Get free access to the introductory module of the Release programme to end emotional eating here: https://shiftinside.vipmembervault.com/products/courses/view/1128432 In this episode, I interview Lindsay, one of my clients, on her experience putting emotional eating out of a job. In this empowering chat, you will hear about… *Going from feeling like a broken sugar addict to being able to say no to dessert at a big social occasion *The awesome question (starting with “What does….”) Lindsay uses t...
Mar 30, 2022•24 min•Ep. 192
How can a woman in a cafe have a present for you, when not even I have ever met her? Find out in this super short story from my life yesterday. Get your free intro module to Release here: https://shiftinside.vipmembervault.com/products/courses/view/1128432 Harriet Morris info {at} theshiftinside.com
Mar 27, 2022•4 min•Ep. 191
Find out more about Release here: https://www.theshiftinside.com/release/ Details below Book an informal chat with me to answer any questions you might have about Release here https://hmorris.as.me/?appointmentType=31373005 In today's episode, we look at the second major component (as well as emotional regulation) of freeing yourself from emotional eating: Eating Presence. In a nutshell, Eating Presence means eating nutritious food slowly. It doesn't mean being perfect and trying to turn yoursel...
Mar 22, 2022•24 min•Ep. 190
HEADS UP – ZOOM CHAT - 8pm Sunday 20th March. I made an error in time zone calculations and wrongly converted this to eastern The correct time is 4pm Eastern and 1pm pacific. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83561552905 PASSCODE 4321 Completely free – Just turn up, ask me anything and I will reveal the big mindset shift to put stress eating out of a job. ......... Emotionally expensive foods are ones with a huge price tage – not necessarily financial, but mental, emotional, life purpose -wise – ENORMOU...
Mar 18, 2022•10 min•Ep. 189
Watch the follow up video in the Facebook group. Join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/eatingcoachgroup Imagine a postie (mail delivery person if you live outside the UK) who delivers a parcel to your home, and invites themselves in for a cuppa. Ten years later they are still there, drinking you out of house and home… A ridiculous scenario, but if we replace the postie with difficult emotions you have a situation that millions tolerate, simply because they don’t know how else to manage thei...
Mar 14, 2022•7 min•Ep. 188
HEADS UP - ZOOM CHAT You are invited to my informal Zoom call next Sunday 20th March, to talk all things emotional eating. I will talk about THE biggest shift most people need to make to reduce stress eating TIME: 20th March 8pm UK time - 9pm CET - 4pm Eastern - 1pm Pacific https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83561552905 How do you deal with stress? Beating it? Escaping It temporarily? These solutions sound quite stressful in themselves! In today’s episode, I give you a reframe: managing your life better....
Mar 11, 2022•8 min•Ep. 187
Watch the video accompanying this episode in the new Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/eatingcoachgroup Today I correct what I think is a very unhealthy misconception about change: that everything springs from self belief. You will love this if you have ever doubted your ability too stop emotional eating – or indeed , you had zero self-belief, as was the case with me. I still want to know your thoughts on emotional eating, so you can let me know in the following ways: #1 Book a 15 ...
Mar 09, 2022•7 min•Ep. 186
Contact me for a 15 minute chat about this issue and get a strategy you can use today to start to reclaim power info @ theshiftinside.com Today we ask: what if you stopped seeing emotional eating as a problem to solve and started asking some more useful questions. What if it is a really crappy life manager? What issues is it trying to solve for you? What do you get out of employing this substandard employee? How can you manage your life directly? What do you get out of that life manager – becaus...
Mar 07, 2022•9 min•Ep. 185
Book yourself in for an informal chat about emotional eating here https://hmorris.as.me/ and I will give you a strategy you can use straightaway to reduce this problem. Monday sees the start of my series on emotional eating. In it I will be covering: *A powerful reframe to make you feel more empowered *How to start believing that you can do something about it] *Where self-acceptance fits into the jigsaw *How to use gamification and actually make this process FUN some of the time at least! Email ...
Mar 04, 2022•5 min•Ep. 184
An interview that makes no mention of food – yes, it’s true! I interview artist Catherine Rains and I wanted to bring you this interview because I extracted so much wisdom from it. Catherine is an amazing human being who has lots of life lessons that will put food out of a job. At the end of the interview, I discuss two areas relating to compulsive and binge eating that what we talked about #1 – Non-verbalising feelings #2 – the difference in language between us. I referred to the victim, where ...
Nov 30, 2021•49 min•Ep. 183
Ever feel like you want more power in your life? I don’t mean power as in control, overruling others or even parts of yourself. I mean the ability to navigate problems - not just around food, but relationships, work and health on a bigger scale. A powerful way to view this is to take on The Queen identity. I recently appeared on The Real Estate Investing For Women podcast talking about just that, and I’d love you to check it out to find out more. And don’t worry if you think you need to know loa...
