The Paul Dermody Podcast

# 223 Shame

20 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

My No.1 bestselling book, FULL: THE EMPTINESS OF OVEREATING, is available here. You try to change, you fail, then you beat yourself up. It might be t...

# 222 Lessons From My 1:1 Coaching Clients

10 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

My No.1 bestselling book, FULL: THE EMPTINESS OF OVEREATING, is available here. My clients are intelligent, self-aware and hard-working people. They ...

# 221 Designing the Life I Actually Want at 36

02 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

My No.1 bestselling book, FULL: THE EMPTINESS OF OVEREATING, is available here. I turned 36 two days ago. I'm now closer to 40 than to 30. Instead of...

# 220 Client Masterclass on Motivation and Self-sabotage

24 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

My No.1 bestselling book, FULL: THE EMPTINESS OF OVEREATING, is available here. Let's break down a check-in from a client who is not tracking food, c...

# 219 Comfort Eating is Not What You Think It is

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

My No.1 bestselling book, FULL: THE EMPTINESS OF OVEREATING, is available here. Grab your 20% discount for the EMOTIONAL EATING [UN]PROGRAMME here. C...

# 218 8 Things I'm Pretty Certain of

12 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

My No.1 bestselling book, FULL: THE EMPTINESS OF OVEREATING, is available here. 8 things I've been thinking about lately, including why your wants ar...

#217 Self-compassion and Dieting

05 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

My UK and Ireland No.1 bestselling book, FULL: THE EMPTINESS OF OVEREATING, is available here. In this episode, we explore how self-compassion change...

#216 9 Psychological Ideas That Shape Our Relationship With Food, Fitness, and Ourselves

27 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

My UK and Ireland bestselling book, FULL: THE EMPTINESS OF OVEREATING, is available here. This podcast explores nine psychological concepts that shap...

#215 How My Coaching Actually Works

21 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

My UK and Ireland bestselling book, FULL: THE EMPTINESS OF OVEREATING, is available here. This episode is about my 1-1 coaching service, how it works...

# 214 How Male Coaches Help Female Clients

11 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

My new book, FULL: THE EMPTINESS OF OVEREATING, is available here. I recently received an anonymous message that deeply moved me. In it, someone shar...

#213 How to See Past Limiting Beliefs

06 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

My new book, FULL: THE EMPTINESS OF OVEREATING, is available here. This episode explores how limiting beliefs narrow options. From the false choice ...

# 212 The Easy Way to Become Unstuck

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Enjoy this very short and powerful first step to becoming unstuck. It's so much simpler than you might think. My new book, FULL: THE EMPTINESS OF OV...

#211 Out Now: No.1 Bestseller Full: The Emptiness of Overeating (Full First Chapter Here)

25 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This is a full chapter of my debut book, FULL. Learn about an innocuous moment on a bus that changed me profoundly. You can buy it using the foll...

# 210 Key Mindset Shifts From My New Book: Full

20 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Six of the twenty-one key ideas from my upcoming book: Full The Emptiness of Overeating. A kinder, Calmer Way to Weight Loss To book a one-hour per...

# 209 How to Stop Emotional Eating, Overeating, or Any Recurring Problem

22 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dive into the pattern that shows up whenever you're stuck in cycles of overeating or emotional eating. If you want a transformational insight to hel...

# 208 Client Maria - From Fat Loss to Therapist: A Journey of Transformation

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

# 208  If you believe you're lazy, a failure, or unable, this might point you to the root of your troubles. If your inner critic drives change, it...

# 207 You ARE Motivated. I Promise. Let Me Show You How

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Give me 20 minutes to show you that you're motivated. We think of weight loss as discipline and willpower. But every action (every skipped workout, ...

# 206 Your Obsession With Weight Loss is Killing Your Weight Loss

04 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Paul provides a guide to change that challenges most of the notions you'll commonly hear about: •Why discipline doesn't work •...

