Ep. 27: Freedom from Unwanted Habits: An Interview with Dr. Amy Johnson
Brain over Binge Podcast
Kathryn Hansen
4.6 • 785 Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2017
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
In Episode 27, Kathryn talks with Amy Johnson, Ph.D. about experiencing freedom from binge eating and any unwanted habit. Amy explains her enlightening approach to understanding and ending habits, which has helped so many of her clients find profound and lasting change. Amy discusses the role of thought, shares a deeper perspective on what it means to be human, and talks about her new online school: The Little School of Big Change.
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| 0:00.0 | If you ever feel out of control around food, you're not alone, and you're in the right place to learn practical, no-nonsense information about why you binge and how to stop. |
| 0:12.4 | Binge eating does not mean that something is wrong with you. It's a natural but primitive brain response that you can correct. |
| 0:19.9 | If you're ready for change, sign up for the |
| 0:22.3 | Brain Over Binge self-paced online course for less than $20 per month. And if you feel you need |
| 0:28.2 | personalized support, we also offer one-on-one coaching and group coaching. To learn more, go to |
| 0:34.6 | brainoverbinge.com forward slash subscribe. |
| 0:38.3 | And I hope you enjoy the show. |
| 0:45.4 | This is the Brain OverBinge Podcast, where you learn a simple, brain-based approach to ending binge eating. |
| 0:51.3 | I'm Catherine Hansen, your host, and I want to welcome you today. I'm |
| 0:55.1 | very excited about today's episode because I have a guest with me today, who does amazing |
| 0:59.6 | work helping people and binge eating, as well as find freedom from all types of harmful |
| 1:04.8 | habits and addictions. My guest is Dr. Amy Johnson, who is a psychologist, a speaker, a coach, and an author of the books |
| 1:12.8 | Being Human. And her most recent book is called The Little Book of Big Change, the No Willpower |
| 1:17.8 | Approach to Breaking Any Habit. And these books are wonderful, and so is all the work that Amy does. |
| 1:23.2 | So, Amy, welcome to the show. Thank you so much for having me, Catherine. I'm really happy to be here. |
| 1:28.5 | Thank you so much for doing this interview today. |
| 1:30.7 | To all of you listening, I know you'll find Amy's perspective on binge eating and on habits |
| 1:35.7 | in general to be so helpful. |
| 1:37.8 | And we're going to dive into that in a little while. |
| 1:40.2 | But first, Amy, can you share with everyone some of your own personal history with binge eating? |
| 1:45.1 | And I also know you struggled with some other harmful thought habits like anxiety. |
| 1:49.4 | So maybe just talk about that so the listeners can know where you're coming from and then also |
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