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Stop emotional eating in it's tracks and heal your heart. Welcome to my healing emotional eating resource forum! You've come to the right place to begin the process of healing the emotional tie to food that keeps you unconsciously tied to cycles of "overdoing it" and choosing unhealthful food, when you "ought to know better". Help is here. All of the information you need to find healing, learn about what I offer and to move ahead is provided for you below. You do not need to join expensive programs, dump money into more exercise equipment, or waste one more cent on detours. Healing can be affordable. I created this program exactly for that reason. I have been there, broken the cycle myself and healed. We all have the power to heal within us. I am here to show you how you can do the same. |
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| I've been through the horrible cycles of emotional eating myself. I have now turned around to help many other people, especially women, reach the same destination through self-empowerment. I do this not only as someone who has been through every inch of the emotional eating healing process, but also as a professional life coach and teacher of A Course in Miracles who has the skill, depth of training and know-how to help you self heal and regain a loving, heart based relationship to food. This web-page is the sole place where I provide my private program full of options, information and access to the tools, support and educational literature that will be a valuable resources to you in your process of self healing. Please let me know if you have any questions along the way. I have a lot to offer you. Let's get started! It is not as hopeless as it feels. You are among thousands of women and men around the world that struggle with their relationship to food. Many people have NO CLUE that it is the emotional tie to food that is keeping them stuck, frustrated and continually searching for "what will work". Most people end up yo-yo dieting and subsequently end up giving up. The good news is that there are solutions and that is what I am about. As a life coach, I'm in the business of results. I've taken my skill at strategy and applied to personal well-being integrated with education about how the body works and why. Let's start with what matters most... your heart. There is a more effective approach to heal, at a heart level, the cause of your emotional tie to food. Dieting covers up the very core issues that keep the emotional connection to food very much alive. In my experience and in my private practice, I found dieting to strengthen the emotional connection to food, making permanent weight loss next to impossible. People either feel deprived of the foods they love or childish for having to be told how much food you are allotted in one day. Diets cannot work long term. Even if they could, would we want them too? "HECK NO!" Is my response (that is the nice version). Eating regimens that include counting calories, points, portioning and fat grams distract us to the point where we fail to see our own emotional and spiritual needs as well as our bodies needs. Red flag! This is because they use strategies outside of ourselves, or they extrinsically motivate us. What I call Intentional Eating, the method behind healing the emotional tie to food, connects you to your body, your needs and your wants at a heart level. It is this type of intrinsically motivating modality that engages you in the process itself... this is when results last naturally. Emotional eaters tend to experience:
We are taught all of the wrong things and the wrong ways to approach 1) our body, 2) our needs and 3) food. Societal influences, big companies selling products, well meaning friends and parental figures can make anyone crazy, confused, and frustrated. Years of having these influences, that typically conflict with one another, makes it easy to get caught up in habits that keep us overweight, overeating and overly frustrated. Have you ever tried to overcome a bad habit using sheer will power? It takes education. Will power only works as long as you feel motivated. When the feeling of motivation wears off, then you return to square one. This is a waste of time, energy and personal power. Dieting your way of out emotional eating doesn't work. This only leaves you feeling depleted on many levels and worse you end up losing faith in your own ability for self care. In order for a diet to work permanently, you have to remain on the diet for the rest of your life. Even if you could do this, would you really want to? A Course in Miracles tells us that true healing comes from healing at the level of cause and not effect. This is the same as healing the imbalance, not covering up the symptom. Covering up the symptom is the Western allopathic approach, that is not working on many levels. At what point are we willing to give up what doesn't work and take a stand for our own well-being? I have done it, many others have done it and you can too. I began my struggle with weight as a teenager. I was an emotional eater. I ate because I was happy, upset, stressed, etc. I dieted, gained and lost, gained and lost to no avail. I tried to starve. That never lasted very long because I loved food. I tried to be bulimic and decided I'd rather be overweight. I tried to exercise my way out of my weight. That didn’t work either, even though I had more energy. Although, I could surpass all of friends while hiking (not to mention my love for rock climbing was born) I remained overweight. I managed to average a size 10 when on a diet, even though it was a constant battling ground for me. Furthermore, the weight lost, always came back! I finally just gave up at the struggle at a size of 14-16. I figured I was a hopeless case since the struggles, days filled with guilt and frustration, where tiring and it was apparent that no diet was going to work for me in the long run. Giving up, not caring and ignoring the weight felt good.... at least for a while.
