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

Loving Yourself to Health: Nervous System, Emotional Eating, and Sustainable HabitsIf you want to learn more about breaking emotional eating habits, get this course! For only $37Mona 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 Intro01:24 Meet April and Mona03:32 Why Habits Feel Hard08:14 Food as Safety and Connection12:10 Hunger and Learned Patterns14:05 Why Emotional Eating Happens16:47 Stress Curve and Polyvagal Map21:07 Hyper vs Hypo Arousal Thoughts24:26 Emotional Eating as a Signal26:04 Inner Critic and Self Judgment29:08 Awareness Tools and New Habits31:24 What Safety Really Means31:55 Zone of Resilience32:53 Food Trust Mindset33:56 Toddler Brain Cravings35:52 Reparenting With Needs38:38 Regulation Menu Ideas40:59 Gut Brain Nutrition Tweaks43:09 Night Eating Q and A52:15 Closing ReflectionsNeed some help with emotional eating? Here is the full course. Only $37To to find out more about how I can help your workplace or work with me one on one, please see www.monatippets.comWant to understand your stress a little better? Get my free Stress Management Guide for High Achievers here.