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Feeling bleh in your body today?

Be gentle with yourself. 

That means: watch the way you relate to yourself. 

Whenever you’re feeling bleh in your body… adding shame, blame, and guilt will only make you feel worse. 

Bullying yourself only blinds you from seeing what truly needs to change.

Watch out for any compulsions to over-exercise or restrict food as a way to make up for past mistakes, numb discomfort, or try to control your body.

Quick fixes never turn into long-term solutions. 

Instead of divorcing yourself when you aren’t feeling your best, it’s a time to reconnect with yourself and tune in. 

Now you might be thinking, “What? What do you mean to reconnect with myself and tune in?” 

Let me explain… 

Anything used addictively – like overeating, overdrinking, overworking…even overexercising – puts a buffer between yourself and your awareness of your body and feelings. 

This puts you out of touch with your needs and disconnects you from your intuition and inner guidance. 

In healing your addictive patterns, you get back in touch with yourself, your feelings, and your needs. 

In that process, you learn what your body is trying to communicate. And you’ll know how to lovingly support yourself to feel better. 

This is exactly what we do together in our private work together here at Escape From Emotional Eating. 

In fact, it’s literally my core mission: to help women who strive for excellence get back in touch and stay in touch with themselves by healing the roots of their emotional eating. 

Because your relationship with yourself is the foundation of everything. It’s the common denominator in every aspect of your life. 

And since you strive for excellence, you need your foundation to support you in operating at a higher, more efficient level. 

Click here to learn more about how our work together would support you in doing exactly that!

In service to your freedom,

I am so grateful to be connected with you. 

In a world that is overwhelmingly saturated with diet culture and millions of disempowering modalities that miss the mark, I’m so glad we’re connected here.

I am deeply committed to doing the true and real sacred work of helping you heal the roots of your relationship with food/body/self.

Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your journey, no matter what size or shape that may take. 

Over the days, weeks, and many months to come, I will continue to share valuable tips, resources, and mindset shifts to support you along the way. 

But today, I wanted to take a moment to acknowledge you. 

To appreciate you and the connection we have. 

You matter to me.

In gratitude and whole-hearted service to your freedom, 

P.S. If you missed my email over the weekend that gave specific tips on how to approach your Holiday Meals with peace, you can reconnect with it by clicking here.

The American Holiday of Thanksgiving is in 4 days, and if you have a complicated relationship with food, ANY meal can be triggering, even more so for a Holiday Meal. 

With you in mind, I wanted to share a few recommendations on how to stay connected to yourself and create peace with food during the Holidays.

1). Shift From Scarcity To Abundance

Crazy fear-based thoughts rooted in scarcity like, “I’ll never eat this again,” only fuel overeating and the self-destructive emotional eating cycle. 

You know that if you really wanted that pumpkin cheesecake, you could easily go to the store at any time and get one yourself. Or call up your Grandmom on a random day to make you one. (I bet she’d be delighted!) 

Bottom line: You will eat again. Food is everywhere. 

2). Shift From Fear To Love

Personally, anytime I am eating, I am silently affirming to myself, “I bless this food and allow it to nourish me.”

Try it. You’ll notice it’ll quiet your inner food demons and help you reconnect with using your meal as a nourishing asset. 

3). Shift From Being In Your Head To Trusting Your Body.

Yes, your body, already knows what to do. It’s your mind that loves to interfere.

Today is a great day to start practicing trusting your body. 

Take 3 deep breaths at any time during your day, your meal, or after your meal to get out of your head and reconnect with your body.

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These are just a few basic recommendations.

If you’re rolling your eyes and thinking, “easier said than done,” it’s a sign you know you need more support. So click here right now and submit this questionnaire. 

You’ll hear directly from me to get something on the calendar to do some deeper discovery together. 

Do not put this off. 

If you have issues with food, this can be a very challenging and frustrating time of year. 

And it doesn’t have to be that way. Click here right now and take the first steps to transform your relationship with food. 

I’m here to support you. 

In service to your freedom,

P.S. I am so grateful to be connected with you. 

In a world that is overwhelmingly saturated with diet culture and millions of disempowering modalities that miss the mark, I’m glad we’re connected here and doing the real and sacred work of healing the roots of your relationship with food. 

When it comes to your issues with food/body, have you been silently convincing yourself, “I could do this on my own”?

