Beyond Binge Eating
Beyond Binge Eating
Podcast Description
Discover the Beyond Binge Eating Podcast, your go-to resource for overcoming binge eating, compulsive eating, emotional eating, and food addiction. Hosted by Kristina, a PhD candidate in somatic psychology, the podcast leverages her extensive expertise, including a master's degree in exercise science and her background as a professional athlete.
Kristina, who had crushing eating disorders for over 20 years, now channels her experience into helping others as an eating disorder recovery coach. Episodes include insightful interviews, special co-hosts, and solo episodes. You'll explore cutting-edge research on binge eating, urges and cravings, and dopamine, and dive into topics like sugar addiction and abstinence, interoceptive awareness, nutrition for recovery, strength training for women, habit formation, somatic practices, neuroplasticity, and holistic approaches to recovery.
With practical tips and relentless positivity, the Beyond Binge Eating Podcast equips you with the knowledge and tools to finally break free from addictive eating patterns. You will learn new research, new practices, and be inspired and empowered, so that you can live a vibrant and healthy life—beyond binge eating.
For more, check out:
https://BeyondBingeEating.com
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Content Themes
The podcast emphasizes diverse yet interconnected themes such as binge eating recovery, food addiction, emotional eating, and holistic health. Episodes may explore everyday challenges faced by listeners, with specific topics including the science of neuroplasticity, personalized nutrition strategies, and physical exercises that aid recovery. For example, a recent episode details science-backed strategies for reducing cravings and understanding the psychology behind food addiction.
Discover the Beyond Binge Eating Podcast, your go-to resource for overcoming binge eating, compulsive eating, emotional eating, and food addiction. Hosted by Dr. Kristina, the podcast leverages her extensive expertise, including a doctorate in somatic psychology, a master’s degree in exercise science, and her background as a professional athlete.
Kristina, who had crushing eating disorders for over 20 years, now channels her experience into helping others as an integrative recovery specialist. Episodes include insightful interviews, special co-hosts, and solo episodes. You’ll explore cutting-edge research on binge eating, urges and cravings, and dopamine, and dive into topics like sugar addiction and abstinence, interoceptive awareness, nutrition for recovery, strength training for women, habit formation, somatic practices, neuralplasticity, and holistic approaches to recovery.
With practical tips and relentless positivity, the Beyond Binge Eating Podcast equips you with the knowledge and tools to finally break free from addictive eating patterns. You will learn new research, new practices, and be inspired and empowered, so that you can live a vibrant and healthy life—beyond binge eating.
For more, check out:
https://BeyondBingeEating.com
Have you ever felt like you just couldn’t stop chewing even when you were already full?
In today’s video, we explore the nervous system science behind persistent chewing and why it may have far less to do with willpower than you think. Drawing from neuroanatomy and the science of sensory regulation, I explain how your jaw muscles send powerful calming signals directly to your brainstem and why your body may rely on chewing as a way to self-soothe.
Understanding this can reduce shame and open the door to new, supportive strategies that don’t revolve around more food.
What You’ll Learn in This Video:
• Why it can feel physically hard to stop chewing
• The role of the jaw muscles (masseter) in nervous system regulation
• How chewing provides direct proprioceptive input to the brainstem
• Why this behavior may be about regulation, not hunger
• Alternative ways to give your body calming sensory input If you’ve ever struggled with chewing, crunching, or snacking past fullness and wondered “Why can’t I stop?”
This video offers a compassionate, science-based explanation.
Your body isn’t broken. It’s communicating.
0:00 – Intro
0:24 – Why is it so hard to stop chewing?
0:31 – It’s not willpower: the nervous system explanation
0:37 – Jaw muscles (masseter) as powerful proprioceptors
0:45 – Direct signals to the brainstem (no spinal cord detour)
0:53 – How chewing regulates breathing, tone, and calm
1:00 – Maybe it’s not about food
1:06 – The role of proprioception in chewing
1:11 – “I’m trying to calm down”: what your body may be saying
1:14 – Finding alternative ways to regulate
1:20 – Examples: squeezing, wall push-ups, gym
1:29 – Your body isn’t broken — it’s communicating
1:36 – Viewer question: What can you do instead of chewing?
1:43 – Outro
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