Satiated Podcast

Stephanie Mara Fox

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

  1. 6d ago

    Using Your Body's Feedback to Find Your Sweet Spot With Halloween Candy

    It is that time of year again. The end of October often feels like it marks the beginning of a three month cultural focus on food and body image. It starts with Halloween, and then a multi-week break to potentially recover from any sugar binges or hangovers. Then comes Thanksgiving, which feels like a societal condoned binge where you’re supposed to overfill your physical body.  After that is Christmas and holiday parties where you might feel pressure to drink more alcohol than you normally do or eat particular foods that you know don’t actually feel great in your body. And then we end with New Year’s, where you are now made to feel immense shame about all of the possible enjoyable food you ate and memories that you just created with people you love.  You're bombarded with messages of how to lose the weight you gained over the holidays, what gyms you should start joining, what physical movement you should be doing, and how to start the new year with a new body.  Most messages before Halloween focus on eating the candy, managing your sugar intake, or saying no to it. What I find is missing from this messaging is a call to turn toward your body.  In this week's episode, I chat about:  A somatic perspective to sugar Why deciding to eat or not eat sugar doesn't actually alter your relationship with it A top down, cognitive approach to sugar A bottom up, body first approach to sugar You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/sweet-spot-with-halloween-candy There are 4 days left to sign up for the Somatic Eating® Program! We start this Thursday and this is honestly my favorite time of the year to teach this program.  The holiday season used to be one of my hardest times to navigate. So I understand when you're fearing holiday meals, feeling overwhelmed by parties, and dysregulated by people you see.  Not only is there time on every call for individualized support, but you can reach out every day in a private space for additional support, even if that is just to not feel so alone.  You can learn more and sign up below and email me anytime if you have questions. CHECK OUT THE SOMATIC EATING® PROGRAM https://somaticeating.com/the-somatic-eating-program/ With Compassion and Empathy,  Stephanie Mara Fox Support the show Keep in touch with Stephanie Mara: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_stephaniemara/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephaniemarafox Website: https://www.stephaniemara.com/ https://www.somaticeating.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephmara/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stephaniemarafox Contact: support@stephaniemara.com Support the show: Become a supporter: https://www.buzzsprout.com/809987/support All affiliate links: https://www.stephaniemara.com/resources Receive 15% off my fave protein powder with code STEPHANIEMARA at checkout here: https://www.equipfoods.com/STEPHANIEMARA Use my Amazon Affiliate link when shopping on Amazon: https://amzn.to/448IyPl Special thanks to Bendsound for the music in this episode. www.bensou...

  2. Oct 19

    The Culture Wars That Are Undermining Your Eating Recovery with Dr. David Wiss

    There is a lack of nuance in the field of food and body image recovery.  You have one side that tells you that you need to eat all foods, all foods fit, and that you need to keep eating all foods to habituate to them so that you're not as drawn to them anymore. And then you have the other side that says you're addicted to food, you need to eliminate these addictive foods from your life and be hypervigilant with not eating them.  Or with body image recovery it can feel like you have to move toward unconditionally loving your body as it is right now or not even care about your body because your life is more than just a physical appearance.  I like to explore the messy middle where sometimes you might need to take a food out of your life to start to feel your body again and sometimes eating more of a food will create food safety.  Sometimes, you are eating more sugar than your body can handle and it is disrupting how stable you can feel in your body and sometimes you just need to have the damn birthday cake with your friends and move on with your life.  Sometimes, tracking your macro intake is going to feel like the most empowering and embodying thing you can do and sometimes throwing all the rules out the window and noticing what does enough of a food feel like in your body is going to bring you into closer and safer relationship with your body.  We are drawn to binary either/or thinking because it makes things easier and streamlined. If you just need to eat more ice cream so that you can stop feeling so out of control with ice cream, that gives you a focus and a strategy and a way forward. But the truth is that food recovery is never that simple.  In this week's episode, I chat with Dr. David Wiss, functional medicine clinician and nutritional psychiatry researcher, about:  How the field of food recovery is stuckThe trajectory and risk factors for having struggles with foodFood addiction and what Dr. Wiss has termed ultra-processed food use disorderCulture wars occurring in food recoveryWhat the food recovery field is missingBalancing individual and public health perspectives when it comes to foodEmbracing non-binary thinking and nuanced messaging You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/culture-wars-undermining-your-eating-recovery Ready to join now the Somatic Eating® Program? There are 11 days left to sign up.  CHECK OUT THE SOMATIC EATING® PROGRAM: https://somaticeating.com/the-somatic-eating-program/ With Compassion and Empathy,  Stephanie Mara Fox Keep in touch with Dr. David Wiss:  Website: https://fxmedmentalhealth.com/ Website: https://drdavidwiss.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drdavidwiss Support the show Keep in touch with Stephanie Mara: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_stephaniemara/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephaniemarafox Website: https://www.stephaniemara.com/ https://www.somaticeating.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephmara/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stephaniemarafox Contact: support@stephaniemara.com Support the show: Become a supporter: https://www.buzzsprout.com/809987/support All affiliate links: https://www.stephaniemara.com/resources Receive 15% off my fave protein powder with code STEPHANIEMARA at checkout here: https://www.equipfoods.com/STEPHANIEMARA Use my Amazon Affiliate link when shopping on Amazon: https://amzn.to/448IyPl Special thanks to Bendsound for the music in this episode. www.bensou...

