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 bo...

The History of Somatics: A Movement In Movement

Welcome to the Satiated Podcast where we explore physical and emotional hunger and satiation and healing your relationship with your food and body. Hosted by Stephanie Mara Fox, MA, creator of Somatic Eating™, and Somatic Nutritional Counselor & Mentor. She’s supported women, coaches, and wellness professionals for over a decade all over the world heal from disordered eating patterns, emotional eating, chronic dieting, and digestive and body image concerns. Stephanie shares the tools to Somatic Eating™ and talks with professionals exploring relationship with food and body, disordered eating and eating disorder recovery, somatic nutrition, body empowerment, body positivity, body diversity, health at every size, anti-diet, somatics, trauma healing, polyvagal theory, vagus nerve, digestion, nervous system regulation, self care, food freedom, embodied physical movement, self confidence, mindfulness, and yoga therapy. Satiated was created to support you in healing your relationship with food and body and feel more regulated, safe, and embodied in your life. You can find all transcripts to the podcast at stephaniemara.com/blog

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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...

What Are Your Body Image Challenges Somatically Trying To Tell You?

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 holdi...

What is Somatic Work and How Binge Eating is a Form of Body Communication with Luis Mojica

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 choosi...

End Overeating by Confronting Hidden Hungers and Unlocking Food Freedom with Melissa McCreery

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 t...

What Your Food Urges Will Reveal To You About Your Relationship with Money with Sheridan Ruth

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 d...

The History of Somatics: A Movement In Movement

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