How to go from food hell to food freedom today!!!
Today, as I was braiding my hair before a client session, I looked in the mirror and saw a beautiful woman. In a gorgeous body. Who eats whatever she wants and feels like a goddess.
I had to pinch myself to remind myself that this is me. And that this isn’t just a dream. This is my life. Every. Single. Day.
Forgive me if this sounds vain. But I’m still getting used to this reality.
Because most of my life, my experience was literally the opposite!
For most of my life, looking at the mirror was followed by cringing. Epithets. And stifled tears.
For 15 years, I was at war with food and my body. I desperately wanted to be rail skinny. Because it was only when my ribs stuck out that I got compliments on my appearance.
So I was always dieting. Trying to starve myself to earn praise.
During my diets, I was miserable. My body was literally starving. My mind was crazy. Obsessing over calories. Obsessing over the practicalities of how to survive another day eating spinach and cayenne water.
Terrified about the moment which would inevitably happen when…
I would make a mistake. My ravenous appetite would lead me to eat a piece of bread. And since I had screwed up already, I would start eating everything in sight. For days. Weeks.
Until I had gained back all the weight I lost and more. And I would have to begin another diet.
Can you believe I continued in that yo-yo hell for 15 years?
Hating my body. Feeling fat and ugly 98% percent of the year. And the 2% of the time, when I felt skinny after a month or two of starvation–it never lasted long. Inevitably I would start binging again. Because my body was never meant to be super skinny!
One evening about 10 years ago, after eating 4 pints of oreo ice cream, I thought to myself, “I can’t do this anymore!! I would literally give everything I have to be able to eat whatever I want. Yet still love my body.”
I prayed about it. The prayer seemed like wasted breath, since how could a relationship with food like that be possible?
But the universe heard it. And the following week, after leaving a samba dance class, I saw a magical woman standing outside offering free ayurvedic health consultations. We ended up working together for a year.
She taught me all ayurveda, the ancient Indian health system that was one of the keys to my liberation. This started my healing journey. Where I discovered that at the root of my eating disorder was a desert void of self love.
So I started taking courses, going to retreats, teaching myself to love myself and my body. The whole process took me years, but eventually, after lots of hills and valleys, I finally reached a place of food freedom!
Where I simply ate when I was hungry, stopped when I was full, and felt fabulous in my body all of the time!!
And once I did, I knew that it was part of my soul’s purpose to help others get to the same place.
So I used my experience as a teacher and a creative arts facilitator and compiled everything that allowed me to break free into a 3 month journey. And started sharing it with clients.
Their transformation exceeded anything I could have imagined!
Recently I met up for lunch with my first ever client. She found me two years ago after years of fad dieting hell! Now she lives a life of total food freedom (which feels to her like a dream too!).
As she healed her relationship with food and her body, she started stepping into her power. She became a leader in her company. And now even coaches her reps about wellness and shares her knowledge on linked-in.
We were so jazzed up reconnecting, that we decided to lead a course together next year on corporate travel wellness!!
As we munched on our roasted cauliflower and Israeli salads, she said, “Thank you Jenny. You taught me that I didn’t have to suffer. That life could actually be joyful!!”
Despite what many of us learn growing up, suffering through life is NOT inevitable! We humans, even in this post-pandemic world, are meant to live a life guided by joy!
Yes boo with depression. Even you!! I suffered from depression for decades, and let me tell you, once you heal your relationship with food and learn to love yourself, you will live a life of lightness beyond anything you could imagine!!!
So dear goddess, if you’re suffering through a relationship with food that brings you anxiety. Or depression. Or mood swings.
Where you’re constantly trying to lose weight and angry at yourself when you “fail”.
Where you look at your body with disgust.
Where you spend your precious energy comparing yourself to bodies you wish were yours,
I invite you to come join me for a journey to Food Freedom!!
https://www.goddessinflight.com/foodfreedom
Where I will empower you to…
Stop binge eating, dieting, and emotional eating once and for all!!
Learn how to feel your feelings rather than numbing your feelings with food!!
Start eating when you’re hungry, and stopping when you’re full, effortlessly!!!!
Fall in love with your body
Heal anxiety and depression and step into the vibration of peace and joy
Ooze love for your gorgeous self
Start discovering your soul’s purpose
And transitioning from your current life to your dream life more amazing than anything you could have imagined.
Where sometimes you’ll have to pinch yourself like I did today to remind yourself that it’s real!!!
This isn’t just possible Goddess. It’s your birthright!! And I’m here to be your guide in making it your reality.
Click on the link below to embark on your journey with a free discovery call…