It’s Beyond The Food: Non-Diet Health Coaching

On today's episode, we speak with Sheree Clark Are you at a “fork” in the road? You know something needs to change... must change... has to change. You get the feeling that if you don’t make a choice now, life will make one for you. For some, it’s an acute life event that forces them into making a choice... for me, it was collapsing on stage. For other women, their body wisdom takes care of creati...

On today's episode -  SHE ’ s  B eyond  T he  F ood - Chapter 2 : I'll share with you my personal journey with exercise, fitness and sports...   and it’s been a wild ride.   Just like most of you, ladies that have a journey of dieting, exercise has been part of my life in a “not so fun way”... never willingly and because I desired to exercise rather because I HAD TO kind of   way:  to burn calorie...

On today's episode, we talk about Feng Shui Get the energy right in your home, closet ,  and fridge and everything else will follow. Yup ,  the energy that carries your home is impacting you right now... moving you closer to confidence or further away from peace with your food and body.   Imagine you and your home looking like Charlie Brown’s character, Pigpen. With debris and junk whirling around...

On today's episode, we talk about Healing Body Shaming Healing body shaming permeates through every aspect of your life... you finally stop chasing your worth and you get to find your innate female power. You stop working crazy hours trying to prove yourself to your boss that you are worthy of the next promotion. Reconciling yourself with your body finally gives you the power to stop pleasing ever...

Why do I need to go beyond the food to make peace with food and my body That’s the one question I get and yes... that’s a very valid question, and to be honest, a very good starting point for us to have a very powerful conversation. We’ve been trained for years via diet culture to seek a solution to our food, weight and body issues with food and exercise. If we whip in shape our physical body, we...

Holistic Approach to Making Peace with Food and Body Why do I need to go beyond the food to make peace with food and my body That’s the one question I get and yes... that’s a very valid question, and to be honest, a very good starting point for us to have a very powerful conversation. We’ve been trained for years via diet culture to seek a solution to our food, weight and body issues with food and...

Spiritual Body to Making Peace with Food and Body Two questions that keep coming back from new members in our community:   What does it mean to Go Beyond The Food?   And then...   Why  would I need to Go Beyond The Food?   These are  GOOD  questions and to be honest, a very good starting point for us to have a  very powerful conversation.   To answer these 2 questions, we must first recognize that...

Holistic Approach to Making Peace with Food and Body Two questions that keep coming back from new members in our community:   What does it mean to Go Beyond The Food?   And then...   Why  would I need to Go Beyond The Food?   These are  GOOD  questions and to be honest, a very good starting point for us to have a  very powerful conversation.   To answer these 2 questions, we must first recognize t...

Fill Your Cup  Are good are you at meeting your daily needs? That’s what Rachel Molenda refers to as filling your cup. Rachel is a holistic nutritionist who inspires women to take action to meet their daily needs so that they don’t use food to fill the lack of self-care. Rachel will inspire us today to make it happen. Prioritizing your needs to show up the best version of you. In this episode I di...

This is Part 2 of 2. Part 1 can be accessed here .  Do you want to lose weight?   If so, you are not alone. I was there for many years along with millions of other women just like you.    The truth is 91% of women are unhappy about their body and seek weight loss as a solution.   First, let’s level up on one fundamental point:  No one wakes up one morning wanting to be fat, carry extra weight or n...

Your Past Doesn't Define You Do you let your past failure define your today? Perhaps you think you are limited in your future possibilities because of your past failure? “I have tried so many diets and programs and failed; that I can't bear to go to my husband with another program, especially one that costs $800+. I simply can't go to my husband with yet another "magical pill" .... he won't unders...

Wanna Lose Weight? Do you want to lose weight?   If so, you are not alone. I was there for many years along with millions of other women just like you.    The truth is 91% of women are unhappy about their body and seek weight loss as a solution.   First, let’s level up on one fundamental point:  No one wakes up one morning wanting to be fat, carry extra weight or not be able to lose weight.   It’s...

