Happy Satiated Saturday! 

Something I've noticed in any body image healing exploration is how private body image concerns are. About 84% of women struggle with body image, yet something so prevalent is often kept hidden. 

I wonder what could change if how hard it is to live in a body could be openly discussed and supported, where conversations could look like: 

Person 1: How are you today?

Person 2: I'm actually having a really hard time with my body image today.

Person 1: Thanks for letting me know. I struggle a lot too. Is there anything you need in this experience today? 

I want to normalize body image struggles because I sense this might be the first step toward changing the conversations around living in a body. 

Rather than beginning with body acceptance or body love, sometimes you first just need to be with that, sometimes, because of a million different reasons, it is hard to be in your body and to like the way your body looks. 

In this week's Satiated Podcast episode, I chat with Anna Sweeney, Nutrition Therapist and Registered Dietitian, about: 

• The complexities of body image healing
• The impact of societal messaging and social media
• Challenging body image norms
• The GLP-1 craze we're in right now
• Medical stigma
• Finding safety in the body

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/navigating-the-complexities-of-body-image

I hope you can join me Wednesday, August 27th at 5:00 pm ET for my upcoming Befriending Your Body Image Challenges with Somatic Eating® Practices Workshop. You can learn more and sign up ​HERE​: https://satiated.mykajabi.com/offers/EkFBjX2Q/checkout

With Compassion and Empathy, 

Stephanie Mara Fox

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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

Fitness culture has made body image recovery even more confusing. I've seen people year after year question if it is alright to want to lose weight, or lift weights, or increase muscle. 

What I like to return to is the intention behind these desires and how they feel in your body. Any intention approached from a place of self hate, of disrespecting the body, or pushing the body beyond what it can handle, compromising its health, is not a goal that will lead to nervous system regulation and bodily safety. 

First and foremost though, I believe in body autonomy and for you to choose for yourself what adventures you'd like to take with your body. What we typically need to explore is how to embark on those adventures that respects your body, takes care of your body, and supports your body along the way. 

In this week's episode, I chat with Kitty Blomfield, cofounder of NuStrength and Saturee, about: 

• Balancing body goals and self worth
• Body acceptance and desires for fat loss
• Empowerment through strength training
• Navigating body image across different life stages
• Approaching nutrition with curiosity 
• Finding your Goldilocks spot with food

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/building-muscle-self-worth-and-body-confidence

There is one more month until the Befriending Your Body Image Challenges Workshop happening on Wednesday, August 27th at 5:00 pm ET. At the end of this live 2 hour workshop, you will have a somatic plan to navigate the most difficult body image moments such as seeing yourself in pictures, interacting with the scale, and struggles with clothes. 

You can sign up ​HERE​: https://satiated.mykajabi.com/offers/EkFBjX2Q/checkout

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

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

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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

I'm excited to tell you that today marks a month long focus on the podcast on body image healing. 

Every summer, I have noticed an uptick in body image conversation on social media and in my sessions and programs. 

So last summer, I started a little podcast tradition of offering a whole series focused and dedicated to supporting you in navigating body image during the months where more of your body is being seen, more vacation pictures are being taken, and you're potentially feeling some discomfort being in your body. 

 To kick off this month, I wanted to share my somatic perspective on body image recovery.

In this week's Satiated Podcast episode, I chat about: 

• What body image healing is
• The difference between body schema and body image 
• The body image and nervous system connection 
• What body image healing actually looks like

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/nervous-system-and-body-image-struggles

At the end of this month-long body image focus, I will be teaching my Befriending Your Body Image Challenges with Somatic Eating® Practices Workshop, which I only teach once a year. 

This will be a live two hour workshop, where you will learn the somatic wisdom behind your body image concerns, discover a nervous system and trauma lens to body image challenges, and somatic practices to navigate difficult body image days, the scale, comparing yourself to past body expressions, and seeing pictures of yourself.

If you can't attend live, the call will be recorded to watch the replay later. To sign up, click below and if you have any questions, respond to this email anytime.

Sign Up For the Workshop here: https://satiated.mykajabi.com/offers/EkFBjX2Q/checkout

With Compassion and Empathy, 

Stephanie Mara Fox

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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

Anyone else notice how much noise there has been recently about carbohydrates and protein? 

Protein has to be in everything. I literally just got an email this morning from a company that is now making protein granola. 🤦🏻‍♀️

And the continued arguments between those giving nutrition advice about eat carbs, don't eat carbs, don't eat the wrong kind of carbs, don't eat the wrong kind of carbs in the wrong order, could all make a person's head spin. 

So when I found Kate Deering talking about how important carbohydrates are for our health and well-being, I knew I needed to bring her on the podcast. 

In this week's episode, I chat with Kate Deering, Nutrition Coach and Author, about: 

• Understanding energy production in the body
• The role of carbohydrates and protein in health
• The importance of individualized nutrition
• Reframing weight loss and health metrics
• The impact of stress on the body
• Intermittent fasting pros and cons
• Addressing fear around food

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/stop-being-confused-about-health

One note before you dive into this episode, there is a lot of dialogue around food, what can be best for the body, and some suggestions around tracking intake. 

If you're deep in food recovery, please take what works for you and don't worry about the rest. You get to meet yourself with where you're at and what is going to work for you in your food interactions. 

