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If you want to stop overeating, it’s a very BAD idea to focus on food first.

I’ve gotten very clear from the 11+ years of dedicating myself to investigating every nook and cranny of my own compulsive habitual behaviors with food that telling an overeater “don’t eat that” or “eat less” or “eat in moderation” just DOES NOT WORK.

When we engage in emotional eating, our relationship with food reminds me of my niece, Lily’s relationship with her blanket, “Blankie”.

Lily is two years old and everyone in the family knows this: DO NOT TRY TO TAKE BLANKIE AWAY. Do not even joke about it.

Because sh*t. hits. the. fan.

She’ll throw a tantrum so violent…I swear she becomes possessed…you’ll want to run for your life!

The same goes for an emotional eater.

Try to take food away from an overeater…sh*t hits the fan. 

It kicks up a tremendous amount of fear, which spirals in self-sabotaging patternslike overeating and gaining a bunch of weight.

Focusing on food first doesn’t work.

Most certainly, it doesn’t work for overeaters.

In order to truly heal patterns of overeating and emotional eating and end your fight with food once and for all, we have to start where your compulsions start. We have to start at the roots.

How do I know this?

Food was my safety blanket, my best friend. I would eat to escape…day after day, filling myself with so much dark chocolate in an attempt to numb the pain of how overwhelming I found my life to be.

That’s why in the Escape From Emotional Eating Programs® and Retreats we start with managing stress, anxiety and fear. These are the most common triggers for your overeating.

Once we’ve taken off the top layer of angst, we can move more deeply into clearing out the emotional burdens via Digesting Emotions®.

Only then can we move onto the next step of restoring food to its original purpose: fuel.

Anything else simply doesn’t work.

Sending you love,

PS. Want real transformation where you are no longer thinking about food ALL. THE. TIME.? Yes! Just fill out this form and a member of my team will get you all set up to have a private conversation with me to see if the deep, life-changing work we do makes sense for you.

Hey,

Here’s a question you’ve probably asked yourself at some point: “Doesn’t everyone emotionally eat?”

I was shopping for a gift for Zach at Lululemon when the woman helping me launched into this question and I feel intuitively called to share my response with you.

Eating a big bowl of chocolate ice cream after you had a stressful day of work, got into a fight with your sister, or broke up with your boyfriend of 7 years is common.

But is in NO WAY normal.

Bottom line: Emotional eating is common. But it’s not normal. 

It is not normal to eat so much you feel sick.

It is not normal to walk around feeling bloated and jiggly all the time.

It is not normal to think about food all the time.

Feeling sick, bloated, and constantly thinking about food is NOT how your body was designed.

These symptoms are signals.

Signals to wake up.

Most of all, they’re an invitation to shift your relationship with food to one where you are able to enjoy a beautiful dinner out with friends, confidently stop eating when you’re satiated and wake up the next morning feeling clear in your mind, light in your body and free from any inklings of guilt.

Whether you accept the invitation to honor your body is your choice.

What do you choose?

You only have one body.

One precious life.

Make it count. 

PS. Want real transformation where you are no longer thinking about food ALL. THE. TIME.? Yes! Just fill out this form and a member of my team will get you all set up to have a private conversation with me to see if the deep, life-changing work we do makes sense for you.

Have you noticed that every time you are given the opportunity to heal your emotional eating, it summons from your life’s jungles the scariest tigers and the grizzliest bears?

Just a few weeks ago, one of my Healing Your Relationship With Food workshop attendees was telling me about her exact experience with this.

She said, “Before I came here, I went through the McDonald’s drive-thru and got a large order of french fries. I ate them in my car right before I came in because I was so scared you were going to tell me that I could never eat french fries again!”

To which you may be thinking, “I’m sure as heck never coming to one of your workshops if it’s going to trigger more emotional eating!”

Take a deep breath in. And now let it out.

As your mentor, staying home is not the answer.

You will be challenged with your food compulsions whether you decide to stay home or you decide to attend.

What I can tell you from my own personal journey in healing my relationship with food and helping others do the same for the last 7+ years is that by attending the workshop you’ll have a greater chance of healing. PLUS! You won’t have to slay your tigers and bears alone because we’ll be doing it together!

Women tell me all the time how just the first thoughtful exercise we do together at my workshops already had them seeing food as fuel.

And those who continue our work together, experience even more relief from their fraught relationship with food.

So here is your invitation… You have two opportunities coming up to heal your relationship with food:

Saturday, Oct 21 @ 3:30pm 
Yoga Tree
1281 RT 113
Blooming Glen, PA 18911
Sign Up Now!

Thursday, Oct 26 @ 7pm 
Verge Yoga
250 W Lancaster Ave
Wayne, PA 19087
Sign Up Now!

When the scary tigers, like scheduling conflicts, and grizzly bears, like cravings for french fries, come up, all you need to do, is show up. Simply show up in spite of your fears and I’ll take care of the rest.

I’ve got you. 

With love,

HI! Sending you love and just letting you know that I’ll be taking a break from our weekly love letters (aka newsletters) for the next few months.

While I’ve been diligently ensuring these are in your inbox on Tuesdays by 6 am for the past SIX years, it’s time for us to make a shift.

With the new creations I’m pouring my heart and soul into and preparations for the upcoming Escape, I need to create the space to give each of these the energy and space they’ve been calling for.

Don’t worry, I’m not going anywhere!