  3. Oct 11

    Heal Binge Eating and Body Image Struggles with Internal Family Systems with Megan Darnell

    If you've been here for a while, you may have noticed that I'm a big fan of parts work. Knowing what part of you is telling you to eat, not eat, eat something specific can be empowering.  Rather than feeling like you're lacking willpower or out of control, you can start to understand your food impulses as communication from a younger part of you that is trying to support you.  This is where you can bring in curiosity about how old do you feel when you binge eat? When you skip a meal? When you’re trying to lose weight? And the part of you giving you these food or body image impulses, how old do they think you are?  In this week's episode, I chat with Megan Darnell, Internal Family Systems practitioner, women's coach and host of The Self Led Woman podcast, about:  Applying Internal Family Systems to food and body image recoveryUnderstanding your parts as protectorsWorking with your parts in the cycle of binge eatingInteracting with your inner critic and inner childPractical steps to start utilizing parts work in your relationship with foodYou can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/heal-binge-eating-with-internal-family-systems I discuss a parts work perspective on your food coping patterns in the Somatic Eating® Program and doors are officially open to the class that starts on Thursday October 29th.  If you're curious to learn more about who is doing your eating, and how to connect with and navigate your parts when they are screaming at you to do your familiar food behavior, be sure to click below and you can learn more and join this upcoming class. CHECK OUT THE SOMATIC EATING® PROGRAM https://somaticeating.com/the-somatic-eating-program/ If you have any questions, reply to this email anytime! With Compassion and Empathy,  Stephanie Mara Fox Keep in touch with Megan Darnell:  Website: https://www.megandarnell.com.au/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megandarnelltherapy/ Support the show Keep in touch with Stephanie Mara: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_stephaniemara/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephaniemarafox Website: https://www.stephaniemara.com/ https://www.somaticeating.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephmara/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stephaniemarafox Contact: support@stephaniemara.com Support the show: Become a supporter: https://www.buzzsprout.com/809987/support All affiliate links: https://www.stephaniemara.com/resources Receive 15% off my fave protein powder with code STEPHANIEMARA at checkout here: https://www.equipfoods.com/STEPHANIEMARA Use my Amazon Affiliate link when shopping on Amazon: https://amzn.to/448IyPl Special thanks to Bendsound for the music in this episode. www.bensou...

  4. Oct 4

    How Embodiment Heals Attachment Wounds and Creates Secure Relationships with Orit Krug

    Something I have seen over the years is that how you relate to one thing is often how you relate to everything. So the relational wounds you experienced in childhood can also show up with food.  This is why I feel it is crucial to understand your attachment or relational traumas so you can better understand what may have shaped your current relationship with food.  Others have sometimes joked with me before that they think of me as their food couple's counselor. And the truth is that many of the approaches and resources that are out there to support you in your human interactions can also support you in your food interactions as well.  In this week's Satiated Podcast episode, I chat with Orit Krug, Board-Certified Dance Movement Therapist, about:  Utilizing dance movement therapy for attachment healingSomatically reparenting the inner childThe importance of coregulationUnderstanding attachment styles through body sensationsPractices for feeling and moving through emotionsCreating secure attachmentYou can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/embodiment-heals-attachment-wounds Lastly, the doors to the Somatic Eating® Program are opening for those on the waitlist this upcoming Tuesday 10/6. Those on the waitlist are going to receive a limited time only $300 off the program and to the first 3 people who sign up a special free Voxer Day offer. You can still get it on the waitlist ​HERE​: https://somaticeating.com/waitlist-somatic-eating/ With Compassion and Empathy,  Stephanie Mara Fox Keep in touch with Orit Krug:  Website: https://oritkrug.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orit.krug/ Support the show Keep in touch with Stephanie Mara: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_stephaniemara/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephaniemarafox Website: https://www.stephaniemara.com/ https://www.somaticeating.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephmara/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stephaniemarafox Contact: support@stephaniemara.com Support the show: Become a supporter: https://www.buzzsprout.com/809987/support All affiliate links: https://www.stephaniemara.com/resources Receive 15% off my fave protein powder with code STEPHANIEMARA at checkout here: https://www.equipfoods.com/STEPHANIEMARA Use my Amazon Affiliate link when shopping on Amazon: https://amzn.to/448IyPl Special thanks to Bendsound for the music in this episode. www.bensou...

