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Make Peace With Food

Make Peace With Food

De: Sherry Shaban
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A podcast for anyone tired of fighting their cravings, their habits, and their body. Join Sherry Shaban as she teaches you how to regulate your nervous system, release emotional eating patterns, and build a calmer, safer relationship with food—one gentle shift at a time. Because your eating habits aren’t the problem—your nervous system is. In Make Peace with Food, Sherry will show you how to move from protection mode to safety mode so you can stop emotional eating, end self-sabotage, and finally make peace with food for good.Sherry Shaban Higiene y Vida Saludable
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  • Why Cravings Hijack Your Body: The Storage Hormone Secret

    Why Cravings Hijack Your Body: The Storage Hormone Secret
    Jan 29 2026
    This episode is for you if you’ve ever wondered why your body seems to hold onto fat, why cravings hit even when you just ate, or why dieting alone never seems to work.In this episode, I break down the storage hormone, insulin, and why understanding it is not just about biology—it’s about how your mind, habits, and environment shape your hormonal responses. I share practical ways to reduce cravings, balance hormones, and eat in a way that actually supports your body.1. Insulin Isn’t Just About FoodMost people think insulin is purely biological: “Eat sugar → insulin rises → fat storage happens.” But here’s what I want you to know: your mind controls it too.Thoughts, anticipation, and habits can trigger insulin release.Insulin signals: “We have excess energy—store it, don’t release it.”Paired with cortisol (the stress hormone), insulin drives cravings and fat storage more than you realize.Your biology is responding to your thoughts and environment as much as your plate.2. Everyone Responds DifferentlyI’ve seen it hundreds of times in the Make Peace With Food program: no two people respond the same way to food.Certain foods trigger more insulin in some people than others.Your sleep, stress, activity, and lean muscle mass all influence insulin’s effect.That’s why a personalized metabolic blueprint is so powerful—it shows you exactly which foods are truly nourishing for your body.Forget generic diets. Your hormones hold the real answers.3. Food Pairing & TimingIt’s not just what you eat—it’s how you pair it and when.Pairing carbs with protein, fat, or fiber reduces insulin spikes.Eating according to your circadian rhythm helps your body use energy efficiently.Anticipation of food triggers insulin before the first bite, creating cravings and prepping digestion.Understanding this alone can change how you respond to cravings.4. Cravings, Scarcity, and StressStress drives cravings at the hormone level:Cortisol increases blood sugar needs for immediate energy.Insulin follows, storing sugar and locking away energy.The drop in blood sugar afterward is what we feel as cravings.I share a personal story from hosting my retreat in Greece—stress and scarcity triggered intense cravings even though food was abundant. This shows how mindset directly interacts with hormones.5. Actionable StepsMonitor your hormones: notice stress, sleep, and food triggers.Mindful pairing: combine foods to balance glucose response.Strength training: lean muscle mass improves insulin efficiency.Anticipation awareness: notice how thoughts about food trigger cravings.Shift scarcity mindset: create safety around eating by experimenting with what nourishes you.The Reframe I Want You to Take With YouInstead of asking:“What should I eat?”I want you to start asking:How does this affect my hormones?Am I eating from safety or scarcity?What patterns am I reinforcing?What does my nervous system need right now?Transformation doesn’t come from control.It comes from understanding.Key TakeawaysThe storage hormone is influenced by both biology and mindsetThere is no universal “healthy” foodStress and cravings are hormonally linkedAnticipation alone can trigger storageFood fear creates overeating — safety creates balanceHormone awareness beats calorie countingBook your FREE 30-minute Food Freedom Call now and start your journey to lasting change! Schedule here: https://sherryshabanfitness.com/clarity Listen to more episodes at www.makepeacewithfood.com/podcast or subscribe to me on Spotify, Podcast, and YouTube so you never miss an episode!Join my Facebook Community: www.myfoodfreedomlifestyle.com Work with me: www.sherryshaban.com/transform Go deeper: www.makepeacewithfood.com Share your biggest takeaway and tag me on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn
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    1 h y 11 m
  • Why Counting Calories Causes Weight Gain

