Entries by Kathryn Hansen

Beyond Hunger and Fullness: Learning to Deal with “Stop and Go” Signals around Food

Hunger and fullness signals are an often-discussed topic in the eating disorder space, but today, I’m going to go beyond that to discuss what I’m calling stop and go signals and to explain how these signals come into play in binge eating recovery. Stop and go signals aren’t the same as our physical cues of […]

Eating the Way You “Should”

Are you constantly telling yourself that your eating should be a certain way? Do you believe you should never eat over a certain amount? Do you think you should or should not be eating certain foods or at certain times? When you have a lot of “shoulds” around eating, it creates pressure and stress each […]