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The Stop Binge Eating Podcast

Kirstin Sarfdewww.coachkir.com
If you're ready to end your struggle with binge eating and create your ideal eating life then this is the podcast for you. You'll learn how to find and use your self-control, how to trust yourself around food, and change your relationship with food. You'll learn simple tools that you can apply in your own life right away and gain insights into why you keep self-sabotaging yourself and what you can do about it. Your host, Kirstin Sarfde, is a certified life and weight loss coach who has gone through her own struggle with binge eating. She combines what she's learned in her extensive training along with her own personal experiences to give you an alternative solution for ending binge eating. You have more power and more control than you think, it's time for you to believe it and use it. You can find out more about Kirstin's work at coachkir.com
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Episodes

Ep # 364: If You’re Sick of Doing This Work

If you’re sick of doing this work, then listen to this episode. I’m going to show you why you’re sick of it (and it’s not just because it requires time and effort) and how you can get back on board with doing it. There’s a reason why you are sick of it so I’ll be discussing the two main reasons. Listen in to find out what they are and what you van do about them. Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.com/group to get all the information you need! Find show notes and more inform...

Jul 22, 202515 min

Ep #363: You Have Control, But You’re Using It Wrong

Do you feel like you’re out of control when you’re eating? Or when you’re around certain foods? You might see that about yourself and then think that you have no control. But really you do. And, the ways that you’re using that control you have are actually resulting in you feeling out of control. How? That’s what I’m explaining in this episode. Give this episode a listen if you want to know how you can feel more in control. Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.com/group to ge...

Jul 15, 202512 min

Ep #362: Why You Want to Eat Large Amounts of Food

It can be hard to not eat a large amount of food if you WANT to eat a large amount of food. So, why do you want to? That’s the question I’m helping you answer in this episode. Listen in to understand this want and to learn how you can change it so you actually want to eat a moderate amount more than a large amount. Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.com/group to get all the information you need! Find show notes and more information at https://coachkir.com/362 FEATURED IN TH...

Jul 08, 202515 min

Ep #361: Why Your Urges to Binge Are So Strong

Sometimes, urges to binge can be strong. Why? That’s what I’m answering in this episode. I’m also going to show you how you can decrease the intensity of your urges so they’re easier to manage. Listen in to find out how you’ll do it. Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.com/group to get all the information you need! Find show notes and more information at https://coachkir.com/361 FEATURED IN THIS EPISODE Awesome Free Stuff The Stop Binge Eating Program Ep #360: If You’re Afra...

Jul 01, 202513 min

Ep #360: If You’re Afraid to Allow Yourself to Eat What You Want

What would happen if you allowed yourself to eat whatever you wanted? You might think that you’d eat anything and everything, and a lot of it. But, that might not be true. Allowing yourself to eat what you want is so important to do when you’re working on stopping binge eating. When you don’t do it, it actually contributes to the binge eating. So I want to help you feel less afraid of doing it. I want to help you feel okay with allowing more foods. So in this episode, that’s what I’m doing. List...

Jun 24, 202518 min

Ep #359: How To Feel Better Emotionally Without Eating Food

When you feel an uncomfortable emotion, do you go right to food? Eating is a quick and easy way to feel better….temporarily of course. And if you end up eating a lot, there will be consequences. So, do you want to know how you can feel better without eating food? If so, then listen to this episode. Not only will I show you how you can feel better, in a way that will be free from negative consequences, but I’ll also explain why you use food to feel better. So listen in to learn how and why. Inter...

Jun 17, 202514 min

Ep #358: If You Feel Controlled By Food

When you feel controlled by food, you also feel powerless. You might think there is nothing you can do to stop yourself from eating it. You might also try to gain power by controlling the food. But, that isn’t going to be the solution. Why? I’ll tell you in this episode. I’ll also explain why the food actually isn’t controlling you and what is. If you want to feel more in control and powerful, listen to this episode. You don’t have to keep feeling like food has control over you. It doesn’t. Inte...

Jun 10, 202512 min

Ep #357: If You Binge AFTER a Stressful Time

You’re probably familiar with stress eating but, what about after-stress eating? You go through a stressful time, and you don’t binge or overeat but, after its all over, that’s when you binge. In this episode, I’ll be explaining why that happens and how you can prevent it. Bingeing doesn’t have to be something that always happens when you feel stressed. Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.com/group to get all the information you need! Find show notes and more information at ...

