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​I remember the very slow realization as I started to embody my binges that food was never going to give me what I was looking for. 

It felt crushing to face. 

I'd been utilizing food as a way to try to help myself feel better, safer, more grounded and I felt so much grief that this strategy was never going to work.

Over the years in private practice, I noticed almost every single person I worked with experience this moment of deep grief. 

I now have a term for this called Food Grief. Food recovery is a process of saying goodbye to strategies that worked as a child and no longer work now as an adult.

Grieving any food coping mechanism is feeling the body unlearning an old survival pattern. Food Grief is your body reorienting to the present and that you no longer need to protect yourself like you did in the past.

In this week's episode, I chat with Syanna Wand, Certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and founder of Interpersonal Embodied Healing about: 

• Understanding grief in healing
• The somatic concept of armoring
• Navigating grief and relief
• The importance of resourcing yourself
• Building capacity to be with your emotions
• Generational grief
• Embracing grief and creating a relationship with it

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/grief-is-crucial-for-trauma-recovery

Reminder that my Somatic Eating® Intensive is on sale for 30% off until Tuesday, December 2nd. 

​Purchase with the coupon code SEI30! https://www.stephaniemara.com/learn#courses

With Compassion and Empathy, 

Stephanie Mara Fox

Keep in touch with Syanna: 

Website: www.syannawand.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/syannawand/
Email: sy@syannawand.com

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I'm currently visiting family in Connecticut where I grew up. I was here until I went off to college and then I moved back for about a year before I moved west to go to graduate school. 

Connecticut has been a witness to every stage of my food recovery. From the beginnings of starting to choose food to self soothe, my diet culture years, stuck in the binge-restrict cyle, a short stint into orthorexia and over exercising, and now in full recovery. 

My body remembers where and what I used to binge on, but I have no nervous system activation that tells me to do these food behaviors again. 

This is what can occur in familiar binge or restrict environments.

Your body time travels to the past and recalls what you used to do with food in specific environments and, like a moth to a flame, you're drawn to the same food behavior. 

In this week's episode, I chat about: 

• What happens in your body when you're in your familiar binge eating environments 
• Why you find yourself binge eating at the same time of the day 
• The somatic practice you can start to update your body's memory

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/how-your-body-remembers-the-environments-where-youve-binged

The Somatic Eating® Intensive is on sale for 30% off until Tuesday, December 2nd. 

In the intensive, you receive a 2.5 hour class that includes the groundwork resources of Somatic Eating®, a Somatic Eating® experience to practice your new skills, and a week of Voxer support with me. 

At $251 that is only $36 a day for the 1:1 support, plus you get the 2.5 hour class. 

Sign up here: https://satiated.mykajabi.com/offers/hLtWwyLY?coupon_code=SEI30

Hope you're having a satiating weekend and talk to you more soon!

With Compassion and Empathy, 

Stephanie Mara Fox

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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

At twenty-one, when traveling abroad, I was so nervous about what to eat and eating around others that I did not nourish myself well. I flew home on an 8 hour flight with a fever of 103. 

Talking about regulating your nervous system and eating to support your body during travel and vacations is now one of my favorite things to share. 

So, I knew in this body image series that I wanted to bring someone on to chat about navigating food and body image during vacation.

In this week's episode, I chat with Dr. Rachel Evans, Psychologist, Hypnotherapist, and Bulimia Recovery Specialist, about: 

• Food anxiety on vacations
• Body image concerns and social judgments while on a vacation
• Navigating diet culture and post holiday transition
• Practical tips to try out on your next vacation

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: www.stephaniemara.com/blog/vacations-and-overcoming-body-image-anxiety

As a reminder, my Befriending Your Body Image Challenges Workshop is on Wednesday, August 27th at 5:00 pm ET. You can sign up ​HERE​. 

With Compassion and Empathy, 

Stephanie Mara Fox

Keep in touch with Rachel: 

Website: https://eatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachel.evans.phd/⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rachel.evans.phd

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-evans-85504498/

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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

There are many many approaches to navigating a harsh internal critic. With myself and those I work with, I like to teach to see it as a part of you that is saying such cruel things because it's trying to get your attention. Often even negative attention is still attention. 

Once you've heard this part out, then you can explore what it needs, how it's feeling, and how it wants to be met. And sometimes, this part needs support remembering that it can take breaks and have some fun. 

In this week’s episode, I chat with Sacred Walker, mental health coach, mind body health expert, executive confidence coach, and founder of Limitless Leaders Mastermind, about building up your self care resources, putting your inner critic on a vacation, and how to turn your vices into victories. 

