{"podcast":{"title":"Everything's Perfect","slug":"everything-s-perfect-7299875","podcast_index_feed_id":7299875,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6585401/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/everything-s-perfect--6585401","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e4fbeebe70ad6fb36b543f84d2a133d1.jpg","author":"Everything's Perfect","episode_count":61,"summary":"Welcome to Everything’s Perfect , the podcast that proves life doesn’t need to be flawless to be full. Hosted by best friends Autumn Calabrese and Donald Stamper, this show explores the real stuff—personal growth, wellness, style, culture, and the journey of figuring it all out along the way. Each week, Autumn and Donald open up about their own experiences, from career wins to personal setbacks and everything in between. They dive into hot takes on trending topics, real talk about mental and physical health, and plenty of laughs. It’s unfiltered, unexpected, and totally human. If you’re into real conversations, good energy, and embracing the messy middle, you’re in the right place. Follow along and join the ride—because everything’s perfect... kind of","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-s-perfect-7299875"},"episode":{"title":"Everything’s Perfect…Except We Keep Eating Our Feelings","slug":"everything-s-perfect-except-we-keep-eating-our-feelings","published_at":"2026-05-26T07:34:31+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-s-perfect-7299875/everything-s-perfect-except-we-keep-eating-our-feelings","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-s-perfect-7299875","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/everything-s-perfect-except-we-keep-eating-our-feelings--72164641","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72164641/audio_health_episode.mp3","summary":"A listener question about binge-eating spirals turns into one of the most practical health conversations yet on Everything’s Perfect Podcast. What starts as “Why can’t I stop?” becomes a bigger discussion about emotional eating, dopamine, food marketing, routines, consistency, and why health has a lot less to do with perfection than people think. The episode kicks off with a Phone a Friend from an almost-40 mom of two who feels stuck in a cycle she can’t explain. She follows Portion Fix, measures her food, stays on track… until a vague urge hits. She starts searching the kitchen trying to satisfy something she can’t even name, ends up overstuffed, feels guilty, restricts harder the next day, and repeats the cycle all over again. Autumn’s response? If you can’t identify the craving, it probably isn’t food you’re hungry for. Real cravings are specific. Emotional eating usually isn’t. The conversation digs into stress, boredom, shame spirals, dopamine hits from processed food, insulin spikes, cortisol crashes, and why binge eating often becomes a chemistry problem long before it feels like a discipline problem. They also break down practical strategies that actually help: slowing down while eating recognizing emotional triggers before opening the pantry Autumn’s “first bite, last bite” rule from her Cheesecake Factory days why one square of good dark chocolate satisfies more than an entire junk-food binge the “you don’t NEED it, you WANT it” mindset shift why consistency beats chasing every new health trend The episode also dives into misleading “high protein” marketing, simple nutrition shortcuts, GLP-1 conversations, portion control, cutting fried food, Diet Coke confessions, and the reality that nobody naturally wakes up craving broccoli. Donald also admits, live on th…","meta_description":"A listener question about binge-eating spirals turns into one of the most practical health conversations yet on Everything’s Perfect Podcast. What starts…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4255,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/everything-s-perfect-7299875/episodes/everything-s-perfect-except-we-keep-eating-our-feelings/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-s-perfect-7299875/everything-s-perfect-except-we-keep-eating-our-feelings.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}