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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

This week's podcast episode got me reflecting on harm reduction. Harm reduction is a public health strategy designed to reduce the negative consequences associated with various human behaviors, particularly high-risk activities. It prioritizes minimizing harm rather than solely focusing on eliminating the behavior.  Harm reduction accepts that certain behaviors are part of the world and aims to minimize their harmful effects rather than judging those who engage in them. 

So this got me thinking about dieting as a risky behavior. Studies show that dieting can precede the onset of eating disorders in about 35-75% of cases. Yet, dieting can feel protective in that it may support you in feeling like you can control your body's appearance, fit into society, and facilitate a sense of safety. 

A harm reduction stance on this would be to normalize that dieting is a part of the world, that you get to choose whether you diet or not to control your body's appearance, and would explore how to minimize the harmful effects of dieting. 

In this week's Satiated Podcast episode, I talk with Abbey Roberts, Master's level Registered Dietitian and Exercise Physiologist, about the importance of curiosity and harm reduction when navigating diet culture and body image healing, the harmful effects of social media on body image, challenging beauty standards, diversifying the body shapes you're exposed to, and so much more. 

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode here: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/questioning-societal-beauty-standards

As a reminder, I'm hosting the very first Befriending Your Body Image Challenges with Somatic Eating® Practices Workshop on Saturday, July 13th at 12:30 pm ET.  To learn more and sign up, click ​HERE​: https://satiated.mykajabi.com/offers/EkFBjX2Q

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Stephanie Mara Fox

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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

What I have seen is that even after food coping mechanisms like binge eating, emotional eating, restricting, or chronic dieting stops, body image concerns continue to hang around the longest. 

With summer here, I know how difficult this time of year can be when the temperatures are guiding you to wear less clothing and you may feel exposed and uncomfortable. The warm weather may be calling to you to get outside where you might be more seen and your body doesn't know if that's safe. 

So, welcome to a month long focus on body image. I've got some amazing interviews lined up over this next month exploring all things body image healing and I'm kicking it off today with a few of my initial somatic perspectives on relationship with your body's appearance. 

In this week's Satiated Podcast episode​, I talk about a somatic, nervous system, and trauma lens to your body image challenges and why they won't go away.

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

I will be offering a workshop focused on body image called Befriending Your Body Image Challenges with Somatic Eating® Practices Workshop.

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.

We will explore the wisdom in your body image challenges and what they’re trying to support you with to feel safe and secure in your body. You will walk away with new insights into what your body may be trying to relay by having you worry about your body’s appearance. If you can't attend live, the call will be recorded to watch the replay later. To sign up, click ​HERE​: https://satiated.mykajabi.com/offers/EkFBjX2Q

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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

My first memories of leaning on food to not feel takes me back to middle school. There were things going on at home that were way too much for such a young little girl to navigate and process. I was bullied at sleepaway camp and Hebrew School. I look back now and it makes total sense how my body guided me toward binge eating.

Binging was never the problem. It became the answer when my body didn't know how to navigate the sadness, depression, and anger it was holding onto for me. This means that the healing journey was also never about getting comfortable and befriending the foods that had been labeled as bad or wrong to eat. This was about supporting my body in feeling safe to be here. 

What I've seen in my food healing path and those that I've worked with is that the safer your body feels to be here, the less your body will perceive food as a potential threat. It’s not about making the food alright to eat first, it’s about supporting your body in feeling safe so that food can be interpreted differently. My binging disappeared as a coping strategy when my body didn't feel like it needed that anymore. 

In this week's Satiated Podcast episode, I talk with Luis Mojica, who is a Somatic Therapist, Nutritionist, and founder of Holistic Life Navigation about the somatic wisdom in binge eating behaviors, how you're drawn to specific foods for a nervous system reason, what somatic work is, and why it has grown in popularity over the past few years. 

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/somatic-work-and-binge-eating

If you're curious about exploring a somatic approach to your trauma based food behaviors, go to ​stephaniemara.com/learn​ where you can check out my two self paced courses. I'm here for you every step of the way on this adventure.

