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The Somatic Eating® Program
Your eating and body image concerns are not the problem ... they're the answer.
Join me on a 12-week adventure to heal your relationship with your food and body, and to create your Satiated Life.
“I just need to
get myself under control
and go back on a diet.”
How many times have you said this to yourself?
Every day? Every month? Every year?
IF YOU'VE...
(check off the ones that resonate with you!)
Eaten in secret, hiding food from others or yourself
Binged on food to the point of feeling physically sick
Found yourself eating when not physically hungry — completely unaware of when you even picked up the food
Avoided mirrors because you just don't want to deal with what you see
Gone from Weight Watchers → Paleo → Keto → Intuitive Eating → fill in the blank and still feel stuck
Restricted certain foods or entire food groups, and still don't feel better
Felt frustrated with your body — like you have nothing to wear and dread buying new clothes
Felt completely stumped about what to eat anymore, paralyzed by confusion
Navigated intense urges to reach for food that completely take you over
Felt done with dieting but have absolutely no idea what else to do now
You're in the right place!
The safer you feel...
the more you can heal.
You’re not alone if…
You’ve tried every strategy, healing modality, and intuitive eating concept out there…
and you still haven’t experienced a safe and satiated relationship with food and your body.
It could be because:
- Unresolved trauma can be an important perpetuating factor in ongoing disordered eating and eating disorder behavior.
- 79% of weight-loss program participants reported coping with weight stigma by eating more food.
- 95% of all dieters will regain their lost weight in 1-5 years.
- Up to 42% of gym-goers have a destructive relationship with exercise.
- A 2014 study found that rates of disordered eating have increased across all demographic sectors.*
*From the National Eating Disorder Association
IN OTHER WORDS…
The current mainstream methods for healing eating and body image concerns are incomplete and ineffective.
These methods often don’t address the trauma response and nervous system dysregulation to your eating and body behaviors.
Somatic Eating®
will teach you how to:
Repair your communication and relationship with your food and body.
Understand your food and body urges as information.
Guide yourself into a safe and satiated relationship with food and body again and again.
MY STORY
Have we met yet?
I'm Stephanie Mara.
And I’ve been right where you are.
For a decade of my life, I navigated patterns of binge eating, emotional eating, chronic dieting, overexercising, and unexplained digestive issues.
One fateful night, clutching a jar of almond butter in my hands like it was a life raft, trying to decide whether or not to eat the whole damn thing, I made a different choice:
The choice to be in my body and feel the intense desire to binge and then choose not to.
Your life doesn’t have to be ruled by food.
I have spent over a decade supporting others to be in relationship with their food and body in more regulating ways — and I’m so excited to embark on this journey with you.
THE METHOD
What is
Somatic Eating®?
Somatic Eating® blends six fields (Somatic Psychotherapy, Nervous System Regulation, Developmental and Attachment Theories, Trauma Recovery, and Nutritional Science) into one cohesive approach, helping you understand food and body image impulses as your body’s way of communicating unmet needs, unresolved trauma, and nervous system dysregulation.
Through somatic , nervous system, attachment, and nutritional explorations, you’ll learn to speak the language of your body — attuning to both physical and emotional hungers — so you can restore trust and feel safe, secure, and satiated.
Body-based awareness and nervous system healing
The Somatic Eating® approach will support you with patterns of:
Somatic Eating® is here to address patterns of disordered eating that came into your life to regulate a dysregulated nervous system.
Dysregulation can occur for many reasons:
- Experiencing a traumatic event in your past
- The kind of relationship you had with your parents
- A death in the family
- Being bullied at a young age
- Being teased for your body shape and size
- Anything that happened too much too fast
Your body may constantly feel unsafe to be in.
You might have labeled yourself as a “binge eater” or an “emotional eater” or “have no willpower with food” or a “a yo-yo dieter.”
And always trying to control the way you eat and look can be a coping mechanism to try to regulate your body.
What’s important to know is that your food and body behaviors have been the wisest strategies to make you feel safe.
Somatic Eating® can help you re-inhabit your body and reclaim your life.
There is no class in school that teaches you how to listen to and understand your body.
Are you ready to learn?
THE SYSTEM
Learn the Safety-Satiety Cycle
a 3-Step Safety-Satiety System for creating an attuned relationship with food and body.
