Show Notes
Can I be really honest with you today? This episode is personal. Like, properly personal. I'm taking you through the actual chapters of my life — the eleven-year-old me at the kitchen table, the bullied teenager with the (truly catastrophic) bowl cut, the uni student eating chips alone in her room, and the woman who had bariatric surgery and was still binge eating within months. But here's why I'm sharing it: because I know this isn't just my story. If you grew up in the nineties and early two thousands watching Princess Diaries glow-ups, Fat Monica punchlines, and Kate Moss staring back at you from every magazine cover — you were being taught something about what your body was worth. And most of us absorbed that lesson without even realising it. In this episode I'm sharing the five things I wish someone had told me before the damage was done: Why your relationship with food probably didn't start with food at all The movies and magazines that quietly built your beliefs about bodies and worth What trauma actually does to your eating — and why it makes complete sense The truth about weight loss surgery that nobody told me beforehand Why you are not broken — and what healing actually looks like Whether you're deep in the cycle right now or you've been in recovery for years and still carry some of this — I think this one's going to land for you.
Binge Free Bestie Resources and Goodies: Everything lives here: https://stan.store/bingefreebestie
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction 00:52 The 11-Year-Old Girl Who Learned Thin = Worthy 03:55 Lesson 1: Thinness Was Taught As Worth 08:53 Lesson 2: Bullying Didn’t Mean You Needed to Change 13:59 Lesson 3: Trauma Changed My Relationship With Food 19:30 Lesson 4: Weight Loss Didn’t Stop The Binges 23:24 Lesson 5: You Are Not Broken 25:29 How I Actually Became Binge-Free 26:40 The Truth I Want You To Hear 27:55 What You Can Do Next
More from Binge Free Bestie
Spring often means one thing for your feed. The "summer body" ads are back, the gym marketing is ramping up, and diet culture is about to get loud. In this episode, I am breaking down why restriction, not willpower, is the actual binge trigger, how to spot diet culture hiding inside "wellness" content, and what to do instead of shrinking yourself for the season ahead.
In this episode, Emma Wright, a feminist health coach, shares insights on how societal power structures influence body image, dieting, and the use of medications like GLP-1s. We explore the intersection of feminism, health, and food, offering practical perspectives on reclaiming worth and navigating diet culture.
In this episode, Nic is joined by Alaina Booth for a conversation about courage, joy, and building a life that feels meaningful now, not after weight loss or perfection.
You've eaten fine all day. You're not even hungry. Then 9pm hits and you're standing in front of the pantry like it owes you money.
Everyone's talking about "food noise" right now. TikTok's obsessed with it, Oprah did a special on it, and it's basically the tagline for every GLP-1 ad you scroll past. But here's what nobody's telling you: half of what gets called food noise is just... hunger. And the other half is diet culture, dressed up in a scarier name so it can sell you a fix.