Over the years, as that thought has been cycling through your mind, you’ve bought the books, you’ve read the blogs, you’ve listened to the podcasts… 

Gathering lots and lots of information while unconsciously hoping that in your search, you’ll find that missing piece, that magic mindset that will somehow motivate you to implement the changes you think you should make. 

But the reality is… emotional eating is still happening for you.

Even more so when your life gets busy, and your day-to-day gets intense, like it is right now. 

Over time, you’ve become saturated with frustration. 

The jaw-clenching, teeth-gritting kind of frustration where your dentist asks if you’re grinding your teeth again… 

All while silently in your mind, you rage over and over, “WHY?! Why can’t I do this on my own?!” and “Why can’t I just eat normal?!”

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Now, this is where an expert coach – like myself – would step in and support with some catalytic power. 

I’m here to do exactly that.⚡️

Because it doesn’t have to be this way. Perpetuating an unhealthy relationship with food/body can stop. It needs to stop. 

By releasing control, being open to being led, and welcoming my catalytic power into your life – your experience will change. 

Your relationship with food/body will change. 

In our work together, as I lovingly and honestly bring to light your blindspots, you are continually being supported in making different choices and following through. 

What once felt impossible or overwhelming to do on your own becomes possible, even excitingly doable, when we are working together. 

And when challenges and niggly-wigglies arise along the way (which they will because this journey is not about perfection), we come together and transform…

⚡️ Your fears to focused action. 

⚡️ Your worries to courageous confidence.  

⚡️ Your worst “what ifs” to the best possibilities of “what can and will be.” 

In our work together, my catalytic power becomes YOUR superpower. 

That’s what you’ve been truly searching for in the books, blogs, and podcasts. But you won’t find it there because it’s right here. 

It’s time to let go of control and let in my support.

👉🏼 Click here right now so we can explore if working together would be a fantastic fit. ⚡️

In whole-hearted service to your freedom, 

Are we connected on Instagram? 

I’ve been consciously showing up on that platform a wee bit more these days and would love to connect with you on there. 

And if we’re already connected on there, I invite you to shoot me a DM…something like “Hi! I get your emails!” so I know you are a part of my inner circle! 🥰

While I still will give VIP treatment to you here, each and every week by providing more in-depth support, tools, tips, and personal stories… instagram will allow you to see more of my personal life and a view of my work from a different lens. 

For example, you’ll get to meet my dogs CJ and Billie, my husband Zach, and what I’m working on in the ballet studio during my time off. 

I also just posted a reel where I give you a behind-the-scenes peek at the 3 Things I Prioritize Daily To Calm My Nervous System.

I hope something in there inspires you to prioritize calming your nervous system today. 

In service to your freedom,

P.S. If someone you love comes to mind who you sense could benefit from my work, sending them my Instagram is a GREAT way to point them in the right direction. So share the love! 

P.P.S. There are SO many social media platforms out there these days. But I’ve consciously chosen to show up fully on Instagram – that’s enough for me for now! 

I’m super excited to share this podcast episode with you because it has SO many golden nuggets that are just waiting for you – listen to this!

If you’re short on time, jump to: 

1. The 4-minute mark – that’s where our eye-opening conversation begins
   
2. The 6:30 mark is when I share intimate details about my personal experience with emotional eating (I think you’ll relate!) 

HOWEVER 🌟❣️ While the WHOLE episode will create shifts in your relationship with food, my HIGHEST recommendation is that you listen to 12:30 – 16:25, no matter what. 🌟❣️

These 4 minutes, above all, WILL benefit you immensely! 

Go! Do it! Listen now!

In service to your freedom,

P.S. I’d love to digest what you received, together. After you listen, I invite you to hit reply on this email and let me know: what did you receive from this episode that was supportive for you? 

I’d love to hear from you, and my door is always open. Plus, it helps me know what to share more of with you. 😁 Can’t wait to hear from you! 

Hi! 

Do you feel like the process to heal your relationship with food will be more painful than the “food jail” you’re currently in? 

This is a common fear that can keep you trapped in the binge-restrict cycle, so allow me to support you in breaking free. 

In the unique approach I take with my clients, you never have to say goodbye to cookies, cake, pizza, French Fries, ice cream, etc. 

Because the work I do is NOT about what you’re eating.

• It’s about WHY you’re eating.

• It’s about clearing out the compulsion underneath the food so you no longer have those times of “I know I shouldn’t be eating this, but I’m doing it anyway.”

