Happy Satiated Saturday! Your struggles with food rooted in a lack of safety in your body are not just a response to trauma, they're also shaped by the commodification of health. The idea that a product, supplement, protocol, or routine could "fix" you and make you feel safe often triggers your fight-or-flight response. This constant sense of danger can intensify binge or restrictive food behaviors as your body seeks regulation. When health is commodified, it can never feel like enough. There’s ...
Jan 12, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 6Ep. 236
Happy Satiated Saturday! Something I've been noticing is how much we're taught to see any symptom as a sign that something is "wrong" and that we have to embark on a "healing journey" to "fix" the symptom. For a moment, try this out on your body. Tell it that there is something wrong that you need to fix. What do you notice? How does your body respond to that? Striving to “heal” your body sends the message to your body that you are in danger. Your body activates your sympathetic nervous system a...
Dec 29, 2024•56 min•Season 5Ep. 235
Happy Satiated Saturday! As many of you know, I started my PhD in somatic psychology in September and just completed my first semester. 🎉 While I initially wanted to research all eating disorders (which may still happen), I decided this first semester to focus on research surrounding binge eating disorders. Going through graduate school almost 15 years ago, I was often confused about why there was not a single class on nutrition. Wouldn't that be something that would be important for a therapis...
Dec 21, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 5Ep. 234
Happy Satiated Saturday! Body image concerns are often one of the many challenges that fuel disordered eating and eating disorders and are one of the worries that continue to stick around long after you've found a safe relationship with food. There can be an expectation when you've healed your body image challenges that you'll never worry about the way your body looks, that you'll never compare your body to someone else's body ever again, that you'll love the way you look in pictures, and that y...
Dec 15, 2024•8 min•Season 5Ep. 233
Happy Satiated Saturday! I've gone out to eat sushi many times. Several years ago, when I had to go to a sushi restaurant for a work meeting, I thought, "Sure, no problem." On this particular afternoon, the restaurant was loud and bustling. I could barely hear anyone down the table, and I was there with people who didn't necessarily put my body at ease. By the end of the meal, I was doubled over in digestive pain. At the time, I didn't want anyone to know how much pain I was in. So, I used the e...
Dec 07, 2024•39 min•Season 5Ep. 232
Happy Satiated Saturday! Because of diet culture, I was scared of carbs for a long time. I barely ate them which ended up in binging on them. Thanksgiving became a time when I would eat as many sweet potatoes as I wanted only to feel sick the next day. One year I decided I was going to eat sweet potatoes every day while creating balanced meals around this food to experience that one of my favorite carbs could be incorporated into how I would like to nourish myself. By the next Thanksgiving, I ha...
Nov 23, 2024•56 min•Season 5Ep. 231
Happy Satiated Saturday! For soooooo many years Thanksgiving meant restricting all day and eating all night beyond what was comfortable. I always thought it was about the food. That was all I focused on as the day got closer so it had to be about the food, right? If you're currently going through this experience, I'm here to let you know that the focus on food is not about the food. Focusing on what and how much you're eating can be a supportive distraction from how you're feeling. Maybe you're ...
Nov 17, 2024•9 min•Season 5Ep. 230
Happy Satiated Saturday! When you're struggling with binging or restricting, all the power can feel like it is in the food. Like the food has some captivating hold that no matter your best attempts to break it, nothing seems to work. Often this is because your food coping mechanisms aren't about the food. So the more focus there is on the food, the further away you might feel from the root cause of your food behaviors. One root cause can be feeling like your ability to step into self leadership ...
Nov 10, 2024•43 min•Season 5Ep. 229
Happy Satiated Saturday! As many of you know, this Somatic Eating® journey all started for me when I began to have severe digestive issues in my teenage years and early 20's. During that time, I was doing everything I could. I explored Ayurveda, cleansing, detoxing, the GAPS diet, the low FODMAP diet, I cut out gluten and dairy, and while some of these things helped or at least taught me something about my body, the digestive issues continued. It wasn't until I started somatic therapy that thing...
Nov 02, 2024•38 min•Season 5Ep. 228
Happy Satiated Saturday! It has become this norm that we "should" all be trying to lose weight all the time. And because of this, of course, you would want to lose weight. Your body seeks attunement with other bodies. When everyone around you is also trying to lose weight, your body interprets this as the path to safety and connection. Releasing the need to change your body’s weight can feel scary and even threatening to your well-being. We need others to survive. If those you rely on connect wi...
Oct 26, 2024•45 min•Season 5Ep. 227
Happy Satiated Saturday! Have you ever wondered why your friend can seem to eat a piece of chocolate like it's no big deal and move on with their life while you sit in agony over eating one piece, wanting more, and feeling like you're in a battle with yourself about not binging on chocolate? We receive all these stories about what that means from family, friends, and culture. You may start to create a story that you're weak, lack willpower, or can't control yourself around certain foods. With Ha...
