If you could go back to your past self who binge ate, what would you tell them?

It was incredibly generous of you to make this work accessible for free. It is really rare to encounter such acts of kindness nowadays. Thank you.

From a new fan who happens to be blind, it is so incredibly valuable to me that you have read this book out loud for us; thank you, Sarah, for sharing the gift that is you x

The fact you upload this as a free resource just shows how much you genuinely want your help people. Refreshing to know there are people like you in the world 😊

What gifts you have given us: Your voice, wisdom, honesty, eloquence, compassion and patience. God bless you, honey.

this woman is an angel

Wow, thank you so much for doing this. I'm 41 and have spent my whole life just believing I was greedy and have no willpower. I've only just grasped the fact that I have a serious issue and started to look online for sources of help. I've only listened to an hour so far but it's like you're actually talking to/about me personally. I've already sobbed once and I doubt it will be the last time before I finish listening! Thank you again ❤️❤️❤️

This is so much more than loosing weight. It's about to live your life with selfcompassion and acceptance of the reality. After 30 years of suffering from diet-mentality, I'm ready to start to live my life again THANK YOU SARAH ❤🙏

After a lifetime of bingeing/restricting, I finally understand why I do it and now, how to heal. Thank you for the life-saving therapy and empathy, Sarah.

I highly appreciate 1:26 I highly appreciate how a therapist doesn't present themselves as the ultimate expert on things and by sharing part of their own struggles they show us how human they are. Thank you very much for reading this book to us.

Just finished chapter one and Im already blown away with how simple yet deep informations in this book And your voice and personality is so soothing thank you so much for reading it and sharing it with us for free I wish this act of kindness come back to you in the most magical way❤️

Thank you for validating BED. So many years of being dismissed by medical professionals when asking for help. Thank you so much for everything you do 👏 I have never felt so heard and understood.

Thank you so much for making this free. I bought the book and have read it alongside listening to this audiobook version of it which I've enjoyed so much. It's helped me stay really present and intentional with reading(and hearing) the words, and I also have loved your little extra comments and additions as you've read, too, I wish all audio books could be like this with little mini "off-piste" explanations and insights! Thank you for your work Sarah x

I cant believe this is the writer reading the book. Thank you so much. I came here from a bariatric surgery chat where a post op patient started gaining weight again cause she just cant stop eating. One of the account shared this book saying that was a life changer for him. Many many thanks

Wow! Thank you. I’ve been a binge eater all my life and still suffer at age 64 😢 I’m going to listen to this. My girls are binge eaters too unfortunately. I definitely feel there’s a genetic component to all of this 💔

Absolutely brilliant!! I have been battling with binge eating for 30 years and have lost count of how many books, courses, classes, therapy, etc that I have tried over my lifetime but your book struck such a cord…every single word resonates!! So, THANK YOU…you have changed my life. ❤

I just had my mug of tea for breakfast, WITH 4 BISCUITS! I can't believe myself, and I feel great! I don't remember being able to eat only 4 biscuits ever in my life, or eat them "starting a new day" Biscuits always have been my trigger food, even as a child I felt like I had to eat the whole sleeve to really enjoy them, and so I did everytime. Thank you so much for your work, your perspective is helping me so much! I appreciate it deeply.

I have to say, your work has proven quite miraculous in my binge eating journey. It's only been a couple of days since I found you and listened to you reading your book, but I seemed to have experienced a complete psychic change surrounding food. Putting a stop to restrictions and dieting allows the instantaneous food freedom that I needed to stop the compulsions. Wow! Thank you so much! This really works! I am recovered... One day at a time. 💙🙏

It’s been 25 minutes and I’m already crying

Sarah, Thank you so very much for all you have put in to this. I have been in this conflict with myself for over 40 years! I have obtained a grip at times but it never held permanently. I am still alive and still trying. I am trying to slowly absorb your book. I have never had the funds for a therapist. Thank you...from the heart.

I love this. You have the best understanding of BED that I’ve ever heard. Thank you for sharing this!!!!

Thank you so much, Sarah, for sharing your lovely, helpful book. I'm free of chronic bingeing now and your videos are so validating and supportive of my gentle and self-loving recovery process. I love the freedom and balance part and no longer dieting for the first time in my adult life. I appreciate your generosity and kindness to share your book.

