You're listening to the Stop Binge Eating Podcast with Kirsten Sarty, episode number 321.

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, Kirst and Sarfdy.

Now let's get to it.

Hi.

Today I'm talking with you about ignoring the truth.

Sometimes when we actually acknowledge the truth about something, we feel

uncomfortable emotions just thinking about it. And sometimes when we acknowledge the truth about

something, we are also acknowledging that we want to change it and know that changing will require

discomfort and effort. So instead of acknowledging these truths,

we ignore them and maybe we pretend like everything is fine when it's really not,

or we tell ourselves half truths or lies that make it easier for us to do the easier things

rather than what we really want to do that's going to be harder. And maybe we just hope that the truth will change on its own without us putting any effort

in to change it. But depending on the circumstance, it is usually unlikely that it will change.

So instead of facing the truth and doing something that will actually help us feel better

and doing something that's more challenging and doing something that will change the truth in doing something that will actually help us feel better and doing something that's more

challenging and doing something that will change the truth, we ignore it, do nothing,

or do the opposite of what we truly want to be doing and nothing changes. There's a few ways

that ignoring the truth keeps people stuck in binge eating and stops them from having their

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