{"podcast":{"title":"Plantspiration® Unplugged","slug":"plantspiration-unplugged-7093662","podcast_index_feed_id":7093662,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/episode-1-literally-unplugged/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/episode-1-literally-unplugged","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/episode-1-literally-unplugged/20241112_041154_0db41c26b3e1b6658fb42129c8e58056.png","author":"Stefanie & John Ignoffo","episode_count":77,"summary":"Plantspiration Unplugged Hosted by Plantspiration® founders Stefanie and John Ignoffo, Plantspiration Unplugged is a fresh and inspiring podcast that takes listeners on an authentic journey into the lives, insights, and passions of its hosts. Stefanie, a Lifestyle Medicine coach with an infectious enthusiasm for plant-based living, and John, a mechanical engineer, plant-based nutrition expert, and founder of Ignoffo Engineering, unplug and dive into topics both inside and outside of Plantspiration®. From personal stories of transformation to expert insight on health, wellness, and the power of plants, Stefanie and John offer an unfiltered look into their lives and share their mission to inspire happiness and health in a world that could use more of both. Join them for conversations designed to uplift, inform, and encourage everyone to live their best lives—powered by plants, passion, and purpose. John and Stefanie volunteer their time to their global nonprofit Plantspiration®, they reveal the power of a plant-based and lifestyle medicine approach in preventing and reversing disease. 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What if it’s about stress, survival mode, nervous system overload… and living in a constant state of emotional chaos? In this episode of Plantspiration® Unplugged, we get REAL about the years we spent bonding over stress, reliving problems, gossip loops, emotional overload, survival mode, and what we now recognize as cortisol addiction. We talk openly about: trauma bonding and co-rumination emotional eating and survival mode gossip, stress loops, and chaos addiction why diets fail when people aren’t regulated nervous system healing and emotional regulation how whole-food, plant-based living changed more than our weight why healing changed our relationships, identity, and emotional environment For years we thought: stress was normal chaos was connection survival mode was just “life” But when we started eating differently, moving differently, thinking differently, and regulating differently… everything changed. “People don’t just eat emotionally… they LIVE emotionally.” “I was addicted to cortisol and thought it was my personality.” “Some friendships were built around surviving… not healing.” “People didn’t just need recipes… they needed regulation.” This is one of the deepest and most honest conversations we’ve ever had on the podcast. If you’ve ever: felt trapped in stress struggled with emotional eating lived in fight-or-flight mode felt overwhelmed trying to “start over” wondered why diets never stick …this episode is for you. Connect with us: Plantspiration® Community + Coaching: https://linktr.ee/plantspiration Plantspiration® Unplugged Podcast: https://youtube.com/@plantspiration Follow Stefanie: https://instagram.com/plantspiration","meta_description":"S2 EP17 — People Bond Over Cortisol | Why We Thought Chaos Was Normal What if emotional eating isn’t really about food? 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