I’m more dedicated than ever to helping you heal your emotional eating. And you’ll still be hearing from me time to time, especially when these new creations are ready for you!

So keep your eyes peeled and add me to your primary email peeps so you don’t miss out!

I’d still love to stay connected consistently with you so if you’re on Facebook you can find me by clicking here: https://www.facebook.com/jprocini or if you’re on Instagram you can find me here: https://www.instagram.com/jessprocini/.

And as always, if you need ANYTHING, simply send me an email at support@EscapeFromEmotionalEating.com. I am here for you.

Big, beautiful changes to come and so excited to share them with you.

Until our next connection, sending you love!

Exciting news! There is an abundance of opportunities for you to receive powerful, in-person support in order to heal your emotional eating. So no more excuses, hiding or procrastinating – the time is now!

I invite you to join me for one (or more!) of these transformational & deeply healing events, so reserve your spot now!

Healing Your Relationship With Food: A Transformational Journey
Saturday, September 9 @ 12pm
Balance Yoga & Wellness Center in Yardley, PA
Click Here & Sign Up Now!

THE ESCAPE! 
Monday, September 25 to Wednesday, September 27
Cape May, NJ
Our signature 3-day transformational retreat. This event is full but submit your application now to join our next one in May because spots fill up quickly and I like to keep this an intimate group!

Healing Your Relationship With Food: A Transformational Journey
Saturday, October 21 @ 3:30pm
Yoga Tree at Pennridge Wellness Center in Blooming Glen, PA
To Sign Up: First, click here: http://yogatreepwc.com/workshops.html  Then, click the little calendar icon and select 10/21/17 to show this event and sign up!

Women who have attended these events before have said:

“It was so powerful and comforting to see other women just like me that have struggled with food too. I’m not alone. ”

“After attending I’m already SO much better with food!”

and 

“I can finally see the root of my emotional eating and have a path to heal it that actually works!”

Simply the act of reserving your spot starts your healing journey. It invites the Universe to have your back. But you have to take the first step and reserve your spot first.

Let me know if there’s anything else you may need here.

Can’t wait to see you!

With all my heart,

Why wait to heal your emotional eating?

The moment your eyes are open, seize the day.

Would you hold back when the Universe beckons?

Would you deliver your litany of reasons why you can’t succeed, like a child’s collection of seashells, prized and labeled?

“No, I can’t step across the threshold,” you say with shame.

“I’m not worthy. I’m afraid, and I feel superficial wanting to lose the weight. I’m not perfect and surely I haven’t succeeded in the past. My meditation isn’t deep and my prayers are sometimes insincere. I chew my fingernails and the refrigerator isn’t clean. I still overeat even though I know so much about food. I fear what will happen when I really am free. Who will I be?”

Do you value your reasons for staying small more than the light shining through the open door?

Forgive yourself.

Now is the only time you have to be whole.

Now is the sole moment that exists to live in the light of your freedom from food.

Perfection is not a prerequisite for anything but pain.

Don’t continue to believe in your fear. 

This is the day of your healing.

With love,

PS. The above was adapted from a reading I heard in my yoga class last week. It pierced my heart. I’ve read it every day since as my hope and shining light. My intention is that you receive some relief from it too. xo

HI,

Dr. Deepak Chopra tells a powerful story in his book, Quantum Healing, that I want to share with you:

“An Ohio University study of heart disease was conducted by feeding quite toxic, high-cholesterol diets to rabbits in order to block their arteries, duplicating the effect that such a diet has on human arteries.

Consistent results began to appear in all the rabbit groups except for one, which strangely displayed 60% fewer symptoms. Nothing in the rabbits’ physiology could account for their high tolerance to the diet, until it was discovered by accident that the student who was in charge of feeding these particular rabbits liked to cuddle and pet them. 

He would hold each rabbit lovingly for a few minutes before feeding it; astonishingly, this alone seemed to enable the animals to overcome the toxic diet.”

Repeat experiments, in which one group of rabbits was treated neutrally while the others were loved, came up with similar results.”

Additionally, studies have shown that cancer patients who attend support groups live an average of twice as long after diagnosis as those who don’t.

What is this secret weapon that can penetrate even the darkest, most toxic experiences? 

It is love. 

You may even call it God.

It is only when LOVE is channeled through human beings like the student loving the rabbits, or support groups like our Escape From Emotional Eating Retreats, where space is created for increased compassion, understanding and transformation, that love can penetrate the toxic darkness.

I have seen this happen year after year in the women who attend our retreats, called The ESCAPE. 

Women who swore that they’d always need to lock up naughty foods are suddenly able to eat one of something – one bowl, one piece, one bite. Women who have never been able to lose weight suddenly find their clothes too baggy, their waistbands too loose.

Even those who have worked through their painful eating and lost weight, are still coming year after year. They call it coming home.

I share this with you, because your freedom from emotional eating doesn’t sit at the end of a grueling diet or a juice cleanse.

It sits in an intimate group of women, in a sea-side hotel in Cape May, NJ on a retreat called The Escape.

It’s time to approach emotional eating differently.

If you’re interested in learning more about our powerful, compassionate and transformational retreats called The Escape, I’d be happy to connect with you to explore more.
Submit your application now so we can start the discovery process.

These retreats are so powerful I’ve opened up 1 more spot. Is it yours?

Submit your application now. 

Sending you love every minute of every day,

Excerpt from Marianne Williamson’s “A Return to Love.”