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Listen in to find help if you feel stuck in a cycle of yoyo-dieting, bingeing or overeating. Discover actionable, step-by-step tools and strategies to guide you toward feeling relaxed and confident around food instead of anxious and out-of-control.
This is the podcast for you if:
—you’ve tried everything you can think of to fix your eating, and want to find something that will actually last this time,
—you're done with the food-hangovers, grinding fatigue and crushing low moods that come with binge eating, and
—you're ready to make peace with the skin-you're-in and reach your natural weight with newfound ease.
There is a way to change your eating, love your body, and create more freedom, energy and passion in your life without being pulled down by food.
You can heal from bingeing and overeating for the long term—because, this time, it’s about finding what's right for you, based on your unique experience and life.
The YoYo Freedom Podcast explores:
—the reasons you might be overeating,
—quick wins to start changing your eating right away,
—effective strategies to manage cravings and urges,
—what to do if you're an emotional eater,
—how to tune into your body—even if you've been turning down the volume for a long time, and
—the importance of self-care and what that can look like.
And, most importantly, how to trust yourself and love yourself as you go.
Gemma combines her knowledge and skills as an Internal Family Systems (IFS) Practitioner, LCS Certified Life and Weightloss Coach, and two-times-BSc(Hons) graduate in nutrition and psychology, with the insight gained from her own nearly-30-year battle to end bingeing.
Find out more at https://yoyofreedom.com
Disclaimer: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical or psychological condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website.
This is the podcast for you if:
—you’ve tried everything you can think of to fix your eating, and want to find something that will actually last this time,
—you're done with the food-hangovers, grinding fatigue and crushing low moods that come with binge eating, and
—you're ready to make peace with the skin-you're-in and reach your natural weight with newfound ease.
There is a way to change your eating, love your body, and create more freedom, energy and passion in your life without being pulled down by food.
You can heal from bingeing and overeating for the long term—because, this time, it’s about finding what's right for you, based on your unique experience and life.
The YoYo Freedom Podcast explores:
—the reasons you might be overeating,
—quick wins to start changing your eating right away,
—effective strategies to manage cravings and urges,
—what to do if you're an emotional eater,
—how to tune into your body—even if you've been turning down the volume for a long time, and
—the importance of self-care and what that can look like.
And, most importantly, how to trust yourself and love yourself as you go.
Gemma combines her knowledge and skills as an Internal Family Systems (IFS) Practitioner, LCS Certified Life and Weightloss Coach, and two-times-BSc(Hons) graduate in nutrition and psychology, with the insight gained from her own nearly-30-year battle to end bingeing.
Find out more at https://yoyofreedom.com
Disclaimer: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical or psychological condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website.
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Discover a little trick to create more of what you actually want this Christmas.What’s that got to do with food and eating?Well, overeating in a way that isn’t enjoyable isn’t usually about the food at all—it’s more likely to be in response to something else entirely.Food is effective in the moment. It does create a little bit of what you’re longing for … it’s just not the answer you really crave and, when overeating or bingeing become a pattern that’s repeated often, it can really bring you down.Listen in to hear one simple way to create more of your kind of Christmas magic so you don’t have to rely on food as a substitute.Click here for your FREE Guide: 8 simple strategies to break the binge eating cycle For show notes, go to https://yoyofreedom.com/25Disclaimer: The content in this podcast is for interest and educational purposes only. It is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical or psychological condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on this podcast or read on my website.
You can genuinely enjoy December even if you’ve been struggling with This Food Thing.This is the episode for you if previous Christmases have looked like: — wanting to eat perfectly only to end up eating everything, — aiming to create a fasting window that’s crashed and burned, — diving into the chocolate selection box in secret, or — buckling under the pressure to eat treats presented by all the familyPick and choose from a selection box of ways to bring new relaxation and enjoyment to this holiday season so there’s less need to turn to food to escape, self-soothe or calm your clamouring nerves.It really can begin in December!Click here for your FREE Guide: 8 simple strategies to break the binge eating cycle For show notes, go to https://yoyofreedom.com/24 Disclaimer: The content in this podcast is for interest and educational purposes only. It is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical or psychological condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on this podcast or read on my website.
