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Show Notes:
What happens when things are finally going better… and your brain decides that means it must be fake?

In this coaching excerpt, Sarah names a fear I hear all the time: “Am I doing well… or am I just performing because someone’s watching?” We talk about why progress can feel suspicious, how “imposter/cheat” stories keep the bar moving, and why support + accountability don’t invalidate your recovery — they’re often part of how it sticks.

If you’ve ever discounted your own improvement or waited for the other shoe to drop, this one will make a lot of sense.

In this clip, we cover:

• The “fraud” fear: I’m doing better, so it must not be real (and why that’s such a common reflex)
• How your brain explains success away (“It was an easy month,” “It doesn’t count,” “I’m just performing”)
• Accountability as a legitimate tool — not proof you’re faking it
• Why motivation is almost never purely “for me” or “for someone else” (it’s usually both)
• Letting “relief” be relief without turning it into a new perfection contract
• Using evidence (as weeks build into months) to build trust in real change

Timestamp highlights

• 0:05 — “Am I doing well or am I performing for Georgie?”
• 1:10 — What “faking it” would actually mean (and what it doesn’t)
• 2:00 — Why external support helps humans succeed (and it’s allowed)
• 3:10 — How accountability often becomes self-accountability over time
• 5:20 — The fear of believing it’s getting easier
• 6:35 — The “who do you think you are?” voice + why pride can feel unsafe
• 8:10 — “Kicking the tires” on recovery through real-life stressors
• 8:45 — “I had an angry piece of toast this week.” (and what happens next)

Takeaway to try

If your brain is insisting your progress “doesn’t count,” ask: What’s the evidence in front of me — in my actions, not my feelings?
Weeks and months of behavior change are data. You’re allowed to trust data.

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This Is Treatable (From Distress to Stability — Part 12, Season Finale)

In the final episode of this season, Georgie names what many people quietly doubt: this is treatable. Not because it’s quick or simple, but because binge eating and emotional eating aren’t random or a personal flaw—they’re understandable system responses to pressure, depletion, and the search for relief.

This episode reframes what real progress looks like: not dramatic turning points, but quieter shifts—more time between binges, shorter spirals, urges that don’t hijack you the same way, and hard days met with steadiness instead of punishment. You’ll hear a new definition of progress (“what happened next?” and “did I reduce pressure anywhere?”), a compassionate way to understand setbacks as data (pressure exceeded capacity), and a framework for moving from self-surveillance to self-understanding.

If you take one thing from this finale, let it be this: you’re not failing—you’re learning a pattern that responds to understanding, steadiness, and support. You’re allowed to keep learning at your own pace, and you don’t have to do it alone.

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The morning after a hard night of eating can feel heavy—physically and mentally—and it’s easy for your brain to start reaching for a “fix”: skipping meals, tightening rules, stepping on the scale, promising to be “very good” today. In this episode, Georgie explains why compensation usually turns into overcompensation, and how that swing adds more pressure to an already unsettled system—making another binge more likely.

Instead, this episode lays out a stabilizing approach: listen to your body, return to regular meals, and treat the aftermath with steadiness rather than correction. You’ll hear a simple framework for “the morning after” that starts with body stabilization (predictable nourishment, hydration, sleep, gentle care), then mental stabilization (language that keeps choice online—“pressure exceeded capacity” instead of “I blew it”), and finally emotional stabilization (safety and connection instead of shame and isolation).

Try this: After a hard eating episode, do nothing dramatic. Eat your next meal, drink water, rest, and get curious about what increased pressure—not how to redeem yourself.

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This episode is about the moment before things fully blow up—not the binge itself, and not the morning-after panic, but the point where you start to feel… off. When your schedule changes (weekends, travel, illness, late nights, company), the day can lose its scaffolding and pressure quietly accumulates until eating starts to feel urgent and chaotic.

