BEYOND THE BITE · BY MINDVIBES
Beyond The Bite
A gentle, evidence-informed programme for your relationship with food, with live support from a psychotherapist.
If food has become a source of comfort, control or constant mental chatter, you’re not broken, and you’re not alone. Beyond The Bite is a 16-week programme and supportive community for people who want to understand why they eat (or restrict) the way they do, and build a calmer, steadier relationship with food.
Created by Nicola McAdam, Integrative Psychotherapist, and the MindVibes team of nutritionists, health coaches and holistic practitioners.
Does this sound familiar?
You eat when you’re stressed, lonely, bored or overwhelmed, and feel guilty afterwards.
You swing between “being good” and “giving up”, with rules about what and when you’re allowed to eat.
You spend a lot of mental energy thinking about food, your body or what you “should” have done differently.
You’ve tried diets, apps or willpower, and the pattern keeps coming back.
You want support that feels warm and human, without having to wait months for it.
Emotional eating and food restriction can look like opposites. In practice they are often two expressions of the same underlying pattern: using food to manage how we feel. This programme works with that pattern, not just the behaviour on the surface.
What Beyond The Bite is (and isn’t)
What it is
Beyond The Bite is an educational and supportive programme. It draws on established, evidence-based approaches, including the principles of CBT-E (enhanced cognitive behavioural therapy for eating problems, developed by Professor Christopher Fairburn), combined with self-compassion, nervous system regulation and mindful, intuitive approaches, brought together as the MindVibes approach.
What it isn’t
It supplements therapy rather than replacing it. Additional therapeutic support is required, which we can provide separately. It is not suitable for people with very severe eating disorders who need psychiatric treatment.
How it works
01
Ten modules, released weekly
Your first module opens when you join, and a new one unlocks each week. Change around food comes from practising between sessions, not rushing through content, so the pace is deliberate.
02
Monthly group coaching with Nicola
A live group session with a psychotherapist to bring your questions, share what’s coming up and keep moving forward in a supportive space.
03
Weekly check-ins
A short prompt each week, tied to that week’s module, so what you learn turns into something you do.
04
A monthly live session with the MindVibes team
Breathwork, yoga and emotional regulation sessions, rotating each month, with recordings you can return to as the library grows.
05
A moderated community
A private space, moderated by Nicola and her team, for people who understand.
06
Optional 1:1 support
Members can book 1:1 therapeutic support with Nicola, priced separately from the programme.
Inside the programme
Beyond The Bite: Course Flow
Solid card = Built module
Dashed card = Coming soon module
Module 1
Welcome & Setting the Vision
Module 2
Eating on Purpose
Module 3
Food as Medicine
Coming soon
Module 4
Dietary Restraint
Coming soon
Module 5
Managing Thoughts & Feelings
Coming soon
Module 6
Emotional Regulation
Coming soon
Module 7
Body Image
Coming soon
Module 8
Building Unshakeable Self-Esteem
Coming soon
Module 9
Eating Intuitively & Mindfully
Coming soon
Module 10
Setting Yourself Up for Success
Coming soon
Module 1 sessions
1.1 Welcome
1.2 Not About Fixing
2 Your Two Futures
3 How Did I Get Here?
4 What Keeps Me Stuck
5 Readiness to Change
Community Prompt Post
Module 2 sessions
Session 1: What kind of eater am I?
Session 2: Planned Eating
Session 3: Why Diets Don’t Work
Session 4: Feared Foods
Beyond The Bite by MindVibes
On smaller screens, swipe across the course flow to see every module.
Each module includes short video lessons, a workbook with practical exercises, interactive tools and an out-of-session task.
The exercises draw on approaches with established research behind them, including CBT-E, self-compassion practices and compassion-focused therapy, and are designed to be practical and doable in real life.
Meet your guide
Nicola McAdam
Integrative Psychotherapist & Coach
Nicola is an Integrative Psychotherapist & Health Coach with experience in an NHS-commissioned eating disorder service. She brings therapeutic understanding and a warm, practical approach to the programme.
Alongside Nicola, you’ll meet MindVibes’ nutritionists, therapists, health coaches and holistic practitioners through live and recorded sessions.
Join the founding waitlist
Monthly membership
£49
per month when membership opens · Cancel anytime.
The full 16-week programme, including ten weekly modules, live sessions and six further weeks of support.
Payments open soon. Join the waitlist to be notified—no payment taken today.
Your membership includes ten modules, weekly check-ins, group coaching, monthly wellbeing sessions and the private community.