S2 EP 15 - Food for Mood 2: Sweet Dreams are Made of This
1/13/202621 min
In Part II of the Food for Mood series, Suzanne explores how the Inside Out socially-based emotions like anxiety, embarrassment, envy, boredom, & ultimately motivation quietly influence behavior, mood, and emotional regulation. Kids, teens, and neurodivergent individuals all can benefit from knowing triggers in the body and ways to re-regulate through nutrition.
Building on the foundation from Part One, this episode blends accessible brain science, school-based therapy experience, and practical, real-life strategies to explain how food, flavor, texture, and even scent can support emotional balance. Suzanne breaks down why anxiety and excitement share the same brain chemistry, how co...
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First 90 secondsSuzanne M. Swain· Host0:01
[upbeat music] Well, hey, y'all. Welcome back. This is part two of the Food for Your Mood special that we're doing on emotions and how food can affect you. So really excited to have you here. If you're new, welcome, welcome. And if you haven't listened to part one yet, that's totally fine. Part one, we talked about the core emotions, like joy and sadness and anger and fear. But today we're moving into what I like to call the everyday emotions. So that's, you know, the ones that sneak up on us and run the show, you know, socially, like anxiety, embarrassment, envy, ennui, or boredom, and motivation. So I wanted to add that in there, too. So how's it going? My name is Suzanne M. Swain, EDS, LMSW, and I am a veteran middle school teacher as well as a working therapist in the schools right now. So glad to have you here at Middle School Mary Poppins. The website is msmarypoppins.com. Check it out. We're gonna be putting out parent guides, family, you know, all kinds of family resources, as well as educational guides. I've made a bunch of posters and all kinds of neat stuff that you can download and utilize. It's got Steve on it. So also, Steve has been a wonderful nurse. A little update, uh, Steve's been sleeping on my pillow every night with his little chin on my shoulder. It's so cute. But unfortunately, [laughs] the continuing saga of the surgery, I was supposed to have it on Tuesday