AN EXPERIENTIAL SIX-WEEK GROUP PROGRAM
Over the course of this six-week program you will learn vital tools to help you feel safe in your body, manage the emotional eating cycle, build resilience to triggers and difficult emotions, create a holistic care plan, and consciously nourish yourself.
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CONSIDER JOINING THIS GROUP PROGRAM IF YOU:
Feel alone in your struggles with food and body
Would like to be supported and validated in a small group setting
Use food to numb, distract, or soothe rather than feel the emotions that make you want to eat
Feel exhausted, depleted, and undernourished from following rigid or restrictive food rules
Want to stop the swings between restriction and mindless or out-of-control eating
Are trapped in an all-or-nothing mindset or critical self-talk about food and body
Feel anxious, guilty or confused about food choices
Experience shame or judgment about body shape or size and find it affects self-esteem
Are ready to feel skilled in make nourishing and conscious food and self-care choices
We become attuned to our body, emotions, thoughts, and beliefs through self-reflection and practice, so a primary focus in session will be on experiential exercises including group discussion and reflective journaling and meditation.
IN THIS GROUP PROGRAM YOU WILL:
Identify the Health Values that you want to anchor your healing journey
Discover the root cause of emotional eating and why food is not your enemy
Identify the uncomfortable emotions that make you want to eat
Learn the difference between emotional hunger and physical hunger and what each feel like in your own body
Practice techniques for calming your nervous system so you can connect with your body, manage the intensity of emotions, and self-soothe, before turning to food
Acquire skills to eat more mindfully so your eating experiences are less reactive and more satisfying
Identify your “body story” and outdated beliefs that keep you stuck in harmful patterns
Release body shame and judgment
Learn the pillars of Radical Acceptance, how to embrace where you and your body are at this moment, and why this practice is crucial for healing
Understand what Conscious Nourishment looks like and how to incorporate it into everyday life
Discover the power of Permission to feel, desire, be, express, eat, and heal
Learn a timeless framework you can always fall back on to (re)cultivate a peaceful and trusting relationship with food and self
PROGRAM DETAILS
Dates: Friday, July 16 - Friday, August 27
Week 1: Friday, July 16
Week 2: Friday, July 23
Week 3: Friday, July 30
Integration week (no group): Friday, August 6
Week 4: Friday, August 13
Week 5: Friday, August 20
Week 6: Friday, August 27
Time: 9-10:30am PST
Location: Zoom (link will be provided upon registration)
Cost: $360
Sessions will be recorded. If you're unable to attend the live session you will have access to the recording for the next 7 days. Since each session builds off the prior, it’s important you're able to reserve time to watch the replay before the next session.
To create group safety and allow for quality discussion, the group will be limited to 8 people. Your spot will not be reserved until you have registered at the link below, and sent payment via Paypal or Venmo (see link for details).
Cancellation for a full refund can be made up to one week prior to the start of the program (by 9am PST on Friday, July 9th).
REGISTRATION IS FULL. There will be a waitlist. If you’d like to be placed on the list (in the event that an opening becomes available) or to be notified of future group programs , please email me directly (katie@wholenourishment.net).
SESSION DETAILS
Overview
Each group session will be 90 minutes. Sessions will be recorded and available to those who cannot attend live. Concepts and tools will be taught to support you in cultivating a peaceful relationship with food and self. But since we become attuned to our body, emotions, thoughts, and beliefs through self-reflection and practice, a primary focus in session will be on experiential exercises including group discussion and reflective journaling and meditation.
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Week 1: Ground Yourself
In our first session together, I’ll help you establish a foundation that you can count on returning to anytime you feel unsure or disoriented. I’ll help you to identify your “stuck story”, why healing your relationship with food is important to you, what your intentions are for this group program, and the personal values that you want to anchor your healing journey.
Week 2: Understand the Emotional Eating Cycle
With this foundation in place, we’ll explore the roots of emotional eating, the role food has played in your life, why food is not your enemy, and ways you can engage your nervous system for a more satisfying relationship with food and your body.
Week 3: Manage the Emotional Eating Cycle - Look to Your Body for Answers
You’ll discover the emotions that make you want to disconnect and turn to food, and you’ll discover the body sensations connected to these emotions. You’ll also learn and practice using “rescue strategies” to help you return to the present moment, feel safe in your body, and feel in control of your choices.
Integration Week (No group)
Week 4: Honor Your Hunger and Prioritize Pleasure
Carving out space for satisfying food experiences is essential to our wellbeing, yet our culture often rewards busyness and discounts the value in slowing down. I’ll help you explore what hunger and satisfaction feel like in your body. You’ll also learn vital techniques to carve out moments of calm that will allow you to be more present with food, strengthen body trust, and enhance satisfaction.
Week 5: Rewrite Your Body Story
We live in a world with narrowly defined beauty and body standards and an intolerance for natural diversity. Since childhood we’ve received messages that our body is our worth, but our body is not as it “should” be. These messages inaccurately become our truth and partially drive our food fear and an unhealthy relationship with ourselves. In this session, I’ll help you to begin unraveling your own body story and learn the pillars of Radical Acceptance so that food and lifestyle choices can come from a gentle and whole place, rather than a fearful or shameful place. Through this work you’ll begin to form a deeper foundation for your self-worth that authentically reflects and reinforces how you want to show up in the world.
Week 6: Grant Yourself Permission
In our final session together, I’ll guide you to explore what impact food guilt and restriction has had on your eating habits. We’ll also explore the power of Permission in not only your food choices but also your broader life. In doing this you’ll discover how the skills and practices you’ve acquired throughout the program fit into a simple framework for Conscious Nourishment that will help you to sustain a peaceful relationship with food and body.