  5. Aug 17

    Restrictive Diets Are Traumatic and a Response To Trauma

    If someone had told me the truth that going on Weight Watchers at 13 years old would lead to a lack of trust in your body, obsession with food for years to come, an intense fear of food and anxiety around what to eat, and a decade in the restrict-binge cycle, I’m curious if my smart little self would have said, “No thank you. I’ll find a different way to feel safe.”  But now I know I was drawn to dieting as a response to other traumatic situations in my life. I was desperate to find some sense of control and be able to land safely into something that could hold me the way I needed to be. And this is what I've seen in my private practice year after year is that restrictive dieting can be traumatic and be a response to trauma.  In this week's Satiated Podcast episode, I chat about:  The similarities between dieting and trauma Approaching food recovery the same way as trauma recoveryHow diets mimic a trauma response The somatic wisdom and protection diets are trying to offer You can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/restrictive-diets-are-traumatic-and-a-response-to-trauma Hope you enjoy it and talk to you more soon! With Compassion and Empathy,  Stephanie Mara Fox Support the show Keep in touch with Stephanie Mara: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_stephaniemara/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephaniemarafox Website: https://www.stephaniemara.com/ https://www.somaticeating.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephmara/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stephaniemarafox Contact: support@stephaniemara.com Support the show: Become a supporter: https://www.buzzsprout.com/809987/support All affiliate links: https://www.stephaniemara.com/resources Receive 15% off my fave protein powder with code STEPHANIEMARA at checkout here: https://www.equipfoods.com/STEPHANIEMARA Use my Amazon Affiliate link when shopping on Amazon: https://amzn.to/448IyPl Special thanks to Bendsound for the music in this episode. www.bensou...

  6. Aug 10

    Interoception: Get To Know Your Body's Internal Dashboard For Better Regulation with Alyssa Chang

    About a year ago in one of my PhD classes, I voiced a huge gripe I had about somatic and nervous system practices.  I shared that my friction with them was that they have been stripped down and depersonalized into these practices that anyone can do at any time and will support everyone in any moment to feel calmer or more grounded or safer or more regulated.  My teacher replied with, "Well everyone still needs to start somewhere."  This gave me a pause to reflect that even if you choose a somatic or nervous system practice that doesn't resonate with your body and is just some blanket suggestion, it can still teach you about what doesn't work for you based on your emotions, sensations, and nervous system states.  And then, sometimes you're going to nail it. You're going to choose the exact bodily movement that you needed that brings your body into a place of safety and connection and brings greater ease and breath. So I've updated my perspective that all practices in all moments can be supportive and will be a discovery of yourself and for yourself to know what works for your body and nervous system.  I had an amazing experience in this episode being guided through a nervous system practice that quickly changed how I felt. In this week's episode, I chat with Alyssa Chang, neuroscience health coach and the creator of The Regulation Method™, about:  The impact of neuroscience on healingInteroceptionTailoring nervous system practices to your individual needsPractical exercises for enhancing awareness of the felt sense of your bodyNavigating sensory overloadThe role of predictability in healingCreating tiny moments of changeYou can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/interoception-get-to-know-your-bodys-internal-dashboard This episode was chock full of nervous system practices so you'll definitely walk away with practices you can incorporate into your day. With Compassion and Empathy,  Stephanie Mara Fox Keep in touch with Alyssa:  Website: https://www.coachalyssachang.com/ Email: hello@coachalyssachang.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachalyssachang/ Free 45- minute masterclass: https://www.coachalyssachang.com/masterclassoptin Support the show Keep in touch with Stephanie Mara: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_stephaniemara/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephaniemarafox Website: https://www.stephaniemara.com/ https://www.somaticeating.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephmara/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stephaniemarafox Contact: support@stephaniemara.com Support the show: Become a supporter: https://www.buzzsprout.com/809987/support All affiliate links: https://www.stephaniemara.com/resources Receive 15% off my fave protein powder with code STEPHANIEMARA at checkout here: https://www.equipfoods.com/STEPHANIEMARA Use my Amazon Affiliate link when shopping on Amazon: https://amzn.to/448IyPl Special thanks to Bendsound for the music in this episode. www.bensou...

