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And I hope you enjoy the show.

Welcome to the Brain Over Binge Podcast, where you learn a simple, brain-based approach to ending binge eating.

This is Catherine Hansen, and I'm so glad you're here today.

I apologize for my voice. I'm a little congested, but I'm so glad you're here today. I apologize for my voice.

I'm a little congested, but I hope that you can hear me okay. In this episode, Brain Over Binge,

Coach Julie, and I are going to talk about component five in the five components of dismissing

urges to binge. If you're new here and new to the Brain Over Binge approach, you can learn more

about these five components

by listening to episodes four through eight, and I'll include those in the show description,

and in those episodes I go through each of the five components.

These components are about learning to see your urges in a new way so that you can stop

reacting to them and stop acting on them.

And the fifth step of celebrating is to help

solidify the changes in your brain. Celebrating really should be the fun and easy part of having

success, but I find that that's often not the case for a lot of people. You may find it to be very

challenging to acknowledge your progress and give yourself credit for the positive steps

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