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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

I really got to see my nervous system in action this past week. I spilled a whole bowl of soup onto myself, the couch, the floor, and into my computer.

My body went into a freeze response, which took about 24 hours to come out of. During that time, I had very little appetite and it made me reflect on other times of my life where the trauma response felt so big in my body that it felt incredibly difficult to eat.

I've been in more conversations with others lately about their lack of appetite. They only realize that they're hungry when their body screams at them at the end of the day that it needs food now! Have you experienced this? You might be wondering, why does your hunger disappear? 

In this week’s episode, I explain the link between trauma and a lack of appetite and hunger cues. I share my story about what of happened this past week and what occurred in my body in the face of something that felt highly threatening and what could be happening in your body if you're living in a trauma response and have a difficult time feeling hungry. 

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/losing-your-hunger-and-appetite-after-experiencing-trauma

I'm now offering 30% off the Somatic Eating® Intensive as a Labor Day Sale. As a reminder, you will receive a 2.5 hour experiential class to enhance your awareness of what your food coping mechanisms are trying to protect you from, begin to understand what nervous system state you're in, and learn new regulating resources. 

You also receive a week of Voxer support where you will be able to send me 1-2 messages a day and receive a message back from me for individualized support. You can sign up ​HERE​ (https://satiated.mykajabi.com/offers/hLtWwyLY) and use the coupon code SOMATICEATINGI30 at check out. 

I'd love to hear from you! What have been your experiences with losing your hunger? Email me at [email protected] anytime!

With Compassion and Empathy, 
Stephanie Mara Fox

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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

I remember the first time I had a mindful eating experience. I was in an all day meditation class and we did the raisin exercise. This is a practice of taking a single raisin and feeling it in your fingers, smelling it, putting it up to your ear, and listening to it crinkle before eating it to bring in all of your senses. Then, very slowly eating the raisin to actually taste it, as this is a food that is typically consumed in mindless handfuls. 

Over the years, I've explored this exercise in various different ways and adding in somatic approaches. This is such a powerful practice that I wanted to offer to you.

In this week’s episode, I walk you through a Somatic Eating® Meditation that you can practice at your next meal. Even if you're not eating right now, you can listen through this to get your body familiar with what you might try out at your next meal. 

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

If you want more practice with this, I'm offering everyone on my newsletter 30% off my newest offering the Somatic Eating® Intensive. You will receive a 2.5 hour experiential class to enhance your awareness of what your food coping mechanisms are trying to protect you from, begin to understand what nervous system state you're in, and learn new regulating resources.

You also receive a week of Voxer support where you will be able to send me 1-2 messages a day and receive a message back from me for individualized support. If you're listening to this and have recently joined my newsletter, email me at [email protected] and I'll send you that coupon code. And, if you listen to this Somatic Eating® Meditation while you eat, let me know how it goes! 

With Compassion and Empathy, 
Stephanie Mara Fox

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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

Something I've noticed lately in the field of disordered eating recovery is that everyone has their beliefs on what they think is the optimal path you've got to start with to heal. 

For example, the approach that you need to be able to eat all foods can sometimes push you further away from your body as now you're following a rule that you need to be able to eat all foods instead of listening to what foods ground and regulate you. 

On this healing adventure, you will need to address physical aspects and emotional aspects.

In this week’s episode, I will go through different stages of disordered eating recovery and what you may need to explore based on your situation and where you're at in your healing. 

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/healing-based-on-your-stage-of-disordered-eating-recovery

Next Saturday, August 12th, I will be teaching my newest offering: the Somatic Eating® Intensive. This is a three hour experiential class where we will explore the wisdom in your food coping mechanisms and you will receive the Somatic Eating® resources to start cultivating a safe, secure, and satiating relationship with your food and body along with a week of Voxer support, which is a walkie talkie app that you will be able to send me 1-2 messages a day to receive individualized support as you practice what you learned in the class. 

You can check this out and sign up ​HERE​: https://satiated.mykajabi.com/offers/hLtWwyLY

(payment plan ​here​: https://satiated.mykajabi.com/offers/Ji2QRfa4)

If you have any questions about this offering, email me at ​[email protected]

With Compassion and Empathy, 
Stephanie Mara Fox

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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

Sometimes I feel like the aftermath of a binge is a more intense moment to manage than the binge itself. 

Afterward is when all the shame, harsh internal criticism, and self-judgment come in. The inner dialogue is loud and mean. 

This can send you in all sorts of directions, making promises you know will feel hard to keep, and engaging in compensatory actions that don't align with your values of who you want to be.

In this week’s episode, I discuss the three parts of a binge eating experience, the difference between binge eating, emotional eating, and overeating, and three somatic resources you can start to practice in the aftermath of a binge. 

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/ending-the-internal-war-of-shame-and-guilt-after-binge-eating

If you practice any of these somatic resources after a binge, email me at [email protected] and let me know how it goes! 

With Compassion and Empathy, 
Stephanie Mara Fox

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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

The field of somatics has revolutionized trauma healing by bringing a greater understanding of the mind-body connection and the role of the body in trauma recovery. Traditionally, trauma healing focused primarily on addressing the psychological and cognitive aspects of trauma, often neglecting the physiological and somatic manifestations of trauma in the body. 

Somatics, on the other hand, recognizes the inseparable link between the mind and body and the significant impact trauma can have on the nervous system and physical well-being. Trauma can be stored in implicit memory, making it challenging to access and process through traditional talk therapy alone. Somatic approaches incorporate body-centered techniques that help access and work with the unconscious aspects of trauma, leading to more profound and lasting healing.

