It's my birthday...time to party and give some goodies to YOU!

It’s April, it’s spring and…

It’s almost my birthday! Woot!! 🙂

I have always been a birthday person, I’m guessing since I came out of the womb.

Life is an amazing party and our lives are such a gift…damn if I’m not going to celebrate every year that I get another chance to be on this planet and enjoy it!

Typically the celebration starts on my bday (the 7th) and happily extends throughout the month..such fun!

This year, though, I want YOU to help me kick things off…are you game?

You see, I’ve been thinking about what I want this 35th year of life to be about and one of the biggest things I want is to help empower as many women as possible to find the freedom and happiness that comes from changing the way they relate to their body, to food, and in turn their lives.

I want to live out my desires, play full out, and I want every woman to do the same.

That can’t happen if we are busy telling ourselves “I’m not enough. I’m too fat. I’m too thin. I need to diet to be attractive,” or we are always comparing our bodies to others, or putting our lives on hold because we don’t feel we are worthy of what we really want.

Dieting and hating on your body is an energy suck and steals your thunder. There is a better way to release weight and a better way to live.

It’s time to get FREE!

So for my birthday present this year, the biggest gift you can give me is for you to take inspired action and enter my Body Freedom Breakthrough Scholarship contest!

That’s right…I’m giving one lucky lady a chance to change her life from the inside out by winning some FREE coaching with me. (You can learn what’s included in this package by going HERE.)(Valued at $547)

Click on the video to get the full scoop:

Sound good, Beautiful?

Here’s What You’ll WIN

You’ll win my Body Freedom Breakthrough Package, valued at $547, that combines deep, powerful coaching with body & life detoxing that is sure to transform the way you relate to food, your body, and uplevel your life.

Again, you can learn all about what’s in this package by going HERE.

Here’s How to Win:

There are 2 ways to win- video or written entry. What I am looking for is a woman who shows heart and soul answering the questions and can follow the guidelines.

1. Video Entry: Make a video 2 minutes or under in length and answer these questions:

-What does having full body freedom mean to you?
-What’s your biggest challenge around feeling free in your body/with food?
-What would change in your life if you won this scholarship AND how would this positively impact the women/girls around you?

Then, upload your video to YouTube.com and make it public with the following title and description. You must cut and paste this verbatim:

Video Title: Body Freedom Breakthrough Scholarship w/ Anita Avalos vid by YOUR NAME

Video Description: http://www.anitaavalos.com/bodyfreedombreakthrough Body Freedom Breakthrough with Anita Avalos- Holistic Health, Eating Psychology, and Body-Food Relationship coaching to transform your body, life, and relationship with food.

PLEASE note: You must leave a comment below this post with a link to your YouTube video entry OR send me the link in a private message to Anita@AnitaAvalos.com in order for your video entry to be valid.

2. Written entry: Write your responses to these questions in a comment below or send it to me privately in an email to Anita@AnitaAvalos.com, 500 words or less.

-What does having full body freedom mean to you?
-What’s your biggest challenge around feeling free in your body/with food?
-What would change in your life if you won this scholarship AND how would this positively impact the women/girls around you?

AND There’s Social Media Bonus Points!

Here’s your chance to get some “extra credit” and also help spread the word about this scholarship contest on Facebook and Twitter.

Here are a couple of sample Tweets you can use to get you going:

I’m ready to feel free in my body and life w/ @anitaavalos7 http://bit.ly/bfcontest #bodyfreedom

@anitaavalos7 is giving away some amazing coaching for her bday!http://bit.ly/bfcontest #bodyfreedom

And here are some sample Facebook posts you can use:

I’m ready to feel free in my body and life w/ @Anita Avalos http://bit.ly/bfcontest #bodyfreedom

Love @Anita Avalos’ message for women! Who else is ready to create a body they love and life that rocks, no diet or deprivation required!? http://bit.ly/bfcontest #bodyfreedom

These are just some ideas…feel free to come up with your own but make sure you include the #bodyfreedom hashtag and the shortlink: http://bit.ly/bfcontest

Now here’s all the details you need to know about this scholarship contest:
1. You may enter this contest via a video or written comment. Your vid or written comment can appear at the end of THIS post OR sent to me via email to Anita@AnitaAvalos.com. Any Tweets or Facebook shares get you bonus points and good karma. 🙂

2. Videos must contain the specific description I stated above, must be no longer than 2 minutes, and must be left as a comment under this post OR as an email to Anita@AnitaAvalos.com with the link to your video so I can watch it.

