Once Upon a Binge Podcast

Once Upon a Binge Podcast
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Once Upon a Binge is a podcast about binge eating recovery, body image and letting go of perfectionism. Hosted by Becca, a therapist specialising in disordered eating, the podcast offers honest and compassionate conversations about what’s going on behind the binge-restrict cycle – and how to break free from it. Through conversations with people who have lived experience, as well as professionals working in the field, we explore the realities of healing your relationship with food and finding body acceptance. Has the pressure of beauty standards left you feeling like you’re not enough? Are you fed up of obsessive food thoughts? Are you tired of feeling out of control around food? Then you’re not alone. This is a space for you to feel seen and supported as you break free from food rules, find food freedom and learn to accept yourself as you are.

  1. 5d ago

    Can You Be Healthy in a Larger Body? A Dietitian on Health at Every Size, BMI & Fear of Weight Gain

    Can you be healthy in a larger body? Does BMI really measure health? In this episode of the Once Upon a Binge Podcast, registered dietitian Alice joins Becca to discuss Health at Every Size (HAES), intuitive eating, body image, menopause, eating disorder recovery, weight stigma, and why weight isn't the whole picture when it comes to health. Many of us have been taught that losing weight automatically means becoming healthier. But is that actually true? Together, Becca and Alice explore what the research says about BMI, Health at Every Size, intuitive eating, and how to support your physical and mental health without becoming trapped in the cycle of dieting, restriction and shame. They also talk about the emotional impact of body changes caused by menopause, cancer treatment, illness, ageing, and eating disorder recovery, and why learning to trust your body again can be one of the hardest—and most important—parts of healing. In this episode: 00:00 – Introduction to Alice and her work as a registered dietitian 02:00 – What Health at Every Size (HAES) really means 05:20 – Supporting people through body changes after cancer treatment 10:00 – Why weight gain after illness can be so distressing 15:00 – The similarities between cancer recovery, menopause and eating disorder recovery 19:00 – Why women's bodies naturally change throughout life 24:30 – Challenging unrealistic expectations around body image 28:00 – Using science and CBT-informed strategies to build body acceptance 34:00 – The role of a dietitian alongside therapy 39:00 – Common fears about weight gain, health and identity 43:30 – Debunking myths about BMI and health 51:00 – Why BMI is a poor measure of individual health 56:30 – The dangers of weight cycling and repeated dieting 59:30 – What intuitive eating actually is (and what it isn't) 1:05:00 – Rebuilding trust in your body after illness or an eating disorder 1:10:00 – How to advocate for yourself if your healthcare provider focuses only on weight 1:17:00 – Weight stigma, anti-fat bias and navigating healthcare 1:24:00 – Gentle nutrition after eating disorder recovery 1:32:00 – How to improve your health without returning to restrictive dieting 1:38:00 – Why food is about connection, culture and joy—not just nutrition 1:44:00 – Final thoughts on healing your relationship with food and your body If you've ever struggled with body image, binge eating, emotional eating, dieting, weight gain, menopause, or eating disorder recovery, this episode will help you understand your body with more compassion and confidence. If you enjoyed this conversation, please like the video, subscribe to the channel, and leave a comment below – this helps the channel grow and help others through our conversations. We'd love to hear your biggest takeaway or any questions you'd like us to answer in a future episode. #HealthAtEverySize #IntuitiveEating #EatingDisorderRecovery #BodyImage #Menopause #FoodFreedom 💜 Connect with the podcast: - Instagram - @onceuponabingepodcast - Email - podcast.onceuponabinge@gmail.com     Connect with Becca: - Instagram – @bingefreeandbeautiful     - LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/beccarobinson/ - Email - bingefreeandbeautiful@gmail.com   Connect with Alice: - Instagram – @hamptonnutrition - Website - https://hamptonnutrition.co.uk/ - Email - alice@hamptonnutrition.co.uk

  2. Jul 6

    The Accident That Ended a Personal Trainer’s Dieting Obsession & Healed her Body Image Issues