This is incredible. Thank you. I'm 59 and have been struggling for over 30 years. I'm looking forward to the audio x

This is an incredible gift to the world - thank you for making it accessible for all

You are so amazing. You are one of the great people who are genuinely making the world a better place. Thank you.

What a beautiful person you are on the inside and out ❤

I had to do this as someone who lifts weights and struggles with binge eating. I was so afraid of losing my abs and once they vanished I was still me. It's wild how we store our value in specific ways we look.

Thank you for writing this book. Thank you for taking the time to record and make the audiobook available here. Thank you for sharing your story. And, thank you for the content you put out on your channel. It has been hugely helpful. Thank you.

I’ve listened to this audiobook till the very end of the video! Thank you so much for sharing it with everyone. I used to hear small 10-15 minute snippets before sleeping every night and before I knew it I’d made it through the entire book. Your ‘reading voice’ is so calming. Also I feel like I’m listening to a friend giving me advice when I hear the audio version. It is already helping me change my eating behaviours and it also explains why I always loose weight when I’m NOT dieting 😌. I have always been trying to loose weight but have failed to do so. I then realised that my relationship with food was flawed as I’d turn to food because of emotion rather than hunger. I’m hoping to change this using the RALIC method. Thank you again!

Wow! Thank you 🙏 I’ve just discovered you through your enlightening conversation with Emma on her Therapy in a Nutshell channel. I’ve just purchased the Kindle edition of your book and will be working through it in conjunction with this video. You are an absolute inspiration and you explain and reason through things superbly. Thank you ❤️

I love when you go off script, it's funny ❤

Thank you so much for writing this book and making it accessible. I’ve listened to it all this week and I really hope I can apply the Ralic method in my life.

Thank you so much for sharing your book on here. I stumbled across it and I listened up to chapter 5 and then I ordered the book from Amazon, and then re-listened to the entire book while I simultaneously read it, making notes and highlighting. So much of your book resonated so deeply with me. I have been listening to your podcast as well now. I have been in therapy for disordered eating for over a year and until I listened to your book so much of intuitive eating made no sense to me. I can't thank you enough. I am still at what feels like the beginning of my healing journey but I finally feel like I can see a path to recovery.

Love your shirt 😊 Incredibly generous of you to offer this for free. I’m truly grateful for what you are teaching and the way you teach it. Your voice is also so calming. ❤️

Thank you for doing this. I got so much out of your book. I'm resisting the urge to say things like, "I think I've finally found the solution that will work for me," but your book has taught me enough about black-and-white thinking that I will just say this: you expressed some ideas in such a way that I was able to feel spaciousness and freedom in a new way before I was even finished with the book, and I'm looking forward to exploring more. Thanks for your courage to share your experience and knowledge, and for doing it in a way I could hear it. I think the value of this hasn't just been your message, but you. Thank you.

THANK YOU for reading this and making it available for free! What a blessing! Thank you!

"I know how it feels like , to be in physical pain from eating too much and yet still feel like it's not enough" Wow......

Hi Sarah, I just finished listening/watching (all in the span of two days as a mom of a 2 year old

Just finishing the book, felt like I wrote the book, nearly every chapter reminded me of me and all the bad habits I fall into. Will need to listen to it again and take notes, very interested in learning more about The Ralic Method. Thank you for making the book for you tube, look forward to if there will be another book from.

Since I was a little child I've been overeating.. I used it as a crutch for so long.. and since I stopped smoking I've been getting back to my childhood crutch.. I can't eat and feel full.. it's never enough.. I tried to eat once a day and I did EAT once.. fuuuuck.. I hope this work

This has honestly blown my mind. I feel like you took words from my head and wrote them down lol. Thank you so much for sharing

It may take me a few sessions to watch it all, but I'm excited to listen to your book and wisdom. Thank you

This video is perfect to improve my listening of British and help my relatioship at the same time

I have been listening to you read your book, but I want to actually buy your book. I was listening to you speak and I have to say I am finally starting to understand what I could not see yesterday. I feel hope and not hopeless. I need to lose weight for medical reasons, but at least I have hope, I was about to prepare for my own funeral. Now I am ready to try, while I know that not all days will be good but maybe I can have more good days than bad days. I like the none diet.

