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Brain over Binge: Why I Was Bulimic, Why Conventional Therapy Didn't Work, and How I Recovered for Good Paperback – March 23, 2014

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Brain over Binge provides both a gripping personal account and an informative scientific perspective on bulimia and binge eating disorder. The author, Kathryn Hansen, candidly shares her experience as a bulimic and her alternative approach to recovery. Brain over Binge is different than other eating disorder books which typically present binge eating and purging as symptoms of complex emotional and psychological problems. Kathryn disputes this mainstream idea and explains why traditional eating disorder therapy failed her and fails many. She explains how she came to understand her bulimia in a new way – as a function of her brain, and how she used the power of her brain to recover – quickly and permanently. Kathryn also sheds new light on eating disorder topics such as low self-esteem, poor body image, and dieting. Brain over Binge is a brave book that will help many by delivering an informed and inspiring message of free will, self-reliance, and self-control.
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Kathryn Hansen recovered from bulimia independently, abruptly, and completely over 6 years ago; and soon after her recovery, she was fully convinced she had a powerful story to tell - a story that could give other bulimics and those with binge eating disorder hope, a new perspective, and a commonsense cure. She dedicated herself to candidly documenting her experience, in hope that her book can shed new light on these disorders that ruin so many lives. For a long time, Kathryn felt like a hopeless case. She thought maybe she could never completely recover. She thought she would have to deal with her eating disorder one-day-at-a-time for the rest of her life, but she doesn't. She has zero risk for relapse, even during stressful times in her life. She believes that if recovery was possible for her, it is possible for anyone. Kathryn recovered only after she parted with therapy and let go of most of its ideas. She found another way to end her bulimia, and now she shares her alternative approach with others in Brain over Binge. Kathryn hopes her voice can be a voice of change, a voice for those who are frustrated with therapy or who simply can't afford it, a voice that will help many escape the daily torment of binge eating and purging.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Camellia Publishing, LLC; 1st Ed. edition (March 23, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 326 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0984481702
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0984481705
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.74 x 8.5 inches
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I’m Kathryn Hansen, and I recovered from bulimia 17 years ago. I am now dedicated to educating and empowering individuals who struggle with all forms of binge eating. My first book, "Brain over Binge: Why I Was Bulimic, Why Conventional Therapy Didn’t Work, and How I Recovered for Good" (2011, 2022), became a goal of mine during my worst days of bulimia. I vowed that if I ever found a way to recover, I’d write about it in the hope of helping even one person struggling with the same horrible problem. "Brain over Binge" provides an alternative perspective and offers a simple and practical way to end the binge eating habit.

I was overwhelmed by the response I received from readers of Brain over Binge—women and men who found complete recovery using the same brain-based concepts that helped me stop binge eating. I also received many requests for more information, which solidified my desire to write a second book on the topic. I published that book, "The Brain over Binge Recovery Guide" in 2016. The Recovery Guide moves beyond sharing my own story to helping readers discover what works best in their unique situations. I also host the Brain over Binge podcast, which has also been successful in helping people understand and use the power of their brain to end binge eating.

For those who need additional help, I've created an extensive and practical online course to guide you on your journey to recovery and answers your questions along the way. My team also offers 1:1 coaching and group coaching for those who want personalized support and accountability, and all of these resources are available on my website: BrainoverBinge.com.

With my books, blog, podcast, course, and coaching, I aim to help binge eaters see that they are not diseased, broken, or flawed. Bulimia and binge eating disorder are simply primitive brain responses to restrictive dieting and/or the repeated overconsumption of highly stimulating foods, and these problems are completely correctable.

I teach people how to take back control from the primitive part of their brain and use their higher cognitive power to chart a path to recovery in the most efficient way possible. My goal is to make recovery attainable for anyone who wants to live free of binge eating.

Learn more at Brainoverbinge.com

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Customers find the book insightful, with one noting it provides a science-based approach to recovering from food addiction and binge eating. They appreciate its relatable and easy-to-understand style, and one customer mentions it's a must-read for those with serious binge eating issues. The book receives mixed feedback regarding its effectiveness, with some finding it powerful while others say conventional therapy didn't work for them. While customers find the content honest and moving beyond binging and bulimia, some find it repetitive, particularly in the final third. Customers report that urges become nearly impossible to resist.

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302 customers mention "Information quality"299 positive3 negative

Customers find the book insightful and empowering, with one customer describing it as a science-based approach to recovering from food addiction and binge eating.

"...become a more responsible inhabitant of my brain/mind & cultivate abiding inner awareness, which is my ultimate goal...." Read more

"...Despite this, the general advice given is very sound: If you have thoughts that are not good suggestions and that, if you follow them, will send you..." Read more

"...Although I found that the book was well written and presented several new ideas to the concept of eating disorders, my main problem is that it does..." Read more

"...Such a simple concept has allowed me to gain awareness and see my bulimia from a new perspective...." Read more

173 customers mention "Readability"163 positive10 negative

Customers find the book readable and well worth reading twice, with one customer noting it's particularly helpful for those with serious binge eating issues.