    In this powerful episode of the Once Upon a Binge Podcast, therapist Becca sits down with Claire Ashton for an honest conversation about binge eating recovery, body image healing, and breaking free from diet culture. Claire Ashton is a Body Confidence Coach and intuitive eating counsellor, nurse, and personal trainer who helps women over 35 stop waiting for weight loss to feel confident and start living fully now. After years of working in the health and fitness industry, Claire realised that the problem was never a lack of discipline—it was the belief that confidence had to be earned through changing your body. Through her coaching she helps women break free from dieting, food guilt, and body battles so they can feel confident without conditions. As a mum to three daughters, Claire is passionate about modelling a healthier relationship with food, movement, and body image for the next generation, while helping women reclaim their own confidence in the process. In this episode, Claire shares her deeply personal journey through disordered eating, bulimia, compulsive exercise, and years of yo-yo dieting — including how working in the fitness industry reinforced harmful beliefs about worth and body image. She also opens up about the life-changing accident that left her unable to walk and how relearning to walk completely transformed her relationship with food, movement, control, and self-worth. Together, Becca and Claire explore: ✨ Treatment for bulimia and what was missing ✨ The binge-restrict cycle and why dieting feels so addictive ✨ Bulimia recovery and the emotional side of purging ✨ Exercise addiction and toxic fitness culture ✨ The impact of the “heroin chic” era and modern GLP-1 diet trends ✨ Intuitive eating and rebuilding trust with your body ✨ How learning to walk again helped Claire see her body in a different light ✨ Learning to let go of food rules and finding meaning in suffering ✨ Body image struggles in motherhood and raising daughters in diet culture ✨ Social media, comparison, filters, and teenage body confidence ✨ Why your worth has nothing to do with your weight or appearance ✨ How to stop waiting for weight loss to start living your life   This episode is a must-watch for anyone struggling with binge eating, emotional eating, body shame, chronic dieting, or feeling trapped in the cycle of trying to “fix” their body. If this episode helped you, please like, comment or follow to stay up to date with the latest episodes releases. This also helps spread the message of body acceptance, intuitive eating, and eating disorder recovery to others who might need it.   💜 Connect with the podcast: - Instagram - www.instagram.com/onceuponabingepodcast - Email - podcast.onceuponabinge@gmail.com     💜 Connect with Becca: - Instagram – www.instagram.com/bingefreeandbeautiful   - LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/beccarobinson/ - Email - bingefreeandbeautiful@gmail.com   💜 Connect with Claire: - Instagram – www.instagram.com/claireashton_ - Website - https://claireashton.co.uk

  3. Jun 22

    Do You Ever Fully Recover From an Eating Disorder? | Finding Food Freedom - Once Upon a Binge Podcast - Ep. 39

    I'm Becca, a therapist specializing in binge eating and body image, and this is the Once Upon a Binge podcast, where I have honest conversations with guests about breaking free from the binge restrict cycle and finding body acceptance. Today, I'm joined by Anne Richardson. Anne is a registered nutritional therapist, cognitive behavioural therapy practitioner, lecturer, and supervisor. She's been practicing for more than 10 years and exclusively works in the field of disordered eating. Anne suffered with anorexia in her teens, and now draws from her lived experience to blend her knowledge of nutrition with her CBT skills. She works with people all over Europe to help them achieve food freedom. She is also invested in helping other practitioners work with disordered eaters, as she recognizes that general nutritional advice can be extremely damaging to disordered eaters. Anne is also a mom, the maker of all things, and especially a keen baker. In our conversation today, we talk about supporting clients through cooking in recovery, the role of nutrition, and whether you fully recover from an eating disorder or not. We also dive into: ✨ The role of nutrition in recovery ✨ Why calorie counting keeps people stuck ✨ Using rigid thinking to our advantage in recovery ✨ Cooking with clients in eating disorder recovery ✨ Perfectionism and control in anorexia ✨ The flaws with My Fitness Pal ✨ Mechanical eating vs intuitive eating ✨ Whether the “eating disorder voice” ever fully disappears ✨ Recovery, body image, and coping with stress 💜 Connect with the podcast: - Instagram - www.instagram.com/onceuponabingepodcast - Email - podcast.onceuponabinge@gmail.com   Connect with Becca: - Instagram – www.instagram.com/bingefreeandbeautiful - LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/beccarobinson/ - Email - bingefreeandbeautiful@gmail.com   Connect with Anne: - Email – anne@theeatingdisordernutritionist.co.uk - Instagram - www.instagram/com/theeatingdisordernutritionist  - Website - https://www.theeatingdisordernutritionist.co.uk