3. All Tweets and Facebook shares must contain the #bodyfreedom hashtag and the following shortlink: http://bit.ly/bfcontest

4. The deadline for all entries is April 17th at 11:59 pm, PST. The winner will be announced within a week.

5. I will be the one judging all entries and picking the winner. Please know I am so grateful for you entering and value each woman who shares her responses and enters the contest.

6. I’ll have a special surprise for all who enter so have a positive mindset and get in on the action!

I can’t wait to read and see your entries and read your Tweets/Facebook posts. I’m really looking forward to seeing how coaching with me and finding your body freedom will change your life and lives of women in your world.

Good Luck and thank you for making my vision for my 35th year of life come true!

I celebrate YOU!

Sending so much LOVE,

Lauren McComb, Pure Barre Studio Owner and Femme on FIRE!

I am SO excited for today’s post!

Today marks the start of a monthly post I’m calling Femme On Fire, where I interview and introduce you to women who are living life EMBODIED. They are fierce, compassionate, loving the skin they’re in, going after their dreams, living an authentic life, and encouraging women around them to do the same. These are the kind of women who not only shine bright, but take deep pleasure in encouraging their sisters to shine brightly too.

And because of these things, they glow with beauty from the inside out.

A Femme on Fire is the the kind of woman I strive to be and love to be around.

(And to Kamilah Barrett, you defintely are a Femme on Fire….I just hadn’t thought of doing this as a monthly post when I interviewed you last year..ya’ll should take a look at her interview too as soon as you finish this one!)

So let me tell you about Lauren McComb…

Lauren (right) with her lovely mom, Elle (left), make a dynamic duo.

I had the deep pleasure of meeting Lauren back in January when I signed up for classes at her Pure Barre studio in Tampa, Florida. At the time, I was knee deep in my mother’s accident, spending countless hours at the hospital, and knew I needed something to keep me sane, keep me mentally and physically fit, and give me a sense of community when I was feeling quite disconnected.

I found that at Lauren’s studio.

Virtually everyday for a month, I made it into the studio for my 55 minute class to get into my body, fueled by amazing music and spirited, talented teachers. Not only did I leave feeling physically stronger, but also happier and more connected to myself.

I absoutlely fell in love with the Pure Barre technique, and as an added bonus, I found a new friendship in Lauren and her amazing mother, Elle. They, along with their incredible staff, are doing so much more than giving women a barre class…they are creating a community for women, something I think most of us are starved for in our web-based world. These two women treated me with such love and care during one of the most difficult times in my life…I cannot speak highly enough about them.

And that’s what stands out about Lauren and her studio…she really embodies beauty from the inside out and encourages other women to do the same.

So without further delay, I give you my interview with Lauren McComb!

(Anita) How did you get involved with Pure Barre?

(Lauren) I started taking Pure Barre in Sarasota back in June 2011. When I heard Pure Barre was opening in my hometown I was very excited to learn more about the barre technique and attend class the first week they opened. I was instantly hooked and found myself going everyday. After a month of taking classes I was asked to become a teacher and was thrilled to train to become a teacher! I had always wanted to teach fitness and have always been active from a young age. It was love at first “tuck”.

(A) I know you told me you left a career in finance to pursue this new career path. I love that and feel inspired by that, as I always encourage my clients and readers to live the life they desire. What made you decide to make the switch and what has been the best part of that for you?

