This course will help chronic dieters, people who need to lose weight for health reasons, people who are binge eaters, people who swing between trying to lose weight and giving up, people who want to learn how to accept their bodies, and people who carry shame around their eating habits and their appearance.
You can take this course at your own pace.
Course will include practical food assignments as well as a deep dive into the behavioral roots of your relationship with eating
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Module 1: Intuitive and mindful eating. Learning about food and the body, ideal body weights, and how to eat without being on a diet.
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Module 2: Investigating the patterns that drive us using the Internal Family Systems model of the brain and behavior. This is not our biological family, but our family of patterns of behavior and thoughts.
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Module 3: Continuing the process of understanding and changing eating and/or dieting patterns.
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Module 4: Recognizing and stopping self sabotage.
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Module 5: Working with inner conflicts that create anxiety and frustration and that lead to eating.
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Module 6: Your nervous system is hardwired to keep you safe. Understanding why it is so hard to change biologically, and learning tools to get out of the fight and flight response. Polyvagal Theory
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Module 7: Investigating your childhood experience and how it connects with present day experiences.
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Module 8: Food addiction, physical pain and other extreme parts. Training the brain to respond differently
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Module 9: Reprogramming thoughts around body image. Working with unhelpful brain impulses that need us to fit in
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Module 10: Course summary and recap.
This is not only a program of transformation, it will allow you to join a small community of others who understand you.
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Each class includes pre-recorded videos of Betsy teaching.
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Many written handouts, food logs, and other helpful information which you can print out
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Audio recordings to help with mindful eating and also to help you work with your thoughts in a new way
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Membership into a private facebook community where you can ask Betsy and others who have gone through the course questions
Questions From People Considering Enrollment
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I am not on facebook. What will I miss if I don't connect with the facebook group?
The facebook group is very small. Occasionally course participants post comments reflecting their struggles, little victories, ideas or questions about content. Many people in the course choose not to join the facebook community but still receive the full benefit of the course material.
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Can the course be completed in less than 10 weeks?
The course is totally self paced and can be taken at a fast pace, however slower is generally much more effective. Some people might prefer to take the class at a very slow pace and allow many weeks to complete. This course covers a LOT of material and is helpful to refer back to again and again. The goal is to change your relationship with eating from the inside-out.
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What if I have a personal question or need more support?
If you are on facebook you can join the private group and post questions. You can also email Betsy at betsy@betsythurstonrd.com if you need some extra help or have a concern.
More About Betsy
Betsy is a Registered Dietitian with a Masters Degree in Nutrition and has many years of experience working as an eating disorder clinician, nutrition therapist, and life coach. She is a member of the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals and has a self-described addiction to learning.