  4. Jun 8

    Male Body Image & Disordered Eating | How We Helped Each Other Heal | Once Upon a Binge Podcast Ep. 38

    In this deeply honest episode of Once Upon a Binge, Becca is joined by her partner Will for a raw conversation about disordered eating, body image, binge eating, orthorexia, fitness culture, and recovery. Together, they unpack how their relationship with food and their bodies changed through meeting each other — despite both struggling with unhealthy beliefs around eating, exercise, appearance, and self-worth when they first met. Will shares his experience with: Orthorexia and “clean eating” Veganism and identity Body dysmorphia in the fitness industry Social media pressure and perfectionism Binge eating behind the scenes Male body image struggles Personal training culture and physique obsession Becca opens up about: Restrictive eating and dieting Fear of weight gain Recovery from binge eating and food rules Reassurance seeking and body image anxiety Learning to feel safe in her body Healing through relationships and connection This episode explores how shame, diet culture, wellness culture, and external validation can shape our relationship with food — and how acceptance, compassion, and emotional safety can become part of recovery. If you’ve ever struggled with: binge eating emotional eating food obsession calorie counting body dysmorphia orthorexia fear of weight gain restrictive eating comparison on social media feeling “not good enough” …this conversation will likely resonate deeply. Let us know in the comments: Are you a male who's struggled with body image and disordered eating? Have relationships ever impacted your healing journey with food or body image? Subscribe for more conversations on: Eating disorder recovery, binge eating recovery, food freedom, body image healing, mental health, self-worth, and recovery from diet culture. Connect with Becca & the podcast.... Instagram: @bingefreeandbeautiful @onceuponabingepodcast  Email: bingefreeandbeautiful@gmail.com podcast.onceuponabinge@gmail.com 💜

  5. May 25

    What’s Next for Once Upon a Binge? | Binge Eating Recovery Podcast. Ep. 37

    After 18 months of co-hosting the Once Upon a Binge Podcast, Katy is stepping away from the show. In this emotional and honest episode, Becca and Katy talk openly about the decision to end this chapter of the podcast, navigating change, burnout, recovery work, and what’s next for Once Upon a Binge. If you struggle with binge eating, emotional eating, body image, perfectionism, or eating disorder recovery, this conversation may really resonate with you. In this episode, we discuss: -Katy's decision to leave the podcast -The emotional impact of endings and change -Burnout in the eating disorder recovery space -Recovery, mental health, and capacity -The importance of conversations around binge eating recovery -What the future of the Once Upon a Binge Podcast looks like -Upcoming guest episodes featuring lived experience and professionals Moving forward, Once Upon a Binge will continue with Becca as solo host, alongside guests including therapists, dietitians, coaches, and people sharing their own recovery journeys. This podcast is dedicated to helping people heal their relationship with food, break free from the binge restrict cycle, improve body image, and let go of perfectionism. ✨ We are also looking for future podcast guests with lived experience of binge eating, emotional eating, body image struggles, disordered eating, or eating disorder recovery. If you have a story or perspective you’d like to share and think it could help others feel less alone, please get in touch — we’d love to hear from you. ✨ Thank you so much to everyone who has supported the podcast over the past 18 months through listening, sharing episodes, commenting, and reaching out 💜 Wishing you all the best Katy! If you enjoy the podcast, please like, comment, and subscribe — it really helps more people find these conversations around binge eating recovery and eating disorder recovery. #BingeEatingRecovery #EatingDisorderRecovery #BodyImage #MentalHealthPodcast #EmotionalEating #Perfectionism #RecoveryJourney #bodyacceptance #bodypositivity

  6. May 11

    Why social events are SO hard when you struggle with Food and Body Image. OUAB Ep. 36