BUSINESS 6 - Precision PT on Optimism, Values, Success, Branding and Storytelling

18 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join me and one of my wonderful mentor clients - Kyle, the founder of Precision PT - as we discuss all things business, values, perspective, optimis...

Emotional Eating Breakthrough (Early Bird Discount)

09 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join the upcoming Emotional Eating Breakthrough on May, 26. Reduce behaviours that feel like binge eating, emotional eating and overeating with indust...

BUSINESS 5 Coaching Beyond Calories – Getting the Best Out of Clients

11 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There's more to you than being a glorified calorie calculator, right? Let's explore three ways to be a far more effective coach that goes beyond num...

# 205 When One Partner Changes and the Other Doesn't

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How do you navigate when one partner wants to change and the other doesn't? How do you identify it? How do you commuincate what you really feel? How...

# 204 Panic in a Supermarket

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Recently, I met a lady in a supermarket who all but admitted she was going home to overeat uncontrollably on chocolate. Here's what I learned. To bo...

# 203 21 Tiny Reminders That Will Hugely Improve Your Relationship With Food

25 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

People often over look simplicity because complexity is alluring. Here are 21 small but significant things you can do immediately to improve your re...

BUSINESS 4 Dealing With Clients Ghosting and Client Drop-Offs

21 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Do you feel anxious about losing clients? Do clients ghost you or fail to comply? Let's deep-dive into the kind of clients your marketing attracts a...

# 202 Genetics vs Personal Responsibility With Weight Loss

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Question from a follower;  "In terms of body size/weight, where is the line between personal responsibility and genetics? For years I stayed at a...

# 201 Trusting Yourself After Yoyo Dieting

12 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why do some of us not trust ourselves when it comes to eating? We want independence, but sometimes it feels threatening. In my experience, it comes ...

BUSINESS 3 Questions to Ask to Stand Out Confidently in a Noisy World

28 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Cliches are important to revisit because we forget why they're so powerful. Answer these cliched questions. What is success? Your business values? Y...

# 200 Q&A Deep and Personal Client Stories, Forgiveness and Weight Loss, Calorie Counting and Overeating and More

26 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Q&A - Is calorie counting causing binge eating? Is forgiveness part of a weight loss journey? Do clients open up in surprising ways? And more. To b...

# 199 How to Eat When You Don't Know What to Eat

18 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Eating "normally" without diet rules might feel impossible when you've dieted for years. This advice is for you if you want to learn to make calm, f...

BUSINESS 2 How to Get and Maintain Wonderful Clients

14 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Every coach knows getting clients is the oxygen of business. But so many mentors encourage you to sell your soul to make the sale. Instead, I share ...

# 198 10 Learning Moments

12 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Our mistakes leave opportunities for growth, wisdom, and new perspectives. Here are ten common learning moments to prevent one slip, mistake, or bin...

BUSINESS 1 About Me, Business Success and Mentoring

07 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to this new podcast series. Who knows where this will go? I've been mentoring businesses for 18 months and have seen the good, the bad and t...

# 197 How to Get Through Difficult Times

05 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone knows tough times happen. But some of us are better than others at dealing with them. Here are three reminders to help you navigate tough t...

# 196 Values vs Willpower for When Weight Loss Feels Overwhelming

21 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You can live your values right now, regardless of your body size. Values are not about moving toward an arbitrary finish line. They're a way of life...

# 195 11 Emotional Blocks When Healing Your Relationship With Food

25 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ever feel like you're stuck? Like you'll never crack this? The problem is seldom calories and food. Maybe it's feeling inferior to self-righteous in...

# 194 21 Lessons My Clients Have Taught Me

21 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

21 short lessons regarding human nature, melancholy and sadness, self-image, the problem with goal-setting and so much more. To book a one-hour pers...

# 193 Unconditional Permission to Eat?

13 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you want to make peace with food, you'll probably need certain conditions. Since choices carry consequences, the real question becomes, "What condi...