With Compassion and Empathy, 

Stephanie Mara Fox

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Website: www.katedeering.com

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Book: How to Heal Your Metabolism 

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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

Labels like stress eating and emotional eating need some updating. 

By tacking on the words stress or emotional to eating, it gives the perception that the "problem" is stress or emotions, and if you can fix being a stressed person or person who feels (an impossible task), THEN the food behavior might go away. 

Stress and emotions are a part of life. Because of this, the practice can be to see the presence of stress or any emotion as body communication. It is telling you how it is processing your external and internal environments. 

Your body doesn't need help getting rid of the stress or the emotion. These things are present to get your attention that your body needs your support. With this perspective, stress eating can be seen as a bodily messenger letting you know that your body needs you to connect. 

In this week's Satiated Podcast episode, I chat with Melissa McCreery, PhD, Psychologist, Emotional Eating Expert, and Author about: 

• The complexities of stress eating including how stress impacts food choices and behaviors
• Navigating emotional responses to food
• Practical strategies for pausing and checking in
• Building routines around self check ins
• Acknowledging your needs and who you want to be that could lead to making different food decisions
• Befriending stress

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: www.stephaniemara.com/blog/navigating-stress-eating

I loved this episode and I hope you enjoy it as well! 

With Compassion and Empathy, 

Stephanie Mara Fox

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Website: ⁠https://toomuchonherplate.com
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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

Making friends as an adult can be hard! Not only can it be difficult to find people you truly connect with, but it can also be hard to put yourself out there when you've experienced trauma in relationships with others. 

There can be fear that you will be hurt again, as you were in the past. Yet, while trauma can occur in relationships, healing relational wounds can occur in relationships with others as well. 

In this week's Satiated Podcast episode, I chat with Kymber Maulden, Nutrition Consultant and Neurosomatic Trauma Coach, about: 

• The exclusion of women-centered research on health
• The role of safety and connection in food and trauma recovery
• The impact of loneliness on health
• Rebuilding connections after experiencing trauma
• Setting boundaries and growing in personal agency

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​. 

I hope you enjoy this week's episode and email me anytime if there is a topic you'd like me to cover on the podcast. 

With Compassion and Empathy, 

Stephanie Mara Fox

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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

How do you feel about eating around others?

I remember in my years of struggling with food how scary it would feel to eat with others. There was a constant inner dialogue about eating the "right" things in the "right" amount. 

I would find myself consistently undereating when going out and then overeating or binge eating when I would get home, as I felt starving and dysregulated. 

Eating around other people can be filled with anxiety, overwhelm, and fear, where you may find yourself engaging in food behaviors afterward. 

If you grew up constantly criticized for your food choices, how much you ate, and your appearance, it can feel terrifying to eat around others.

In this week's Satiated Podcast episode, I chat about: 

• Fear of Negative Evaluation (FNE)
• Why binge eating can increase after eating with others 
• Somatic practices to try before, during, and after eating with others

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/terrifying-to-eat-with-friends-and-family

With Compassion and Empathy, 

Stephanie Mara Fox

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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

A common theme I've seen over the years working with women 1:1 is that for many (myself included), body image concerns started during teenage years. 

Ugh, a shifting and changing body is so difficult to be with, to trust, and to come home to. 

Your body is going to change again and again throughout your life. That can feel terrifying. When you've experienced past trauma where everything felt unknown and unstable, a body that changes and has different daily needs can be triggering. It can remind you of all that you've gone through, where you felt out of control. 

When you’re in a time of transition with your body, there can be fear of the unknown. The anxiety is often less about what your body will look like, but about losing safety, acceptance, love, and respect. Your body will need your compassion, curiosity, and care as you navigate these scary changes.

In this week's Satiated Podcast episode, I chat with Natalie Rose, Eating Disorder Therapist and Coach, about: 

• How Natalie has navigated the bodily changes she has been going through in her pregnancy
• How she's kept her own food recovery intact along the way
• The journey of building trust in your body
• Navigating bodily discomfort
• Embracing an internal rebel
• Ebbing and flowing with body image challenges

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/how-to-trust-your-body-through-every-life-phase

With Compassion and Empathy, 

Stephanie Mara Fox

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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

Many of you may know that touch has been linked to the release of oxytocin. Oxytocin is a hormone related to reproduction, social bonding, stress regulation, and promotes feelings of love, trust, attachment, intimacy, and calm. Ya know what else stimulates the release of oxytocin? Eating. 

Research studies have found that an increase in oxytocin can decrease the urge to eat. So you can imagine that if you're lacking safe touch in your life and touch has felt invasive, where you stay away from touch, that your body needed to find another way to receive the oxytocin that it desires to feel calm and connected. It found a way to do that through food. This is another example of why food is not just about the food. We can continue to be curious about what food is doing for your body.

In this week's episode, I chat with Dr. Njideka Olatunde, author, Master Reflexologist, Pain Relief Educator, and founder of Focus On Healing Wellness Institute about: 

• The power of touch and re-defining what touch is
• Understanding the connection between stress and pain
• Refloxology
• Daily touch practices
• The importance of play and fun
• I also sprinkle in the connection between touch and your food behaviors

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/touch-for-healing-pain-and-decreasing-cravings

With Compassion and Empathy, 

Stephanie Mara Fox

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Website: https://focusonhealing.com/

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/njidekanolatunde 

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YouTube: www.youtube.com/@changingliveswithtouchology 

Podcast: www.touchologywellnessexperience.com

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