(L) Prior to opening Pure Barre Tampa, I was a Financial Consultant at Charles Schwab & Co. in Sarasota, FL. I was in the Financial Services Industry for 6 1/2 years and enjoyed it, however I was not passionate about it. I loved meeting with clients and connecting with them on a personal level, I just knew something was missing. My love for fitness and health started at a young age. I grew up in a very active family. After teaching Pure Barre for several months I realized this was my passion and I wanted to follow my dreams of opening my own business.

(A) What makes Pure Barre unique?

(L) Pure Barre is unique because the workout utilizes a ballet barre & small isometric movements to lift your seat, tone your thighs, abs & arms while burning fat in record breaking time. Clients see results within 10 classes! It is a total body workout that is low impact and set to fantastic music! The class goes by quickly because you have fun while doing it! The Founder, Carrie Dorr, says “It’s a challenging workout but if you can hold on to a ballet barre can do it!”

(A) I believe that every woman should feel free in her body and beautiful in her own skin. I also believe that the quickest and most lasting way to getting a body you love is by loving and appreciating the body you have NOW, not waiting until you are the “perfect” weight. How does Pure Barre and your studio fit in with that philosophy?

(L) We couldn’t agree with this more! We have many potential clients that stop in the studio before taking their first Pure Barre Class and will say they want to get into better shape or lose weight before taking their first class. We encourage them to start now and Pure Barre is for all fitness levels, ages and body types. You see results within 10 classes and it is the quickest way to change the shape of your body. We empower women to love the body they have!

My last day with these two great ladies (until my next visit to Tampa!)

(L) We would tell her with any new technique it takes a few classes to really grasp the concepts and movements. We would encourage her to come at least 3 to 5 times within the first week to really get a deep understanding of Pure Barre Technique. Our teachers are very hands on and help clients understand the movements and assure they are doing them properly. We also offer a “Breaking Down the Barre” class on a monthly basis. This is a non working class to help deepen the clients knowledge and get the most out of every class!

(A) I simply love how good you and your mom Elle treat your clients and are building a community for women through your studio. Why do you think this is important for women?

Here I am with Elle and Lauren at the Pure Barre Tampa Grand Opening Party in February.

(L)We think it is so important to make clients feel welcomed and appreciated! It is more than just a work out studio, Pure Barre Tampa, is a place for women to come and focus on themselves for the 55 minutes in class, meet friends, make new ones and feel beautiful on the inside and out. Pure Barre is for all shapes, sizes and fitness abilities. We are passionate about helping our clients achieve their goals and we love to see the changes in clients bodies! Pure Results are the best! Keep on tucking!

(A)What’s your personal philosophy on food and fitness?

(L) My personal philosophy on food and fitness is about enjoying everything in a balanced manner. Eating healthy is a lifestyle choice and makes you feel better all around. It is important to eat healthy and fuel your body with the proper ingredients. You need to reward yourself for hard work every once in a while…and can do this by using fresh, organic and wholesome ingredients! Food is one of many life’s many delights and should be enjoyed!

(A) What lights you up most? What makes you feel most beautiful?

(L) The thing that lights me up the most is helping clients achieve their fitness goals and having them feel amazing about themselves. My passion is fitness and health and I love to see clients happy by the results they achieve. The thing that makes me feel the most beautiful is smiling from the inside out…a smile is the best accessory you can have! It is great for the soul, mind and body!

(A) Anything else you want to share?

(L) I want to thank you for taking the time to ask me these questions and most importantly for coming to our studio! We are so happy to have met you and look forward to seeing you again soon. You are a remarkable woman and you inspire us! I also want to share that I am thankful for the Tampa Bay Community for supporting my dreams of owning my own Pure Barre Studio and opening with my Mother, Elle. It has been such an amazing journey so far and I look forward to many more years of joy, laughter and memories!

(A) Lauren, I feel the same about you! Thanks for taking time to share your passion for fitness and living your dreams with all of us. And all of you make sure you check out Lauren’s studio in Tampa, Florida when you are down that way! You’ll be so glad you did. 😉 And for those of you not in Tampa, you can find a Pure Barre in your hometown too!

