational in nature and is not a substitute for individualised therapeutic support.