Thank you for sharing your book with us. It feels like a warm and comforting hug. You have no idea how much I needed this at this point in my life. Thank you thank you thank you- you saved me

Just your generosity of sharing your knowledge is amazing and so so so humbling. I'm buying your book cause you SAVED me from myself. Love from punjab, 🇮🇳

What a kind human being you are!! 💕 this is so helpful! I hope you get so so much in return!!!

Wow Thank you very much for this ❤ You are incredibly generous for offering your book for free ( i am a broke student ^^) ❤ I wanted to but your book some day. And now here we are.💅❤

You’re a great writer &I really like your book so far! I’ve been reading a lot of “self help” books for awhile now, &some of them were really good(like this one!)& I got a lot of important info from them, but the other books were hard for me to even get through! One of the biggest issues I have &can’t seem to figure out is- what do I do right now,& HOW do I even start? I remember having food issues throughout my entire life, &I’m at the point now where I feel soooo far away from where I was when I used to feel pretty &comfortable in my skin! I feel so lost &my self confidence is so low that I can’t seem to see, or even imagine feeling good about myself again! I’m sorry to put all of this in the comment section- it’s probably TMI! I think that I’m probably grasping for help anywhere I think that I might find some kind of relief! Thank you for writing this book and giving the information inside away like this! I can tell that you are probably a REALLY good therapist! (I need to find a therapist whom I feel like I could be open &honest about all of my embarrassing &shameful issues with!) Anyways, thank you for this video!!!💜🤎🤍💛🧡

Thank you for putting you audio book on here. I've been aware I have suffered from a BED for the last 5 years. I've had alot of therapy and was turned away from eating disorder specific therapy. Listening to your book if the first time I've had that moment where everything clicks and makes sense as it's the first time I've heard things that are actually and exactly how I am and I how I feel. Thank you 😊

Thank you so much. It was so easy to fallow and listen. I am going to listen again. I have been binging for 28 years. I stopped smoking 29 years ago and gained 50 lbs. I went on a struck diet and lost the weight and gained a binge eating habit . Now I 100 lbs heavier. Every day every week I am trying to diet. Then I binge. Thinking I will do better tomorrow.

I am people pleaser upholder I find external expectation rules commitments easier to keep rather than my internal ones it's just effects me more than effects others i would say i am restricter and permisser and go back and forth ....

Hi Sarah. I'm a female college student who has engaged in yo-yo dieting for the past three years of my life. I chanced upon your book last night in response to a bingeing episode, after which I searched for a voice that could both relate to my feelings of guilt but also guide me down the path to recovery. I was brought to uncontrollable tears on the bus as I listened to you read your book for the first time. No matter how intently I tried to suppress them the waterworks kept flowing. This is the first time I have found someone who could not only empathise with my struggles but also illuminate aspects of my problem that I myself wasn't aware of/refused to face-all done in a compassionate and supportive tone. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing the experiences you have accumulated both as a contractor of bulimia but also as a professional psychotherapist-and all for free. You have given me hope (truly) that I can combat my obsession with food and achieve a healthy mind and body at the same time! I cannot wait to finish the rest of the book, after which I will purchase my own physical copy! Please continue the great work you do in helping others with their disordered eating, you are an angel ❤️

You have no idea how much you are helping me Sarah! ❤❤❤ THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY ❤❤❤❤❤❤ I will definitely buy your book 👍👍👍👍👍👍

Thank you so very much for taking the time to read your book for us. I have your hard copy now but it was nice to switch between the two and it was much nicer than an audiobook because it was more personal and had your little extra insights. I’m starting to think I have the same compulsive and obsessive emotions when it comes to shopping or wanting something. I’m trying to apply your method to feelings there too. I thought I was carrying lots of weight, and that is still true, it’s a fact, but I hadn’t appreciated the weight that I was carrying around on my shoulders, in my head. Since staring your videos and listening/reading your book, I feel so much lighter in just a week. Catastrophes is also something in realising I do with everyday tasks. Like seeing a pair of shoes in the lounge that need to be put away or that the dishes need to be done. Now I just look at it and do it and don’t put any thought into it, it has made such a difference 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💕

I am in the grips of puls activity and I am listening to this as I’m driving and it is really helping. Take me out of emotional pain and I appreciate you posting this. I’m going to keep listening to the whole.