With Compassion and Empathy, 
Stephanie Mara Fox

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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

I find the missing piece that is under-discussed about food freedom is that it's about you feeling empowered to make your own food decisions. This means that sometimes you say no to certain foods or drinks because they don't make you feel the way you want to feel. Saying no does not correlate to a lack of freedom. 

Freedom is the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. This means that true food freedom is you choosing what is best for you with food not based on anyone else's opinions, perspectives, or suggestions. 

In this week's Satiated Podcast episode, I talk with Melissa McCreery, who is a psychologist, emotional eating expert, and author, about what food freedom is, what hidden hungers are, overeating as a habit you can outgrow, and the importance of pausing and slowing down to alter your ability to show up with food differently, and the phases of food healing.

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode here: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/end-overeating

If you missed my announcement on my social media channels, I have put my Somatic Eating® Intensive on sale for 30% off for Mother's Day, coupon code DESERVE30, until midnight on Tuesday, May 14th. You will learn the beginning steps to somatically interpret what your food behaviors are trying to tell you. Click ​HERE​ (https://satiated.mykajabi.com/offers/hLtWwyLY?coupon_code=DESERVE30) to dive into this self-paced class. 

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Stephanie Mara Fox

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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

A few weeks ago, my husband and I were reflecting on a research study that shows that making around $80,000 a year in the United States is the general amount that leads to emotional wellbeing and safety and anything above that doesn't actually lead to more happiness. 

When I looked this up, the optimal income name was called the Satiation Point and it suggests that beyond a certain level of income or wealth, additional money doesn't significantly contribute to being happier. 

I had to laugh at the overlaps in the concept of satiation. Often the way you're relating with food is also the way you will interact with money. You can have fear of not having enough food or money. You can have ongoing anxieties about food or money that never seem to go away. You can restrict your food or money for fear of abundance. 

In this week's Satiated Podcast episode, I talk with Sheridan Ruth, a Nervous System Specialist for Entrepreneurs, about the connection between your nervous system and your relationship with money, Sheridan's decision making processing guide to making aligned decisions in your business, how your past experiences shape your perception of money, and healing your relationship with money through a practice of Focusing and increasing self awareness and compassion. 

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/relationship-with-money

I also wanted to let you all know that I'm starting a YouTube Channel! I'm calling it Dear Stephanie where you can send in your food and body questions. If you have a question that you'd love to receive my support with, fill in this form ​here​: https://forms.gle/YKPrvPSEtXmh2Uh78 and I'll announce when the channel is officially live! 

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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

Recently, I put out a ​post​ on social media discussing how do you know when you need more or less structure with food. It was a clear yes that you all wanted me to go into more detail on this. 

It has been a common suggestion​ when healing your relationship with food that you need to eat all foods. Food habituation refers to a psychological phenomenon where repeated exposure to a particular food, especially ones you have denied or restricted, decreases the desire to consume it. ​

Habituation occurs when the novelty or excitement associated with a food diminishes with repeated exposure, leading to a decreased preference for or interest in that food.​ This is why a practitioner might tell you to just keep eating a food you feel like you can't control yourself around because they're utilizing this theory that at some point you will experience food habituation. 

This didn't work for me on my healing journey and over the years in working with others struggling with binge eating, I haven't seen this work for them either for some very distinct reasons. 

In this episode, I talk about what food habituation is, the pitfalls of food habituation, and how to assess if you need more or less structure with your food. 

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/food-habituation-pitfalls

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Talk to you all next week!

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Stephanie Mara Fox

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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

While I would never wish the digestive issues I had in the past on anyone, they did teach me how to listen to my body because it would scream at me loudly if I didn't. And over time, it could speak softer and softer to me knowing that I was going to hear what it had to say. 

This didn't happen overnight. It took practice over and over again to listen to what my body was trying to say and the place it spoke to me the loudest was through food. This is why I consider eating a somatic practice and can be one of the most powerful places you learn how to hear what your body is trying to tell you. And, as you build this body listening capability, it will start to translate into other areas of your life. 

