During Covid, I gained a bunch of weight. 50 pounds plus.
The stress of feeling out of control, homeschooling my kids, and feeling worried about the state of the world drove me to my fridge and my pantry over and over again.
Food addiction felt like my friend.
Or it numbed me out at least, enough to keep going in spite of the uncertainties.
When that period was over, I tried for years to let go of the excess weight that had piled up. I moved a lot, ate huge plates of vegetables for breakfast, tried to make healthy choices, but nothing moved the needle on the scale. I lost a few pounds here and there, only to gain it back.
A lifelong pattern of stress eating didn’t help. I started to feel hopeless that I would ever change. Maybe feeling tired and heavy and lethargic, with morning back pain, and a weight of 220 pounds on my 5’6”frame, was just the way I would live out the rest of my life.
Then, I went to a 10 day retreat, led by neuroscientist Dr. Joe Dispenza. I spent hours and hours visualizing how I want to feel and what I want to experience. When I got back, I continued to visualize daily how I wanted to feel and what I wanted to experience.
I found a guided relaxation program called Hypno Health that helped me start to take control of my health, more and more.
And bit by bit, I started to live my way into the feelings and experiences I had been envisioning. The weight started dropping off faster than I had even imagined was possible. Intermittent fasting helped with that, but I probably never would have tried intermittent fasting if I hadn’t spent all that time visualizing and developing clarity.
I let go of over 70 pounds in a matter of a few months. I started feeling lighter, more energetic, more confident and capable. Pains I’d had for months or years started going away.
You can see the pictures below of my physical transformation, but the internal transformation was even more profound. The feeling that I’m capable of transforming and creating change in my life was profound.
Now, I support people from all walks of life, but especially coaches, healers, and creatives in my free Thrive Community. We release excess weight, overcome stress eating, and experience more health and vitality than we ever thought possible. We connect, we visualize, we fast, we feast, we heal, we transform.
If you feel called, join us!
You deserve to be and to feel healthy, vibrant, and capable.
We all deserve that.