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This episode explores how cravings can be understood through compassionate curiosity rather than willpower, discussing the role of shame and neuroscience in food regulation.

Send us Fan Mail What if a craving isn’t something to conquer but a message to understand? In this episode, we challenge the old script of more rules and stronger willpower and instead choose compassionate curiosity that settles the nervous system and restores choice. As two coaches, we share real stories, Scripture, and neuroscience to explore how shame fuels cravings and how survival mode reaches for quick dopamine when we’re depleted. We talk about why food becomes a fast, reliable regulat...

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Hosts: Heidi Bylsma-Epperson, Christina Motley

Topics covered

• cravings
• compassionate curiosity
• neuroscience
• shame
• food regulation

Keywords

• cravings
• compassion
• neuroscience
• shame
• dopamine
• food regulation
• survival mode

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