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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The Meaning of Life

Today is my birthday, and in the months leading up to turning 52 I started seriously asking one of the biggest questions any of us can: What is the meaning of life? In this week’s vlog, I share the journey I took and...
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Emotional Eating vs. Addictive Eating

Why do we reach for food when we don't intend to? Sometimes the answer is emotion. Sometimes it's addiction. Often, it's both. In this week's vlog, I explore the important differences between emotional eating and...
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Do Weight-Loss Drugs Treat Sugar Addiction?

GLP-1 medications may quiet cravings and reduce compulsive eating, but do they actually treat sugar addiction? In this week’s vlog, I explore what the science says about dopamine, food noise, and whether lasting...
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Interview with Dixie L. King

This week's vlog is an interview that begins as a weight-loss success story and ends as something much deeper. Dixie King's journey offers powerful insights about gratitude, connection, healing, and the realization...
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Bright Line Eating and Lipedema

In this week's vlog, I'm exploring a condition that wasn't on my radar until recently: lipedema. It's estimated to affect millions of women, yet many people have never heard of it. What I've learned has completely...
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How to Pass the Glucose Tolerance Test Without Drinking Sugar

What happens when a medical situation seems to collide with your Bright Lines? In this week’s vlog, I share a personal story from my own pregnancies, and the option that my doctor and I settled on that allowed me to...
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Get Aligned

What if the key to long-term success with your Bright Line Eating program isn’t perfection—but alignment? This week, I’m exploring a concept that changed the way I think about identity, personalization, and what it...
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Interview with Dr. Izabella Wentz

Most people think IBS is something you just have to manage—but what if that’s not the full story? In this week’s vlog, I sat down with Dr. Izabella Wentz to explore the root causes of IBS and how gut health connects...
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The Family Resemblance of Addiction

What if addiction isn’t as simple as we think it is? In this week’s vlog, I explore a question that came up in a recent conversation with a Bright Lifer—one that led to a deeper look at the difference between...
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Overcoming the Barriers to Weight-Loss Maintenance

Many people think weight loss is about food and willpower, but that’s not the whole story. In this week’s vlog, I talk about two deeper forces that can quietly keep you stuck. If you’ve ever found yourself regaining...
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5 Myths of Weight-Loss Maintenance

Learn more about Maintain and order your copy at JoinTheMaintenanceMovement.com Many people think that losing weight is the hard part, and that maintenance will take care of itself. But that belief is one of the...
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The 14-Day Challenge is Back!

Click here to start the 14-Day Challenge today!  I talk to so many people who want to change—but are afraid to try again. If that’s you, I want you to know you’re not alone. The 14-Day Challenge is back, and it’s...
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