In this episode, Alana explores what really happens when success or safety reactivates old food and body struggles.
She shares client stories and her own reflections on how the nervous system confuses calm for danger — and why old habits resurface when life finally feels good.
Through clear, compassionate insight, Alana reveals that food chaos isn’t self-sabotage — it’s the body’s way of protecting the good it’s not yet used to holding.
She guides listeners toward integration, showing how to expand their nervous system’s capacity for peace, love, and visibility.
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Takeaways
Old food and body patterns often resurface when life finally gets good.
This isn’t sabotage — it’s protection.
The hardest part isn’t chaos; it’s calm.
Safety requires expanding your nervous system’s capacity to receive goodness.
Visibility can feel like exposure — grounding helps you integrate success.
Growth isn’t about getting safety; it’s about learning to stay in it.
Chapters
00:00 — Why success can trigger old habits
02:46 — When calm feels harder than chaos
06:00 — Visibility vs. exposure
09:05 — Food as a control valve
15:14 — Identity lag: when the old self meets the new
18:09 — Expanding your nervous system’s upper limit
22:00 — How to receive goodness and stay in it