Thank you Sarah for your kind thoughtfulness in sharing this book. I've been following your method now for a couple weeks and I'm no longer in 'panic mode' wondering if I am still in 'control' of my eating habits. I'm convinced that this approach will be something I can rely on the rest of my life. Thank you!

I absolutely LOVE that you did it this way! I can't wait to hear it. Thank you!

i’ve listened to this so many times - your voice has become a grounding & calming presence in my life. your wisdom has just been invaluable to me! Thank you so much for making this free for us. It’s helped more than you know!

Thank you for making your book accessible for all for free, I am looking forward to listening to it! And I absolutely love your T-shirt - genius! 😀❤

Omg!!! I am so glad I found you!! After almost 6 years of binge eating , I thought why not look up some videos on KZfaq and see what I can find!!! And here you are!! Thank you so much for giving your audio book for free!!! How generous of you!,, I probably gonna listen to it several times!!!! 💜💜💜

Sarah, I can’t thank you enough for your book (and for reading it to us!). I grew up in a chaotic alcoholic home and always felt lonely. I learned how to stay quiet, push down my feelings, and to use food to soothe and comfort myself. I developed bulimia and body dysmorphia as a teen and while I overcame somewhat, I still struggle with bingeing for comfort and to elicit feelings of happiness. I came to understand the how I got this way, but never the how to “fix it”. Your book truly resonated with me. I’ve started a new journey and hope to stop the madness (and the overwhelming body dysmorphia). Deprivation feelings are a huge problem for me and after a recent cutting for a bodybuilding season, the bingeing came back full on and with a vengeance because of the strict diet. I hope I can learn to apply what your book teaches, so I can finally enjoy a good relationship with food. And to like/accept myself.

Wow this is actually kinda helpful, thank you.

The four down votes highly confuse me. Thank you for making this available. I love your podcast, and this recording has stepped up my recovery.

I can’t express how helpful this is… I could just cry. I found you right when I needed it most. I’ve been listening daily- it’s very soothing. But I’m also ordering the book because it will be a bible, and something to return to or lend to friends who need it. Thank you ❤

I can't remember the exact words but there is a concept that really resonated with me: the fact that recovery isn't something you'll find at "the end of your journey". First of all, because this is an ongoing journey (meaning there isn't such a thing as the end of it) and secondly because the moment where you can call yourself "free from binge eating" (whatever that means xD) probably doesn't even exist. If certain thoughts or feelings keep creeping up every once in a while, it doesn't mean that you have failed at your attempts to recover. In fact, every time you look at yourself in the mirror and disgust and shame aren't the only things you feel (maybe you sometimes even feel appreciation for your fantastic body?), every time you eat when hungry, every time you don't feel guilty because you have eaten "more than you should", or every time you genuinely can enjoy a meal without overanalyzing it, you are somewhat recovered. Being someone who’s working towards recovery for a few years already, it used to be very frustrating, discouraging and disheartening whenever I’d experience a setback. Moments where I see my body and hate it, when I binge, or the fact of still not having reached my “ideal weight” or rather that my body weight fluctuates quite a bit, used to make me question if I even had progressed at all in my healing. After having listened to your book, I see these moments under a whole new light! I feel hopeful and happy, knowing that my efforts haven’t been vain. I’m now able to appreciate how far I’ve come and I’m proud of myself. This may not seem like much but for me it truly is! ❤ Please keep on doing what you are doing: I am sure there are plenty of people out there that are just as grateful as I am for having found you! Sending you lots of love 🌻

thank you Sarah for all the time you took, hearing your audio book was great, eye-opening - i ordered a paper one, so many things i want to re-visit... i can''t tell you all the things that resonate with me, they are a lot :) your explanations and all the videos I've watched so far have helped me connect the dots. i knew a lot of the things you said but didn't know i knew them, or didn't know how to link them together so that i could stop binge eat. so far, i can say i'm guilt/restriction free, which has made a tremendous change on my relation to food. i've learned to meet my emotions for a while but was still driven by not helpfull beliefs on myself mainly, more than on food. i don't have body image or weight problems, so this was perhaps more easy for me to progress quickly. even if i don't intend to be quick or achieve, it just happened because i was ready for it, i guess. i really liked hearing you, your expression is very easy-going, full of kindness and wise wodrs. i like that beyond eating, your book is be very usefull for any problems involving self-worth, control, freedom, identity... i can feel the vibe of life experiment, well done for this book!!! i wish many people will find out about it. i'm sure one day you'll write another interesting one, let life teachs you things :) thank you again Sarah, "meeting" you on yt was a gift for me, i'm gratefull for all the quality, authenticity and genuine help i find on your channel. merci beaucoup, take care!

three years after you wrote and read your book, it is reaching people. thank you for this beautiful gift.