"Wonderful book. Applicable to far more than "bingeing." I'm a long-time student of meditation, mindfulness, transformation, etc...." Read more

"...be any long term benefits, but I just gotta tell you - it's weird, it's good, and I have hope for the first time in a very long time...." Read more

"...Great read, and highly recommended...." Read more

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107 customers mention "Ease of understanding"99 positive8 negative

Customers find the book easy to understand and relatable, with a detailed and well-written story that makes the author's method accessible.

"...It's helping me be more smooth & easy especially in my emotional responses. I'm generally a healthy person with a (very) healthy appetite...." Read more

"...Although I found that the book was well written and presented several new ideas to the concept of eating disorders, my main problem is that it does..." Read more

"...The first half was a time pass for me... it was like a nice story that I could relate to, and it kept my mind off of how sick I was feeling...." Read more

"...enough, but I personally found it far more attainable and just plain obvious...." Read more

19 customers mention "Authenticity"16 positive3 negative

Customers appreciate the authenticity of the book, finding it honest and informative, with one customer noting that the theories presented are very valid.

"...Her honesty and self-disclosure ring true. It also made me think through some of my attitudes about motivation and food and self-care...." Read more

"...Its facts added to the Truth! Now that I know how my brain functions, I can now find hope, strength and power in God's Word." Read more

"...I found her honesty refreshing and I truly recommend this book...." Read more

"There is some very sound, quality information in this book, and you will read this information over, and over, and over again...." Read more

17 customers mention "Bulimia prevention"17 positive0 negative

Customers find the book effective for bulimia prevention, helping them move beyond the disorder and feel more comfortable with their body, with one customer noting relief from muscle pain from sugar and wheat.

"...ago so I am by no means recovered, but I have surely seen a decrease in my binging, and a rather drastic change in the way I view my disordered..." Read more

"...No more muscle pain from sugar and wheat and no more weight gain from too many sweets...." Read more

"...In short, the tactics in this book worked for a short while and I felt FANTASTIC, but it never addressed the REAL cause of my binge eating, which..." Read more

"...Even with some recent stressors I have experienced I still don't feel like binging!..." Read more

26 customers mention "Effectiveness"15 positive11 negative

Customers have mixed experiences with the book's effectiveness, with some finding it powerful and effective, while others report it being not helpful and not working at all.

"...of this book over the rooftops because it is the ONLY thing that has worked for me...." Read more

"...and ability to look at her recovery from all angles, but it felt very redundant...." Read more

"...In short, the tactics in this book worked for a short while and I felt FANTASTIC, but it never addressed the REAL cause of my binge eating, which..." Read more

"...I enjoy the ideas but not as much the actual writing. It is VERY redundant. It could probably have been half as long...." Read more

40 customers mention "Repetition"4 positive36 negative

Customers find the book repetitive, particularly noting that the final third contains endless repetition.

"...The only critique I have is that as others here have said, it can be a little repetitive and unnecessarily long at certain points...." Read more

"...so many other glowing, five-star reviews -- is that the book is both needlessly repetitive and condescending...." Read more

"...Wish the book could have been reduced by half, too much repeated/ redundant information" Read more

"...relatable and familiar, I have to say the second half of the book is a bit repetitive, although still good...." Read more

15 customers mention "Triggering content"4 positive11 negative

Customers find the book's content triggering, with several noting that urges become nearly impossible to resist, and one customer mentioning that stories in the book were extremely triggering.

"...However when panic takes over, the urges become nearly impossible to resist and separating oneself from them becomes a pipe dream...." Read more

"...I have found that over the years, the urges are so infrequent - sort of like seeing a walking path that has been overgrown with moss, a very faint..." Read more

"...in moderation, reasonably indulge when I feel like it and stop when I'm full and satisfied...." Read more

"...Then, I began to lose perspective and acting on familiar urges again. If you find yourself in a similar scenario, don't lose hope...." Read more

