# Why Sabotage Behavior Happens with Food and How to Fix it

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Podcast: [The Body Ally Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-body-ally-podcast-7647350)
Published: 2026-02-03T12:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://thebodyally.podbean.com/e/why-sabotage-behavior-happens-with-food-and-how-to-fix-it/
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## Resource

In this episode of the Body Ally Podcast, Kerrie explores why sabotage behaviors around food often appear just when things start to feel easier. Through a faith-based and brain science–grounded lens, she explains how these patterns are not failures of willpower, but protective responses rooted in identity, nervous system safety, self-worth, and emotional regulation. You’ll learn the four primary reasons self-sabotage occurs: protecting an old identity, discomfort with ease, tying worth to striving, and using food as a primary way to regulate emotions. Kerrie shares how lasting change requires internal alignment—learning to become a safe, compassionate place for yourself so your body and brain can support peace with food. This episode is an invitation to stop battling your body and begin partnering with it, pursuing health from a place of love, trust, and faith rather than control or punishment. Learn More:www.kerrienygard.comwww.thebodyally.com/fbf

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