Imagine a day where you:
Just eat the donut and then move on with the rest of your day
Pass by candy knowing you can eat it and you choose not to
Know what hunger and fullness feel like in your body
Go to sleep comfortably satiated without a nighttime binge
Look in the mirror and see YOU without any story attached
Dress in clothes you want to wear because they make you feel good
Know how to regulate your body with food and also without
Feel comfortable in your skin because you have a deep understanding of your body
Somatic Eating® will support you in creating this Satiated Life.
Somatic Eating® works!
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Who is
Stephanie Mara Fox?
PhD (in progress) · MA · CMBEC · CHC
CYT · Somatic Eating® Creator
Stephanie Mara Fox is a Somatic Eating® Nutritional Counselor and Mentor with a Master’s Degree in Somatic Psychotherapy — and the creator of the Somatic Eating® method itself.
Stephanie has supported women, coaches, and wellness professionals all over the world, helping them heal from dysregulated eating patterns, emotional eating, binge eating, chronic dieting, and digestive and body image concerns. She has been working for over a decade to guide women in feeling empowered in their relationship with their food and body to step into their innate confidence and go after what they want in life.
She is a published author in International Body Psychotherapy Journal, featured in Somatic Psychotherapy Today, VoyageDenver, Authority Magazine, and Your Recovery Revealed Summit. As a teacher and mentor, she has supervised thousands of coaches, counselors, and therapists.
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The Somatic Eating® Program
Accountability Buddy & Private Group
You will have access to a private group to reach out to receive support.
You will also be connected to an accountability buddy so you don’t have to navigate this journey alone and have someone to talk through the material with and provide accountability with one another.
9 Live Group Calls With Stephanie Mara
You will be able to connect directly with me throughout this adventure. You will have 9 Live Calls and 3 Somatic Community Meals.
Each call will include time for Q&A and an opportunity to receive one-on-one support. All calls are recorded and will be available to listen to the replay.
Tools to become an Embodied Eater
This includes food and body explorations to practice each week so you can start to feel more attuned and understanding of your body and how it talks to you.
You will learn tools and techniques to move through dysregulation, urges, cravings, and impulses in ways that regulate your system.
You might be asking yourself though,
“How is Somatic Eating® going to be any different?”
Many of the programs you have gone through have approached your eating and body challenges from a mental place. They probably offered you cognitive exercises that stimulate your mind and tools that solely focus on your nutrition, but still don’t connect you back with your body.
- Eating is happening in your body.
- The dysregulation you feel is happening in your body.
- The urge to go back on a diet is happening in your body.
- Your body image concerns are happening inside your body.
Continuing to focus on what you’re eating isn’t going to solve your eating and body image concerns.
This journey will guide you back into your body to feel greater aliveness and connection.
Learn to feel confident that you can surf any urge, any craving, any impulse, and any emotional wave that comes your way.
From this relaxed bodily state, it can then feel easier to identify and satiate your physical and emotional hungers in embodied and aligned ways.
You will learn about your:
- Hungers
- Interoception
- Nervous system regulation
- Embodiment skills
- Parts work
- Body communication
- Self regulation
- Attachment style
- Trauma healing
- Digesting emotions
- Body respect
- Mindfulness tools
- Values assessment
- and so much more…
What could you do with all that time no longer worrying about your food and body image?
Read that stack of books you have been wanting to get through…
Go try that new restaurant you have been wanting to go to with friends
Try out that dance class you have been wanting to experience
Go on an adventure, travel, take yourself somewhere new…
Wear that dress, that outfit, that bathing suit you have been really wanting to wear
What else do you want to add into your day, week, life? Think on it…
You’re a good fit for Somatic Eating® if….
- You’re ready to stop dieting.
- You want to let go of quick fixes and step into the journey.
- You’re starting to sense that there is no “perfect” way to eat or look.
- You know there has got to be a different way to eat and interact with your body and you’re ready to make a change.
- You’re ready to commit to showing up for yourself and your body in new ways.
- You’re done with having food and body image concerns consume your day.
- You’re open to food experimentations.
- You want to feel like you have your life back.
- You’re tired of holding yourself back because of inner judgments about how you look.
- You know another overly structured plan of what and when to eat and move your body isn’t the answer.
A Letter from Me to You:
Dear you,
I don’t want this to be just another page you read and pass on by thinking:
“Oh, that may work for someone else, but not for me. I’ve tried everything and nothing has worked.”
I get it. I’ve been where you are.
There are so many things in this world that break body trust and make it so difficult to embrace your body as it is and feel safe to be in it.
