In this powerful and heart-centered conversation, Stephanie welcomes Becca Dollard—a somatic healing practitioner and holistic life coach—onto the show. Becca supports high-functioning moms who’ve done the work through therapy and personal growth but are yearning for a deeper, more embodied connection to themselves. Together, they dive into the topic of somatic eating, exploring how to transform your relationship with food and your body through felt experience rather than just logic or willpower. This episode sets the stage for understanding how emotions live in the body and how healing begins when we listen to what our body is truly asking for—beyond diets, rules, or routines. Becca shares how her personal journey with emotional eating and body image laid the foundation for her professional work, and how “self-care” has evolved into something more intuitive and nourishing. Becca shares how so many women live in a fog of dissociation—numb, disconnected, and operating from unconscious habits rather than intentional choice. Together, they explore how emotional eating isn't inherently “bad,” but rather a cue to look deeper at our unmet needs and unprocessed sensations living in the body. The conversation touches on everything from the cultural obsession with mindset, to the ways we bypass our emotional signals, to why food becomes a fast and familiar tool for numbing when we haven’t learned how to truly feel. You’ll walk away with a radically compassionate framework for shifting from autopilot behaviors to embodied choice, and from numbing to nourishment—no shame required.

🔑 What You'll Learn: What somatic eating really means How emotional and physiological healing are deeply connected Becca’s personal journey through extremes in health, self-care, and identity The importance of tuning into the body vs. following external rules Why motherhood can be a profound catalyst for inner transformation

The 4 Tiers of Eating (Framework):

1. Eating for Pleasure – Often mistaken for joy, but can be numbing

2. Eating for Energy – Quick, convenient, driven by fatigue or busyness

3. Eating for Recovery – Restrictive, reactive, rule-based eating

4. Eating for Health – A dynamic, intuitive, collaborative relationship with food

✨ Quotes to Remember: "Motherhood is a season of massive up-levels and refinement by fire." "I feel so good—not just mentally and emotionally, but physiologically—because I stopped outsourcing what my body needs."

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