There are many ways to listen to your body and in today's episode, I chat with Lisa Mase nutritionist, herbalist, somatic practitioner, and food sovereignty activist, about the comfort of having symptoms, talking with your food as a way to more deeply connect with yourself, what ancestral eating is and letting your history inform you on what foods might digest most easily, and how to start to listen to your body when it comes to food. 

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/facing-food-fears-and-ancestral-eating

There are 72 hours left to sign up for the Somatic Eating® Program! Go to ​somaticeating.com​ to sign up today and reach out if you have any lingering questions.

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Stephanie Mara Fox

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Website: ⁠https://www.harmonized-living.com/ 

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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

Is anyone else feeling fed up with all the conflicting advice on social media? You have diet and wellness culture yelling at you that there's only one right way to eat and anti-diet culture telling you that all foods need to fit. Neither side asks you what works for you. Neither side is guiding you on how to listen to your body. Neither side is empowering you that only you're going to know what's best for you.

So you might consider quitting both diet and anti-diet culture. And I get that this may feel scary because then where does that leave you? 

You're going to want to check out this week's episode where I chat with Dr. David Wiss, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Addictions and Eating Disorders Specialist, about nutrition's impact on mental health, the connection between trauma, food behaviors, and hyperpalatable foods, navigating diet and anti-diet cultures, and making empowering food decisions. 

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/how-trauma-and-mental-health-issues-will-affect-the-foods-youre-drawn-to-eating

There are 9 days left to sign up for the Somatic Eating® Program! Let's make your body your nutrition expert. You will discover how your body talks to you through food urges. You will create new nervous system, parts work, and somatic resources to ebb and flow with your relationship with food that leaves you feel safe, secure, and satiated. Go to ​somaticeating.com​ to learn more.

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Stephanie Mara Fox

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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

When I decided to start a podcast, the name came quickly to me. I had created a whole course that got merged with the Somatic Eating® Program that I called Satiated. Saying the word satiated always brings me this full body satisfaction. I love saying the word, feeling the word in my body, and reflecting on what it means to live a Satiated Life.

This is a term I teach in the Somatic Eating® Program (reminder that doors are still open if you want to join this upcoming class starting April 22nd. Go to ​somaticeating.com​ to learn more and join today) and I define a Satiated Life as staying connected to your body’s needs, physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually, and satiating each kind of hunger in attuned ways. 

This all starts with taking more somatic pauses to listen to your body, hear its feedback, and honor its requests. And, this takes time and practice to discover what satiates you on all levels.

In this week’s episode, I chat with Sue Van Raes, Functional Nutritionist, Food Psychology Specialist, and Psycho-spiritual Practitioner about listening to your body when it comes to balancing your blood sugar levels, not trapping yourself into a specific way of eating, why getting your nutrition on point is so important to do your deeper emotional healing, how what you're eating plays a role in activating or deactivating your fight or flight response, and the fear that can arise around feeling satiated. 

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode here: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/what-is-satiation-and-how-do-you-create-it-in-your-body

If you have questions about this week's episode or the Somatic Eating® Program, email me at [email protected] anytime! 

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Stephanie Mara Fox

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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

I've been speaking up a lot more about my thoughts on Intuitive Eating. 

First, I'm grateful for Intuitive Eating as it was a starting point in guiding many people into a more peaceful relationship with food. And, with any modality, over time we've seen that there are gaps in Intuitive Eating, yet it's been the predominant approach to healing patterns of disordered eating and eating disorders for decades. 

When it was first created it was revolutionary and healing approaches in relationship with food have changed and we know so much more now about factors that created your food coping mechanisms. 

In this week’s episode, I share the top 5 reasons why Intuitive Eating may not be working for you and what can be a more effective approach if you're healing a trauma response in your body. 

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/why-intuitive-eating-may-not-be-working-for-you

The doors to the Somatic Eating® Program are officially back open! I share all the details in this episode and if you're ready to sign up, you can dive into creating a safe, secure, and satiated relationship with food ​here​: https://www.somaticeating.com/

With Compassion and Empathy, 
Stephanie Mara Fox

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