# 192 A Few Thoughts Heading Into September

05 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A few thoughts on improving your relationship with food during the last part of the year. This episode highlights one common mistake to avoid that s...

# 191 Food Guilt, Yoyo Dieting and Humour With Client Craig

20 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Client Craig shares his insight on changing how to relate to hard times, accepting struggles and stress, food guilt, yoyo dieting, core beliefs, the...

# 190 4 Turning Points in My Own Binge Eating

16 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We are often told of success stories as a moment of enlightened clarity. But they're more messy than that. Here are four turning points in my own hi...

# 189 Listen to This BEFORE You "Panic" Count Calories

09 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you press the f**k it button and eat way too much, counting calories can seem like the only option. People often feel their only options are trac...

# 188 How to Say No to Food WITHOUT Feeling Deprived

06 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

True freedom with eating involves meeting different needs at different times. Learn to make the right decision for the right context. If restriction...

# 187 A New Normal

31 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode discusses identity, insecurity, cravings, urges and certainty - and how they influence how we behave in the world. If you want new res...

# 186 Limiting Beliefs

22 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The world supplies situations. Food supplies experiences. Other people supply words. We, as humans, supply the meaning. Our beliefs about ourselves...

# 185 Redefining Restriction

16 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We know the harm of food-restrictive diets, but what about things that diets restrict us from doing? How does not nourishing ourselves restrict our ...

# 184 Breaking Binge Eating With Client Clara

09 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Imagine ending the binge-restrict cycle, healing your relationship with food, and more. My former coaching client and current mentee, Clara, experie...

# 183 I Have a Few Questions for You

04 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I have a few important eating (and life) questions to make you think and reflect. 15 to be precise.  To book a one-hour personalised click here. (ht...

# 182 "I Know What to Do. I Just Need to Do It" – I Call BS

26 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A calorie deficit equals fat loss, right? Not necessarily. A deficit will exaggerate your bad habits - especially those patterns you keep repeating. ...

# 181 Weight Loss Without Calorie Counting – Try My 4E Method

24 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Do you feel you overeat every time you try and lose weight? Does tracking calories stress you out? Try Paul's 4E method. This isn't a quick hack or a...

# 180 Why Maintenance Is More Important (and Harder) Than You Think

15 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Maintenance doesn't "feel" like a goal but it's a vital one to learn nonetheless. A calorie deficit won't fix your bad patterns. It will magnify them...

# 179 Worried About Pressing the F**k-It Button? This Is for You

14 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you are anxious about pressing the f**k-it button every time you eat a certain food, this prompt will help you break that pattern. It's a kind, ge...

# 178 How to NOT Break the Overeat-Restrict Cycle

11 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Paul discusses 14 ways to NOT break the overeat-restrict cycle. These are some of the common and significant roadblocks his clients ...

# 177 Simple Steps to Improve Your Relationship With Food

01 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Paul discusses a question he received on Ester weekend - "How do I not press the f**k it button this Easter?"  Waiting until Easter Sunday to ask th...

# 176 The Harder You Diet, the Worse It Gets – The Lengths You Go to Self-sabotage

28 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patterns of behaviour that once spared us embarrassment, shame or judgment might now be the source of our pain as adults. Secret eating once got us th...

# 175 One of My Ingenious Strategies for Long-term Success (If I Say So Myself)

21 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Most people rely on inner conflict to make eating choices. We want to shift organically into calm, controlled, self-assured decisions. So, let's talk...

# 174 Breaking the Overeat-Restrict Cycle – 4 Things You Need to Know

06 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

These are four important ideas that so often go overlooked. It is normal to stop eating your favourite foods whilst still wanting more. When people ...

# 173 Unpopular Opinions, Diet Culture, Enjoying Dieting and Other Walk-Thoughts

05 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There is a science to many eating behaviours, but there is also an art - and like art, it is subjective to each of us. Here are a few thoughts from m...