Jun 03, 202511 min

Ep #356: Going Through Grief with Krista St-Germain

In today’s episode, I’m talking with Krista St-Germain, a grief coach who coaches Widowed Moms. After the sudden loss of her husband, she tried to escape her emotions with food and other emotional escapes. She also felt confused about what her process of grieving looked like and what she thought it was supposed to look like. Like with most of us, she was only familiar with the 5 Stages of Grief and that just wasn’t something that resonated with her. So now, she’s teaching her clients a different...

May 27, 202554 min

Ep #355: Why You Should Be Kind To Yourself

Too often, people think that being hard on yourself, and being harsh with yourself is how you get yourself to change and do better. In this episode, I’m going to show you why it isn’t. Doing the opposite, and being kind to yourself is actually pretty powerful. It’s not necessarily you being too soft with yourself, or making excuses, it’s you choosing to support yourself in a way that will actually help you. So listen in hear the ins and outs of unkindness vs kindness, and what effects they reall...

May 20, 202514 min

Ep #354: Eating For Fun

If you think that food is only fuel, and it should be something we consume just to keep our bodies going, this belief might be contributing to your binge eating. How? In this episode I’m going to show you. There is so much food in our world that is not nutritious, and it’s really delicious. If we’re only supposed to eat to fuel our bodies then where do those not nutritious delicious foods fit in? That’s what I’m talking about in this episode. I want to help you to fit it into your life the way y...

May 13, 202511 min

Ep #353: If Eating is the One Thing You Haven’t Been Successful In

Have you had success in so many areas of your life but not with your eating? You see yourself as a successful, driven, motivated, determined person yet, you still haven’t had the same success with your eating that you’ve had with other things. Why? In this episode, I’m going to shed some light on why. When you know why the eating thing is different for you, you can gain clarity and understand what you need to do differently to have success in it. So listen in to find out why this is different an...

May 06, 202510 min

Ep #352: Being With Yourself

Do you have a hard time being with just yourself? Maybe you don’t feel content, or have lots of thoughts and feelings, so you find yourself eating to feel better or escape. If you do, then this episode is for you. I’m going to help you understand why it’s hard for you to be alone with yourself and how to enjoy it more. When you do, you won’t be thinking about food so much when you’re alone. Listen in to find out how it’s going to happen. Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.c...

Apr 29, 202522 min

Ep #351: If You Want to Feel Good All The Time

Wouldn’t it be nice if you felt good all the time? So many people want that and when they don’t get it, they eat food to try and make it happen….and we all know what happens when you eat to feel good too often. You end up feeling bad. In this episode, I’m talking about feeling good all the time, why it actually shouldn’t be your goal, and how to truly feel better without eating food. Want to feel good more? Listen in to find out how. Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.com/g...

Apr 22, 20259 min

Ep #350: If You Binged, Listen to This

If you binged, listen to this episode. I will help you feel comforted, feel encouraged, and to move on from it so it doesn’t turn into another binge. You will be okay. Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.com/group to get all the information you need! Find show notes and more information at https://coachkir.com/350

Apr 15, 20255 min

Ep #349: Committing to Feeling Your Emotions

Do you binge or overeat when you’re feeling an uncomfortable emotion? Eating will help you to escape it, numb it, or to feel better. But of course, not without consequence. So I want to encourage you to commit to feeling those emotions without eating. If you’ve tried to but haven’t succeeded, then listen to this episode. I’m going to help you to honor your commitment and actually do it. Listen in to find out how. Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.com/group to get all the i...

Apr 08, 202510 min

Ep #348: How You Know When, What, and How Much to Eat

How do you decide when, what, and how much to eat? Does it work well for you to decide in that way? Do you like using those factors to decide? If your answer is no or you’re not sure then this episode is for you. What you might think is the best way to decide, might not be. And, it actually might be contributing to your binge eating and overeating. So, I want to present another option for you. Listen in to find out why how you’ve been making your decisions might be a problem and what you can do ...

Apr 01, 202517 min

Ep #347: The Benefits of Feeling Emotional Discomfort

Do you binge when you’re feeling uncomfortable emotions? There are benefits to doing this such a temporary relief, comfort, pleasure, or numbness. But if you eat too much, it doesn’t come without consequence...feeling worse than before you ate. So thankfully, there is another option for feeling better that doesn’t result in feeling more discomfort once it’s over – feeling through the emotional discomfort. On the other side of doing that is real better feelings. But, since that involves feeling d...

Mar 25, 202512 min

Ep #346: Binge Eating Success Story - Jennifer

In this episode, you’re going to hear an interview with Jennifer who went through The Stop Binge Eating Program back in 2022 and she is a success story! She began binge eating when she was a kid and throughout the years just kept on eating to avoid feeling her emotions and went back and forth from being super restrictive with her eating to bingeing for 40 years. And now, so much is different for her not just with her eating but with so many things in her life. She made so much progress during th...