Lots of love,

P.S. There’s still time to have your voice heard and let me know how I can help you transform your relationship to food and your body so you can live a life that truly rocks. Fill out this short survey and give me your feedback…you are important to me! Plus, if you leave me your name and email, you’ll be registered to attend a very special Q&A Coaching Call with me next month where I will answer any and all questions you may have about your body, weight, food, and whatever else is up for you. Looking forward to hearing from you!

Mom and I on a Mother-Daughter's Day out, a testament to the healing power of receiving love to the fullest.

In honor of International Women’s Day, I thought it might be fitting to share with all you beautiful, talented, passionate women some encouragement on why it is so vital to let yourself simply receive. As women, we are natural born givers. We are constantly thinking how we can give to our kids, family, friends, community. The ideas of simply receiving, to allow others to care for us, to take in the nurturing, can feel like a foreign idea, seasoned with feelings of guilt and “selfishness”. It’s time to remedy this. For all you do all year long, this one’s for you.

For those of you who are part of my email list, you know all about my mother’s accident and what the last couple of months have been like for me…incredibly hard, heart-wrenching, life changing… to say the least.

The reality is you can’t spend 6 weeks watching your mom recover from a traumatic brain injury, loving her up and helping to nurse her back to health, advocating on her behalf, and not feel the full spectrum of emotions.

You can’t go through the fire and not be changed.

In the most painful moments of it all, I often asked myself “What will this teach me? How is this going to help me grow? What is the purpose of all of this?” I had to go there because I couldn’t believe that this painful experience was happening in vain.

I struggled to make some sense of it all…

But I also asked this of Spirit on behalf of my mom as well. What could be a positive result of all of this for her? I mean her entire life changed in an instant. She was simply out for a walk one day and then without warning or reason, hit by a SUV and had to have emergency brain surgery. Could anything beautiful unfold from this for her?

On top of all the physical pain she was experiencing, my mom, an extremely independent soul, now had to ask for everything.

In the beginning stages, she couldn’t feed herself or even hold a cup of water. In fact, short of breathing, there wasn’t much she could do on her own.

Once she was aware enough to really understand what was going on and her personal will to fight for herself started to kick-in, so did the resentment that she had to ask for help.

She’s always been the one to love others up, to give and give, and to caretake for others. (She had done just that for my Nano for close to a year…I know his last couple of years of life were so much richer because of her loving care.)

But now, my mom had to let go, to be on the receiving end.

Many times, she would get so angry and tell me “That man (referring to the guy who hit her) took so much away from me. I used to be so independent and now I have to bother my family, to be a burden on them. It’s just not right.”

And from this anger, she would try and push herself to do things or overextend herself before she was ready.

All I could keep saying to her was this…”Mom, sometimes we all need to lean on somebody. We all fall down, all feel weak, have things that happen to us that cause us to have to go slow and be cared for. Let us love you up. I’m happy to be here for you. The more you push before you are ready, the harder it will be to truly heal.”

Resist she did, but in the end, life was calling to her to allow herself to receive. Receive love, receive care, be nurtured.

Mom, soaking up the love and recovering.

Meanwhile, there I was doing everything I could to give. Shop for her. Make countless calls. Sleep at the hospital next to her side. Feed her. Comb her hair. Encourage her. Even bathe her. And of course, love her.

When I got tired, felt like I just wanted to curl up in a ball and cry, or felt burnt out, I often kept pushing myself along. After all, she was the one with the traumatic brain injury, not me. My needs couldn’t be that urgent. And I was still getting in nourishing foods and movement (I swear my hour a day at my Pure Barre class helped to keep me sane)…it wasn’t like I wasn’t having any self-care.

I felt a bit guilty to ask for things for me from anyone, to just open up and allow someone to take care of me in the middle of all this.

Maybe I didn’t even realize how much I needed it.

