Cristina and Dana are back after a podcast summer break! We know that the back to school & fall season can bring up the desire to want to get ‘back on track’ with a rigid routine, and a lot of perfectionism and stress can accompany that. This fall we’re focusing on bringing you episodes on different pillars of health and how we can approach them with a whole-hearted eating, add-in mentality, rather than the typical all-or-nothing eliminate all the things mentality.  In the meantime, we recommend listening to: How to get back on track without dieting or restriction

Our guest today is Alyssa Chang, who specializes in neuroscience health coaching with a trauma-informed approach; which focuses on creating safety to provide an optimal healing space. We chat about the nervous system and how our body responds to threats (aka stress) with the fight, flight, freeze and fawn responses. Alyssa also dives deep into what happens in the body when our stress or threat bucket gets full, and what we can do about it with some practical, brain-based action steps.

Find Alyssa:

• Website: coachalyssachang.com
• The 4 Trauma Responses
• Youtube
• Instagram @coachalyssachang

Bio: Alyssa is a neuroscience health coach for women seeking a different approach to health and healing, so you can learn how to live a life designed with listening and attuning to your body's unique needs. Alyssa takes a trauma-informed approach to healing the body by approaching this journey from the lens of neuroscience (an incredible science where you learn all about your brain and how it functions for you). Her services, programs, and approach offer space for your experiences to be validated with an emphasis on trusting you as the expert. She is here to show you that your body can be a place of safe exhales and where you can return home to.

You'll love these episodes too:

•  How to get back on track without dieting or restriction
• Retraining the nervous system to heal stress eating and disordered eating, with Elisabeth Kristof
• Stressful season toolkit and the gut-brain + stress + hormones connection with Kaely McDevitt
• Why losing weight is unfulfilling – we need to change our brains instead with Kara Loewentheil

Episode timestamps

• 1:00 - welcome back to the podcast!
• 3:30 - interview with Alyssa Chang

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