I then happened across Geneen Roth’s book, When Food is Love. This is when my transformation first began. I learned as much as I could from her books and attended a two day in-depth workshop, led by Ms. Roth herself. Geneen's principles made more sense to me than dieting ever had. However, the emotional healing component was still obscure to me. I needed more tools to cope with this transformation and began searching for every book I could find on healing. The one that impacted my healing the most was A Course in Miracles. The Course helped me face the underlying causes for my overeating while I integrated elements of, what I now call, Intentional Eating. After one year of research and application the weight started to come off without my struggling!!! I finally had something down to earth and real to work from. No more counting fat, carbs, calories or points! I was completely free from this! I found this approach is perfect for anyone who wants a clear approach that is down to earth, makes logical sense and empowers from within. I cannot stress the importance of this enough! Empowerment lasts. Healing wasn’t easy for me in the beginning. I had almost no support and I resisted every step with major skepticism. I was ashamed to talk to anyone openly and refused to seek professional guidance out of sheer embarrassment. I felt like a failure and didn't want to appear weak. After two years into my devotion to healing, release of dieting and ongoing research about how the body works, I was diet free, at peace, loving food on a deeper level and excited to be in my body; I had learned the education that led me to naturally (by natural I mean without struggle, apprehension or negativity) desire healthier foods and comfortable portions. I am now in my 30's and still naturally at a size 4-6. I have 3 children and run a busy private practice and lifestyle. This is coming from a person that had to finish everything on her plate, and couldn’t say no to dessert without feeling very deprived. Sound familiar? My natural weight came as a shock to me because even when I dieted I could only reach a size 10 and I thought this was my natural weight. I was shocked when I reached a size 10 and then kept naturally losing the weight without trying! This was my story. What is yours? Hopefully it hasn't been as chaotic as mine was. If it has, or worse, that is ok. What matters is that there are tangible answers and principles to help you heal and therefore succeed whenever you are ready to heal with food. Due to the impact of the Intentional Eating education, men and women are empowered to lose the weight they want permanently, fire dieting for the rest of their life, and enhance the fun they have with food. My private clients have moved from years of frustration to a place of joy and inner-peace with their weight, food and body image. What sets the Intentional Eating approach, program and coaching apart from the many other weight loss approaches, is the freedom you develop, at a heart level, around food for the rest of your life.... like learning to ride a bike. Unlike programs that want you as a lifetime member, my clients and readers no longer need the program, or any other weight loss program ever again after they implement the healing and education! Once you've obtained freedom from dieting and the emotional ties to food, you are free! I do have "bad" news. In this fast paced society, I do need to let you know that any type of healing and transformation takes time. What I offer you is a program, to be implemented step-by-step. The wisdom I have found, and impart on you, is this: If it is quick, it doesn't stick! Amen!
I have solutions for help and healing. I wrapped them all up in one program for breaking the emotional ties to food.
I have designed the following program to empower you with support, wisdom and education for healing the emotional ties to food that are keeping you stuck. Below I've outlined the resources and tools included in the program. #1- Online Support Group Access to my private online Breaking Free support group. You have 24 hour online access to myself and a group of loving and supportive people (I admit, mostly women- sorry guys) that are also on the breaking free path! You may remain 100% anonymous if you wish. In this forum I answer questions and give online support for free. #2 - Fire Your Diet E-Book My 134 page e-book, Fire Your Diet: Laurel Inman's Guide to Intentional Eating. You may print out any or all of the portions that have the most impact on you, as needed. View Chapter One HERE (adobe pdf) #3 - Printable Worksheets I provide you with worksheets to accompany the e-book, for each step outlined. Having worksheets helps you bring each step to life and bring it into an action step or self observation tool. #4 - Bonus Material Additionally, I provide you with four bonus materials to supplement the education and exercises within the book and worksheet.
#5 - Free Q&A Session You also receive a coupon for a free 30 minute private mini-coaching session with me (all over the phone, so you can live anywhere to take advantage of this). This session is 100% confidential (I follow the International Coaching Federation's Code of Ethics for professional coaching), and is valued at $75.
Testimonials
"This makes more sense to me than anything else I've ever tried in my life. I spent my whole life saying "it's not fair!" when I saw someone who sat down to a slice of chocolate cake and didn't have extra rolls hanging over their jeans. Now I know it IS fair, I just need to learn to reconnect with how my body naturally works. The only reason it's hard is because I've been taught to fight it since I was 8 years old. I know you've heard my story before, I just can't get over how extremely logical this is and how snowed the world has become, being led down the garden path with so many diets." ~ Kendra, nurse
~ Carin, stay-at-home mom "I am using the tools
daily. I am very aware of the motive behind every meal (hunger, anger,
stress, etc.) and I feel in control even if I choose to eat knowing I'm
not hungry, but that is not usually the choice I make. I like the knowledge.
I like feeling like I'm in the driver seat of this experience and that
I'm not letting my emotions decide." "I never imagined it would
be possible to experience freedom from dieting! I dieted on and off for
over 20 years and finally just gave up. This was the last effort I was
willing to try. I was amazed and empowered at how much freedom I experienced!
I learned what truly leaves me satisfied and content-an invaluable lesson."
"I am definitely more
aware of what huger is, and when I'm actually hungry now! I've learned
not to eat 'just because'. I have really enjoyed this new awareness and
how it has affected my lifestyle."
We hope you will join us! Questions? Contact Laurel HERE (520) 292-1209 Tucson, AZ 85742
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"The phone sessions were great! It was comforting to know you had my back with the emails. I realized that I don’t have to eat to comfort myself or to feel my need for something else. The biggest breakthrough was the distinction between living and hiding. That was the big one. You are AWESOME!!! Thanks so much for all your help!!!!" ~ professional artist, 2007
"Your book is great! I'm barely on the 5th Chapter, but its amazing how a "changed" mindset starts to build a foundation. Thanks so much!" ~ Janay, business owner & mom
"The program has immensely changed the way I look at eating, nutrition and weight loss. It is the first time in my life that I have been able to break free from emotional eating; having Laurel give support and helpful tools to stop emotional eating has made all the difference in the world.
I was also able to get in touch with what I was really hungry for, and
eat only when I was truly hungry for food; and the weight came off with
ease."
"I spent two weeks with you and lost 10 pounds just by following the principles you presented!" ~ Carin, stay-at-home mom (see before/after pictures below) |