Welcome to the Brain Over Binge Podcast, where you learn a simple, brain-based approach to ending binge eating.

I'm so glad you've tuned in to the show.

For those of you who are new here, I'm Catherine Hansen, your host.

I'm the author of Brain Over Binge and the Brain Over Binge Recovery Guide.

And I'm here today to share some insights that I've had recently about what I teach in

Brain Over Binge and the Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins.

Now, if you're like me and listen to a lot of self-help podcast, you've likely heard of

the Let Them Theory.

Mel Robbins podcast, as I'm recording this, I think, is now the

number one podcast. And she just released a book called The Let Them Theory at the end of December.

And this is an amazing book, and I'm going to link it in the show description. As I heard about

this theory on her podcast and as I went through the book, there were so many things that came up

for me that I thought, oh, wow,

that could really apply to people trying to recover from binge eating or really any sort of

negative habit or addiction. And I got really excited about it and I actually reached out to

Mel Robbins team to see if she would be interested in having a conversation with me about it

on the Brain Over Vinge podcast.

And I wasn't really expecting a yes because, I mean, she was on Oprah recently, but it can't hurt

to try. And her team responded very, very kindly and thanked me for the offer, but declined.

And I really thought that these ideas need to get out there.

So, you know, even without Mel Robbins, I hope to do my best to share some of the insights I've had in some ways you could apply them in your own life.

The basic idea of the Let Them Theory is to basically stop trying to control other people,

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