Oct 20, 2024•11 min•Season 5Ep. 226
Happy Satiated Saturday! I've been reading more research than I have in years because of my PhD and it is connecting so many dots. Research confirming how much changes in your body due to trauma. Research showing the connection between brain alterations after a traumatic event that fuels your food behaviors. Research revealing not only is what and when you eat a reaction to what is happening inside your body, but also that what you eat can increase or decrease your food coping mechanisms. I'll b...
Oct 13, 2024•49 min•Season 5Ep. 225
Happy Satiated Saturday! Satiated Podcast is back!!!! One thing you're going to receive in the upcoming interviews is more exploration of nutrition. When I went through my Master's Degree in Somatic Psychotherapy, I was consistently surprised that there was no class on nutrition. This feels like a missing piece in the therapeutic world. I feel therapists would benefit from being aware that a person's nutritional status can also be contributing to their symptoms. This includes one of the many rea...
Oct 06, 2024•10 min•Season 5Ep. 224
Happy Satiated Saturday! ALL of your food behaviors are a reflection of your nervous system state. This is why eating is a somatic practice. Every time you’re in relationship with food, it will reveal if your body is feeling safe or threatened by your food cravings, hunger and satiation cues, pace of eating, and digestion. Your food impulses are body communication and what we will continue to explore together is what your body is trying to tell you. In this week's Satiated Podcast episode, I tal...
Aug 03, 2024•11 min•Season 5Ep. 223
Happy Satiated Saturday! I've had people close to me this past year finally receive their ADHD diagnosis as an adult after struggling since they were kids with ADHD behaviors. I witnessed how much compassion came in and a profound deep understanding of their patterns. One of the main characteristics of ADHD is having lower dopamine levels. I've previously discussed how those also navigating a trauma response in their body experience lower dopamine levels. Dopamine is crucial in feeling pleasure,...
Jul 27, 2024•52 min•Season 5Ep. 222
Happy Satiated Saturday! I wish financial literacy was taught in schools earlier on in life. I've had so many conversations with others about the deep shame and personal judgment that can arise when you feel unclear about how to navigate your money life. And how does this connect with food? Well, often how we interact with one area of our life is how we respond to all other areas. Have you ever noticed that when you want to eat everything you also want to spend your money on things you potential...
Jul 21, 2024•51 min•Season 5Ep. 221
Happy Satiated Saturday! I love astrology. When I was a kid, I was always drawn to reading my horoscope in the newspaper. I felt so seen every time I read anything about an Aries sun sign. Then, in undergrad, I made new friends who were happy to chat about astrology over a cup of tea for hours. The year before I went to graduate school, I dabbled in reading charts for others and when I moved to Colorado, I found community in a weekly astrology class led by Debra Silverman. I was thrilled Debra h...
Jul 14, 2024•45 min•Season 5Ep. 220
Happy Satiated Saturday! We are at the last episode of this month-long body image healing focus. And, I would be remiss if I didn't address our younger generations. Parents face a huge challenge now in navigating body image concerns with their kids as they face societal pressures from every angle to look a certain way. I work with so many parents who feel overwhelmed as to where to start or what to say when it comes to talking about body image with their kids. So this week's episode is for you. ...
Jul 07, 2024•52 min•Season 5Ep. 219
Happy Satiated Saturday! I have been asked many times over the years, "Is it alright to want to change my body?" To which I always respond, "Yes!" with a caveat that we explore your intention behind the body goal. Do your physique goals align with how you want to feel, what you want for your life, increasing presence, and fostering safety in your body? Or are they to prove your worth and enoughness that will send a cue of danger to your body? Exercising or moving your body in new ways can be exp...
Jun 30, 2024•48 min•Season 5Ep. 218
Happy Satiated Saturday! I used to say, "I feel fat" all the time. These words would fly out of my mouth like it was a totally normal thing to say. I would say this in moments where I felt uncomfortable, overwhelmed, out of control, and a sense like I wanted to crawl out of my skin. But, not only is fat not a feeling, saying this in moments of emotional dysregulation perpetuates the connection between fat being "bad." If you can recall the last time you said these words, what were you feeling? T...
Jun 23, 2024•48 min•Season 5Ep. 217
Happy Satiated Saturday! How many years have you been working toward trying to love your body? How has that pursuit felt? Frustrating? Hopeless? Agonizing? Maybe all the suggestions on body image healing have been missing the mark. Maybe healing your relationship with your body and its appearance isn't about learning to love your body, but rather, how you care for your body regardless of how you feel about your body. If loving your body wasn't something you needed to strive for or work toward an...
Jun 16, 2024•35 min•Season 5Ep. 216
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. S...
Jun 08, 2024•47 min•Season 5Ep. 215
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 th...
Jun 02, 2024•11 min•Season 5Ep. 214
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...
May 25, 2024•37 min•Season 5Ep. 213
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 be...
May 12, 2024•44 min•Season 5Ep. 212
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 happi...
May 05, 2024•41 min•Season 5Ep. 211
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 cons...
Apr 28, 2024•13 min•Season 5Ep. 210
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 ...
Apr 21, 2024•45 min•Season 5Ep. 209
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 cultur...
Apr 14, 2024•50 min•Season 5Ep. 208
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 clas...
Apr 07, 2024•44 min•Season 5Ep. 207