You’ll learn why “anchors” matter—regular meals, transitions, and small rhythms that reduce uncertainty—and what to do when those anchors disappear. The core tool is helping the day “land” more gently: creating one clear pause where forward motion stops, nothing urgent is required, and choice can come back online. You’ll also hear practical examples of what that landing looks like (sitting down to eat, plating food, taking five quiet minutes, changing clothes to mark a transition, deciding when the day is done) and how to use as many small pauses as you need—because staying steady on a disrupted day isn’t about discipline, it’s about responsiveness.

Try this week: On the first day you notice the slide starting, don’t try to “reset perfectly.” Choose one small anchor and one landing pause, and treat it as support—not a test.

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If you can hold it together all day—and then feel like everything falls apart at night—this episode is for you.

Nighttime bingeing isn’t a character flaw. It’s usually what happens when pressure exceeds capacity at the end of the day. In this episode, Georgie breaks down the most common drivers of nighttime binges (and why they often stack), then gives you a practical “match the tool to the mechanism” menu so you can experiment with small changes that actually shift your evenings.

In this episode, we cover:

• Why nighttime bingeing is rarely about willpower—and more often about state
• The 4 most common drivers of nighttime binges
• A simple in-the-moment check-in to identify what’s driving tonight’s urge
• A “Solutions Menu” with experiments you can try this week—without turning it into a new perfection project
• A quick script for when you catch yourself in the pantry on autopilot

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Show Notes:
As things start to feel steadier, a new fear often shows up: If I’m not white-knuckling this, am I doing enough? In this episode, we talk about why calm can feel unfamiliar when effort has been your survival strategy—and how real recovery looks more like stabilization than intensity.

We’ll break down what stability actually means (predictability, not perfection), why stability lowers urges and reduces escalation, and why many people fear stability because it can feel like “losing control.” You’ll learn the three pillars that support steadiness—consistent nourishment, predictable rhythm, and humanizing your standards—plus a practical reframe: choose the simplest support plan you can repeat most days, the one that’s “crappy-day proof.”

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Show Notes:
When the urge to eat feels urgent, convincing, and hard to resist, insight alone usually isn’t enough. In this episode, we focus on what to do once the urge is already here—so you reduce escalation instead of making it worse.

In this episode, you’ll hear the key reframe that an urge is not an order—it’s a signal, why fighting, shaming, arguing, or “just giving in” often escalates urges, and what actually fuels escalation (all-or-nothing thinking, “if I start I won’t stop,” negotiation, and future-tripping). I’ll walk you through a simple protocol—Pause, Change Context, Choose the least-pressure next step—along with neutral language that keeps your thinking brain online. We’ll also cover how to eat in a more regulated way if you do choose to eat (seated, plated, with a check-in partway through), and what to do after urge-driven eating so you don’t accidentally make the next urge stronger.

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Episode summary
Recovery doesn’t only happen in therapy—it happens in the moments in between. In this episode, Georgie talks with Mehek Mohan, cofounder of Kahani, an app designed to offer personalized, on-demand support for eating disorder recovery, and Elena, who uses the app in her own recovery and helps guide its development.

You’ll hear how Kahani aims to lower cognitive load on hard days through check-ins and tailored activities, why a nonjudgmental space can help when shame is loud, and how the app navigates the common “weight loss vs. binge/restrict” trap without turning into diet culture in disguise.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Why urges can spike during transitions and at night—and what “in-the-moment” support can look like
• The relief of having somewhere to “get it out” without feeling like a burden
• Elena’s take on shame and silence—and why repeated disclosure to loved ones can sometimes backfire
• How Kahani’s check-ins and personalized activities are designed to reduce cognitive load
• What makes the app feel more “recovery-literate” (ED-specific language + that “quasi recovery” middle space)
• The “I want to lose weight but I’m stuck in binge/restrict” dilemma—plus an example of how the app responds
• Guardrails: why Kahani isn’t a replacement for treatment, and how it’s meant to augment support
• Mehek’s personal “why” for building this, and how they’re iterating based on user feedback

Links & resources

• Learn more about Kahani: https://getkahani.com/georgie

Important note
This episode is educational and supportive, not medical advice. Kahani is a support tool and is not a substitute for professional treatment.