The Hidden Connection Between Food, Anxiety, Stress & Depression

About this episode

Lo and guest Luis Mojica discuss the emotional connections between food and mental health issues like anxiety and stress.

This week on  The Lo Life , Lo sits down with somatic educator, nutritionist, and  Food Therapy  author Luis Mojica for a fascinating conversation about the hidden emotional relationship we have with food. As the founder of Holistic Life Navigation and host of the globally recognized podcast of the same name, Luis has become a leading voice in conversations surrounding trauma, the nervous system, stress, embodiment, and conscious eating. His work has been praised by major voices in wellness and psychology, including  The Holistic Psychologist  Dr. Nicole LePera. Together, Lo and Luis unpack how food impacts far more than physical health — influencing anxiety, emotional regulation, stress, mood, and our overall sense of safety within the body. This conversation explores emotional eating, nervous system responses, childhood conditioning around food, and why healing your relationship with food may have less to do with restriction… and more to do with awareness. A thoughtful, eye-opening episode that may completely shift the way you think about what you put into your body. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at…

People in this episode

Host: Lo

Guest: Luis Mojica

Topics covered

• food relationship
• emotional eating
• anxiety
• stress
• mental health
• nutrition
• trauma

Keywords

• food therapy
• emotional regulation
• nervous system
• conscious eating
• childhood conditioning
• healing relationship with food

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Holistic Life Navigation

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