So I didn’t really know how to respond when friends would write or call and ask me “Can I do anything for you?” or “How are you doing, really?” My initial reaction was that yes, it’s hard for me, but not half as hard as it is for her.

But luckily I had some loving souls spill out the truth I needed to hear.
I needed to be nurtured too.

It came from my mentor Marc David, who encouraged me to let someone else care for me too in the middle of all this, whether it be someone making me dinner or taking the load off so I could catch up on sleep. He reminded me that it’s not enough to just get in your greens and sweat out your troubles during times like this…as a caretaker you also need the nourishment of loving attention, care, and to let others physically show up for you.

And then it came from my amazing friends in Florida (especially Karen and Maria) who made time to come see me, be with me, and take me out for a glass of wine or a good meal…or simply just sit and talk with me. Their presence meant everything.

As things started to mellow out a bit with my mom, it came from Mike who arranged a spa day for me….a 3 hour block of time just for me so I could get a massage and a facial and simply be pampered. It felt so indulgent to just BE and allow myself to do nothing but take in that amount of attention and care. I fell asleep during both; I had no idea just how tired I was.

Me, moments before spa treatment begins...happy to receive lots of TLC!

The invitation to let myself be on the receiving end of love and nurturing kept coming at me…I just had to allow myself to take it.

But it wasn’t until I was in the middle of a heartfelt conversation with my friend Jen that I made some big realizations. On the search for lessons, I had realized that for my mom, life was calling her to receive love and nurturing in a way she probably never had in her entire 68 years. But what I didn’t realize at first was that life was also calling me to do the very same thing.

There we were on what seemed like opposite ends of this situation but in a whole other way, we were both being called to step into our strength by allowing ourselves to be vulnerable and allow ourselves to really lean on another.

The truth was that the very advice I gave to my mom was the medicine I needed for myself as well.

I had to accept with humility that I couldn’t do it all and what I could do could never be done as fully as it could when I made sure I was refilling my tank. Giving cannot happen without receiving. The two help to keep us even and whole. And though the art of receiving wasn’t the only lesson that came from this experience, it was definetly a big one.

And since coming back home, I’ve given myself the space to practice the art of receiving some more and be really gentle with myself, to not push too hard too fast. My body, soul, and spirit have gone through something major. As much as I want to feel like “my old self,” I need to let it happen organically.

I’m also feeling like “my old self” is kinda an illusion as well. I’ve been changed and so it’s been a getting to know you sort of period with myself. (I’ve found myself to be incredibly more honest with myself and those in my life…so healing…and I’ll talk more about that in an upcoming post.)

I need a little more sleep, a little more TLC, a little less to do, some meals and shopping done for me, and more practice saying (with love) “no” to people, things, and obligations.

While this whole experience has been incredibly hard and heartbreaking, I’m learning more and more how to ask and how to receive for what I really want and need. And frankly, I needed to be doing more of that.

The truth is we don’t need to wait for a major life event like this to start getting comfortable with being on the receiving end of love and care-taking. In reality, most of us are walking around starved for it. Though the “logical” mind can downplay its importance and tell us it’s far more important that we push forward and show up as super mommy, daughter, wife, lover, employee, or CEO, the body in all her wisdom never forgets and will keep reminding us that we can’t live in a constant place of force.

Weight-gain, misaligned relationship to food, anxiety, sleeplessness, fatigue, digestive issues, or nagging feelings of unhappiness and “emptiness” (just to name a few) are her ways of getting your attention. And you can keep seeking for the perfect supplement, drug, or cure for your “issue” but I find that no matter what the ailment, the best place to start is within, to look at you really want and need and get brave enough to ask for it. And then brave enough to receive it.

Start there.

Nothing will ever take the place of practicing incredible self-love and self-care, which can take many, many forms. And sometimes that means letting someone else love you up, spoil you, nurture you.

Looking for actionable steps?

Take some time and ask yourself…What love, help, assistance, or care have you been resisting, avoiding, not asking for, or afraid to accept because it means letting go a bit?

