Home
My Book
Take the Quiz
Blog
About Sonja
Testimonials
Book a Discovery Session
Work with Me
Log In
Blog
The Wrong Syllable: My Journey from Weight Loss to Relaxing My Food Dysfunction
Jun 13, 2025
How Ego Shows Up in Alarmed Aloneness and Recovery: The Hidden Defense System
Jun 01, 2025
Beyond "Keep Your Eyes on Your Own Plate": What Neuroscience Teaches Us About Food Recovery
#alarmedaloneness
#eyesonyourownplate
#foodrecovery
Jun 01, 2025
Understanding Alarmed Aloneness: A Framework for Human Distress
May 31, 2025
The Hidden Messages Behind Every Feeling: How Listening for Deep Longings Can Heal Relationships
May 26, 2025
Beyond Self-Improvement: Finding Community in Personal Growth
May 19, 2025
Stepping Off the Scale: Finding Your True Measure of Success
May 13, 2025
Fear Mode vs. Heart Mode: The Real Battle in Your Brain (And How to Win It)
May 11, 2025
Beyond the Food Struggle: Understanding Rejection Sensitivity in Disordered Eating
May 05, 2025
Beyond the Binary: A Neuroscience Approach to Food Recovery
May 04, 2025
Embracing the Flame: Anger as Compassion in Food Recovery
May 02, 2025
Angel Wings and Waterfalls: Finding Joy in Your Post-Weight Loss Body
Apr 27, 2025
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Categories
All Categories
#
#abstinencejourney
#add
#adulting
#alarmedaloneness
#artofrecovery
#bookclub
#breakthecycle
#communitysupport
#couragetoforgive
#dopaminedesert
#emotionaleating
#expandyourhealing
#eyesonyourownplate
#feelingstuck
#fooddysfunction
#foodnourishesmycellsnotmysoul
#foodrecovery
#foodshamenomore
#frontloadjoy
#healingfromfooddysfunction
#healingtogether
#holistichealth
#hsp
#indulger
#innercritic
#letthem
#limitingcorebeliefs
#magic
#messymiddle #3phasesofrecovery #healingfromfoodobsession
#neurochemicalcrash
#neuroscienceofhabits
#neverdone
#newyearintention
#pecs
#personaltransformation
#play
#realhealing
#rebel
#recovery
#redefinetreat
#reframe
#releaserigidrules
#releaseultraprocessedgarbage
#resonance
#sacredboundaries
#self-compassion
#selfcompassion
#selfforgiveness
#srr
#therealdiet
#weightloss
#youareenough
abstinence
achievements
addiction recovery
addiction research
advanced recovery project
alarmed aloneness
anhedonia
anti diet culture
attachment
attachment theory
authenticity
automaticity
bariatric
being seen
being witnessed
biological not broken
body composition
body image
bodyimage
both and
both and thinking
brain and food
brain science
bridging the divide
calculation
care-based eating
caregiving
caretaker
chasing the high
chronicstress
connection over conflict
coping mechanisms
cortisol
dexa scan
diet culture
difficult conversations
dopamine
dopamine downregulation
emotional blunting
emotional eating
emotionaleating
enough book
erich fromm
excess skin
exessskin
fear-based eating
food addiction
food and emotions
food and stress
food and trauma
food dysfunction
food freedom
food is not the enemy
food noise
food patterns
food psychology
food recovery
fooddysfunction
foodrecovery
full day review
gabor matรฉ
glp-1
glp1
goal weight
gratitude practice
gut brain connection
habit loops
healing food patterns
healing from food dysfunction
healing journey
healing trauma
healingjourney
hedonic adaptation
hope
huberman lab
identity and recovery
inner critic
inner work
james coan
judgment
kristin neff
lecture module
lighter choices
limbic system
mental health
mindful eating
mindfulness
mounjaro
moving the camera
nervous system
nervous system healing
nervous system regulation
nervoussystem
neuroplasticity
neuroscience
neuroscience of food
neuroscience of habits
normalizing
north star
not a diet
not broken biological
not food
oprah winfrey
ozempic
pattern families
prefrontal cortex
punishment phase
quiz
recovery
recovery is possible
recovery journey
reframe
reframing
reframing food dysfunction
relaxing into it
resonance
reward chemistry
reward circuitry
reward prediction
sarah peyton
scale
second-level resonance
self compassion
self-authored structure
self-compassion
self-love
selfcompassion
semaglutide
stress and food
stress and weight
sugar
sugar withdrawal
taste bud reset
taste receptor science
thinking outside the box
transform with sonja
transformation
transformwithsonja
trauma-informed
ultra-processed food
ultraprocessed food
unconscious contracts
victories
vulnerability
wegovy
weight loss
weight loss without dieting
weightloss
why real food tastes bland
why we turn to food
you are not your hunger
you were biological
you were never broken
you're not broken
Follow Us
Stay Connected
Join my mailing list to receive free weekly tips and insights!