Ep. 35: Fostering a Positive Mindset in Recovery: Interview with Katherine Thomson, Ph.D.
Brain over Binge Podcast
Kathryn Hansen
4.6 • 785 Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2018
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
In Episode 35, Kathryn talks with Katherine Thomson, Ph.D., about how to develop a positive mindset for recovery, and take positive action to build new habits. Katherine gives practical advice about how to set goals, reward yourself, overcome slips, and deal with negative body image.
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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. And I hope you enjoy the show. |
| 0:43.6 | Welcome to the Brain OverBinge podcast, where you learn a simple, brain-based approach to |
| 0:49.9 | ending binge eating. Today I have an interview, which I'm very excited about. If you've read my second |
| 0:55.4 | book, The Brain Over Binge Recovery Guide, you'll know that I had some amazing contributors |
| 0:59.9 | who shared their own ideas and insights in that book. And one of those contributors was |
| 1:04.9 | Catherine Thompson, who was a medical sociologist and who also works with people who have |
| 1:09.9 | eating disorders. Catherine will tell you more about |
| 1:12.3 | her own story in a little while, but she overcame binge eating and food obsessions and now she's |
| 1:17.6 | really passionate about helping people feel good about how they're eating and feel positive about |
| 1:22.2 | their bodies and just really feel free of food struggles. So Catherine, it's so great to have you here |
| 1:27.0 | today. Oh yeah, I'm so great to have you here today. |
| 1:33.0 | Oh, yeah. I'm really excited to talk with you and talk with your listeners. It's, yeah, I'm really glad you're still doing this work. Awesome. And Catherine and I have decided to focus on a topic today that |
| 1:38.3 | we hope you really find very helpful and very practical. And I'm looking forward to this conversation. |
| 1:43.9 | We're going to talk about |
| 1:44.7 | the positive mindset that's necessary in recovery, especially for getting started in recovery and |
| 1:50.4 | taking action to begin overcoming your food struggles. And I really love Catherine's perspective on this |
| 1:56.6 | topic. She has some great ideas, which she'll share with you very soon. But first, Catherine, |
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