Beneath The Binge

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A podcast where we explore our relationship with food, and what sits beneath binge eating  through the lens of the nervous system, somatic psychology, and self-inquiry.

Episodes

  1. 3 DAYS AGO

    Episode 3 : The Somatics of Survival and Safety

    In this episode of Beneath the Binge, Alex Bottomley explains how binge urges relate to the body and nervous system through somatic psychology. The episode contrasts survival mode (sympathetic activation with racing heart, shallow breath, muscle tension, agitation, anxious thoughts, and urgent cravings used for fast relief) with safety mode (parasympathetic regulation with slower breath, soft muscles, openness, calm, emotional capacity, and more choice around food). Alex emphasizes these reactions are adaptive and automatic, and invites listeners to notice bodily signals that precede binges, name sensations without judgment, orient attention toward areas of softness, and engage “resources” (people, places, memories, or spaces) that bring safety. For more information, visit www.thefoodfreedomtherapist.com or @thefoodfreedomtherapist

    24 min

  2. 3 DAYS AGO

    Episode 2 : Your Binge Eating Makes Sense

    In episode two of the Beneath the Binge, somatic practitioner Alex Bottomley explains that binge eating “makes sense” as a nervous-system-based survival strategy learned through repetition and relief, not a lack of willpower. She describes how triggers like overwhelm, loneliness, or stress can lead the body to reflexively seek food for temporary comfort, numbness, or grounding, and how post-binge shame and self-criticism add more activation that can fuel further eating. Alex discusses why diets often fail for binge eating by increasing disconnection from bodily needs and removing foods that function as safety before other resources for comfort are built, reinforcing all-or-nothing cycles. She emphasizes cultivating compassionate presence and guides a brief practice using body support, sensation awareness, a hand on the body, and the phrase “I see you,” inviting listeners to relate to themselves with less shame and more compassion. For more information, visit www.thefoodfreedomtherapist.com or @thefoodfreedomtherapist

    29 min

  3. 3 DAYS AGO

    Episode 1 : Uncovering the Roots of Binge Eating: A Personal Journey

    In the first episode of Beneath the Binge, somatic practitioner Alex Bottomley introduces a body and nervous-system based approach to understanding and recovering from binge eating, aiming to replace shame with compassion and build internal safety so food is no longer the main comfort. She shares her decade-long, largely hidden struggle marked by all-or-nothing thinking, cycles of control and collapse, and extensive searching for fixes through diets, therapies, and medical visits, including chronic pain that helped lead her toward embodiment work. Alex connects her binge eating to grief and overwhelm after her father’s death at age 15 and to early body-image pressures and dieting from ages 11–12. She explains restriction and bingeing as two protective survival responses and outlines healing as developing capacity to feel emotions and sensations with supportive resources rather than rules. For more information, visit www.thefoodfreedomtherapist.com or @thefoodfreedomtherapist

    30 min

  4. 19 MAR

    Introducing Beneath The Binge

    Welcome to this new podcast! Beneath the Binge is a podcast for those who feel stuck in binge eating and exhausted by the fight with food. This is a space where we explore our relationship with food and what sits beneath binge eating, through the lens of the nervous system, somatic psychology, and self-inquiry. Hosted by Alex Bottomley, a somatic practitioner specialising in binge eating recovery, this podcast helps you understand binge eating not as a personal flaw, but as an intelligent survival response shaped by your body’s need for safety, regulation, and relief. Through honest, compassionate, and embodied conversations, Beneath the Binge explores the all-or-nothing cycle, food noise, urges, shame, and the deeper patterns that keep people stuck while guiding you toward building safety and compassion within yourself, so your relationship with food can begin to transform. If you’ve spent years blaming yourself, trying to be “good,” and wondering why nothing has worked long-term, this podcast will help you make sense of your experience and show you that you are not broken. For more information, visit www.thefoodfreedomtherapist.com or @thefoodfreedomtherapist

    4 min
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A podcast where we explore our relationship with food, and what sits beneath binge eating  through the lens of the nervous system, somatic psychology, and self-inquiry.

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  • Creator
    The Food Freedom Therapist
  • Years Active
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  • Episodes
    4
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Copyright 2026 The Food Freedom Therapist
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    Beneath The Binge
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