Bright Line Living™ - The Official Bright Line Eating Podcast

Bright Line Living™ - The Official Bright Line Eating Podcast

Hosted by: Susan Peirce Thompson

Welcome to Bright Line Living, the official Bright Line Eating Podcast channel. Created by Susan Peirce Thompson, Ph.D., a New York Times bestselling author and an expert in the psychology and neuroscience of eating,...

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Surrender to Win

We’re taught from early childhood that, whatever it is we’re hoping to gain, we need to fight hard for it. Fight to win. But in Bright Line Eating, we do the opposite: we surrender to win. This sounds...
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Addiction is Progressive

Today I want to talk about the notion that addiction is progressive. It’s a progressive, incurable, fatal disease. 63 percent of deaths worldwide are attributable to diet-related diseases. Most people don’t reach...
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A New Year's Resolution Benchmark

Today I want to talk about New Year’s resolutions. It’s likely you’ve set a food- or weight-related resolution in the past, and perhaps you are planning one for this year. But I want to talk about a specific benchmark...
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Come Alive!

*This special event has now ended. This is the last vlog of 2024. January 1 is coming, and that’s a time of year when many people think about losing weight, getting their act together, and turning over a new leaf. I...
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The Dawn of BLE's Second Decade

I usually don’t date vlogs, but this one is date-specific. This is the week we are officially ending our year-long celebration of our ten-year anniversary.  Bright Line Eating was conceived on January 26, 2014. That...
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Addicted to Chaos

January 1 is coming up, and we’ll be launching a new Boot Camp cohort at the beginning of the month. At the end of this vlog, I’ll tell you about the scholarships we’ll be offering. I’ve been thinking about you and...
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Why We Stay Bright

I’m five years from my last slip with sugar and flour and eating outside of mealtimes, and two and a half years into being 100 percent immaculately Bright. I’ve been doing this for 21 years, with good and bad times,...
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Post-Event Collapse Syndrome (PECS)

You work hard to remain Bright on holidays, but there’s another pitfall you may need to address the day after: post-event collapse syndrome, or PECS. PECS occurs after holidays, when you may have let your guard down....
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Pre-Holiday Insanity

We’re coming up on the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States of America. For information on negotiating the day itself, check our vlog archive. Go to www.BrightLineEating.Com and click on the “vlog” link in the...
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Doing BLE When You Have Young Kids

I was on the Accountability Call on Sunday morning, and a woman needed support. She’s the mother of two small children, and she’s not staying Bright. She’s had success with Bright Line Eating, but is currently...
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The Morning After Election Day

We had an election last night in the U.S., where I live. I suspect that no matter where you live, you know about it. I’m not going to talk about the specifics, for many reasons, one of which is that I’m recording this...
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When They Won't Take Your "NO"

The holidays are coming, and with them come a great deal of socializing—often around food. It can be daunting. But what’s the worst that can happen?  I have three stories for you about times when the worst did...
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