Entries by Kathryn Hansen

You are Never Destined to Binge

Do you ever have thoughts that say, “you know you’re going to binge eventually, so you might as well just do it now”? If you do, you are not alone.  I had a client refer to these type of thoughts collectively as the binge inevitability mindset, and I think it’s an accurate way to describe […]

What is Your Motivation for Dieting?

The first urges to binge commonly appear after a period of restrictive dieting.  The binge urges are a primal survival response—when you restrict food, the primitive part of your brain starts to encourage you to eat as much as possible. (You can learn more about this in Episode 2: The Cause of Binge Eating: Urges […]