95 | Deconstructing Binge Eating with Melissa Bates

Melissa Bates is an Intuitive Eating and Binge Eating Coach who has overcome 20+ years of binge eating and chronic dieting, and 3 years of bulimia. So you guessed it – we’re digging into and deconstructing binge eating today. We’re chatting about deconstructing binge eating, how to figure out what is causing your binges, and the major mindset shifts that you can make to cultivate a mindset of curiosity and healing, rather than guilt and shame, towards binge eating.

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Discussed on today’s episode:

How to start listening to your body again after years of dieting and restriction
The different types of eaters
Melissa’s history with binge eating, chronic dieting and bulimia
How Melissa deconstructed what was causing 20 years of binges and figured out what her body was asking her for
Where mindset and connecting with your mind play into binge eating
Growth mindset vs. fixed mindset (and how this relates to your relationship with food and your body)
Melissa’s struggles with IBS and how she deals with those symptoms now while trying to live a restriction and diet-free lifestyle?
What eating intuitively means for Melissa and what it looks like now in her life