In this week’s episode, we're going to explore some of the somatic approaches that have made a profound shift in how we approach trauma, including the somatic trauma healing modality that inspired me to create this history of somatics series, and my addition of Somatic Eating® and what it is.

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/the-history-of-somatics-revolutionizing-trauma-healing

At the end of this episode, I offer a special discount on my Intro to Somatic Eating® mini course so be sure to stay tuned until the end! 

With Compassion and Empathy, 
Stephanie Mara Fox

Resources from this episode:

My Grandmother's Hands by Resmaa Menakem
The Quaking of America by Resmaa Menakem
Waking the Tiger by Peter Levine
In An Unspoken Voice by Peter Levine

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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

While the field of somatics is the study of the body, we cannot understand the body without its connection and integration with the mind. 

The field of somatics has evolved from what we have discovered from neuroscience. 

In this week’s episode, we explore some fascinating realms of neuroscience such as affective neuroscience, somatic markers, polyvagal theory, and much more and how they have informed and shaped somatic approaches.

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/the-history-of-somatics-the-embodied-mind

We have one more episode left in this history of somatics series! After that, if there is something specifically you would like me to explore on the podcast, email me here anytime.

With Compassion and Empathy, 
Stephanie Mara Fox

Resources from this episode:

Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection by Deb Dana
Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory by Deb Dana
Sensing, Feeling, and Action by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen
Wisdom of the Body Moving by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen
Exploring Body Mind Centering by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen
Body Mind Psychotherapy by Susan Aposhyan
Natural Intelligence by Susan Aposhyan 

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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

You may hear bodywork and think of massages. Yet, hands-on bodywork can be so much more than this. Physical touch can be therapeutic in that it has a calming effect on the nervous system, helps to reduce stress, and promote physical relaxation. 

It can lower heart rate, blood pressure, cortisol levels, and supports the body with entering into a state of deep relaxation and rest. Therapeutic touch can release endorphins and help alleviate physical pain and discomfort. Touch has the power to convey empathy, compassion, and a sense of presence, which can be soothing in times of emotional dysregulation.

In this week’s episode, we continue on this journey in the history of somatics exploring the bodywork modalities that have influenced the field of somatics. I also share the bodywork that was a huge influence in my creation of Somatic Eating® and my published thesis here: https://bit.ly/3rlJqRH

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/the-history-of-somatics-the-healing-power-of-touch

With Compassion and Empathy, 
Stephanie Mara Fox

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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

There were two tracks at my graduate school in Somatic Psychotherapy. One was the Body Psychotherapy track, which is what I took, and the other was Dance Movement Therapy (DMT). The classes that I was able to take in DMT sometimes made me wish I had chosen that track of studies. 

The fitness culture has warped our beliefs around the purpose of movement. I've had clients say to me what's the point of moving their bodies if they're not trying to change their bodies. I get it. Physical movement has become synonymous with sculpting and shaping the body to look a certain way and that's it. 

The importance of physical movement though is so much more. The word emotion comes from the Latin word emovere: to be moved. Many body oriented practitioners state that the issues get lodged in our tissues. It is through movement that you can digest, assimilate, and move emotion through your body.

In this week’s episode, we're going to explore the movement modalities that have impacted the field of somatics. You will learn how these movement practices might support you in your well-being and in your relationship with food. 

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/the-history-of-somatics-a-movement-in-movement

Next week, we will continue this mini-series exploring the bodywork influences on the field of somatics such as Rolfing, Cranial Sacral Therapy, Biodynamic Massage, Rubenfeld Synergy and much more.

With Compassion and Empathy, 
Stephanie Mara Fox

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Happy Satiated Sunday! 

I'm so excited for you to listen to the first episode on the history of somatics. 

It is fascinating to see just how far we've come in the world of somatics. When the idea that the body has wisdom to offer was first introduced, some of the original pioneers of somatics came out with some wild ideas. 

In this week’s episode, we will explore 7 pioneers who created and grew the field of somatics. I will talk about what they created and how they practiced with others to support them in tapping into their bodies and supporting them toward growth and healing. You will begin to see the overlaps and influences in some of the popularized somatic approaches that we know today.

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode here: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/the-history-of-somatics-the-pioneers

Next week, we will continue this mini-series exploring the movement influences on the field of somatics such as dance movement therapy, Feldenkrais, authentic movement, yoga and so much more.

With Compassion and Empathy,
Stephanie Mara Fox

Resources:

Psychology of the Unconscious by Carl Jung

Gestalt Therapy Verbatim by Fritz Perls

Focusing by Eugene Gendlin

Bioenergetics by Alexander Lowen

A Manual of Bioenergetic Exercises by Alexander Lowen

The Betrayal of the Body by Alexander Lowen

Your Body Speaks Its Mind by Stanley Keleman

Emotional Anatomy by Stanley Keleman 

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Happy Satiated Saturday! 

I will be brief here except to share that I'm excited about a new mini-series on the podcast.

In this week’s episode, I'll share with you the inspiration behind this series and what we will explore for the next several episodes.

You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode here: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/introduction-to-the-history-of-somatics

Once you hear what this series is about, if you have a request for something you would like me to cover, email me at [email protected] anytime!

With Compassion and Empathy, 
Stephanie Mara Fox

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Contact: [email protected]

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