When food becomes the mother you needed

In this week’s episode, I’m exploring the connection between food and mother, and why food can come to mean so much more than food. When I say mother, I mean the mothering we needed: the warmth, the holding, the soothing, the feeling of being seen and delighted in. For some of us that came from our mum, for some of us from someone else, and for some of us it didn’t come in the way we needed at all.

This isn’t about blaming mothers. Most did the very best they could with what they had. I also share my own story, of a mother who loved me dearly but was broken by grief when my dad died, and how food became the one who came for me. My intention is that this episode helps you understand why letting go of binge eating can feel so frightening, and begin to find other ways to be held.

You’ll learn:

• Why our first experience of food was relational, and how the body links food with being cared for
• What we needed from mothering, and what happens when it was missing or inconsistent
• How food becomes the mother who always comes
• Why letting go of binge eating can feel like losing a mother’s love and support
• How to begin mothering yourself, and letting others mother you too
• A gentle practice to help your body feel held

And lots more!

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In this 60 minute session, we map your binge–restrict cycle and look at what your nervous system has been protecting you from all along. You’ll leave understanding what’s driving your pattern, how to work with your nervous system instead of fighting it and clear next steps so you can finally stop feeling so lost, confused and end the cycle of binge eating.

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What is your craving trying to tell you?

In this week’s episode, I’m exploring food cravings, one of the most misunderstood parts of our relationship with food. So many of us have been taught to fear our cravings, to control them, and to feel ashamed for having them at all. But cravings are communication, and when you learn how to listen, they can tell you so much about what you need.

My intention is that this episode helps you meet your cravings with curiosity instead of shame, and begin to understand what your body has been reaching for all along.

You’ll learn:

• The five reasons we crave food, and why none of them are wrong
• How your cravings can help regulate your nervous system, and the up-and-down see-saw so many of us get caught in
• Why pleasure isn’t something to fear, and how suppressing it can drive compulsion
• Why, when you’re not physically hungry, your body is often looking for the support on the other side of the food
• A gentle practice for listening to a craving the next time one arrives

And lots more!

FREE self assessment to discover what’s driving your binge-restrict cycle?

Access here (takes 2 mins)

Ready to go deeper? Book a Root Cause Consultation.

In this 60 minute session, we map your binge–restrict cycle and look at what your nervous system has been protecting you from all along. You’ll leave understanding what’s driving your pattern, how to work with your nervous system instead of fighting it and clear next steps so you can finally stop feeling so lost, confused and end the cycle of binge eating.

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Welcome to Part 3, the final part of my series on people pleasing and binge eating. In this week’s episode, I’m sharing how we can start moving beyond fawning, slowly and gently, in a way your body can hold.

If you’ve ever tried to “just set boundaries” and found your whole body bracing against it, this episode will help it make sense. My intention is that you come away with a few small, practical places to begin, and a little more compassion for why this takes time.

You’ll learn:

• What the dual expression is, and how to start feeling the gap between what’s happening inside you and what you show on the outside
• Why building capacity for someone else’s disappointment is at the heart of fawning less
• How to practise in low-stakes, safe spaces so your body doesn’t get flooded
• A somatic practice called pendulation, to help you respond from a place of more space in your body
• How all of this begins to change your relationship with food

And lots more!

FREE self assessment to discover what’s driving your binge-restrict cycle?

Access here (takes 2 mins)

Ready to go deeper? Book a Root Cause Consultation.

In this 60 minute session, we map your binge–restrict cycle and look at what your nervous system has been protecting you from all along. You’ll leave understanding what’s driving your pattern, how to work with your nervous system instead of fighting it and clear next steps so you can finally stop feeling so lost, confused and end the cycle of binge eating.

Book your consultation here.