If you've ever felt completely obsessed or out of control around certain foods and wondered “am I just addicted to this? Is this something I'm going to have to manage forever? Is cutting it out the answer?” This episode is for you.

I was listening to a podcast about alcohol addiction this morning and it hit me so hard I scrapped my planned episode to record this instead. Because the parallels between how people describe their relationship with alcohol and how my clients describe their relationship with food are striking. And I think the conclusion a lot of people draw from those parallels - that abstinence is the answer - is one of the most damaging things in this space.

In this episode I discuss...

→The 6 real parallels between a difficult relationship with alcohol and a difficult relationship with food

→Why being high-functioning makes the food problem easier to minimize and harder to address

→What actually happens when you take the food away without fixing what's underneath

→Why abstinence from food is not sobriety - and why it creates the very out-of-control feeling you're trying to fix

→Deprivation neuroscience: why "I can't stop once I start" is usually describing what restriction does to the brain

→What I actually find underneath every "food addiction" story, without exception

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DISCLAIMER: Live Unrestricted and all content shared by Sabrina are for general informational, educational, and entertainment purposes only. Everything you hear is meant to support your relationship with food, not replace professional advice. This podcast is not therapy and Sabrina is not a licensed therapist. Any decisions you make based on this content are your responsibility. For any medical or mental health concerns, always seek guidance from a qualified healthcare professional.

"No eating after 7pm. Protein at every meal. Never eat carbs on their own. Stop when you're 80% full. Only eat when you're actually hungry. Don't keep chips in the house. If you had dessert yesterday, skip it today."

Your head is FULL of rules - how you “should” eat. What’s right, and what’s wrong. And as a result…

→ You’re overwhelmed, frustrated, and confused when it comes to food
→ The mental chatter about food is CONSTANT and debilitating
→ You can’t trust yourself and just don’t know how to eat normally anymore

In this episode I discuss...

→The Good Student trap: how following expert advice to the letter is exactly what disconnects you from yourself

→The Rule Keeper — what it is, what it's protecting you from, and why it's not actually your enemy

→Why every "failed" diet taught your nervous system the wrong lesson about self-trust

→The nervous system loop that goes: rules → rebellion → shame → more rules (and how to break it)

→Why throwing all the rules out at once always backfires — and what to do instead

→What it feels like to eat from self-trust instead of fear

→A 4-step journaling exercise to start getting to know your Rule Keeper this week

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→ JOIN FOOD FREEDOM ACADEMY

💻 Decode Your Food Noise Mini-Course

📲 Instagram → @sabrina.magnan.health

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DISCLAIMER: Live Unrestricted and all content shared by Sabrina are for general informational, educational, and entertainment purposes only. Everything you hear is meant to support your relationship with food, not replace professional advice. This podcast is not therapy and Sabrina is not a licensed therapist. Any decisions you make based on this content are your responsibility. For any medical or mental health concerns, always seek guidance from a qualified healthcare professional.

"I know what I need to do. I just can't do it." If you've ever said that about food, this episode is for you.

This week's Coaching Over Coffee is with Linda - a scientist who came in asking how to stop the autopilot trips to the chocolate, break the evening eating habit, and convince her brain she doesn't actually need it. And in the first ten minutes, we uncovered something she hadn't considered: that trying to convince your brain is exactly the wrong approach, because the urge isn't coming from your brain at all.

In this episode I talk about…

→Why "I know what I need to do, I just can't do it" is usually the wrong diagnosis — and what's actually going on

→Why trying to convince your brain you don't need the food is like telling someone having a panic attack to calm down

→ Why food is the solution, not the problem - and what it's actually solving

→How autopilot eating works at the nervous system level, and why there's no pause between urge and behavior

→The connection between eating on autopilot, overworking, overscrolling, and overthinking (same root, different exits)

→Why you're not dealing with fifteen different problems — you're dealing with one

🔗 LINKS

→ JOIN FOOD FREEDOM ACADEMY

💻 Decode Your Food Noise Mini-Course

📲 Instagram → @sabrina.magnan.health

💌 Free Newsletter

DISCLAIMER: Live Unrestricted and all content shared by Sabrina are for general informational, educational, and entertainment purposes only. Everything you hear is meant to support your relationship with food, not replace professional advice. This podcast is not therapy and Sabrina is not a licensed therapist. Any decisions you make based on this content are your responsibility. For any medical or mental health concerns, always seek guidance from a qualified healthcare professional.