#84: Anxiety, Trauma, & How to Feel Safe in Our Bodies with Stephanie Mara Fox

The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS

Calling all highly sensitive, anxious humans with lots of digestive symptoms...this one is for you. Correction: this episode is for everyone -- for anyone who has experienced trauma, emotional dysregulation, an overwhelmed nervous system, and / or mental health conditions (particularly those that both led to and resulted from restrictive eating habits).

Stephanie Mara Fox joins us to chat about all of this an so much more. We get into somatics and body awareness, how to release tension and conjure calming thoughts, and how to use coregulation to promote feelings of calm and safety -- especially when dieting and disordered eating is what has made us feel safe in the past.

You'll hear more about...

• What it means to feel safe or unsafe in our body
• How dieting and disordered eating can occur as a response to trauma
• How restriction itself can be the trauma
• How panic attacks and disordered eating are connected
• Using somatic therapy to cultivate safety in our body
• Investigating the emotions behind our relationship with food
• How to prevent an emotional spiral about your body
• What happens to our body image when our nervous system is constantly overwhelmed
• How to work through IBS and other digestive issues that might be related to anxiety and restriction

Stephanie Mara Fox is a somatic nutrition counselor and a mentor. She supports women, coaches, and wellness professionals in feeling empowered and satiated in their relationship with their food, body, and business to cultivate more confidence and create the life they desire to be living. Learn more about Stephanie and her work on her website.

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