Written by Kathryn Hansen

Brain over Binge Blog

A Simple, Brain-Based Approach to Ending Binge Eating.

Practical articles on recovery from bulimia and binge eating disorder, from the author of Brain over Binge.

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3 parts · 2026

Food Noise

What food noise is, why bingeing never solves it, and the mindset shifts that bring more peace around food.

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5 parts · 2025

Healing Your Relationship with Food, Yourself, and Others

How binge eating affects your relationships, including the one with yourself, and how to rebuild them in recovery.

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6 parts · 2022 to 2025

Quick and Practical Advice to Help You Stop Binge Eating

Short answers to questions that come up in recovery, from snacking and calorie tracking to persistent urges.

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Listen to Your Body?

June 22, 2011

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When my son Max (who is now 4) was about 2 years old, he began…

The Anorexic and Bulimic “Voice”

February 6, 2011

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It is my belief that in bulimia/BED, the urges to binge are the…

My Book’s Journey: A Mission to Help Binge Eaters (Brain over Binge)

October 13, 2010

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I want to introduce myself: I'm Kathryn Hansen and I stopped…

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