In this insightful podcast, I guide you through a four-step process that can help you cope with difficult feelings and understand the emotions lying beneath your comfort eating habits. Join me as I explain the importance of becoming aware of your body's sensations, naming and labelling your emotions, bringing compassion to your experiences, and redirecting your energy towards something more positive. This process is useful not only for working through any troubling emotions but also for...

Do your emotions often stay bottled up due to societal pressures, resulting in self-destructive behaviours? Tune in to this episode as I share my personal experiences and discuss the power of having a supportive companion to talk to, ultimately leading to better emotional well-being and recovery. Together, we'll explore the interconnectedness of our emotions, body, and memories, and how self-awareness can lead to liberating our unconscious beliefs and habits. Moreover, I'll reveal the...

Uncover the psychological and physical issues behind comfort eating and learn how to start your journey to recovery with Stephen Porges' Polyvagal Theory, in the latest episode of Underground Confidence with Shelley Treacher. In this episode, we look at ways to regulate the autonomic nervous system and how to start a journey of recovery from comfort eating. We discuss Stephen Porges’ polyvagal theory, provide a polyvagal exercise to kick in the parasympathetic response, and explore topics...

Have you ever noticed that when you comfort eat, you do it really fast? Maybe you also get stuck on your phone when you should be sleeping? Here are four more ways to calm your nervous system down, and disrupt cravings. Practising these will develop your ability to change the course of your cravings and compulsions, organically. In this podcast The power of the pauseSlowing down your speechYawningA soothing bedtime story 'How The Whale Got His Throat' - Just So Stories, Rudyard KiplingNext...

Here's how to start to wind down when you’re triggered, stressed, or craving.  In this podcast Your 'Window of Tolerance' or capacity for life's demandsNeuroscience & stress or collapse statesThings that trigger us into stress or collapse statesWays to self-regulate, calm your system, and change how you feelA breathing exerciseHow embodiment can help us to shiftNext week, I'll give you more ways you can de-stress, and talk about what compassion is. Another podcast you might like:  Is...

The neuroscience and physiology of inner child wounding, and how to heal. In this podcast The neuroscience and physiology of triggering - Fight, Flight, Freeze & FawnThe Top 10 emotional triggers to addiction, & other types of triggersHow to recognise being triggered9 Steps to start healing your inner child, nervous system triggering, & comfort eating or addiction. In two weeks, I'll talk about how you can be compassionate towards yourself. Another podcast you might like: Why It's...

Understanding your inner child is essential to comfort eating recovery. This is our instinctive, unconscious, or reactive part. It's this part that demands comfort food. In this podcast The Inner Child - A response to the self-criticFeelings - The language of the inner childTriggering - How the inner child's response might relate to your pastNext week I'll focus on the physiology of trauma triggering & how to heal your inner child. Another podcast you might like: Worry, Anxiety &...

Low self-confidence happens to us all. Here are ways all of us can be affected. Your self-confidence or self-worth is important to challenge in your battle against addiction. Because low self-confidence, and self-criticism, will make you want to 'use'/comfort eat, or treat yourself badly. In this podcast Eight ways feeling bad about yourself can show up, and why. Another podcast you might like: Open The Gates To Self-Worth & Change The Core Beliefs That Lead To Comfort...

Self-criticism is one of the main reasons that people overeat. Dieting is based around it. But the solution lies in NOT trying to be perfect. In this podcast How self-criticism goes hand in hand with comfort eating,how you can start to recover your self-esteemAnother podcast you might like: Worry, Anxiety & Comfort Eating Citations Links to exercises that will reset your nervous system: TikTok or Facebook Support the showDo you have a question or comment? Let me know! Want to go...

Have you ever wondered what triggers your binge or comfort eating? Here, I offer powerful questions to help you identify what's behind your eating. In this podcast, I also talk about feelings you might be experiencing now that we are almost 3 years on from the start of Covid-19. These potential feelings illustrate what might be behind comfort eating. Subscribe for more helpful tips on taking back control of comfort eating. If you want help with core recovery from low self-worth, comfort...

Maybe you're frustrated with yourself for not being able to stop eating, or maybe you know your triggers are emotional. Here I explain how managing binge or comfort eating has nothing to do with self-discipline. From chemical addiction, biology, genetics, our environment and culture, to our psychological needs, and managing our daily lives with food, I explain the many reasons why it's difficult to resist the pull of food. This is an updated version of my introductory podcast, with new...

Today, I encourage you to reflect on self-appreciation for the year, rather than chastising yourself for not doing well enough. I also offer you a moving end of the year story. Warning: This one might make you cry. But it will leave you feeling comforted and warm inside. 'The Child's Story' by Charles Dickens - Read by Shelley Treacher. If you want help with relationship dynamics, recovering from comfort eating, or managing emotion Join my mailing list hereGet Control Back! Comfort...

