# Why Women Overeat, Restrict & Gain Weight | The Nervous System Connection with Stephanie Mara

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Podcast: [Body Freedom with Michele Scarlet](https://stenobird.com/podcast/body-freedom-with-michele-scarlet-7411613)
Published: 2026-05-14T15:09:00+00:00
Episode link: https://michelemv.podbean.com/e/why-women-overeat-restrict-gain-weight-nervous-system-healing/
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Duration seconds: 3177

## Resource

Stephanie Mara shares how nervous system dysregulation, trauma, emotional eating, chronic dieting, and somatic patterns affect weight loss after 40 women struggle with. This episode explores binge eating, restrictive eating, hormone imbalance women experience, slow metabolism female symptoms, body image healing, and how somatic eating can help women create true food freedom and metabolic health.

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