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

Thank you so much for being here today.

I'm Catherine Hansen, and my mission is to give you ideas

and information that will help you let go of binging and other harmful habits surrounding food.

I want to make recovery practical and accessible for everyone who wants to be free of this.

The idea for this episode came to me earlier this month when I was driving, and on this particular

day, my anxiety level was

pretty high. And I happened to hear on the radio that April is Stress Awareness Month.

My first thought was that I certainly don't need a month to make me aware of stress, because

like many people, I'm definitely aware of stress every month, and it seems like every day.

But then as I kept driving, I started thinking that it

would be a good time to bring awareness about the anxiety and stress that exist in binge eaters

and former binge eaters. Benge eating is highly correlated with anxiety. Some research shows that about

37% of people who are diagnosed with binge eating disorder are also diagnosed with an anxiety disorder.

But most researchers agree that it's not a linear relationship in either direction,

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