Type A Women Are you a type A- achieving women, successful in many aspects of their life: career, family, finances but they don’t feel as successful in one area of their life: food & body? If that’s you, this episode is a MUST-listen. Susan is just like you and she shares her journey. Her journey to find peace with food and body using the Going Beyond The Food Method. The Going Beyond The Food Met...

Health At Every Size The act of dieting is the greater predictor of weight gain. Most of us know diets have failed us and continue to fail us. The older we get, the worse it gets... it’s not just failing us physically on the scale but also emotionally and mentally. In fact, the side effect of food and exercise obsession is leaving us feeling overwhelmed, stressed and terribly anxious. We want to b...

Body Confidence The journey to body confidence and peace with food and body image is possible and quickly achievable if you... If you get committed and invest in yourself! Commitment is the biggest component of the process. Commitment to YOU via commitment to your time, mental headspace, physical space, boundaries and financial. Erin, a graduate from the Going Beyond The Food Academy Fall 2018 is...

This time next year... 2019 is going to be the best year of my life. I know this is true. Each year is always better than the last. I keep evolving and working on myself. My goals keep getting bigger. My heart keeps getting bigger. My clients’ lives keep getting bigger. In December, in the Academy, we write our goals for the year. But we do it differently than anyone else. We choose how we want to...

Goal Setting with Feelings Did you make resolutions last year? How did it work for you? Here’s cold hard truth about resolutions: 40 to 45% of American adult make one or more resolutions each year. Top new year's resolutions for 2017: - Save money - Lose weight / get in shape - Have more sex The following shows how many of these resolutions are maintained as time goes on: - not even 1 month: 43% -...

How to get results All of us have goals. Goals like getting married or maybe having children. Taking the next step up in our career or for some, having more energy. Making more money and losing weight are the top two goals people set in their lives... especially, new year’s resolution. Some women go on to achieve their goal and others don’t. Why? To be honest, it has nothing to do with your capaci...

Maintaining Motivation “I get off track very easily and difficult to get back on track. Finding a way to be motivated every day is hard. What should I do? That’s one of the top 3 questions I get on open forums. Along with how to be consistent and how can I lose weight (I never answer this one anymore!). The truth is maintaining motivation is a struggle for many as it was for me and is still when i...

We think that we can delay accepting our body until we get our relationship to food OK. Most of us are ready to do the work with our emotions but when it comes to doing the work with our body image... we resist. And we resist hard! The truth is Body Acceptance is the must-have to make peace with food. More than a must-have, it’s essential. Can’t make peace with food without making peace with your...

Holiday Survival Guide Surviving the holidays can be tough. Thriving in the holiday nearly impossible for some. Perhaps the holiday period is causing you more anxiety than pleasure. The anticipation of seeing certain family members might be causing you to be in an emotional eating rollercoaster. Perhaps the business of it all drives you to completely forget about yourself and by the time you get t...

Why Diets Don’t Work Smart women don’t diet... they do THIS instead. After 27 years of dieting, I’m clear on one thing… diets don’t work. 91% of all women are unhappy about their body and resort to dieting. We think that a “thin” body is going to unlock our happiness, our acceptance, our joy. And 95% of all dieters regain their all weight within 1-5 years. Yet we keep dieting. We keep hating our b...

Do you say things like “I’m on track”, “I’m having a good or bad day” and the ultimate “on and off the wagon”? Absolutist thinking is one of the most common denominators in our Going Beyond The Food community. It’s the source of many emotional eating loops, overeating weekends and restricted food binges. The truth is the all or nothing mindset is a negative thought process also known as cognitive...

Are you a sugar addict? Is sugar addiction even real? What’s the difference between sugar addiction and emotional eating? If we’re addicted to sugar, what should we do? These are all the questions we will answer with Bitten Jonsson, RN, ADDIS/SUGAR Certified and a Sugar Addiction Specialist. I gave her carte blanche to use my own assessment to explain and help you understand addiction. If you look...

One superstar student of the current semester of the Going Beyond The Food Academy is seeing so much results in a short 4-week period that she feels the duty to share our method with people in her life that need it.   She wanted to know if we have an episode of the podcast she could share with people that would encapsulate our approach and what to do to get started... we didn’t have one. Well, tha...