  7. Aug 3

    How Embracing Rage Fuels Body Liberation and Heals Diet Trauma with Paula D. Atkinson

    One underdiscussed aspect of a body image or food recovery adventure is the importance of rage.  What can occur is that all the anger that might be felt about how you were treated in the past gets turned in on your body. Your body becomes the focus of all your rage rather than on a culture that ever taught you that your body should be different than it is. Your food behaviors become a way to express this anger when it doesn't feel like it has an outlet.  Somatically, if your experience of rage is scary, overwhelming, and threatening, then it can also feel unsafe to feel and express rage. This is why I like to explore small, safe micro moments of feeling rage so that you get to slowly take it off of your body's appearance or express it with food.  What this might look like is drawing rage, writing as if you were rage, putting on a song that taps you into rage and moving as rage would move for one song. This could look like throwing an egg against a tree or ripping a piece of paper. This is all about getting used to the felt sense of rage so that when you start to judge your body, you can feel the rage, express, move through it, and not blame your body for it.  In this week's Satiated Podcast episode, I chat with Paula D. Atkinson, liberation psychotherapist, body justice professor and activist, author, and podcast host, about:  Trauma of diet cultureImpact of starvationEmbracing rage and how to use it as a tool for body liberationHistory of fatphobiaThe intersection between body image and social justiceImportance of experiencing pleasure and joyYou can also read the transcript to this week’s episode here: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/how-embracing-rage-fuels-body-liberation This was an incredibly powerful episode and I hope you enjoy it!  With Compassion and Empathy,  Stephanie Mara Fox Keep in touch with Paula here:  Website: https://www.pauladatkinson.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pauladatkinson/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pauladatkinson Support the show Keep in touch with Stephanie Mara: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_stephaniemara/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephaniemarafox Website: https://www.stephaniemara.com/ https://www.somaticeating.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephmara/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stephaniemarafox Contact: support@stephaniemara.com Support the show: Become a supporter: https://www.buzzsprout.com/809987/support All affiliate links: https://www.stephaniemara.com/resources Receive 15% off my fave protein powder with code STEPHANIEMARA at checkout here: https://www.equipfoods.com/STEPHANIEMARA Use my Amazon Affiliate link when shopping on Amazon: https://amzn.to/448IyPl Special thanks to Bendsound for the music in this episode. www.bensou...

  8. Jul 27

    Use These Somatic Tools During and After Tough Times with Laurie James

    You may have picked this up by now about how passionate I am about the field of somatic psychology. Learning about how to experience my body on all levels and build awareness of my nervous system states felt like it was learning how to come home to myself.  I have often joked that many people who are somatic practitioners were drawn to this work because they have lived much of their life disconnected from their own bodies and I'm no exception.  I spent so much of my life outside of my body. It was in learning how to stay with myself in all emotions, sensations, and reactions that I felt like my body could be a home for myself again. This can be a lifelong practice and I feel as though somatics provides the resources on how to be in this practice day after day.  Sometimes, the first step toward creating a new perception and sense of safety to come closer to your body is through curiosity and somatic tracking. It can be crucially important to start noticing how your body responds to various internal or external input because this will guide you toward undigested life experiences, nervous system states, and bodily needs.  In this week's episode, I chat with Laurie James, author, certified somatic practitioner & coach, and podcaster, about:  The power of body awarenessHow to recognize overwhelm and stressUnderstanding the spectrum of personal developmentIncluding the importance of rest and integrationNavigating both needs for stillness and movementThe difference between somatic work and meditationBuilding connection with your bodyYou can also read the transcript to this week’s episode ​here​: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/use-these-somatic-tools-during-and-after-tough-times If you have any insights from this recent episode, email me anytime and would love to hear from you!  With Compassion and Empathy,  Stephanie Mara Fox Keep in touch with Laurie here:  Website: https://www.laurieejames.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurie.james/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurie-james-8336a0168/ Support the show Keep in touch with Stephanie Mara: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_stephaniemara/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephaniemarafox Website: https://www.stephaniemara.com/ https://www.somaticeating.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephmara/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stephaniemarafox Contact: support@stephaniemara.com Support the show: Become a supporter: https://www.buzzsprout.com/809987/support All affiliate links: https://www.stephaniemara.com/resources Receive 15% off my fave protein powder with code STEPHANIEMARA at checkout here: https://www.equipfoods.com/STEPHANIEMARA Use my Amazon Affiliate link when shopping on Amazon: https://amzn.to/448IyPl Special thanks to Bendsound for the music in this episode. www.bensou...

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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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