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode  here: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/put-your-inner-critic-on-a-vacation

Whether you're working on your internalized mother to mother yourself, or a mom to a person, plant, or fur friend, with mother's day coming up, you deserve further support in your relationship with your food and body. I'm putting my Intro to Somatic Eating® mini course back on sale for 50% off until midnight on Tuesday 5/16. You can learn more  HERE (https://satiated.mykajabi.com/offers/L2B45adz)  and if you have any questions, email me at support@stephaniemara.com anytime!

With Compassion and Empathy, 
Stephanie Mara Fox

Keep in touch with Sacred here:

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Website: https://sacred-walker.mykajabi.com

Contact: sacred@sacredwalker.net

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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

I have so so many memories around clothing store fitting rooms. The most interesting thing to do where I grew up in Connecticut was often to go to the mall with friends. Laughing, crying, and feeling stuck on the floor in despair all occurred within the walls of a fitting room. 

We learn that clothes have meaning from a young age. The size we can fit into becomes symbolic for how we "fit" into society. When your clothes stopping fitting you, it can feel like so much more than just needing to get new clothes. It can spark stress, anxiety, panic, fear, and worry. 

This conversation has come up a lot lately with those I work with around what do you do when your clothes no longer fit and you feel overwhelmed and even start to feel drawn to going back on a diet.

So, in this week’s episode, I explore 4 somatic practices you can explore when you're in that moment when you're trying on clothes and they don't fit. These practices can support you in feeling safe after the threatening experience you've had with clothes.

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode  here: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/my-clothes-no-longer-fit-and-im-freaking-out-what-do-i-do

With time and practice, you can learn to regulate your nervous system and feel more at ease in your own skin, regardless of your clothing size.

With Compassion and Empathy, 
Stephanie Mara Fox

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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

I've had many nights where I was at the gym at 11:00 pm or early mornings where I was at the gym by 5:00 am. My overexercising started in high school and ramped up through college. 

After a binge eating experience was unsuccessful at supporting me in feeling regulated, I would head off to the gym and walk and walk and walk. Sweaty and exhausted, I would either get ready for class or just head straight to bed and go to sleep. 

A compensatory behavior is something you might feel the impulse to do after eating a certain food or amount of food. These behaviors are trying to support you in navigating feelings of shame, anxiety, guilt, and lack of safety. Additionally, if there is fear around your body shape and weight changing, then the compensatory behavior is also trying to help you feel in control of your body. 

In this week’s episode, I talk about what are compensatory behaviors, what factors influence these kinds of patterns, and three somatic acts to upregulate or downregulate when you feel the urge to engage in a compensatory behavior.

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode  here: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/overcoming-compensatory-food-and-body-behaviors

Diet culture heavily normalizes a lot of these behaviors so if you listened to this and never realized this is what you were doing, you're not alone and you were doing the best you could with the awareness you've had throughout your life trying to support yourself in feeling safe. 

With Compassion and Empathy, 
Stephanie Mara Fox

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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

I have a very special guest with me today on the podcast. 

A little backstory first, I was chatting with a previous guest on the podcast a few months ago about my brother in law, who is a farmer and consultant to companies with natural climate solutions. He is passionate about teaching others on soil, food and the health of our environment. 

After mentioning what he does, this guest said, "Wow, I'd love to hear more from him." So I reached out to Jacob and was like, you've got to come on my podcast. 

I know I talk a lot here about the emotional aspects of our relationship with food and why we may eat to self soothe. And a part of healing your relationship with food can also be falling back in love with the nourishing qualities of food and feeling empowered, that you get to choose what food you satiate your body with.

In this week’s episode, I chat with Jacob Fox, farmer and consultant to companies with natural climate solutions, about healing your relationship with food through connecting with your local farmers and farmers markets, why choosing local food makes a difference, and questions to ask your local farmers.

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode  here: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/getting-to-know-your-local-farmers

I talk about creating your Satiated Plate in the Somatic Eating® Program. There are 5 more days to sign up! We start on Thursday April 20th. You can learn more and sign up today  here: https://www.somaticeating.com/

With Compassion and Empathy, 
Stephanie Mara Fox

Keep in touch with Jacob here:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fox.ranch/

Resources from this episode: 

Kiss the Ground 

Dirt: The Erosion of Civilization

Savory Institute

The Bionutrient Food Association

Joel Salatin

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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

The first time I went to therapy I was a senior in high school. I'm incredibly grateful that my first therapeutic experience was deeply beneficial and I worked with someone that was a great match for me at the time. 

