You can know exactly what to eat and still find yourself standing at the pantry at 9 PM. That is not a willpower problem, and treating it like one is why the cycle keeps repeating.

Emotional eating, food noise, and the diet-binge cycle are the focus of this conversation between Dr. Z and Tricia Nelson, an emotional eating expert who lost 50 pounds by identifying and healing the root causes of her own eating patterns.

Tricia has spent 30 years researching the hidden drivers of the addictive personality, is the author of the bestselling Heal Your Hunger, and hosts the podcast Confessions of a Binge Eater. Together they trace the line between an eating problem and a living problem, and what changes when you get curious about why you eat instead of obsessing over what you eat.

What you will take from this conversation:

1. How to tell physical hunger from emotional hunger, and why that distinction is the first step out of the cycle.

2. What “food noise” actually signals, and why quieting it starts with your emotional state rather than your plate.

3. The PEP Test: the three roles food plays when a feeling needs somewhere to go — painkiller, escape, and punishment.

4. Why diets reliably fail emotional eaters, and what a long-term approach looks like instead.

5. Where support, community, and spirituality fit when willpower has already been tried.

Disclaimer: Tricia’s framework reflects her personal recovery and three decades of client work; it is shared here as education, not medical or mental health treatment. Dr. Z holds a PhD in natural medicine.

Resources

• Take Tricia’s free quiz — Are you an emotional eater, a food addict, or somewhere in between? https://www.healyourhunger.com/are-you-an-emotional-eater-or-food-addict/

• Tricia’s book: Heal Your Hunger: 7 Simple Steps to End Emotional Eating Now

• Tricia’s podcast: Confessions of a Binge Eater — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/confessions-of-a-binge-eater/id1858632856

• Connect with Tricia:

Website: https://healyourhunger.com

Instagram @tricianelson_

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tricia.g.nelson

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/triciagreaves/

FREE GIFT: The 21-Day Nervous System Calibration is designed to help you begin shifting out of survival mode and back into a state of regulation. go.southbaywellness.com/calibration

Schedule a FREE discovery call with Dr. Z and our team: https://go.southbaywellness.com/schedule-call

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The information in this episode is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Dr. Z and her guests share perspectives and suggestions, not diagnoses or treatment. Always consult your own qualified provider.

What if the endless healing journey — the next protocol, the next program, the next thing to fix — was never the point?

In 2012, Rev. HoniB Borden's heart stopped. She says she crossed fully into the afterlife, met the presence of God and Yeshua, and was sent back three days later with one message: stop healing, and start remembering who you already are.

It's one of the most extraordinary conversations we've ever had on TRUE Wellness with Dr. Z — and whether or not you share her faith, what she reveals about your body, your nervous system, and the difference between your feelings and your truth will stay with you long after you hit pause.

Rev. HoniB is a Johns Hopkins–trained clinician, a 20-year meditation teacher, and the founder of Washington D.C.'s first holistic wellness medi spa — who walked away from all of it to answer a calling she never asked for. In this episode, she and Dr. Z reconnect two decades after first meeting, and go somewhere most wellness conversations never dare to.

In this episode:

• What she experienced when her heart stopped — and the message she was sent back with
• Why "stop healing, start remembering" might be the shift you've been missing
• How to treat your body as a temple instead of a problem to solve
• Why your feelings are not the same as your truth (and how women get this backwards)
• The role of the nervous system, coherence, and why biohacking alone won't sustain you
• The Four Living Declarations — her free gift for grounding yourself in seconds of stress

CONNECT WITH REV. HONIB BORDEN
Website: https://www.AscensionAlchemists.com
Free gift — The Four Living Declarations™ (sign up for the newsletter on the homepage)
Podcast: Ascension Alchemists™ — on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music & more
Book: The Day I Became A Superhero: A Story About the True Power Within
Instagram: @revhoniborden | @ascensionalchemists
Facebook: @revhoniborden | @ascensionalchemists
YouTube: @revhoniborden | @ascensionalchemists
Booking: Info@AscensionAlchemists.com

FREE GIFT: The 21-Day Nervous System Calibration is designed to help you begin shifting out of survival mode and back into a state of regulation. go.southbaywellness.com/calibration

Schedule a FREE discovery call with Dr. Z and our team: https://go.southbaywellness.com/schedule-call

Thanks for listening to T.R.U.E. Wellness with Dr .Z, follow us on social media for more wellness inspiration.

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The information in this episode is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Dr. Z and her guests share perspectives and suggestions, not diagnoses or treatment. Always consult your own qualified provider.

The fight that won't close isn't behind you — it's inside you.

Every unresolved argument stays in the body as a low-grade stressor. It shows up as 3 AM wake-ups, tight chest, and exhaustion with no clear source. In this conversation, Dr. Danielle Zanzarov, PhD, sits with conflict resolution coach Rod Jeter — creator of YBAngry — to talk about what unfinished conflict actually costs the nervous system, and how his structured game helps couples resolve decades of disagreements in under an hour.

What this episode covers:

1. Why every unfinished argument registers as a stressor your nervous system is still running.

2. How the YBAngry game removes emotional charge from the most loaded conversations.

3. The specific steps that finally make people feel heard — sometimes after 30 or 40 years.

4. Why most people are worse communicators than they think, and what the game does differently.

5. Rod's three free tips to stop arguing, available now at ybangry.com.

About | Roderick "Rod" Jeter — Conflict Resolution Coach & Creator of YBAngry After traditional counseling failed, Rod created YBAngry (pronounced "Why Be Angry") — the relationship game where all you have to do to win is play. He designed YBAngry to help couples stay together, one issue at a time. Rod's game approach helps couples overcome seemingly insurmountable disagreements that have lasted decades, in just minutes. No fuss. No drama.

Resources mentioned:

Order the YBAngry Game: https://ybangry.com/?ref=DANIELLE-753B

YBAngry Website: https://ybangry.com/

3 Free Tips to Stop Arguing: Visit ybangry.com and scroll to the '3 free tips' link — enter your first name and email to receive a short video.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrrodjeter/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrrodjeter

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mrrodjeter

FREE GIFT: The 21-Day Nervous System Calibration is designed to help you begin shifting out of survival mode and back into a state of regulation. go.southbaywellness.com/calibration

Schedule a FREE discovery call with Dr. Z and our team: https://go.southbaywellness.com/schedule-call

Thanks for listening to T.R.U.E. Wellness with Dr .Z, follow us on social media for more wellness inspiration.

Watch the full episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisIsDrZ
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Website: www.SouthBayWellness.com

The information in this episode is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Dr. Z and her guests share perspectives and suggestions, not diagnoses or treatment. Always consult your own qualified provider.