Thank you Sarah. I forget... Minute by Minute... That I have an eating disorder. I tell myself that I'm weak, lazy, not deserving. I'll listen to your entire book. ❤

Can't wait to lisent to the whole book thank you so much for sharing this on youtube!! :) I am not in the UK but I still wanted to say thank you and leave a comment! :)

This is fabulous thank you - I will definitely get the book as reference as already had a couple of lightbulb moments and only 45 mins into the recording

I'm not even half way through yet and it's helping already...this can be applied to other issues that many of us struggle with....thank you very much, this is brilliant Sarah....God bless you...looks like He already did.

The first thing that actually came to mind about the three things I like about my body Was that it's amazing that my body was a wool to create three beautiful children.

Your correct that it is a journey. Experimenting to find what works for me. At times, I needed to re-evaluate and change. I realized that I ate non-stop til bedtime and got up in the middle of the night to eat again. Real change occurred for me when I shifted my focus from losing weight through diet restrictions to loving snd appreciateing the body the Lord gave me. Prioritize sleep! because its too easy to make bad choices when you are overly tired. Eat healthy for longevity and the only restriction is to my grocery shopping list to about 22 to 24 healthy and superfood items I enjoy (No junk food) and shopping only once a month to save $ and minimize food waste. I eat on a tight $ budget. Breakfast: black coffee A) beans on toast with 2 eggs B) greek yogurt/cottage cheese parfait with berries and flax seed C) oatmeal with chia seeds and cinnamon and water/milk of choice. D) Peanut butter/nut butter on whole wheat toast. Late Lunch: A) vegetable soups with protein and a side homemade bread/biscuit/muffin B) salad more fresh/steamed vegetables and 2 oz protein with 2 crackers, 2 heaping tablespoons croutons, or 1/2 slice garlic toast. C) 3 oz protein and 1 cup steamed veggies and 1/2 cup potato, rice, or pasta. Also, closing/clean up the kitchen VERY early everyday (about 3:30pm). Stop eating until breakfast. After the kitchen is closed, I enjoy my cups of tea and gave myself an out that if I really needed to eat later I would have A) sliced apple B) air-popped popcorn with some mixed nuts C) make allowance for special occasion dinners/desserts with family and friends. Edify yourself!, Be flexible and enjoy your life and the things you do that are Fun! I also bought a stroller for my toy house-trained dog, Harley. We can go for walks around the neighborhood to get some fresh air and sunshine. Modified Burpees (low-impact slow-motion version) are a great way to have functional fitness year round on the living room carpet. Or kick off your shoes, turn up the music and dance!

Thank you. This is compassionate and showing us what self love language actually sounds like. 😊

Thank you for making sense of what I have known yet still struggle with daily. I've have a lot of food freedom but still have many restrictions. I will start using ralic to help me find more freedom without restrictions then help other struggling friends find their freedom. 😊 thank you! 💞

It’s so funny how this eating journey somehow has brought us all to these actually amazing places that have taught us so much besides the food issue solving - I totally resonances with Kate because she red the same Eckhard tolle book like I did, and just getting to that spiritual corner somehow as a lot of us do in search of a ‚solution‘ is even something..beautiful! I‘d never have discovered Tolle, Dispenza, Geneen Roth and hundreds of others without the tragedy of that eating disorder.

I just discovered you this morning via Therapy In A Nutshell. I can’t tell you how grateful I am. I just ordered your book but am thrilled that I can start listening today. Finally the right answer after 50 years of struggling with this issue.

So lovely for you to offer this for free. I bought your book on Amazon, solely to support your wise, generous work. Thank you so very much, Sarah. 🙏💗🪞🔥

This is great. Thanks for having this available. I really like the RALIC method and find that it resonated with my values. I am also a big fan of Byron Katie but haven't had the strength to use her Work on my binge eating yet. This makes it more approachable.

