Episode Details

Galina Denzel is a somatic educator, author, and trauma-informed practitioner who helps women heal from emotional eating by understanding the deeper nervous system patterns underneath it.

After spending 25 years battling disordered eating, food fear, and body shame, Galina discovered something that completely changed her life: the struggle was never truly about food, discipline, or willpower. It was about safety, survival, and the nervous system.

That realization led her into years of advanced training in trauma healing and somatic work, including Somatic Experiencing, NARM, and embodied recovery practices focused on eating disorders and emotional regulation.

In this deeply insightful conversation, Galina shares:

• When her war with food and her body first began

• Why traditional approaches (diets, willpower, nutrition plans) felt incomplete

• How birth imprints and early experiences shape our relationship with food

• Why shame becomes so powerful in eating struggles

• The nervous system patterns that keep binge-restrict cycles alive

• What it truly means to feel safe in your own body

• Moving from calculation and control to embodied trust

If you’re in your 20s (or beyond) stuck in cycles of emotional eating, food fear, body shame, or feeling at war with yourself, this episode offers a compassionate, body-based path forward.

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Connect with Galina Denzel

Website:http://purebelonging.com/

Instagram:http://instagram.com/galinadenzel

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Chapters

0:00 - Intro & Welcome Galina Denzel

1:40 - 25 Years at War with Food and Body

8:15 - When the Struggle First Began

15:30 - Why Diets and Willpower Never Worked

23:10 - Birth Imprints and Early Feeding Trauma

31:45 - The Power of Shame in Eating Struggles

40:20 - Nervous System Patterns Behind Binge-Restrict Cycles

48:50 - What It Means to Feel Safe in Your Body

57:15 - From Control to Embodied Trust and Healing