What would feel so amazing to receive today? If you could suspend guilt and judgement, what would feel so nice to lean on another for or be treated to?

Where could you be less hard on yourself, more compassionate?

Then, be bold, Beautiful One, and allow yourself to receive. It’s the strongest, bravest move you could ever make and trust me, it’s the gift you give not just to yourself but to the world as well.

Sending you love and ready to receive some right on back,

There’s a sexy seducer in town.

Diets promise quick results with sexy, happy endings...don't fall for the lies!

I highly doubt it’s the first time you’ve met or connected, but let me tell you, he’s just desperate for your attention.

Persistent in nature, he beckons you to notice him. He shows up on your TV screen, your Facebook, Twitter feed, your favorite magazine, and on many a billboard.

It’s virtually impossible to avoid him. He’s in your ear and he’s telling you sweet nothings, promising you the world.

He tells you that if you get on board with him, happiness, wealth, and the good life is yours for the taking. You just have to say yes.

And guess what? He’s saying the same damn thing to all your best girlfriends, your mom, your little sister, and even your 10 year old niece. This fool is shameless.

His name is Dieting and more than any time of the year, he’s knocking at your doorstep with all his sweet little lies.

(No disrespect to the men I love out there by calling Dieting a him, FYI.)

And I’ve been feeling very called to do all my ladies a service, sit you down, and give it to you straight, because I know he’s not going to.

No, Dieting LOVES to lie and promises each of us a simple yet completely false equation.

Dieting says “take me on. When you do, you get to be skinny, and when you’re skinny, you’ll be loved, rich, and happy. I promise you.”

Dieting tries to give us evidence of this by pumping out image after image of people using his tools who are just that. From diet sodas to diet foods to the ads of the diet themselves, you see images bikini clad people just loving life.

Dieting is promoted as sexy to no end. Some diets even are named after sexy cities that everybody knows are just filled with sexy people. I love how my mentor Marc David pointed out how you never hear a diet named (no offense) “The Oklahoma Diet” or “The Detroit Diet”…it just doesn’t sound quite as sexy as “The South Beach Diet” or “The Malibu Diet”.

And it’s SO cool to be a dieter. When you diet, you are part of the “in-crowd” (I told you he was getting into your girls’ ears.)

Think about it, especially in the new year…

How many people are just raving about the newest diet they are on, and how they are going to stick with it..and that this time it’s going to be different?

How many times do you find (especially with us ladies) friends chatting about the latest diet, picking themselves apart, and vowing together how they are going to rock this diet?

Sadly, it’s way more socially acceptable to talk about how quickly you lost weight, how much you pushed yourself during a workout, and what diet you are on than discussing how you are really connecting with your body and food in a meaningful way and getting truly healthy.

But here’s the thing about Dieting…

He’s a liar. He’s unhealthy for you. He doesn’t have your best interest at heart…in fact he will break your heart and spirit, just like he did all those times before.

He doesn’t give a damn about your nourishment, your true health. He tells you that if you devote yourself to him you’ll have it all..but in reality, you’ll have it all taken away from you.

If you take him on, your life will be consumed by him. Every waking moment will be spent on doing things “right” instead of sharing your gifts with the world. You’ll fight your natural urges, like hunger (more on that in an upcoming post). You’ll determine your worth by your weight. Over time, you’ll shut down.

You’ll lose your glow.

And when he breaks your heart (again), you’ll assume it was all your fault. If only you could just get it right…

So next time you might “try harder”, restrict more, damn your hunger. Hell, you might buy into toxic, toxic lies like this:

(Guess what? I don’t want to be Chanel. Food rocks!)

In short, Dieting is like a very toxic ex-boyfriend who keeps coming back to haunt you. He promises you the world but he never delivers. I know it’s tempting to take him back, but the story will never end differently.

I know this because we were in one hell of a relationship for many, many years. SO glad we broke up.

The time has come to put away your Sweet ‘n Low, your Splenda, your calorie/fat gram counter. The time has come to stop counting points, weighing yourself twice a day, fighting your hunger.