This is such a lovely gift! I just discovered your podcast yesterday and immediately checked with my local library to see if your book was available, but it wasn't. Today the KZfaq algorithm suggested this video. I'm 59 and still struggling with my relationship with food. I started in my early 20's with bulimia, managed to stop purging in my 30's, but continued to binge, overeat and diet, and have never stopped obsessing over food. I think about food 100's of times a day. I'm very grateful for this videobook, and very hopeful as well. 😘😘😘

I want to start by thanking you for reading the book for free. I will buy it if only to support you in your important work but also because I love it. I have ARFID that I got help from a psychologist to get better with (but it is always with me). I started with LCHF and Paleo and thought I was addicted to sugar. Found the book Intuitive Eating and then your page on KZfaq. Your videos and your podcast have helped me so much. My eating disorder makes everything extra complicated but I work every day to find the balance where I feel good and allow myself to eat what I feel gives me value right now. I apologize for, maby writing it wrong. I use translation on my phone to make it easier for me to write without thinking about the language. Thank you again.

Thank you for sharing you book! It’s a gift I hope is replayed a thousand fold

Thank you so much for making this free, we all really appreciate it!

Sarah, you have helped me so much, thank you - I feel free again! But one more thing - could you please do a KZfaq on how to leave food on the plate when you're full!? Leftover from upbringing for many of us but it's my remaining stumbling block.

Dear Sarah, I am native speaking German so I want to apologize for my not so good English upfront. Thank you for your AudioBook. I ordered the book right away. This book gives hope and the first time aft 30+ years of binge eating I have the feeling that somebody understands me. I am so desperate that I finally took action and talked to my husband and looked for a therapist. I will introduce your book to my therapist and ask him if I could work with it. On the same time I ordered the book of Intuitive Eating .....it all makes sense and it gives me hope that there is a chance to break free after 30+ years. Thank you for your generosity to allow access for free to your full audiobook. I really love how you read the book - the pace and emphasis when reading is just perfect. Couldn't stop listening for 3 hours! Thank you soooo much! All the best wishes Maria

I listened to every word. I took notes and plan to begin RALCing. I feel so hopeful that I can develop a better relationship with food. Thank you for sharing your wisdom.

This is awesome! I can't listen much today as granddaughter will be in a minute. She's 3 💜 I'll be back!

Thank you❤! Just starting listening to this video, but, I have listened to many other of your videos! I’m 70 and have probably lost 200-30 lbs over the years, about 30 at a time, looking forward to this.

Thank you Sarah for your generous gift.Your RALIC process is very much connected Nonviolent Communication process.

Im so glad I've found this video. Im only 20 minutes in and i feel like you are describing my life. Thank you for doing this. I finally feel hopeful 😌

My mind is so blown. This is amazing

Wonderful thought provoking book. Thank you for putting it out in the world

Thank you so much for this, I am nervous and excited to get in touch with myself and stop avoiding feelings by numbing out. You've made it super simple to get my head around, now I'm going to go back and listen from the beginning again!!

I always had a major problem with emotional hunger. This really helps me a lot, thanks ❤️

Thank you so, so much for this and all of your work- I'm 1 hour in and will be buying your book at the end for reference! 🙌💜

Thank you so much for sharing with us your knowledge and experiences, listening to the content of your book was just what I needed, I think understanding the why behind our actions is key to be able to change and you helped me to understand it in a kind and compasionate way, I will take your words with me trought my life, thank you since the bottom of my heart, I will revisit the video to remember the lessons and pass it on to friends struggleling eith the same issues ❤

I bought the book but often don't have the motivation to read. I couldn't find the audio version, so thank you for this. I feel you are in my head like the song 'killing me softly.' I am doing my best to give up dieter's mentality: I had a sugar based soda the other day, no more diet coke for me (I'm still working on the guilt). Yes, I have gained weight, but dieting never made me healthy or thin anyway. Metta 🙏🏻

Thank you for working so hard to write your book. As a sufferer I know how difficult it must have been to clearly writ it all down. I have recommended your book to fellow sufferers, and hope your book is recognised as being very helpful. Your video are also wonderful. XX

I am eager to listen I have struggled all my adult life