Hi, it's Catherine, the host of the Brain Over Binge podcast. Before the episode today, I have a message for you that I think is important for you to hear before listening to today's show and future episodes as well. My focus here on the podcast is to help you stop binge eating. That is primary. And if you're a regular listener, you know that you do that by dismissing binge urges

and eating adequately. But I also want to go beyond that sometimes with the topics that I discuss

and the guests that I bring on the show. I want to expand the ways that I'm helping you,

and give you some different perspectives, especially in relation to eating and to health. And when we talk about

health, that can include so many different things, because health is certainly not all about food.

This is an area where I believe that many different healthy perspectives are needed, because otherwise,

if you do have health concerns or you want to make improvements in the way you eat, or if you feel

like you're over your natural healthy weight and you don't know what to do about it, you may feel

tempted to return to the unhealthy practice of restrictive dieting. And if you've listened to the podcast,

you know that that's the last thing I would want you to do. The Brain Over Binge Podcast will definitely remain a

podcast about ending binge eating. But from time to time, I want to give you resources that you can

turn to even after you end the binge eating habit or resources that you can use to improve your

health and your life and your mindset. But I always want you to remember that you do not need to

have everything sorted out in your life and you do not need to be optimally healthy to stop binge eating.

As it relates to today's show, my guest is going to talk about making healthy changes more

generally, but of course without dieting. As you listen to today's show or any episodes where my guest or I talk about topics that go

beyond stopping, binging, I want you to remember that you are on your own unique path.

Everyone listening is on their own unique path.

So what may apply to you may not apply to someone else.

And what may not apply to you now may be something

that you come back to later on when you're ready. I want you to empower yourself to know what you

need when you need it and to focus on the things you feel are best for you to focus on. I want you to

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