• It’s about clearing out the powerlessness and suffering (fear, anxiety, stress) at the root of your choices with food. 

• It’s about clearing out how you’ve been using food to silence yourself.

• It’s about taking your power back so you can CHOOSE what nourishes you instead of what poisons you.

My work goes waaaaay beyond traditional health coaching and is very unique, powerful, and sacred. It’s life-changing. It’s a healing process. 

So, if you think creating a peaceful, healthy relationship with food will put you into a more difficult food jail than you’re already in, it’s just. not. true. 

Freedom and peace don’t come from more suffering. That just doesn’t make sense.

And it’s not the way to truly Escape From Emotional Eating®.

If you want to learn more about the unique step-by-step process I take with each of my clients and what makes my work different than anything you’ve tried in the past, click here.  

In service to your freedom,

Hey, 

Unhealthy patterns with food can be so sneaky. The pull to hide it, deny it, and delay facing it is so very, very strong. YET… there is hope…

I take your issues with food seriously, with a loving and honest heart, and I encourage you to do the same. 

You deserve a relationship with food and your body that supports how you want to show up in the world. 

Is using food to cope, soothe, and escape your busy, stressful life holding you back from reaching higher levels of success in your personal and professional life? Then, it’s time for us to talk.

You deserve to be taught how to reclaim your power. 

Disconnected from your power, especially when it comes to food? Then, it’s time for us to talk. 

You deserve to feel light and free. 

Using food to stuff down what you don’t want to deal with deadens your soul, silences your voice, and distracts you from facing what needs to change. 

Lost your freedom? Then, it’s time for us to talk.

You deserve to feel fully alive. 
You deserve to have a voice and have that voice honored. 
You deserve to learn how to deal with things in a healthier way so those things can change. 

If anything I’ve shared here resonates with you, click here right now because (you guessed it!), it’s time for us to talk. 

Again, unhealthy patterns with food can be so sneaky. The pull to hide it, deny it, and delay facing it is so very, very strong. 

It’s time to take a stand for yourself and your health by exploring if working together would be a fantastic fit. 

In service to your freedom,

P.S. Here is what a few of my clients are saying: 

Hi!

Every once in a while, I come across something that brings me so much joy that I just have to share it with the people I love.

Since you are a part of my inner circle 😉, I wanted to share a few things I have been using and loving in my personal life in hopes that it will elevate yours as well! 

Here is what I’ve been excited about this season:

Superfoods For Superwoman!  

Looking for a healthy on-the-go snack? 

I’ve really been loving Elemental Superfoods’ Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Super Seed Bars.

Their ingredients are 🌟- which is rare when it comes to a bar! And I’ve found them satiating, yummy, and stabilizing for my energy too. 

I’ve been having them as a pre or post-ballet class snack, and they were great to keep in the cooler on the beach this summer! 

I love them so much that I reached out to the company, and they gave me a 15% discount for my friends and family (that’s you 😉😉) – use code ESCAPE for 15% off your first order. ENJOY! 😋

Yin Yoga in My PJs 🤓

Most mornings, I’ll roll out of bed and do about 10-20 minutes of some gentle yoga first thing. This supports me in taking up full residency inside my body without having to change out of my PJs. 🤓

Recently, I’ve been LOVING the yin yoga classes on the Peloton app. 

If you have the app, I did this class ⤴️ this week, and it was exactly what my body needed. 

If you don’t have the app, Peloton said I can invite my friends with a complimentary 60-day guest pass! Woop Woop!

And I’d love to connect on there! My username is JessPro. 💞

My Favorite Book This Year

My dear friend sent me this book (among many others) for my birthday this year, and I finally sank my teeth into it over the summer. 

It was one of my favorite books I’ve read this year and easily claimed a spot next to one of my other favorite books, City Of Girls, that I recommend to e.v.e.r.y.o.n.e. 

I’m counting down the days until the book comes to AppleTV+ on October 13th (also my husband’s birthday 🎈)!

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OK! I hope you find something fun or inspiring in these resources that support your body, mind, and soul in being of full service to you, your calling, and your purpose. 

Remember, if you want to thrive in this world, using food to cope will only get in your way.

I’d love to hear what you’re currently loving too… got a new recipe, book, or gizmo that brings joy to your life? I’d love to hear about it! Just hit “reply” and let me know!

In service to your freedom,