Take the High Performer Stress Assessment → higheralignmentconsulting.scoreapp.com In this episode, I open up about my relationship with food, sugar, stress, and burnout in a way I never really have before. I share what life looked like when I was working long hours in the luxury auto industry, constantly living in fight or flight, skipping meals, eating on the go, relying on takeout, and using sugar as a coping mechanism.

What I didn't understand at the time was that my body wasn't failing me. It was trying to keep up with chronic stress the best way it knew how. I talk about how burnout impacted my digestion, why I used to experience intense stomach pain and vomiting, how inflammation started showing up in my body, and why so many of the habits I judged myself for were actually rooted in dysregulation, not laziness or lack of willpower.

This episode is a reminder that if your body feels off, your cravings feel intense, or healthy habits feel impossible to stick to, the answer may not be more discipline. It may be that your nervous system needs support first.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Your relationship with food can be deeply shaped by stress and nervous system dysregulation.

• A lack of discipline is often not the real problem. Low capacity and burnout are.

• Healing your habits starts with helping your body feel safe, regulated, and supported first.

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Episode Highlights: emotional eating in burnout, skipping meals and survival mode, sugar as a coping tool, eating on the go and poor digestion, chronic stress and inflammation, low energy and loss of control, why habits don't stick, capacity before discipline

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CHAPTERS 00:06 Intro to this food and burnout series

01:00 Life before healing burnout

02:30 High achievement, long hours, and living alone

04:55 Skipping breakfast and living in fight or flight

07:15 Eating on the go and relying on convenience food

09:41 Nighttime pain, stomach issues, and vomiting

11:58 The digestion and stress connection

14:24 Sugar addiction as a coping mechanism

18:53 Inflammation, low energy, and feeling out of control

23:03 Stress, heartbreak, and extreme weight loss

25:04 Why it is not about discipline

27:33 What part two will cover