    In episode 36 of the Once Upon a Binge podcast Katy and Becca talk about navigating social events and disordered eating. They talk about how food rules blocked them from having food freedom at social events, the role of binge eating and how body image insecurities made socialising challenging. They discuss: •⁠  ⁠Anxiety before social events and binge eating as social avoidance  •⁠  ⁠Mental calculations around food at social events  •⁠  ⁠Introvertism and extrovertism and how it impacts our relationship with social events and food  •⁠  ⁠Food restriction before social events •⁠  ⁠The role of dopamine in socialising and binge eating  •⁠  ⁠How being ADHD impacts socialising  •⁠  ⁠How alcohol effects socialising and binge eating  •⁠  ⁠The need for time to prepare for social events and alone time afterwards •⁠  ⁠How food thoughts block connection with others at social events  •⁠  ⁠Feeling like there’s something wrong with you for not wanting to socialise  •⁠  ⁠Body image spiralling  💜   Connect with the podcast:  •⁠  ⁠Instagram - www.instagram.com/onceuponabingepodcast •⁠  ⁠Email - podcast.onceuponabinge@gmail.com   Connect with Becca: •⁠  ⁠Instagram – www.instagram.com/bingefreeandbeautiful    •⁠  ⁠LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/beccarobinson/  •⁠  ⁠Email - bingefreeandbeautiful@gmail.com

  7. Apr 27

    Are You Binge Eating to Avoid Conflict? (The trigger we don’t talk about) - OUAB Ep. 35

    In this episode of Once Upon a Binge, Katy & Becca are talking about conflict - not just arguments or disagreements, but the way conflict can live in the body, shape your nervous system, and become tangled up with binge eating, restriction and body image struggles. They explore how our very different childhood experiences with conflict shaped the way they responded to it: with one becoming conflict avoidant, swallowing feelings down and turning anger inward; the other becoming more reactive, using food afterwards to regulate the intensity of fight-or-flight energy. They also talk about how binge eating can sometimes become the voice we weren’t able to use, the place our anger went, or the way our body tried to bring us back down when everything felt too much. In this conversation, they cover: How conflict can feel threatening to the nervous system Fight, freeze and conflict avoidance The link between suppressed anger, binge eating and body image Why restriction can feel like control or obedience Seeing the binge part with more compassion Learning to speak up without abandoning yourself Why conflict doesn’t always mean something is broken How curiosity can help us understand our inner parts This episode is for anyone who has ever felt like food became the place where unspoken feelings, anger, shame or overwhelm went. Let us know: are you more conflict avoidant, more reactive, or something else entirely? Thank you so much for listening 🤎

  8. Apr 13

    The Psychology of Binge Eating: Why Transitions Are So Triggering - OUAB podcast Ep. 34

    In episode 34 Katy and Becca and talking about transitions, both in our day to day life and big life transitions. Why they are so difficult to go through and how binge eating comes in as a tool to cope. They talk about: Transitions create “permission windows” to binge eat Binge eating as a transition tool Does binge eating give respite from tasks or provide momentum or both? Is binge eating a habit or a ritual to help with transitions? Difference between micro and macro transitions The transition of childhood to adolescence to adulting and how binge eating helps How transitions affect our identity and worldview How we view a craving determines how we respond to it The power of naming the difficulty with transitions If you struggle with transitions and find binge eating is a tool to get through it then you’re not alone. Let us know in the comments below if you’ve found this episode helpful. Please like, comment and subscribe as it helps our channel reach more people who may find it helpful! 💜 Connect with us: - Instagram - www.instagram.com/onceuponabingepodcast - Email - podcast.onceuponabinge@gmail.com     Connect with Becca: - Instagram – www.instagram.com/bingefreeandbeautiful   - LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/beccarobinson/ - Email - bingefreeandbeautiful@gmail.com   Connect with Katy: - Email – knacoaching@gmail.com - Instagram - www.instagram.com/knacoaching

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Once Upon a Binge is a podcast about binge eating recovery, body image and letting go of perfectionism. Hosted by Becca, a therapist specialising in disordered eating, the podcast offers honest and compassionate conversations about what’s going on behind the binge-restrict cycle – and how to break free from it. Through conversations with people who have lived experience, as well as professionals working in the field, we explore the realities of healing your relationship with food and finding body acceptance. Has the pressure of beauty standards left you feeling like you’re not enough? Are you fed up of obsessive food thoughts? Are you tired of feeling out of control around food? Then you’re not alone. This is a space for you to feel seen and supported as you break free from food rules, find food freedom and learn to accept yourself as you are.

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  • Creator
    Once Upon a Binge Podcast
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    41
  • Rating
    Explicit
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