Building Resilience The Nervous System Side of Your Relationship with Food
Have you ever felt like food has all the power, that you can’t trust yourself around it, or that no matter how hard you try, you keep falling into the same patterns of overeating, restricting, or guilt?
What if your struggles with food aren’t really about willpower at all, but about your nervous system?
In this episode of Building Resilience, I’m joined by Jane Pilger, a coach who helps people move from fighting with their bodies to building food freedom and body trust. Jane shares her own 25-year journey with binge eating and how learning about the nervous system became the missing piece in her healing.
We’ll explore:
- Food struggles are signals from your nervous system, not lack of willpower
- Shame and judgment keep you stuck, curiosity and compassion help you heal
- Food often acts as a safety strategy but can also feel unsafe (the safety paradox)
- Black-and-white thinking about food is a sign of dysregulation
- The Three Powerful Questions: What do I notice? What do I need? What’s next?
Links mentioned:
Mini Series on food and the nervous system
Free resource: IBS Nervous System Reset
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