At the end of our work together, she gave me a journal. Inside she wrote a note that said: 

For Stephanie: To keep track of all your thoughts, dreams, wishes, fears, loves and disappointments. They are all precious and uniquely yours! With best wishes as you start your new adventure.

I get a little teary eyed reading this so many years later. I journaled every single day for 4 years after that. I began a love of journaling and that there was a space I could go where I didn't have to filter or sensor myself. Where I could be entirely myself with no judgment, shame, or guilt for what I was thinking, feeling, or experiencing. 

So when I discovered that there was someone out there who was doing Somatic Journaling, I had to talk to them more to hear about their work. 

In this week’s episode, I talk with Jennifer Arnspiger, Somatic Writing Coach and author of the memoir Dark Pretty, about what happens in a Somatic Writing session, coming to terms with being a highly sensitive person, how journaling can support with trauma healing, and how to work with resistance.

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode  here: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/somatic-journaling-and-giving-your-body

If journaling is not your cup of tea, that's alright! Find somewhere that you can feel completely free to be yourself. That could be through art, nature, dancing, or doing anything that taps you into your creativity and gives you space to express you. 

With Compassion and Empathy, 
Stephanie Mara Fox

Keep in touch with Jennifer here:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/highlysensitivehealing/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/highlysensitivehealing 

Website: https://jenniferarnspiger.com 

Body Story Journaling Course: https://jenniferarnspiger.com/bodystorycourse

Contact: hello@jenniferarnspiger.com

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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

In my early 20's, I went on a journey to heal my gut. After years of being in pain, I got a colonoscopy and endoscopy completed to check to make sure I didn't have a digestive disorder. 

The only thing the doctor prescribed me with at the time was IBS or Irritable Bowel Syndrome and told me to watch my triggers and that was it. I felt frustrated and confused. And so I dove into everything I could learn about the gut. 

Now, I know many of you have heard me talk about how it's often not about food yet rather the state you're eating food in that affects how food is digested and assimilated. AND, I have a very sensitive digestive tract. I discovered along the way that there were some foods that absolutely did not work with my body and left me feeling pain, bloated, mentally foggy, digestively uneasy, and drastically affected my bowel movements.

If you're someone who has some kind of medical food guidance AND you're trying to heal your relationship with food to experience food as safe, this can be difficult to navigate. Having been on this exploration myself and supported others when they discover a food does not resonate with their body or needs to be taken out to support the body with a particular symptom, I wanted to offer some support if you find yourself on a similar path.

In this week’s episode, I share four somatic approaches to food when you need to take certain foods out of your daily eating for medical or body listening purposes. You will learn about Boundary Mentality, the healing nature of choice, and what to do if you're not ready to let a certain food go that doesn't resonate with your body.

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode  here: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/feeling-safe-and-empowered-with-food

There are 20 days left to sign up for the Somatic Eating® Program! If you're tired of being on this food healing journey alone, come join this amazing community with others that will truly get what you're going through. Click  HERE to learn more and looking forward to connecting with you soon! https://www.somaticeating.com/

With Compassion and Empathy, 
Stephanie Mara Fox

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Support the show:
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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

When I was diving deeper into healing my relationship with food, my therapist at the time suggested I read  Eating in the Light of the Moon  by Anita Johnston. 

I was living by myself for the first time, trying to practice slowing down, and enjoying spending time with myself. I would do this through snuggling up on my couch and picking up this book. 

Not only is it an amazing read, but this book holds a special place in my heart for this time I spent with it and myself. So...

In this week’s episode, I had the honor to chat with Dr. Anita Johnston, author of Eating in the Light of the Moon, Co-creator of the Light of the Moon Cafe, and Executive Clinical Director of 'Ai Pono Hawaii Eating Disorder Treatment Program, about how metaphor will help you to heal your relationship with food, what you will need to learn to release food from the job of helping you self soothe, and how to crack the code of your food cravings. 

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode  here: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/healing-food-and-body-issues

You will continue to learn about interpreting your food impulses in the Somatic Eating® Program! We start on April 20th and will spend 11 weeks together creating a more regulating relationship with food and your body. Go to somaticeating.com to learn more and sign up today. If you have any questions, email me back anytime.

With Compassion and Empathy, 
Stephanie Mara Fox

Keep in touch with Anita here:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dranitajohnston/

https://www.instagram.com/lightofthemooncafe/

https://www.instagram.com/aiponohawaii/

Website: https://dranitajohnston.com/

https://lightofthemooncafe.com/

https://www.aipono.com/

Free Gift: Food & Metaphor Guide http://lightofthemooncafe.com/sat

Contact: anita@dranitajohnston.com

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Support the show:
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Special thanks to Bendsound for the music in this episode. www.bensou...