Stress eating isn’t about discipline. It’s an understandable response from a stressed-out nervous system — and a deeper signal from your beliefs, emotions, and unmet needs. In this episode, Kristina breaks down:

• Why emotional eating shows up, even when you “know better”
• How hidden dieting and subtle restriction trigger stress eating
• Why food becomes a coping tool (and why that’s normal)
• The role exhaustion and anxiety play in overeating
• The deeper beliefs that quietly fuel the stress-eating cycle
• Three powerful practices to calm your system and change the pattern
  — without willpower, control, or shame

This episode will help you understand what’s really going on underneath emotional eating, and how to create change from a place of compassion and awareness — not force.

Resources Mentioned:

✨ Get the free Body Peace Video Series — your first step to feeling free in your body: www.kristinabruce.com/bodypeace

✨ Get personalized support by booking an Introductory Coaching Session: https://www.kristinabruce.com/private-coaching

✨ Connect with me on Instagram:
https://instagram.com/kristinabrucecoach

✨ Learn more about my work:
https://www.kristinabruce.com

This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical or mental health advice.

We’re told that once we finally have the body, everything will fall into place — confidence, happiness, ease in our own skin. But what if the body you’re chasing is actually pulling you further away from the life you really want?

In this first episode of Unlearning Beautiful, I share my personal story: growing up in a culture and family fixated on weight, finally becoming the “ideal” thin woman everyone praised, and realizing that the more I tried to control my body, the more stressed and unhappy I became.

I talk about the moment I broke down in tears on my bedroom floor, decided I couldn’t live like that anymore, and began the scary, messy process of letting go of dieting.

In this episode, I walk you through:

• How early comments about your body (and others’) can become “truths” about your worth
• What happens when health and wellness become socially acceptable forms of body obsession
• The “chaos phase” of letting go of restriction — and why it’s actually a bridge to real peace
• How intuitive eating, Health at Every Size®, and questioning painful beliefs helped me rebuild trust with myself
• What life feels like now, on the other side of dieting and body obsession

If you see yourself in this story — if you’ve spent years chasing a smaller body and still don’t feel free — this episode is for you.

Resources & Links:
Body Peace Video Series (free): https://www.kristinabruce.com/bodypeace

Introductory Coaching Session: https://www.kristinabruce.com/private-coaching

Instagram: https://instagram.com/kristinabrucecoach

Website: https://www.kristinabruce.com

This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical or mental health advice.

Welcome to Unlearning Beautiful—a podcast about releasing body insecurity, moving beyond dieting, and reconnecting with your truest self.

Hosted by Body Peace & Self-Trust Coach Kristina Bruce, this show explores what it means to find peace and confidence in your body by unlearning the beliefs that have kept you stuck. Through coaching insights, real stories, and honest reflections, we'll discover the inner wisdom that's been there all along.

New episodes begin December 11, 2025.

Ready to start your journey? Get the free Body Peace Video Series at www.kristinabruce.com/bodypeace

CONNECT WITH KRISTINA:

• Website: https://www.kristinabruce.com
• Instagram: https://instagram.com/kristinabrucecoach
• Book a 1:1 Introductory Coaching Session: https://www.kristinabruce.com/private-coaching

This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical or mental health advice.