🎙️ PLANTSPIRATION UNPLUGGED EPISODE 52 After 52 straight weeks on the mic, Stefanie and John Ignoffo—founders of Plantspiration®—discover the truth behind lasting transformation: it’s not about dieting harder, it’s about feeling safe enough to heal. What starts as a hilarious story about running out of gas turns into the most powerful revelation of the year—why we can’t plan, focus, or lose weight while our bodies think we’re still running from lions. In this milestone episode, Stefanie opens up about learning to regulate her nervous system, the missing link between safety and satiety, and how polyvagal science finally explains why Lifestyle Medicine works. Together, they reflect on one year of laughter, tears, breakthroughs, and 2,237 pounds lost across the Plantspiration® community. This is the moment everything connects—nutrition, neuroscience, and nervous system healing. “I didn’t know I was dysregulated until I wasn’t.” “When your body feels safe, it lets go.” 🎧 In this episode: The gas-station story that became a nervous-system breakthrough What “running from the lions” really means How stress hijacks weight loss, energy, and decision-making The connection between emotional safety, metabolism, and motivation Why Plantspiration® works: co-regulation, fiber, and community The truth about what healing actually feels like 💚 This isn’t about willpower—it’s about wiring. And once you stop running from the lions, your whole life opens up. 👉 Join the movement: Plantspiration.org Eat your plants off. Heal your nervous system. Change your life. ✅ CALL TO ACTION – LOVED THIS EPISODE? DO THIS NEXT 💚 Subscribe to Plantspiration® Unplugged 💚 Leave a review (it helps more than you know!) 💚 Join the movement → https://plantspiration.org 💚 Donate to support our 501(c)(3) nonprofit mission Here’s what makes us different: ✅ Physician-recommended lifestyle medicine ✅ Veterans join FREE — email team@plantspiration.org ✅ Real people. Real results. Real-time healing. We volunteer our time so you have more time to heal. Because your life matters — to us, to your family, and to the future. 🌱 Plantspiration® exists to educate, motivate, and inspire through food, movement, mindset, and love — for the health of humans, animals, and the planet.