You are listening to the Stop Binge Eating Podcast with Kirsten Sarty, episode number 158.

Welcome to the Stop Binge Eating podcast.

It's time for you to end your food obsession and begin feeling confident and in control around food.

You are absolutely capable of eliminating binge eating from your life.

And I'm going to show you how by giving you simple

tools and insights that you can apply in your own life. I'm your host, Kirsten Sarfdy. Now let's get to it.

Hi, I am so happy to be here talking with you today. I am recording this episode on my first day back to work

after a vacation. And in case you're wondering, I did a staycation and it was wonderful. I went to the

lake, to the beach, saw a play, saw live music, did some trail walking and city walking,

exploring my city, hung out with friends

and family, relaxed, and it was just exactly what I needed and wanted. So I feel refreshed and

rejuvenated and so, so good, so ready to be back here with you all, back with my group members. And as I'm recording this,

I have a new group starting in just a couple days and I can't wait to meet them and get to

work. And if you missed this round of my program and you want to join the next one,

registration will be opening on September 30th, 2021. And you can get all the

info about it at coachcur.com forward slash group. There's also a link in the show notes.

You can stop binge eating. You can do it with me by your side guiding you and you can have the life that binge eating

is stopping you from having. Let's do it together. Now let's talk about being alone with your thoughts.

Some of you are quite afraid of doing that because you fear what you'll find.

You fear there will be a lot of negativity and you won't feel good if you spend too much

time alone with yourself. So you avoid it. And of course, the easiest and most common way

for you to do that is by eating food. You use eating as a distraction and as something

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