Sep 09, 2021•3 min•Ep. 182
Stressing over less than perfect food choices when you are away can ruin your vacation time. In this episode, we talk overeating on holiday: *The invisible reasons behind it *How to manage and reduce it *The mindset shift that starts with N…….. that is vital to this work *A useful reframe if you do make choices that you regret This is a personal episode, recorded on my phone at the end of my holiday this summer. RESOURCES Coaching information https://www.theshiftinside.com/coaching/ Episode talk...
Aug 26, 2021•28 min•Ep. 181
Today I present a completely biased review of Whole 30. Biased? I hear you cry. Isn't that meant to be UNbiased? Nope. I am completely skewed in favour of recovering binge eaters finding a programme that empowers them , that helps them start to trust themselves again. One that allows them to proceed at a doable pace, and build confidence as they go. This diet in sheep's clothing is not it . Read on (or listen to the podcast episode below) for more information and what the alternative looks like....
Aug 11, 2021•30 min•Ep. 180
In this third part of my series on addiction, I tackle the question of why some foods are just so addictive….or as I want to rephrase it, just why is it so easy to feel compulsive about certain foodstuffs? *Brilliant Idea of The Week* is Focusmate. Find out more at https://www.focusmate.com/ *Main section* Just exactly why are some foods are just so addictive is actually 2 questions: #1 What is it about some particular foods (their ingredients, the way they are processed etc) that can encourage ...
Jul 29, 2021•17 min•Ep. 179
https://www.theshiftinside.com/tide/ to find out more about dismantling your fear of hunger. Is this a problem for you? In this podcast episode of The Eating Coach, we dive into this topic - one that I have not heard discussed often. I talk openly about my own anxiety around my appetite, and what happened when I actually decided to experience hunger intentionally. I was very surprised at what I discovered. Part One: Why You Might Have a Fear of Hunger Childhood experiences. Food was used to give...
Jun 30, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 178
In this episode, I take inspiration from The Hunger Games series, where hunger is used as a tool to control the people. What if hunger is not what you think it is? What if you are unconsciously using hunger as a tool to control YOUR life? In This episode, I talk about *How fear of hunger was an invisible force I used to oppress myself for years The concept of restrictors vs permittors – how i used health fads. My fear of hunger and how it manifested *What purpose fear of hunger REALLY served for...
Jun 23, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 177
Have you ever heard anyone ever say "No, thanks, I don't actually like bread"...? Nope, me neither. Taking a tour of not only the Sugar Rollercoaster, but the Neolithic age, The Roman Empire and The Hunger Games, let's take a peek at the fascinating and surprisingly shocking hold bread has on the human race. A replay of episode 53. *Stupid Headline of The Week* No Gluten, No Dairy, No Joy *Main section: Why Is Bread So Addictive? * A short preface on gluten intolerance - the symptoms. I then hav...
May 26, 2021•25 min•Ep. 176
https://www.theshiftinside.com/freed/ - Boundary Setting 101 Week starts on 17th May. 3 masterclasses - all completely free. Possibly the worst titled episode in the history of this podcast . It makes you feel out of sorts just looking at it, doesn’t it? …and that’s the point. A TionQues is a question that is all wrong, just like the way I have spellt that very word here. When you do something that causes you pain, like bingeing, the questions you ask yourself about it are absolutely key for the...
May 12, 2021•18 min•Ep. 175
Heads up! https://www.theshiftinside.com/freed/ Boundary setting 101 Week starts 10th May. Today I bring you an interview with Jamie Vine from Beautiful Disaster, a multi-million dollar clothing brand the like of which you’ve never seen. Their lines are not only size inclusive, but they have empowered slogans I absolutely love like Perfectly Imperfect. Film of The Week …is The Sound of Metal starring Riz Ahmed. Some uncommon wisdom fr binge eating from the experience of deafness Jamie Vine Inter...
Apr 29, 2021•29 min•Ep. 174
Join the free No Struggle Intermittent Fasting Group on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/2557248144399072 This is a replay of episode 34 from 2018. What cover stories do we tell ourselves to legitimise a binge? More importantly, how is that binge a cover story for a deeper problem in your life? These can be uncomfortable, yet incredibly liberating questions. Come with me and let’s find out the answer. Stupid Idea of The Week Is the concept of loss when applied to weight. Find out why it ...
