E51: Loving Yourself to Health- A Webinar Replay with April Diaz

Loving Yourself to Health: Nervous System, Emotional Eating, and Sustainable Habits If you want to learn more about breaking emotional eating habits, get this course! For only $37 (https://monatippets.com/kstumintuitiv...) Mona shares the audio from a February community webinar with life coach April Diaz on “loving yourself to health,” focusing on emotional eating and how sustainable habits come from nervous system safety rather than self-criticism or pushing harder. She explains how habits are automatic, why food can become a learned signal of comfort and safety, and how stress states (hyperarousal, freeze, shutdown) shape thoughts, motivation, and follow-through. Using Yerkes-Dodson and polyvagal theory, Mona contrasts fear-driven control with the “zone of resilience,” where trust, connection, and gentle motivation support long-term change. She offers practical ideas like building a regulation menu, increasing awareness of cues, and making small nutrition shifts, then coaches a participant through late-night eating by exploring daytime nourishment, planning, and alternative calming routines. 00:00 Webinar and Course Intro 01:24 Meet April and Mona 03:32 Why Habits Feel Hard 08:14 Food as Safety and Connection 12:10 Hunger and Learned Patterns 14:05 Why Emotional Eating Happens 16:47 Stress Curve and Polyvagal Map 21:07 Hyper vs Hypo Arousal Thoughts 24:26 Emotional Eating as a Signal 26:04 Inner Critic and Self Judgment 29:08 Awareness Tools and New Habits 31:24 What Safety Really Means 31:55 Zone of Resilience 32:53 Food Trust Mindset 33:56 Toddler Brain Cravings 35:52 Reparenting With Needs 38:38 Regulation Menu Ideas 40:59 Gut Brain Nutrition Tweaks 43:09 Night Eating Q and A 52:15 Closing Reflections Need some help with emotional eating? Here is the full course. (https://monatippets.com/kstumintuitiv...) Only $37 To to find out more about how I can help your workplace or work with me one on one, please see www.monatippets.com Want to understand your stress a little better? Get my free Stress Management Guide for High Achievers here. (https://via.growseamlessly.com/widget...)