This episode explores why holidays can feel triggering around food and offers practical tools to stay grounded and supported. Learn how stress, routine changes, and social pressure affect the brain and discover strategies to navigate holiday meals with compassion and confidence.

This episode features Sammie’s inspiring journey from pain to self-discovery, paraphrased with care and respect for her experience. You can find the original story here: https://eatingdisorders.org.au/story/sammies-story-the-journey-of-choosing-myself-of-choosing-recovery/

This episode explores how social media shapes body image, self-worth, and eating behaviors. Discover how online influence impacts the brain and learn ways to build a healthier, more compassionate digital environment for yourself.

This episode explores how stress, pressure, and performance impact the athlete’s brain. Learn how cortisol, reward circuits, and fear responses influence eating behaviors, and discover strategies to support healthy habits and a balanced mind-body connection in sports.

This episode explores how nutrition influences brain chemistry and mental health. Learn how nutrients affect serotonin and dopamine production, and how eating patterns can support a balanced mood and stronger mind-body connection.

This episode explores how the brain’s fear and reward systems shape eating behaviors. Learn how dopamine, the amygdala, and habit circuits influence restriction, bingeing, and compulsive patterns, and how understanding these brain pathways can support healing and recovery.

This episode explores how the brain and body communicate through hunger and fullness signals, focusing on the hypothalamus and the gut-brain axis. Learn how hormones like ghrelin and leptin guide appetite and what happens when those signals get out of balance.