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  • Field of Light
    5.0 out of 5 stars A breath of fresh air!
    Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2015
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    Wonderful book. Applicable to far more than "bingeing." I'm a long-time student of meditation, mindfulness, transformation, etc. This book really connected some important dots for me. It's helping me be more smooth & easy especially in my emotional responses. I'm generally a healthy person with a (very) healthy appetite. Fortunately I'm blessed with a high metabolism & a love of healthy food, but sometimes in the past I inhaled huge volumes & felt out of control. (I could eat an entire large watermelon, multiple apples, heads of cabbage/cauliflower/broccolli, a vat of lentils/buckwheat or enough meat/fish/eggs for an entire family in one sitting if hungry). As one of her workbook exercises pointed out, I didn't binge to cope with issues (whether known or unknown--though I have my share) or for pleasure (though I enjoy eating). It was a faulty "binge-created brain-wiring" problem--& yes, it's reversible. There have been times in the past (e.g. when I've been super-charged with a meaningful goal or conversely, injured or sick) in which my "unwieldy" appetite miraculously vanished. Wouldn't it be nice if that became the norm & food became a non-issue? Kathryn's book is one piece of that puzzle for me. Other current favorites are the books "Spark," (I love exercise & this explains why it's its own reward--regardless of food/weight considerations--"the most powerful drug available") & "The Willpower Instinct" & Yogani's AYP series including "Deep Meditation," "Samyama" & "Liberation." All are helping me become a more responsible inhabitant of my brain/mind & cultivate abiding inner awareness, which is my ultimate goal. I also love Marie Kondo's book on tidying up--benefited my life on all levels. It's funny how things appear when you're ready. I still have questions--for example, many believe that there's nothing more powerful for the body than intermittent fasting (medically, in terms of health, energy, mental clarity, etc.--reverses diseases, inflammation, mood imbalances, etc.) Yet I've had mixed results with my own attempts at it. I come to Kathryn's book with over 2 decades of very deliberate (if sometimes disordered) eating (from paleo, to very low carb, to keto, to intermittent fasting, to tracking everything, cleansing, keeping my metabolism guessing, marathoning, yoga, etc. etc.--many self experiments). It will be interesting to see how I respond to letting go of some of that. I seem to do best limiting "trigger" foods--I rarely eat carbs (including legumes, fruit, starchy vegetables etc.), almost never eat sugar (my mood & health are much better without them) & I don't foresee that changing. However I do think intermittent fasting could play a helpful role (in moderation)--especially with meditation, mindfulness & athletic performance. We'll see. It's all grist for the mill. Notes along the way. Good luck to you in your own journey & have fun with it. & Kathryn, thanks for sharing your insights in such a kind & empathic way! Much appreciation.
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  • Benjamin Stevens
    5.0 out of 5 stars Sound Advice of Biblical Proportions
    Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2019
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    As I was reading through Kathryn Hansen's book and her specific advice about separating one's true self from one's "animal brain," in order to ignore what the animal brain was saying and do what the true self wanted to do, I couldn't help but find very close similarities between her advice and very old advice that I had gotten, when I did my own weight loss journey several years ago. The main advice that she gives in her book, which I fully support, closely matches the Apostle Paul's advice, as given in the Bible:

    "What I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do. If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good. But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good. For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man. But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin." (Romans 7:15-25 NKJV)

    In this passage from the New Testament of the Bible, written almost 2,000 years ago, Paul reveals that who he is, as a human being, is comprised of two parts: the mind and the flesh. Paul clearly separates who HE really is - his true self, his mind - from his flesh, which keeps making him do things that he hates, that keeps him from being the man he really wants to be. He basically says that he doesn't understand what he keeps on doing, because HE - his true self, his mind - wants to serve the law of God, that is, wants to do good things that will make him the man of God he wants to be, but he instead keeps serving the law of sin, that is, he keeps doing bad things that he himself doesn't even want to do, that keep him from being the best man of God he can be. Nevertheless, Paul states that HE - who he truly is - is "the one who wills to do good," and he also clarifies this as "the mind," while that which is a part of him, which keeps making him do what he doesn't want to do, is called "sin," and this is inseparably linked to his "flesh." Thus, Paul acknowledges that every time HE does something that HE hates, it is not that his true self is agreeing with the bad action; rather, his true self is giving in to his sin nature, giving in to his flesh, which is urging him to do it. However, his true self - that is, his mind, or the one who wills/wants to do good - has the ability to serve the law of God, that is, to do what is right and what HE truly wants to do. Therefore, his true self is separate from, or disassociated with, his sin nature, his flesh, and so HE has the ability to go against what IT is urging him to do.

    After studying this passage and learning what Paul himself had learned almost 2,000 years before me, I realized that I could apply this truth to a goal that I wanted to accomplish, but which negative thoughts within me tried to keep me from accomplishing. I could choose to ignore the negative thoughts that went against what I - my true self - wanted to do, because those thoughts obviously were not coming from my true self, for they were completely against what my true self desired, so they had to be coming from my flesh, over which my true self could be master. At the time, I was about 50 pounds overweight. This did not result from any binge eating, just from regularly eating more calories a day than what my body needed to remain stable over a long period of time. Many times, I wanted to lose weight, but thoughts within me kept me from reducing my calories so that I could begin that journey, and I listened to those thoughts, because I thought they were "me." But after I understood what Paul was saying, I realized that I could separate my true self from those thoughts; I didn't have to agree with them, and I didn't even have to listen to them; I could just fully reject them and pursue what I, my true self, wanted to pursue. Once I figured this out, losing the weight was rather easy, and by keeping this mindset, the weight stays off.