# 172 "What Do I Want From THIS Experience?"

01 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A simple question - what do I want to get from this experience?  Whether I'm eating for pleasure or nourishment, have overeaten or have not eaten at...

# 171 How I Stopped Binge Eating

09 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Paul goes through his history of binge eating - how it started, how he broke it and how he stayed out of it. Binge eating was, in pa...

# 170 What I'm Telling My Clients About Eating This Christmas

22 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

I'm going to share with you what I have been sharing with my clients recently and all year round. I don't want to encourage food fear, but I also know...

# 169 10 Important Eating Skills For Weight Loss

19 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

I recently spoke on a finance podcast and was asked where I got my investing knowledge. I don't have much. I have a huge interest in human behaviours ...

# 168 Some Things I'm Pretty Sure About

15 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Last week I told a client that it's impossible to lose weight and never feel hungry. So I decided to share a smattering of ideas I've found important ...

# 167 Client Barbara on How to Lose 60lbs

08 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Barbara shares her story on losing 60lbs, why she wouldn't have been in a place to hear this message years ago and why the generally positive "you can...

# 166 Break the yoyo diet cycle - 3 Incredibly Effective Strategies

10 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Yoyo dieting will never be fixed with more dieting. And yet, the desire to change your body is difficult to put aside. It's understandable. But how do...

# 165 Client Sarah on Losing 80 lbs

31 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Paul as he chats with his ex-client Sarah about her 80lb weight loss, her experience with medication for insulin resistance and the mindset of l...

# 164 Client Ger on Losing 200lbs.

24 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Paul and his client Ger as he shares how he has lost a stunning 200lbs. Expect to learn how his life has changed in the past four years, what di...

# 163 Client Conor -- No Longer Waiting To Be Happy Whilst Losing Life- Changing Weight

02 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Paul speaks to his client Conor who is on a mission to lose life-changing weight. Expect to hear about overcoming a life of diet-con...

# 162 Join Me in This Thought Experiment-- How Death Affects Our Choices

25 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Paul as he talks about how we can use death to increase awareness of how we spend precious moments of life. The transient nature of life makes i...

#161 Personal Values and Weight Loss

20 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Your personal values are the driver of your nutrition decisions. They help you make the right decision for the right context. Diet conditioning reduc...

#160 James Sexton-- A Divorce Lawyer's guide to staying together

12 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In today's episode, Paul chats with James Sexton, New York Divorce Lawyer and Author about what not to do in a successful relationship. This is off th...

#159 What I unlearned in 2022

02 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Paul chats about lessons, reflections, and what he has unlearned over the last year. Some of the points discussed are.. Strangely, d...

#158 Are there REALLY no good and bad foods?

24 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Paul goes through the context needed when you hear statements that sound like they make sense. But what are we missing when we accept...

# 157 Malone Financial-- Building Wealth, Investing, Psychology of Money

12 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Paul chats with Dan Malone about finances, how to change your behaviour around money, how to build wealth and why most people in our ...

#156 Q&A - Money, binge eating, love and more

26 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Paul responds to 80 questions that were sent in via Instagram. The topics are varied going from binge eating to money mindset to love ...

#155 Derek Sivers

16 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In today's episode, Paul chats with Derek Sivers. Derek is a writer, entrepreneur & musician.  Derek started CD baby in 1997 which he went on to sell...

# 154 Cesar the Spanish Language Coach

20 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In today's episode, Paul chats with Cesar Rodriguez also known online as Spanish Language Coach. Cesar has a podcast with millions of downloads and bl...

#153 Dr David Robert Grimes

19 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In today's podcast Paul speaks with Dr. David Robert Grimes. David is a Cancer researcher, physicist and author of one of Paul's favourite books 'The ...

#152 How nostalgia fools you in this cruel way

11 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In today's podcast Paul speaks about a moment with one of his clients when they showed him a picture of how they had looked two years prior. "I'd love...