    Why Counting Calories Causes Weight Gain
    Jan 26 2026
    If you’ve ever felt stuck in the cycle of dieting, obsessing over calories, or feeling guilty after eating, this is for you.I am sharing about the shift that changes everything: moving from calorie counting to hormone-focused self-care. I’ll unpack why your mood, sleep, environment, and interactions matter as much—if not more—than the numbers on a plate.1. Why Behavior Trumps CaloriesIn my Calm the Cravings and Break the Cycle masterclasses, people always ask me about hormones. While I do touch on cortisol and insulin briefly, the real shift comes when you start noticing how your choices throughout the day affect your hormones—from the food you eat to the people you spend time with, the environments you’re in, and even your sleep and mood.Instead of tracking calories, I encourage you to pay attention to how your body feels and how your emotions guide you. These are signals from your nervous system, pointing to what’s really going on above the shoulders.2. Meet Your Master Hormone: CortisolMost advice online focuses on carbs, sugar, or fat—but hardly anyone talks about cortisol, your master hormone.I explain how cortisol:Releases anytime you’re in protection modeSlows metabolism and triggers cravingsBlocks rational thinking, making it harder to resist emotional eatingAffects insulin, thyroid, estrogen, and moreChronic high cortisol can create weight gain, PMS, menopausal symptoms, water retention, and the sense that nothing you do works—even when you’re trying your best.3. Your Environment & Mindset MatterWhere you work, who you spend time with, and how you think daily influence your hormones more than diets ever could.I’ve learned that:Negative self-talk and perfectionism constantly trigger cortisolYoga, meditation, or exercise alone can’t fix your nervous system if your thoughts keep firing stress signalsThe key is regulating your nervous system and adjusting your environment4. My JourneyI got into health and fitness after chronic back pain and a car accident at 16. Exercise healed me, and I fell in love with movement. But the fitness world led me into a maze of diets—calorie counting, keto, paleo, low-fat, macros—ending in secret bingeing and guilt.The real breakthrough came when I stopped punishing myself with food and exercise and started focusing on hormone regulation, nervous system balance, and emotional awareness. That’s when lasting change happened.5. The Big TakeawayStop obsessing over food numbers.Pay attention to how your choices affect your nervous system and hormones.Listen to your cravings and emotions—they’re signals, not failures.Small shifts in your thoughts and environment can create massive changes in energy, weight, and mood.Health and weight release start above the shoulders. Once your nervous system and hormones are balanced, everything else falls into place.Book your FREE 30-minute Food Freedom Call now and start your journey to lasting change! Schedule here: https://sherryshabanfitness.com/clarity Listen to more episodes at www.makepeacewithfood.com/podcast or subscribe to me on Spotify, Podcast, and YouTube so you never miss an episode!Join my Facebook Community: www.myfoodfreedomlifestyle.com Work with me: www.sherryshaban.com/transform Go deeper: www.makepeacewithfood.com Share your biggest takeaway and tag me on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn
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    1 h y 4 m
  • How Your Nervous System Reacts to Triggers & Dysregulated Emotions

    How Your Nervous System Reacts to Triggers & Dysregulated Emotions
    Jan 22 2026

    Have you ever wondered why, no matter how hard you try, you keep falling into the same food and emotional patterns? If you feel stuck in cycles of emotional eating, self-sabotage, or using food for comfort or distraction, this episode is for you.

    In this episode, I dive deep into one of the most powerful forces shaping your relationship with food and your behaviors: your triggers. These patterns aren’t accidents or a lack of willpower—they’re deeply ingrained programs in your mind and nervous system. And the good news? They can be recognized, understood, and transformed.

    We explore how triggers exist in all five senses—smells, sounds, tastes, sights, and touch—and how they activate dysregulated emotions that feel hard or impossible to sit with. These emotions aren’t weaknesses; they’re signals from your nervous system shaped by past experiences, conditioning, and unmet emotional needs.

    I break down the difference between protection mode and safety mode, and why your nervous system state plays a massive role in emotional eating, weight loss resistance, and habit change. This is the missing piece most diets never address.

    You’ll learn:

    • Why emotional eating is an automatic response, not a personal failure

    • How triggers activate unconscious thoughts, beliefs, and coping behaviors

    • Why awareness alone begins to unravel patterns

    • How learning to sit with emotions retrains your nervous system

    • Practical steps to gently interrupt old patterns without judgment

    This episode will help you see that your food choices and habits are deeply linked to how safe your body feels—not discipline or willpower.

    Awareness is your superpower. Once you can see the “movie” of your triggers, you can pause, choose differently, and begin rewiring patterns that no longer serve you. Healing happens step by step, with patience, self-compassion, and curiosity—and your next decision is the one that shapes your transformation.


    Listen to more episodes at www.makepeacewithfood.com/podcast or subscribe to me on Spotify, Podcast, and YouTube so you never miss an episode!

    Join my Facebook Community: www.myfoodfreedomlifestyle.com

    Work with me: www.sherryshaban.com/transform

    Go deeper: www.makepeacewithfood.com

    Share your biggest takeaway and tag me on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn
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    12 m
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