    All of this is very similar to the advice that Kathryn gives in her book. "The mind" that Paul speaks of closely resembles the "higher brain" that Kathryn speaks of; although, I must disagree with Kathryn, who believes the "higher brain" is the true self, for I agree with Paul that the mind is completely distinct from our flesh, which includes our entire brain. "The flesh" that Paul speaks of closely resembles the "lower brain" or "animal brain" that Kathryn speaks of, which sometimes gives us bad suggestions that we should not follow and must choose to reject. Once again, though, the lower brain does not equal the flesh. Despite this, the general advice given is very sound: If you have thoughts that are not good suggestions and that, if you follow them, will send you down a destructive path, then understand that those thoughts are not the true you; reject them and give them no place in your contemplation, and instead pursue the healthy choices that the real you wants to make. Because Kathryn's advice closely matches the Biblical advice, I recommend this book, especially for anyone who might not want to listen to the language of the Biblical advice.

    The main reason why I got this book is actually for the woman whom I love, who is trapped in a cycle of binge eating. As I said before, I myself have never fallen into binge eating, so I already know from past conversations that my woman will not listen to advice from me in this regard, not only because I'm a man, in which case she thinks I can't relate to her womanly emotional issues, but also because I never went so far in my unhealthy eating as to binge eat, so she thinks I can't give advice in that area either. Kathryn's book, therefore, comes as a godsend. Not only is it from a woman, who can better understand my woman's emotional struggles, but it comes from a woman who fell very far into binge eating, as my woman also has. I am hoping and praying that my woman will listen to and follow Kathryn's advice, as I agree that it can work, since I know my woman wants to change her destructive eating habits. When I talk to my woman in the future about this issue again, I am thankful that I can now cite Kathryn's advice, so that I can say it's all coming from someone who has been there with her, and it's not coming from me. Before reading Kathryn's book, I did wonder if maybe this kind of mind-training would work for me, but not for a much more unhealthy person. I myself did buy into the notion that some people have an illness with regard to eating, and so maybe they would need certain medical treatment above and beyond simply training the mind in this fashion. But now, after reading how far Kathryn had fallen into an eating disorder and how her very similar mind-training was all that was needed to cure her from it, I am no longer buying into the illness mindset attached to eating disorders.
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  • Eva Dahllof
    5.0 out of 5 stars The best book ever written how to take control of your binge
    Reviewed in Spain on February 26, 2014
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    This book opened my eyes that there is a way to control and be in the driving seat over any addiction. No need for counseller, specialists digging in your past asking WHY do you do this destruction to yourself. Here you learn and save your money to invest in a creative future and leaving your past digging up a reason for binging, which does not exist. It is all in your brain and its reaction to the addiction. Which reading this book you will understand its cause and take control yourself of your addictive voice and life a life free of past blaming and have a great happy, healthy future.......
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  • Magdalena
    5.0 out of 5 stars 4.7 stars
    Reviewed in Canada on January 20, 2019
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    I loved this book. It really gave a personal, in depth explanation as to why therapy hardly ever works. I suffered from bulimia and BED for many years and it gave me an inspiration of what I should do. Now I am looking for a more technical book for how to detach myself from these thoughts and not be so consumed by the thoughts of food...
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    5.0 out of 5 stars I wish I'd found this book 20 years ago! Still not too late.
    Reviewed in India on April 25, 2021
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    CBT did not work for my BED.
    Psychodynamic therapy did not work for my BED.
    I wanted to know how my BED began in the first place.
    This book answered my questions.
    I was holding myself back with 'it runs in the family, I need to sort a lot of things out first, I simply am not equipped to...'. This book shot down those theories and gave me the right mindset to begin working on BED.

    The book seems a tad repetitive in places, but that is because the author wants to make sure the pathways for each thought process is completely explored and wants to show how everything is connected.

    It may help you. It may not help you. Definitely worth a read.

    Did it work for me? I hope I can update with good news in a year from now. A double thumbs-up to the author.
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  • Juan Pablo Sanchez Gamboa
    5.0 out of 5 stars The book I needed to read long ago..
    Reviewed in Mexico on August 7, 2024
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    You may thought that the idea of a simple trick of mind is going to end your addiction is “too good to be true” so did I, until I end forever my binge eating the moment I red about that technique, these book was all I needed to end my addiction!
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  • Victor Hugo
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very empowering and straightforward
    Reviewed in Brazil on November 19, 2017
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    The author’s ability to portrait her journey battling ED is impressive. It felt really relatable especially because she choose to dive into the deeper emotions that you can go through with bulimia/binge eating without making any judgment of herself. Her honesty and tenacity is admirable and her method to overcome the urges to binge is very real and practical
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