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In this powerful and deeply human episode of Decoding Health, Dr. Urban Kiernan sits down with Dr. Kristina Dobyns, founder of Beyond Binge Eating — a groundbreaking integrative platform helping women break free from binge eating, food addiction, and the mind–body disconnect that fuels it.

Dr. Dobyns opens up about her 20+ year battle with binge eating disorder, trauma, addiction, dissociation, and the personal rock-bottom that led her into residential treatment. From losing her mother, to extreme weight cycling, to exploring psychedelic therapy that unexpectedly destabilized her even more, Kristina brings raw honesty to a subject most people never talk about out loud.

But this isn’t just a story of struggle — it’s a masterclass in neuroscience, somatic psychology, metabolic health, trauma recovery, nervous system regulation, and the hidden science behind food addiction.

She reveals:

🔥 Why binge eating is not a willpower problem

🔥 How dissociation drives unconscious eating behaviors

🔥 What ultra-processed foods do to the brain

🔥 Why food addiction needs to be recognized as a real diagnosis

🔥 The difference between substance-driven addiction and “volume eating”

🔥 How sensory strategies and somatic embodiment can finally break the cycle

🔥 Why trauma, neurodivergence, and diet history silently shape eating patterns

This episode is emotional, validating, and transformative — especially for anyone who has ever felt “possessed” by food, trapped in cycles they can’t explain, or dismissed by people who don’t understand what addiction really looks like.

If you or someone you love struggles with binge eating, emotional eating, or food addiction… this conversation might change everything.

Dr. Kristina Dobyns, PhD, MS, RSMT, NTP, is an integrative recovery expert and founder of Beyond Binge Eating, where she helps women heal from binge eating, food addiction, and compulsive eating. She holds a PhD in Somatic Psychology and a Master of Science in Exercise Science, and is a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist and Nutritional Therapy Practitioner specializing in ketogenic therapies for binge eating disorder and food addiction. Certified in Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention, Mindful Eating Awareness, and other embodiment practices, Dr. Dobyns is recognized as an innovator in integrative and embodied recovery, including pioneering sensory-based strategies for eating disorder recovery that reconnect the mind and body to create lasting freedom.

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