Today we have another heart-warming little story for the inner child in you, as well as a reminder to be kind to yourself at Christmas. 'The Elves and The Shoemaker' by The Brothers Grimm - Read by Shelley Treacher. If you want help recovering from comfort eating Join my mailing list hereGet Control Back! Comfort Eating Recovery 6-Week Workshop  For more support, click the links below: Here is how I can help you, in a nutshell. And, learn more detail, here Contact:...

Sleep is something that's important to get control of. It can affect everything we are, feel and do. I've been told I have a calming voice. So, here I read this beautiful little tale to lull you into a warm, happy sleep. In the first part of this podcast, I talk about the importance of good sleep when combatting comfort eating. 'The Night Before Christmas' - Read by Shelley Treacher If you just want a brief nudge into relaxation, without the talk, the story starts around 7 minutes into the...

When talking about the reasons for comfort eating, one of the things that people ask me the most, is "Isn't it just a habit?" In today's episode I talk about how comfort eating is a deeply embedded habit, influenced by emotional experience, our history and the chemicals in our brains. This is the third in a quick tip series about comfort eating recovery. If you want help recovering from comfort eating Join my mailing list hereGet Control Back! Comfort Eating Recovery 6-Week Workshop  For...

Identify why you really want to stop comfort eating. What is your why? You’ve got to have a really good, personally meaningful reason, to give up what comforts you. So, in this byte I ask you: What’s really worth putting your comfort binge aside for? I offer suggestions and ways to answer this question. This is the second of a quick tip series about comfort eating recovery. If you want help recovering from comfort eating Join my mailing list hereGet Control Back! Comfort Eating Recovery...

In every relationship, there will be times when you or your partner need space. But, what do you do if this becomes chronic and painful for either of you? Here, I'll explain how you can feel more comfortable, with practical strategies and ideas for you to try. You can work towards repair that is happier for both of you. If you want help taking back your power in relationship:  Join my mailing list hereTake Back Your Power. Calling In 'The One' 8 week programme For more support: How I can...

This is a byte podcast, and the start of a quick tip series on comfort eating recovery. Today, I define what comfort eating is. Can you see yourself here? If you want help gaining back control of your eating: The Next Comfort Eating Recovery 6-week programme will be on a Tuesday evening! Join my mailing list hereGet Control Back! Comfort Eating Recovery 6-Week Workshop For more support: How I can help you More information Contact: [email protected] Here's another podcast you might...

This podcast explains why it feels impossible to control any compulsion. If you have ever told yourself to stop, while still unable to put your compulsive habit down, you'll relate to this podcast. The information here is about the biochemistry you’re dealing with in any addiction. Knowing this will help you gain back power and control. If you want help gaining back control of your eating: The Next Comfort Eating Recovery 6-week programme has begun to fill up already! Join my mailing list...

If you've ever wondered why your partner or date seems to withdraw after you've got on so well, this might be why. In this podcast I talk about how the fear of being dependent on people can lead to a fear of commitment, ghosting,  an avoidance of intimacy, and possibly a reliance on substances. This podcast will help you to understand what's happening with avoidance, so that you can better protect yourselves and each other. If you want help with regaining your confidence, believing you are...

Today's podcast is about the relief that compulsion or addiction brings.  I also talk about the life that we may be attempting to block. This is the first of a three part series about addiction, based on Gabor Maté's book 'In The Realm Of Hungry Ghosts'. If I can help you regain your confidence and recover from comfort eating, join my next group: The Next Comfort Eating Recovery 6-week programme is almost full! Join my mailing list hereGet Control Back! Comfort Eating Recovery 6-Week...

Gabor Maté says that we choose belonging 100% of the time, over authenticity. Our self-critic keeps us ‘in check’ and ‘likeable’. The part of us that feels criticised, ‘different’, or struggles to connect, is the part that turns to something outside ourselves, in order to cope. So, here, I talk about the road to becoming more authentic and empowered, as a route to recovery of confidence, as well as from compulsion or codependency. If you want  help  with getting your confidence back, and...

We are affected when disaster and terrible inequality happen in the World. Here, I talk about illness, storms, doomscrolling, and Ukraine. I suggest ways to cope with feeling anxious or helpless, and I talk about our connection with each other. If I can help you regain your confidence and recover from comfort eating, join my next group: The Next Comfort Eating Recovery 6-week programme dates are up! Join my mailing list hereGet Control Back! Comfort Eating Recovery 6-Week Workshop  For more...

Feeling like you'll be found out is common  ground for people who comfort eat. Many of us imagine others to be better than us,  think others have a perfect life, and feel we are frauds waiting to be discovered. But the reality is that most of us feel inadequate. Most of us think that someone else could do better. It's this feeling that can lead to comfort eating or addiction. Here, I talk about how this comes from a belief about not being good enough, whether from your past or from...

Typically, the comfort eaters that I see have lost touch with what makes them happy.  Today, I talk about why and how to develop a practice of making your own happiness more of a focus. Here, I list 10 learnable things that can make us happy. I see time and time again how this completely transforms eating habits and lifestyles. We are more capable, more resilient, and at our best when we’re happy. So, we are more able to make better choices for ourselves.  That's the best kept secret to...