I wanted to put together a collection of resources to help you overcome challenges that may come up during the holidays. I hope this will guide you toward a successful end to 2025 and a great start to 2026!

Below you’ll find list of blog posts and then podcast episodes that address holiday challenges (along with a short description of each resource). You can refer back to this post whenever you need some extra help.

Blog posts:

Holiday Binge Eating: Learn to Deal with Weight & Food Talk:
T️his post addresses dealing with challenging conversations about food and weight that often come up during this time of year. You can learn to react differently and not let what people say interfere with what you know is best for you.

Don’t Let a Holiday Choice Lead to a Holiday Binge:
This post addresses the tendency to link your ability to binge or not binge to the choices that you make. I want to encourage you to believe that you can choose not to binge regardless of your other holiday decisions. The holidays are a great opportunity to teach your brain that binge eating is not an option in any situation.

Should I Drink Alcohol While Trying to Quit Binge Eating?
The holidays also provide many opportunities to drink alcohol, and you may wonder how that factors into recovery. In this post, I talk about the effect that alcohol has on the higher and lower brain, and why drinking may make it more difficult to dismiss binge urges.  You will learn how to make a good individual decision about whether or not to have alcohol.

Why Not December? Don’t Wait Until January to Stop Bingeing:
In this post, I address the tendency to give up on recovery in December and make a resolution to stop binge eating in January. I’ll help you change this harmful pattern, so that you can make progress toward freedom from binge eating now, rather than telling yourself you will start over in the new year.

Don’t Start the New Year with a Diet:
This post addresses the common tendency to want to start the new year with food restriction. I hope this helps you remember that restricting your food will only lead to more problems.

Podcast episodes: 

Episode 46: Q&A: How Do I Stay Binge-Free on Vacation or on a Holiday?:
If this holiday season involves traveling or being out of your routine, this episode will give you some advice for handling this.

Ep. 166: Rein in Overeating & Overdrinking During the Holidays (with Patrick Fox):
In this episode, I talked with Patrick Fox (a Sober Coach and the host of the Alcohol Rethink Podcast) about overcoming problematic drinking and excessive eating during the holidays. These are common behaviors during festive times, but you can make new choices this year that align with who you want to be and how you want to feel.

Ep. 167: Healthy Goal Setting and Sustainable Change in the New Year (with Marcus Kain):
In this episode, I spoke with Marcus Kain of Strong Not Starving about avoiding some of the typical pitfalls that January can bring when it comes to food and weight. When setting goals or resolutions in the new year, the choice is not a dichotomy between restrictive dieting and not caring about your health or body at all. Thinking about goals more sustainably and approaching change with a healthy mindset makes all the difference and keeps you from slipping into harmful obsessions or compulsive behaviors.

Resources for More Support:

You can have help at your fingertips through the holidays (and beyond) with my online course. This course is self-paced and includes an app for only $18.99/month with no commitment. You’ll be able to access 8 lessons and over 125 tracks to listen to that give you the information and answers you need as you end binge eating.

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During the holidays, and whenever you need it, you can get support from Brain over Binge coach Julie and from others who are overcoming this habit. The Brain over Binge group includes a forum for daily coaching and encouragement, weekly group coaching calls, mindfulness resources, plus course access.

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You can also work on your holiday challenges (and other recovery issues) privately with Kathryn or Coach Julie. You can book a 45-minute Zoom session where you will receive help changing your thinking, uncovering what is holding you back, and getting on a path to complete freedom from binge eating.