Looking forward to the holidays can seem part of our genetic makeup.Dreams of smiling faces, delicious festive food, and that coveted gift under the tree … expectations are high.But what happens when the holidays don’t turn out like the fairy tale in our imaginations? People don’t show up, you're sick, or finances are strained.If food helps get you through—to feel better or escape the whole shebang—it can lead to falling off-the-rails over the festive season … with an overeat or binge.Listen in to discover how to create the holidays you want without relying on food to be your knight-in-shining-armour.Click here for your FREE Guide: 8 simple strategies to break the binge eating cycle For show notes, go to https://yoyofreedom.com/23 Disclaimer: The content in this podcast is for interest and educational purposes only. It is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical or psychological condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on this podcast or read on my website.
The holidays are coming … along with the parties, get-togethers and celebrations that happen during Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year.Perhaps there are certain people whose behaviour is guaranteed to drive you straight to the buffet table, or lead to a binge in the attempt to cope, or recover.Listen in to discover strategies to put yourself back in control of how you feel, and a selection of techniques to choose from to make your festive season way more enjoyable, no matter what those other people do or say.Click here for your FREE Guide: 8 simple strategies to break the binge eating cycle For show notes, go to https://yoyofreedom.com/22 Disclaimer: The content in this podcast is for interest and educational purposes only. It is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical or psychological condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on this podcast or read on my website.
You already have an inkling that there’s more to binge eating than just the food.But, even when you know what you’re really looking for can’t be found at the bottom of an ice-cream tub, what do you do with that insight?Discover the exact next steps toward easing back from a reliance on food so you can instead start to create whatever it is that you really desire, deep down. You’ll learn the 4 questions to ask yourself that will help you uncover the unique next step that’s right for you … then the next, and then the next.Click here for your FREE Guide: 8 simple strategies to break the binge eating cycle For show notes, go to https://yoyofreedom.com/21 Disclaimer: The content in this podcast is for interest and educational purposes only. It is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical or psychological condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on this podcast or read on my website.
What if overeating or binge eating is an external indicator of your internal needs?Understanding why your eating patterns are there may be something you haven’t considered. When you can see the role the eating is playing and what it’s trying to help you with, it makes much more sense. Yes, it might have been subconscious until now BUT there is a reason the bingeing is happening. And, when you uncover the deeper longing, you have the best starting point to find the tools to create what you really need so that you no longer need to rely on food.Listen in to discover: - why food is an easy go-to and overeating can start young - 7 examples of how bingeing can can meet a need that has nothing to do with food. Click here for your FREE Guide: 8 simple strategies to break the binge eating cycle For show notes, go to https://yoyofreedom.com/20 Disclaimer: The content in this podcast is for interest and educational purposes only. It is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical or psychological condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on this podcast or read on my website.
Feeling safe, secure and calm in your own body is such a key part of healing from feeling compulsive or out of control around food, eating in secret or binge eating.Which is why feeling genuinely physically satisfied by the food you eat is so important.When the body is physically content, you can begin to ease away from a high alert, hyper-focused on food. There’s less likelihood of being triggered by external stuff, like cafes pumping out smells of fresh pastries. The hormone, leptin, is integral to feeling satisfied by your food. Listen in to learn —what leptin does—how it gets out of whack —3 simple & effective ways to maximise those satiety signalsClick here for your FREE Guide: 8 simple strategies to break the binge eating cycleFor show notes, go to https://yoyofreedom.com/19 Disclaimer: The content in this podcast is for interest and educational purposes only. It is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical or psychological condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on this podcast or read on my website.
Understanding how the body works and tuning into messages it sends is a form of super-supportive self-care.Today we’re continuing to explore hunger, this time by looking at the hormone, Ghrelin.If hunger is a trigger for overeating or bingeing, listen in to discover how ghrelin makes a difference and what you can do about it. Learn simple, practical strategies to reduce sensations of hunger AND the anxiety that can result from feeling even slightly peckish.Click here for your FREE Guide: 8 simple strategies to break the binge eating cycleFor show notes, go to https://yoyofreedom.com/18 Disclaimer: The content in this podcast is for interest and educational purposes only. It is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical or psychological condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on this podcast or read on my website.
