About this episode

Dr. Vera Tarman interviews Dr. Glenn Livingston about his framework for overcoming binge eating and understanding cravings.

What if the voice urging you to binge isn't really you — and you could learn to talk back to it? This week, Dr. Vera Tarman sits down with psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Glenn Livingston, whose unconventional path from Fortune 500 food industry consultant to food compulsion researcher led him to develop one of the most distinctive frameworks in recovery: Never Binge Again . Glenn shares how his own 80-pound weight loss journey — and nearly 2,000 clients later — shaped a method built on structured food rules, cognitive refutation, and understanding the neuroscience of cravings extinction. In This Episode: Why Glenn left lucrative food industry work and what he saw from the inside about how hyperpalatable foods are engineered The "inner pig" framework — and why separating from the voice that drives bingeing is the foundation of his approach How his self-funded study of 40,000 people shaped his thinking (and why the results surprised him) The four food rule categories: Never, Always, Conditional, and Unrestricted Why 1 in 3 people genuinely need abstinence — and how to tell if you're one of them The extinction burst : why cravings often get worse before they disappear (and…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Vera Tarman

Guest: Dr. Glenn Livingston

Topics covered

• binge eating
• food addiction
• neuroscience
• weight loss
• self-regulation
• food rules

Keywords

• binge eating
• food compulsion
• cravings
• weight loss
• self-regulation
• food rules
• abstinence

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Never Binge Again

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