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Let’s start by asking what exactly is going on? Today, I'm going to share with you some questions that will help you start to answer what binge eating, overeating or comfort...

Your mouth waters in anticipation and you are already planning the supermarket trip, for all your favourite sweets. The urge to binge can feel overpowering and irresistible. Once...

Standing at the cupboard door, you happily devour two tasty chocolate biscuits from the tin. They are the perfect balance of crisp and crumbly biscuit, with a thick layer of milk...

No-one sets out to use food as a coping strategy. It’s usually an unconscious decision, becoming a life raft to cling to when life throws turbulence and uncertainty at your...

If most of life your life you have been obsessed with food, on and off the dieting rollercoaster, you will be very familiar with your love-hate food narrative. Despite all your...

Understanding and overcoming binge eating disorder is not about willpower. And here's the thing: most people don't know they have a treatable condition. They think there's...

Since the lockdown began I've seen posts every single day about how we're eating too much.Mostly people are saying this with humour; people are still trying to makejokes out of...

"I’ll only have one". Before long the whole packet is eaten, and you end up feeling guilty and disappointed in yourself. Then come the shame and disgust with being unable to...

Easter is over, and the chocolate eggs and bunnies are no more - just a pile of scrunched-up foil and crumpled cardboard. But perhaps, for you, that chocolate indulgence has left...

“It's like being a prisoner in your own mind, but people don't see that.”