#151 5 Powerful Mindset Shifts To Change How You See Fatloss That Have Nothing To Do With Calories

04 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In today's episode, Paul expands on five powerful mindset shifts to enhance how you (choose not to) approach fat-loss that have nothing to do with cal...

#150 Why We Eat Too Much

11 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In today's episode, Paul expands on a recent blog article he wrote about why we eat too much. When we hear that 'Diets Fail' it often speaks to those ...

#149 Imposter Syndrome

06 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In today's solo episode Paul speaks about Imposter Syndrome and the effect it can have on us. Points touched on in this episode are.. Why do we doubt...

#148 I lost 40lbs whilst breaking the diet cycle-Client Rebekka

16 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In today's episode Paul speaks with past client Rebekka who has lost and is currently maintainingher 40 pound weight loss. In this episode they speak ...

#147 The Tin Men

04 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join Paul this week as he speaks with George from The Tin Men about many soceital issues today that are not often discussed yet significantly impact m...

#146 I lost 100lbs and I'm MAINTAINING- Client Tommy

10 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In today's episode Paul speaks with current client Tommy who has lost and is currently maintaining his 100 pound weight loss. In this episode we speak...

#145 What Is Sustainability?

21 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In today's episode Paul talks about diet sustainability centering around the idea of breaking the diet cycle and. It features a few core ideas like .....

#144 The Diet Cycle

07 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Paul talks about some of the topics of his upcoming seminar on March 12th . Tickets are still available here.  In this episode he goe...

#143 The Power of Beliefs

21 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Paul talks about the power of beliefs and how unsolved obstacles will resurface every single time unless we change the belief around ...

#142 Dr.Gabrielle Fundaro, Vitamin PHD

08 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Paul chats with Dr Gabrielle Fundaro about , Intentional weight-loss--its potential benefits and risks. HAES Intuitive eating Compass...

#141 Why I lost 10 pounds in 4 weeks.....

03 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

And why I fell short of my target. In this episode, Paul talks about the thought process behind his recent attempt at rapid fat-loss. He goes through ...

#140 Dr Jake Linardon from Break Binge Eating

24 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join Paul as he speaks with Jake Linardon, PhD who is the founder of Break Binge Eating and a Research Fellow.  Jake's work involves better understa...

#139 Brian Keane

18 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join Paul as he speaks with close friend and fellow fitness professional Brian Keane. They speak about Brian's new book 'The Keane Edge' amongst a who...

#138 Food rules

13 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join Paul as he speaks about the illogical and often arbitrary pattern by which we follow food rules.  Find all the links for Paul's mailing list, ar...

#137 New Year Q&A

06 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join Paul as he answers questions from his Instagram sent in by followers. He delves into many topics including how his coaching philosophy has evolve...

# 136 "I Haven't Lost a Pound BUT I Feel Amazing"-- Kimo's Story

08 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join Paul as he chats with long-term client Kimo who has had to re-evaluate how she sees weight-loss in order to get the joy back in food and hit her ...

#135 Be The Fitness Influence Younger You Needed-- Caroline's Story

02 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join Paul for todays episode with former client and now full-time Personal Trainer Caroline (@coaching.with.caroline) Caroline's information/content c...

# 134 -- Beating Body Dismorphia with Anna Bodkin

22 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today Paul chats with former client Anna Bodkin (@thenutrigal) on how she overcame Body Dismorphia and how she managed to improve and sustain a great ...

# 133 "I lost 75lbs and want to stop counting calories"

10 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Todays episode of the podcast is brought to you by The Brian Keane Podcast   Join Paul for a genuine live call with an online client who has lost 75 ...

# 132 Thinking Traps

28 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Todays podcast is brought to you by The Brian Keane Podcast Brian is regularly featured #1 on i-tunes and has over 5 million downloads. Check out epis...

# 131 Reflections from Long-Term Client

14 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast is brought to you by The Brian Keane Podcast Check out his interview with Steve Griffin on losing 100lbs, his interview with Trisha Lewis...