“I just need more willpower to stop eating.” Well … actually, willpower doesn’t work and, in this episode, we discuss one of the reasons why.Hormones—aka chemical messengers—operate outside conscious control and drive the balance within our bodies. One in particular (insulin), impacts hunger, food-cravings and whether or not the body uses or stores fat.Listen in to learn: - why insulin matters to those of us who struggle with binge eating or feeling out of control around food, and - some easy tricks to help balance insulin (and NO, IT DOESN’T MEAN HAVING TO GIVE UP ALL SUGAR AND CARBS!)Feeling out of control around food? Click here for your FREE Guide: 8 Simple Strategies to Break the Binge Eating Cycle For show notes, go to https://yoyofreedom.com/17 Disclaimer: The content in this podcast is for interest and educational purposes only. It is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical or psychological condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on this podcast or read on my website.
Is it hard to stop eating until you’re so full you can hardly move?I was for me, and I had no idea why I kept doing it to myself.This episode is all about making sense of the need or desire to feel stuffed with food which, in turn, will begin to allow you to shift the balance and ease back from that level of fullness.You’ll learn the exact steps to:1. increase awareness the feeling of being really full2. open to understanding the desire to get to full or stuffed3. acknowledge why wanting to feel so full makes sense4. access compassionate, focused support to help ease back from needing to get so fullFeeling out of control around food? Click here for your FREE Guide: 8 Simple Strategies to Break the Binge Eating Cycle For show notes, go to https://yoyofreedom.com/16 Disclaimer: The content in this podcast is for interest and educational purposes only. It is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical or psychological condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on this podcast or read on my website.
Times are tight right now and wasting food feels … well, especially wasteful.But you probably find that clearing the kid’s plates, finishing off what’s in the fridge before it hits the best-before date, or polishing off food that’s been gifted to you leads to more overeating.In this episode, you’ll learn how to reframe food wastage AND my top hacks to reduce temptation in the milli-second before shoving something into your mouth.And, if you’ve ever dug out half-eaten cake from the bottom of a slimy bin bag … well, me to.You’re not alone. There is a way to stop binge eating and overeating, for good, this time.Feeling out of control around food? Click here for your FREE Guide: 8 Simple Strategies to Break the Binge Eating Cycle For show notes, go to https://yoyofreedom.com/15Disclaimer: The content in this podcast is for interest and educational purposes only. It is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical or psychological condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on this podcast or read on my website.
So often, eating “well” or eating “healthily” involves trying to follow a set of rules dictated by someone else.It’s not surprising our bodies and our minds rebel—and that rebellion can lead right to a session of binge eating or overeating.In this episode, you’ll learn how to switch hunger signals from being something to dread into becoming a trusted guide.You’ll discover how to tune back into your body so that you can find the most supportive pattern of eating for you. And how to effortlessly move to, or stay in, your right-sized body.Feeling out of control around food? Click here for your FREE Guide: 8 Simple Strategies to Break the Binge Eating CycleFor show notes, go to https://yoyofreedom.com/14 Disclaimer: The content in this podcast is for interest and educational purposes only. It is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical or psychological condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on this podcast or read on my website.
Emotional eating is definitely a thing. And, if we get really honest, it does kinda work. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be tempting to eat when we felt bad.This episode is about how the way we feel impacts how we eat, AND introduces a really effective strategy to get through emotions—however they show up—without needing to turn to food to cope.You’ll learn:—why emotional eating becomes such an entrenched behaviour,—how to think about challenging emotions in a new way,—how to approach any emotion you’re feeling without having to eat over it.What you’ll discover has the power to change how you show up in everyday life, as well as the types and amounts of food you eat.Feeling out of control around food? Click here for your FREE Guide: 8 Simple Strategies to Break the Binge Eating CycleFor show notes, go to https://yoyofreedom.com/13Disclaimer: The content in this podcast is for interest and educational purposes only. It is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical or psychological condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on this podcast or read on my website.