Mar 18, 202553 min

Ep #345: If You Don’t Have a Good Eating Track Record

Is your eating track record not good? Mine wasn’t either. And if it’s not, it can be hard to believe that you’ll be able to change how you’re eating and stop binge eating. But, you can change, regardless of your track record. Why? Listen in to find out. Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.com/group to get all the information you need! Find show notes and more information at https://coachkir.com/345...

Mar 11, 20257 min

Ep #344: Weekend Binge Eating

Do your binges mostly happen on the weekends? You do well all week and then once the weekend comes, you binge. If you don’t know why this happens or how to stop it, then this episode is for you. There could be a few different reasons why this happens and I’m going to walk you through them all so you can figure out which applies to you. Once you know why, then you can work on it. So, listen in to find out why you binge on the weekends and how you can stop. Interested in working with me? Go to htt...

Mar 04, 202518 min

Ep #343: Waiting For Emotions and Urges to Pass

Do you ever try to wait for your emotions or urges to pass but, they just last TOO long? You end up getting tired of waiting so, you just do what you know will change how you feel. You eat. In today’s episode, I’m going to show you what you might be doing wrong that is stopping your emotions and urges from passing sooner. Also, there is something you can do to help your feelings to pass sooner. Listen in to find out what it is. Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.com/group t...

Feb 25, 202510 min

Ep #342: Relying On Food Too Much

What do you rely on food for? Is it more than for fueling your body and for moderate pleasure? If so, then listen to this episode to learn how you can stop relying on food so much. It can help you to stop being so obsessive about food and to stop eating excessively. Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.com/group to get all the information you need! Find show notes and more information at https://coachkir.com/342...

Feb 18, 202512 min

Ep #341: Eat More to Binge Less

Eating more can actually help you to stop binge eating. Some people binge because they’re not eating enough food in general and some binge because they’re not eating enough of foods they enjoy. Why? In this episode, I will tell you why so you can understand why eating more food in general and why eating more of the foods you enjoy will help you to stop binge eating. Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.com/group to get all the information you need! Find show notes and more in...

Feb 11, 202511 min

Ep #340: Practicing Being Your Future-Self

Your future-self is binge-free and you are going to become them. And, you’re going to start becoming them today. In this episode, I’m going to help you to stop waiting to think, feel, and do better right now and so you can start being like your future, binge-free self now. Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.com/group to get all the information you need! Find show notes and more information at https://coachkir.com/340...

Feb 04, 202510 min

Ep #339: How to Have Food Freedom

Do you want food freedom? What does that mean and how can you get it? That’s what I’m answering in this episode. Listen in to find out how you can become free of guilt, self-judgement, fear around food, obsessing about food, and so much more that is stopping you from feeling free. Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.com/group to get all the information you need! Find show notes and more information at https://coachkir.com/339...

Jan 28, 202517 min

Ep #338: Balancing Being Problem-Focused and Solution-Focused

Do you spend more time thinking about your binge eating and why you do it or more time trying to stop your binge eating? Both are important. But, what’s also important is giving both equal time. If you’re spending too much time on one and not the other you’re missing something that you’ll need to help you to stop binge eating. In this episode, I’m explaining why it’s important to find a balance between thinking about the problem and thinking about a solution for the problem. Listen in to find ou...

Jan 21, 202512 min

Ep #337: Your “Under-Feeling” Problem

If you binge eat to avoid feeling uncomfortable emotions, so you can feel comforted, soothed, or numbed, you likely have an “under-feeling” problem that is causing you to binge eat. What does that mean and how do you solve this problem? Listen to this episode to find out so you can binge eat less. Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.com/group to get all the information you need! Find show notes and more information at https://coachkir.com/337...

Jan 14, 202510 min

Ep #336: What “Normal” Eaters Think

When I was binge eating, I wanted to eat like a “normal” eater so badly. Many of the people I work with say the same thing. So how do you become more like them? Well, you become more like them when you think more like them. In this episode, I’m sharing what “normal” eaters think and don’t think, and how you can start to think more like them. Listen in to find out how. Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.com/group to get all the information you need! Find show notes and more ...

Jan 07, 202515 min

Ep #335: If You Don’t Believe You Can Stop Binge Eating

Not believing you can stop binge eating will actually stop you from doing it. When you don’t believe you can, you won’t even try. So if you’re having a hard time believing in yourself, I want to help you. In this episode, I’m going to help you to build your belief in your ability to stop binge eating so you’ll actually put in effort to do it. Listen in to start building your belief. Interested in working with me? Go to http://www.coachkir.com/group to get all the information you need! Find show ...

Dec 31, 202416 min
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