Apr 15, 2021•25 min•Ep. 173
Get your free video course: The 3 Mindshifts To Stop Binge Eating at https://www.theshiftinside.com/gift/ This is a partial replay (with added nutrients for the mind!) of the episode I put out this time last year. It is a mix of practical to dos and powerful reframes to get you to alienate yourself from those Easter eggs. RESOURCES Freedom from Sugar Course details are here https://www.theshiftinside.com/freedom/ www.stoppeoplepleasingshow.com – episode 19: Silent Agreements...
Apr 02, 2021•13 min•Ep. 172
Welcome to The Shame Starvation Diet: The only regime in the world with no set meal plans, but offers side effects like freedom from deprivation, feeling awesome at last AND reclaiming your life from food AND stupid toxic guilt! STUPID IDEA OF THE WEEK Diets and wellness programmes that tell you exactly WHAT TO DO. Your Inner Food Rebel will not stand for that AND they are a breeding ground for toxic shame. THE SHAME STARVATION DIET This is divided into several sections #1 How food can be used t...
Mar 24, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 171
Yup, indeed. Email me info @ theshiftinside dot com RESOURCES The 3 Mindshifts Video series can be accessed at https://www.theshiftinside.com/gift/ https://qz.com/work/1947585/earnups-matthew-cooper-im-leaving-as-ceo-due-to-mental-health/ https://www.stoppeoplepleasingshow.com/...
Mar 10, 2021•18 min•Ep. 170
info {at} theshiftinside.com to contact me about the upcoming March audio intermittent fasting offer. The locus of control refers to your perception of how much power you or the world outside has to affect events and outcomes. An internal locus of control means that you feel powerful and an external locus means the opposite. In today’s episode, I talk about how these two concepts can apply to eating, and how it is Not a black and white distinction. I give some practical ideas for moving from ext...
Feb 24, 2021•18 min•Ep. 169
Go to https://www.theshiftinside.com/fast/ to secure your place for the experiment next week. It’s free, so this should be an easy yes! In 2018 I did an intermittent fasting experiment. In this episode I discuss my recent learnings from a new experiment I have been doing, as well as listeners’ views on the matter. I discuss if this mode of eating is restrictive or freedom giving. Listener quote ‘IF has so many options, that’s what works so well, it’s finding what works with your circumstances. I...
Feb 10, 2021•22 min•Ep. 168
This is a replay of episode 64 on making clean eating actually work for you. Clean eating is neither good nor bad. However, when it gets used as a tool for some perfectionist search for 110% health, the chances of it backfiring are about 110%. In this episode, I tell you how to make it work for you by approaching it differently. PODCAST OF THE WEEK …is Species , hosted by Macken Murphy and my absolute favourite podcast discovery of 2018. Listen to this to de-stress and take a break from your sel...
Jan 27, 2021•19 min•Ep. 167
What do you do when you not only fall off the wagon, but’s disappeared round the corner and a world-wide motivational wagon shortgage has just been announced? The answer: Imperfectly does it. We need to give ourselves leeway when it comes to making change…while avoiding the trap of complacency – the ‘just do what you can’ get out clause. This episode finds a healthy and inspiring middle ground between harsh perfectionism and lax apathy that fits perfectly with the Heroine’s Journey thinking desc...
Jan 13, 2021•16 min•Ep. 166
There is nothing wrong with New Year’s Resolutions per se…but be careful you don’t misuse them in an invisible bid at unconscious self-sabotage. Eh??? Listen and find out about the important mindset shift you need to ensure you start 2021 strong. Plus... *Section 2* - How To Stick To Your 2019 Resolutions An extract from an earlier episode on practical ways to uplevel your New Year’s resolutions PRINCIPLE #3 is temptation bundling. Temptation what? PRINCIPLE #4 really breaks the back of traditio...
Jan 01, 2021•16 min•Ep. 165
Last episode was all about practical strategies to reduce binge eating this Christmas. Today is more philosophical. I want you to consider if you have been pitting the festive season against New Year, with Christmas as the pantomime villain and your New Year’s Resolutions (NYRs) as the heroine? The time to think about this is not 1.1.21, but right now. What kind of heroine did your NYR turn out to be in 2020? Here’s an alternative: How about a mental ceasefire? What if your binge eating of late ...
Dec 18, 2020•14 min•Ep. 164
https://www.theshiftinside.com/masterclass/ has all the details for my upcoming masterclass on stopping Christmas binge eating - 13th December. How to stop Christmas binge eating? The answer to that is that you ask a very similar, but subtly different question. One that will empower you to do exactly what the title of this week’s episode is seeking. It is very important to avoid being perfectionist about this. Isn’t that what has got you into that painful binge-restrict cycle before? Harriet! Ho...
Dec 04, 2020•32 min•Ep. 163