There is diet culture that perpetuates the message that losing weight means you are a “success” and gaining weight means you are a “failure.” There is fitness culture that provides the message of “no pain, no gain” or your body is only acceptable if it is toned and fit. There is the clothing industry that lacks inclusivity and creating clothing for all shapes and sizes.
Absolutely – get mad. Be mad! Just please stop getting mad at yourself.
Your body is not the problem. It’s the culture that needs to change, not you.
I want you to know that feeling calm and connected in your relationship with your food and body is possible.
My mission is to support you in creating a regulating, safety-producing relationship with food and body so that you can feel free, alive, vibrant, and use all that energy toward living your fullest Satiated Life.
If taking this leap is bringing up any thoughts or emotions, email me. Seriously. I’m here for you in this process every step of the way. Reach out at support@somaticeating.com anytime.
I so look forward to connecting with you inside Somatic Eating® and talking to you soon.
Warmly,
support@somaticeating.com | somaticeating.com
Somatic Eating® Works!
Read along from people who have changed their lives with the program.
Heal your relationship with your food and body.
Create your Satiated Life.
NEXT SESSION STARTS:
October 29th, 2026-January 14th 2027
Live classes occur on Thursdays at 5:00 pm ET.
*Class times are subject to change based on the availability of the group.
Somatic Eating® Community
Somatic Eating® is an ongoing process.
Creating a safe, secure, and satiated relationship with your food and body takes time and practice.
A lot can change in our 12 weeks together and you can keep the momentum going by joining the Somatic Eating® Community after you’re complete with the program.
This community membership is only available to those who have gone through the Somatic Eating® Program or worked one on one with me. This means you will be able to talk with others about how you’re integrating the Somatic Eating® ingredients into your body.
You will continue to receive ongoing guidance from me, a private space to connect with others, and monthly check in and support calls. You don’t have to embark on this journey alone and healing happens in community. You will have the option to join at the end of the Somatic Eating® program.
Excited? Have Questions?
Here are some frequently asked questions.
How fast can I expect results?
For some individuals, you may experience changes right away. For others, this program will plant seeds where you will notice things start to grow and change over time. This journey is not about quick fixes. That is why the Somatic Eating® Community will be there for you to join after this program is over to continue to receive support on this ongoing food and body journey.
Will I lose weight?
Will a meal plan be offered?
Will I have to buy any fancy, overly expensive foods or supplements?
Absolutely not! Along with discovering what works best for your unique body, we will also be exploring ways you can optimally nourish your body that feels doable and sustainable in your life.
What if it hasn’t felt safe to be in my body?
I understand. It’s going to take time to make the body a safe space to inhabit again. Every class is recorded and you get access to this material forever so you can take your time and go at a pace that feels comfortable to you. I recommend also working with another practitioner one on one while you go through this program. If you would like more one on one support from me or looking for a referral, email me at support@stephaniemara.com.
Does this replace working with a coach, counselor, or therapist?
No it does not. This program is not therapy nor is it a replacement for therapy. This journey will explore many of the reasons your food and body behaviors could be occurring and provide you with effective Somatic Eating® tools but it’s not a replacement for one on one work with a trained professional who specializes in disordered eating, eating disorders, and trauma. While you’re going through this program, I highly recommend also working with another practitioner. If you would like more one on one support from me or looking for a referral, email me at support@stephaniemara.com.
Is this all about food or will you address body image concerns?
We will absolutely also explore a new relationship with your body image that will support with making the body feel safer to inhabit as you begin relating with your body and its shape in new ways.
I have so much on my plate right now, how time consuming will this be?
You will have access to the recordings and material forever so you get to take your time going through this program. We will have a relationship with our food and body our entire lives. To be here on earth we need to be in a body and to keep this body alive it needs to be nourished with food. You can think of going through this program as an ongoing commitment to continue to deepen into relationship with your food and body again and again.
I really want to do this but I'm scared of change.
I get it! So much fear can arise when stepping into something new. You’re not alone in your fear. Fear may continue to be a part of your journey here and you will be supported in how to be with your fear in ways that don’t feel so overwhelming.
Do I receive lifetime access to the material in this program?
Yes, you do! You will have access to the recordings after the program is over.
What happens after I purchase?
I have a question that wasn’t addressed here and I would like to chat with you before I commit.
You can book a free 20 minute Connect Call with me or email support@somaticeating.com.
Questions? Concerns?
Want to speak to a human?
You can book a free 20 minute Connect Call with me here or email support@somaticeating.com.
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