It’s time for a new love, a lasting love, one that doesn’t leave you, doesn’t break your heart, and really, really loves you.

Let’s give it up for Nourishment.

See Nourishment doesn’t ask you to restrict food and fight hunger. And nourishment also doesn’t want you to abuse food in the opposite extreme either, by not caring at all about what you eat and going for a free for all.

Nope, Nourishment calls you towards something deeper, more compassionate, more real. Nourishment has been there since you were a little bitty thing. Nourishment is your natural state, the real way to connect with food.

I wrote a Facebook update the other day about this and I think it really sums up what I am trying to say here:

“There is soul-level difference between wanting to eat and move in a way that truly allows you to live your most healthy, happy, and desire-rich life vs. dieting because you don’t feel like you are enough. A difference between wanting a good challenge, moving that amazing body of yours in a joy-full way, & working up a good sweat vs. punishing yourself via a workout.

Many of us don’t know the difference though, especially us women, because of the way the media and culture have seduced us into dieting, restricting, and forcing our bodies to change. We are sold this idea that if we were just 10, 20, 30 lbs. thinner, life would be perfect. We are sold the idea that the problem is our lack of willpower, our lack of control. As my mentor Marc David says, dieting is sold as something sexy but is actually a gateway to shaming ourselves.

Yes, what we eat makes a difference…but the biggest irony here is that these diet foods are so nutrient depleted, they don’t help create ultimate health anyway.

Until we start to accept that appetite is a gift, nourishing food is a gift, and really grasp that struggles around our weight is so much deeper than how many calories we ate/burned, we’ll stay in this tailspin and diet shame cycle.

It’s time to get curious and interested in our bodies instead of shaming ourselves into another diet. How do we do this? By looking at things from many levels-nutritionally, physically, emotionally, spiritually, soulfully.

This is why I love the work that I do and for being a student of Marc’s work and The Institute for the Psychology of Eating. It’s juicy, it’s real, and it’s waaayy sexier than drinking diet sodas because it speaks to your soul. Real change happens from the inside out!”

Bottom Line: Dieting doesn’t work. If it did, it would have done so by now.

So for this year, for 2013, be willing to NOT try the newsest diet, but a new mindset about food, your body, your life. Give Nourishment a chance. He’s the one that really loves you.

WARNING: I can’t promise you that Dieting won’t try to win you back. When my pants feel a little snug from time to time, he tries to call me up and get in my ear. We were together for so long and when I feel really vulnerable, he really tries to creep in.

But I remember all I’ve gained since losing him. I got my life back, my joy back, my sparkle. And the kicker is it was only when I dropped Dieting and fell in love with Nourishment that I actually released the weight I tried to hard to for so many years. I’m so much more fun, vibrant, and authentic without Dieting.

Nope, Dieting, I’ll never take you back. I love myself too much to fall for your lies again.

And my sweet one, you can do the same.

Stick around and I’ll do my best to show you how you too can fall in love with Nourishment, your body, your life. It’s possible for you too…in fact, it’s your birth-rite.

(If this spoke to you, I’d love to hear your comments below. And if you liked it, share it, my dear. Help me get the word out. xo).

All My Love,

P.S.Need more support and want to truly evolve your relationship with food and your body? To create a body you love and life that rocks without struggle or deprivation?

Then let’s get going!

Take the first step in your body-food-life evolution by booking your New Year Body Freedom Breakthrough Session.

I am opening up 10 complimentary sessions to help those who are serious about making real changes in how they connect to food and their body (A $97 value).

This 45-minute session will help you clearly see how you can:

-create a more peaceful, relaxed and nourishing relationship with food
-increase your body confidence without force or struggle
-explore where you get stuck and feel challenged around your weight, body and with food
-live a life that is truly happy, healthy, and hot

To book your session, simply click here and let me know you want to claim your complimentary session.

This offer is good until all spots are taken or by January 17th, which ever comes first.

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