Be Well by Alana Kessler

Be Well by Alana Kessler Becoming You. A Natural Unfolding of Balance and Equanimity Through Nutrition, Yoga and Inner Welln Be Well.

By Alana Kessler, a Holistic Health Coach in New York City works to integrate your mind & body to receive, incorporate & transform intrinsic & extrinsic information supporting the evolution of day to day living. Holistic Health through Alana's unique Method Mapping technique & The BE WELL ARC System balances wellness with Nutrition & Yoga to refine your health & find your best, most complete self.

02/11/2026

Bread, pasta, cheese, snacks, they get blamed because they show up at the edges of regulation.

After restriction.
Late in the day.
When hunger is already loud.

In this episode, I talk about why these foods become scapegoats and why weight gain has more to do with depletion and unpredictability than with the foods themselves.

It’s not what you’re eating. It’s what your body is bracing for.

If this feels familiar, the full episode puts language to it.

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02/09/2026

A lot of women carry the belief that if they enjoy food, they’ll pay for it later.

In this episode, I explain why bodies don’t store weight because of pleasure and why predictable, repeatable enjoyment actually calms the system instead of disrupting it.

The issue isn’t enjoying food.
It’s enjoying it inside fear.

If this feels familiar, the full episode puts language to it.

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02/05/2026

There is nothing wrong with eating dessert.

What causes issues isn’t pleasure, it’s when dessert becomes a moral decision instead of a normal part of life.

In this episode, I talk about why dessert feels so charged for so many women and why eating it from a place of restriction or “earning it” creates the urgency people blame on the food.

Pleasure isn’t punished by the body.
Instability is.

If this resonates, the full episode goes deeper.

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Certain foods get blamed for weight gain because they’re convenient explanations.They’re visible.They’re easy to remove....
02/05/2026

Certain foods get blamed for weight gain because they’re convenient explanations.

They’re visible.
They’re easy to remove.
And they give us something concrete to point to when the body feels unpredictable.

But in practice, cutting out these foods rarely leads to lasting ease.
In this week’s episode of Emotional Eating Unwrapped, I talk about the 5 foods that become charged and why the body responds less to the food itself and more to the conditions in which it’s eaten.

What often drives weight gain isn’t indulgence or pleasure, it’s eating in a state of fear, restriction, depletion, or urgency.

Understanding this doesn’t just change how you eat.
It changes how you interpret your body’s responses instead of fighting them.

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02/04/2026

The discomfort after overeating can mess with your head.

Your stomach feels stretched and sore.
Your clothes don’t fit the same.

You feel foggy, heavy, and start wondering if something is wrong with you.
In this episode, I talk about why so much of that discomfort isn’t actually about food and why trying to manage food more tightly often makes it worse.

The irony is, what feels like the solution can keep the problem alive. Find out why.
If you’ve tried fixing the food and still felt stuck in the cycle, the full episode explains what actually helps.

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02/02/2026

Feeling bad about bloating often makes the bloating worse.

In this episode, I talk about how replaying what you ate, making rules for tomorrow, or bullying yourself adds another layer of stress your body has to process.

The moment I stopped beating myself up, even a little, the pressure actually eased faster.

This isn’t about positivity.
It’s about what your body absorbs.

If you notice the discomfort lasts longer once the self-criticism starts, the full episode goes deeper into why.

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01/29/2026

Overeating doesn’t just impact digestion.
It impacts your whole system.

In this episode, I talk about why bloating often doesn’t resolve once the eating stops, especially when eating happened in a state of stress, urgency, or secrecy.

Your body doesn’t just snap back to calm because the meal is over.
It’s still responding to what it went through.

If you’ve ever wondered why your body doesn’t calm down after the eating stops, this episode will make sense of it.

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Bloating after overeating is often treated like a food problem.Eat differently.Fix it faster.Do better next time.But wha...
01/29/2026

Bloating after overeating is often treated like a food problem.

Eat differently.
Fix it faster.
Do better next time.

But what’s often overlooked is that overeating doesn’t just impact digestion, it impacts your nervous system.

When eating happens in a state of urgency, stress, or self-judgment, the body doesn’t automatically relax once the meal is over. And when we pile on criticism, rules, or compensation, we add a second layer of pressure the body now has to process.

In this week’s episode of Emotional Eating Unwrapped, I talk about what I wish I’d known earlier about stomach pain and bloating after overeating and why relief has less to do with control and more to do with what happens after the episode.

Understanding this doesn’t just change how your body feels.

It changes how you respond to yourself in moments that used to spiral.

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01/28/2026

You eat dinner.
You’re full.
Then you sit on the couch, turn on the TV…
and find yourself going back for a snack.

Not because you’re hungry.
But because you’re sitting with what comes after the meal ends.

In this episode, I talk about why eating past full often happens in the slower moments and why that next bite is rarely about food.

This isn’t a lack of awareness.
It’s a response to what the silence brings up.

If this feels familiar, listen to the full episode.

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01/26/2026

The reason many people eat past full has nothing to do with hunger.

It’s because fullness doesn’t feel settling yet.
It feels exposed.
Like standing in midair once the food is gone.

In this episode, I talk about why stopping at fullness can feel unsafe, especially if food has been the place you go to feel grounded.

This isn’t about wanting more food.
It’s about not wanting the feeling to end.

If this feels familiar, listen to the full episode.

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This birthday felt different. not because of the number, but because of how settled I feel in my life.For a long time, I...
01/26/2026

This birthday felt different. not because of the number, but because of how settled I feel in my life.

For a long time, I didn’t know if love or a life like this would actually be in the cards for me. Not in a dramatic way, Just in the way where you keep going and wonder if this part will finally happen or if you missed your window.

But the part I’m so proud of looking back is that I didnt put my life on hold while I waited to find out.

I healed the parts of myself that needed it. I put myself out there. Prioritized myself. I built work I was proud of.
I took trips alone. I lived fully without pretending partnership didn’t matter to me, and without forcing it to happen on a timeline that wasn’t authentic even if that meant I was lonely sometimes or my heart got broken.

This trip for my 45th birthday was something I used to only dream of. Not just the places or the luxury but the idea of being here and actually enjoying it.
Sitting through long meals without checking out. Ordering what I wanted without turning it into a mental negotiation. Getting dressed, wearing bikinis and feeling comfortable instead of distracted by my body.

Years ago, even if I’d been here, my head would’ve been in overdrive. Managing food. Planning workouts. Telling myself I’d relax later.

This time, I didn’t have any of that.
I was present. I felt secure in my body. I trusted myself with food. I wasn’t bracing for anything.

That same feeling is in my relationship with my husband. No guarding. No overfunctioning . Just ease. And this is the biggest gift.

But here’s the biggest win for me. None of this came from trying harder or convincing myself to be confident or change myself.. it came from staying honest about what I wanted and how I wanted to feel (including in love ) and trusting myself enough not to rush, harden, or give up when there wasn’t evidence yet.

This year feels like confirmation that doing life your own way - even when it looks unorthodox - actually works.

If you’re questioning your timing or wondering if you should want something different by now, you’re not late. And you’re not wrong.

You’re allowed to trust yourself … even before it all makes sense🤍

01/22/2026

Eating past full can be harder on people than binging.

Because binging has a story.
It’s obvious.
It has a beginning and an end.

Eating past full is
You finished your plate.
You know you don’t need more.
And yet… you keep eating.

In this episode, I talk about why this pattern feels so confusing and why it can slowly erode trust with yourself when you don’t understand what’s driving it.

This isn’t about willpower.
It’s about nuance.

If this feels familiar, listen to the full episode.

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