That little voice in your head has so much impact on the food you put into your mouth.Listen in for the 4 steps to strike up a conversation with the voice in your head and interrupt patterns of thinking—which has the power to change the way you eat.Gently challenging thoughts and interpretations gives you the power to change even the most entrenched behaviours and, bit by bit, to open to choosing the next best thought or action in the moment that will help you stop eating in a way that brings you down.Feeling out of control around food? Click here for your FREE Guide: 8 Simple Strategies to Break the Binge Eating CycleFor show notes, go to https://yoyofreedom.com/12Disclaimer: The content in this podcast is for interest and educational purposes only. It is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical or psychological condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on this podcast or read on my website.
When you’ve been bingeing or overeating for decades and have tried everything you can think of to stop, what ends up making a difference?Well, I binged for nearly 30 years, so I for sure know what it’s like to feel stuck.And I also found a way to stop bingeing and overeating.In today’s episode I’m going to let you in on the 4 changes I made that helped me finally move through the binge eating and get to the other side.Listen in to hear exactly how I moved from pressing the escape button on my life to starting to enjoy it on my own terms. And these steps continue to make all the difference to the food I eat and how I move my body.You’ll come away with new strategies that you can apply in your own life.Feeling out of control around food? Click here for your FREE Guide: 8 Simple Strategies to Break the Binge Eating CycleFor show notes, go to https://yoyofreedom.com/11Disclaimer: The content in this podcast is for interest and educational purposes only. It is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical or psychological condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on this podcast or read on my website.
If it seems that pizza, ice-cream, cookies, sweets, bread or crisps are constantly calling your name, this is the episode for you.Listen in to discover how the brain operates pathways of desire that can create intense urges to eat, and the strategies you can use to ramp down those cravings.Choose from a selection of simple tools which will help you create more non-food related pleasure in your life at the same time as you feel more relaxed and in control around food.Feeling out of control around food? Click here for your FREE Guide: 8 Simple Strategies to Break the Binge Eating CycleFor show notes, go to https://yoyofreedom.com/10Disclaimer: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical or psychological condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website.
Urges to eat can have the power to lead you straight to the foods that leave you feeling wiped out and all round terrible.The good news is that, no matter how strong or overpowering the urge, there is a way through. And the more urges you explore in the ways I’m sharing, the less the power they hold over you.In this episode I share a tool that reframes urges in a way that completely changes how you interpret, interact and respond to them.And it’s also an approach that’s backed by rigorous and ongoing research. The Internal Family Systems model—or IFS for short—is radically transforming how we relate to many behaviors, inducing those that might be considered compulsive or addictive, like binge eating.Feeling out of control around food? Click here for your FREE Guide: 8 Simple Strategies to Break the Binge Eating CycleFor show notes, go to https://yoyofreedom.com/9Disclaimer: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical or psychological condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website.
If you struggle with overeating or bingeing, urges to eat can feel particularly scary and overwhelming.Discover strategies to cope with those full-on urges and the two most powerful ways to understand them and get through them in this episode and the next.Because, when you’re able to experience a strong urge to binge AND know you’ll be ok without turning to food—that’s the taste of freedom! Feeling out of control around food? Click here for your FREE Guide: 8 Simple Strategies to Break the Binge Eating CycleFor show notes, go to https://yoyofreedom.com/8Disclaimer: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical or psychological condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website.
Let’s talk about food restriction—aka dieting—and how it may impact episodes of binge eating or overeating. Wanting to diet can make sense for many reasons, but what are the longer term effects on your eating patterns? Listen in to learn two action steps that help soothe the body and, together, can be really effective in preventing a binge. Feeling out of control around food? Click here for your FREE Guide: 8 Simple Strategies to Break the Binge Eating CycleFor show notes go to https://yoyofreedom.com/7Disclaimer: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical or psychological condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website.
Listen in for the six reasons that commonly lead to overeating and binge eating.The combination—or layering—of those reasons looks different for different people. It’s through understanding which are relevant for you that you’ll know where to start to make meaningful and lasting change to your eating patterns.Gain access to a quick and simple tool to help you uncover the “Why” behind your eating.Feeling out of control around food? Click here for your FREE Guide: 8 Simple Strategies to Break the Binge Eating CycleFor show notes, go to https://yoyofreedom.com/6Disclaimer: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical or psychological condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website.
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