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We unveil Delay the Binge, a rebrand rooted in listening to our stories and yours. We explain how a purposeful pause between urge and action helps us move beyond willpower and shame across food, work, and people-pleasing.
• the shift from Plus One to Delay the Binge
• the pause as the small, doable step
• why willpower fails and shame keeps you stuck
• the many forms of binge behavior beyond food
• practical ways to pause when the urge hits
• how stories and participation reduce shame
• what to expect from teaching, stories, and conversations
• the invitation to share lived experience
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Storytelling that transforms. Healing that lasts.
From bestselling author Pam Dwyer (PJ Hamilton).
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Episode Transcript
Hey there! You know there is a way to get through
life, and especially the hardseasons of life, without
overeating, overworking, or overpleasing, and it's not willpower
and it's not discipline, andit's definitely not shame.
It's called Delay the Binge, andin this podcast, I'll show you
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how one small pause can changeeverything.
And if you followed my work fora while, you might notice
something new.
This podcast has a new name.
Instead of the Plus One TheoryPodcast, we've changed it to
Delay the Binge Podcast.
And I want to tell you why.
Because this change didn't comefrom marketing, it came from
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listening.
Listening to my own story and toyours.
For years, my work has beenrooted in the plus one theory.
The idea that when things arehard, when you're tired, when
you want to quit, you don't haveto do everything.
You just do one more small thingthat moves you forward.
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And yes, I've been living theplus one since eighth grade,
which honestly explains a lot.
I didn't have language for itback then, but I was already
learning how to survive hardthings one small step at a time.
Sometimes that step looked braveand sometimes it looked messy,
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and sometimes it looked likejust not giving up today.
That's the plus one.
Here's what I've realized overtime.
Most people don't strugglebecause they don't know what to
do.
They struggle because they'reexhausted and reacting to pain
they haven't had space tounderstand yet.
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And so that's where delay thebinge was born.
And here's the connection.
The pause, the delay is the plusone.
It's the moment between urge andaction.
Between I can't do this anymore,and what do I actually need
right now?
This isn't just about food.
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It's about overworking,overgiving, overthinking,
over-functioning, over-pleasing.
Different behaviors.
Which one are you?
Maybe you're two of them.
Maybe you're all of them.
But it still has the same root.
Pain without a pause.
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That's what it is.
Delay the binge gives you thatpause, the purposeful pause.
Not to judge yourself, but tounderstand what's really going
on and choose something thatactually serves you.
So what are you going to getfrom this podcast anyway?
Well, on this podcast, we talkabout why willpower doesn't
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work, why shame keeps you stuck,and what's really underneath
binge behaviors, how to pause inthe moment the urge hits, and
how small, compassionate shiftscreate real, lasting change.
Some episodes will teach, somewill tell stories, and some will
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be conversations that feel likeyou're sitting right there with
us.
All of them are rooted inhonesty, compassion, and lived
experience.
Which is why participationmatters a lot.
This podcast was never meant tobe just me talking at you.
It's meant to be with you.
Because healing happens whensomeone hears a story and they
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say, wait, that sounds like me.
That's why we invite listenersto participate.
Not to be fixed or judged, butto be seen.
Your story matters, even if itfeels ordinary to you.
So how do you involve yourself?
Well, if you want to beconsidered for a future episode,
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share what you're navigating, orlearn more about Delay the
Binge, you can sign up on ouremail list at delaythebinge.com.
The plus one taught me how tokeep going.
Delay the binge teaches us howto pause with purpose.
You're not broken.
You're becoming one pause at atime.
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Stay tuned for our actualofficial launch date.
I do know it's in January.
Sign up on that email listy'all.
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