Ready to Break Up With Dieting And Finally Make Peace With Food?
Does your relationship with food feel like a tricky one?
Maybe even negative or obsessive?
Are you not able to have certain foods (candy, cakes, chips, etc.) in the house because you have no willpower around them?
Do you think about food too much of the time? Do you feel motivated during the day, but have zero willpower at night?
Do you find yourself feeling defeated and overwhelmed with food?
Do you know all the macro and calorie counts of food,
but still lack confidence about what to eat?
Do you worry ahead of social situations about what you can or should eat?
Are you sick of “starting over” every Monday or January 1st?
It is possible to redesign your relationship with food.
Imagine…
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Knowing what nourishes your body
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Listening to and trusting your body, rather than fighting it
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Decreasing stress and emotional eating
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No longer worrying about your weight
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Feeling good about your body - and treating it with kindness
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And finally truly enjoying your food again
That would mean you’d…
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Spend more time on the things that really matter to you
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Stress less about food and your body
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Have confidence around food choices
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Save money by avoiding the next diet fad and diet foods
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Feel more confident at work, home, and socially
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Feel more alive, energetic, and productive
Hi, I’m Anna Jean Bradley
Certified Transformational Nutrition
and Digestive Health Coach
I have been interested in food, healthy eating, and the relationship of food to life and community from my adolescence. In my younger years, I had a couple of 'ah-ha' moments where I realized that some rigid food rules I was following were interfering with my human connections.
This shifted my personal perspective in a way that allowed me to really see over the years how (especially) women struggled with body image, weight, what to eat, and both self-judgment and fear of being judged around food choices.
During my almost 40 year career as a health professional working with expectant families, and my parallel work as a Holistic Health Educator, it also became very clear to me that health and weight did not necessarily equate as exactly as we've been led to believe.
It became a passion to encourage myself and those I worked with to find a balanced common sense relationship to food that embraces community and pleasure.
Which led to some pretty incredible personal results….
I learned to eat and take care of myself in ways that allowed me flexibility without guilt.
I felt more freedom and confidence with food and my body.
I felt confident and relaxed around food.
As I worked with my clients by encouraging this non-diet approach. . .
Many of them experienced the same peace with food, feeling satisfied & enjoying the food they ate while still taking good care of their health.
Here’s what I know….
By the time a woman reaches her 45th birthday, it is estimated that she has tried 61 diets, food plans, programs, lifestyle changes, detoxes, and cleanses.
Statistics from Quebec show that one third of 9 year old girls have tried to lose weight,
almost 3 out of 4 women want to lose weight regardless of what their current weight is, and almost 1 in 5 men are dissatisfied with their weight.
So here we are, surrounded by a culture that worships thinness and equates weight loss with health, success and happiness.
And yet:
Diets have a 95% failure rate. Research shows that while diets may result in immediate weight loss, there is no sustained weight loss after 3-5 years with any diet plan. Furthermore, 60% of those that regain weight will put on even more than they lost.
The number one predictor of weight gain is dieting. Yes, you read that right!
Diets cause slowed metabolism, weight gain and even eating disorders.
If you have struggled with this, you are not a failure,
the diet culture system has been the failure all along.
As I pursued my education as a health coach, I learned that ideas similar to mine had been formalized and researched by a team of dieticians who called it “Intuitive Eating”. When I experienced the program myself, I learned I had even more personal work to do to break out of the diet culture mindset, and learned for myself the power of having the guidance of a coach and the support of a group for this important work.
And now I'm so excited to help you experience a whole new outlook
on your health, food and body image!
Introducing…
Making Peace with Your Plate™
Making Peace with Your Plate™ is based on the principles of Intuitive Eating - the most effective, research-based way for you to create a healthy relationship with food and finally break up with diet culture!
Research shows intuitive eaters can have higher self-esteem, life satisfaction, and body appreciation, along with greater motivation to exercise. They also experience less emotional eating, fewer binge eating episodes and lower blood pressure.
The principles of Intuitive Eating allow you to reestablish trust with yourself and create a healthy relationship long term relationship with food and your body.
You don’t need to count every macro, calorie or point that you eat every single meal for the rest of your life.
You can have a relationship with food that feels free, light and even joyous without overthinking!
In this program, I will guide you through a process that allows you to accomplish all of this!
End the dieting cycle and start a long-lasting transformation - you deserve this!
This program is for you if you find yourself saying:
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I’m so sick of starting new diets or food plans over and over again
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I feel like a failure with food. Nothing works for me and everyone else seems to know the answers
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I’m exhausted and frustrated. I just don’t know how to eat anymore
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I’m tired of thinking about food all day long
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I’m so motivated during the day, but no matter what I do I have zero willpower at night
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I go to bed feeling shame most nights after eating non-stop while watching TV
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I just don’t have the motivation to start another food plan or lifestyle change
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I can’t keep any candy (or other favorite food) in the house, I have no willpower
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The only thing that works for me is strict rules about food (but I can’t stick with them for more than a month or two)
Over 14 days, I will lead you through a powerful process that will help you finally make peace with food.
You might still be wondering…
How is this different from all the other diets/plans
and programs out there?
In this program you will:
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Start to break the cycle of dieting so you can trust yourself with food.
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Identify root causes of any emotional eating you may experience, so you can reduce stress and emotional eating (without relying on willpower).
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Rediscover the pleasure and satisfaction of food again - because food is meant to be enjoyed.
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Learn what foods satiate you and sustain your energy levels throughout the day, so you feel more alive and can enjoy your life fully.
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Stop counting calories and start eating with ease and freedom.
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Unpack the diet culture system messages that are clogging your beliefs
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Begin to make peace with food and your body, finally, so you can experience greater joy and fulfillment with food and in your life.
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Start to heal your relationship with food, so that you can focus on what’s truly important to you.
I invite you to join this program if you want to transform your relationship
with food and your body!
In this program, I will take you step-by-step through a powerful process so you can say goodbye to dieting, remove the guilt and shame from foods so you can enjoy them again and have a plan for creating healthy daily habits without the punishment & judgement of diet culture.
"Through this program I was able to cultivate a new relationship with food. Now I can start to release the shame with different foods and really know which foods make me feel like I am thriving in life."
LAUREN LEITNER
"I have changed my perspective when it comes to eating. When I eat, I feel freer, more satisfied, and literally more at peace with my plate."
KRISANN FRIDAY
"This program allowed me to have the freedom, ease, joy and health that I deserve. I definitely learned to make peace with my plate. This program is revolutionary!"
PAMELA BARTEE
What's Included in the Program?
5 Live Group Coaching Calls
You will be supported through this entire 14 day process. We will have 5 live coaching calls where I will guide you through our Make Peace with your Plate™ method. You will be able to ask questions, share and receive coaching on these calls. Participants report finding these calls to be of tremendous value.
Calls will be held on: will be held on:
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Call #1 Pre-lauch Friday, February 24 12:30 EST
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Call #2 Tuesday February 28 at 12:30 EST
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Call #3 Friday March 3 at 12:30 EST
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Call #4 Wednesday March 8 at 12:30 EST
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Call #5 Monday March 13 at 12:30 ES
Can’t make the call live?
You can watch the replays at any time.
Daily Support in a Secure Private Group
You’ll have daily personal support and coaching from me, along with the support of your fellow participants, so you can experience transformation, connection and encouragement.
You do not need to be on social media to participate in this program.
Client Guidebook
This Guidebook is an amazing resource to support you during and in between your live group coaching calls. It introduces you to the concepts of a non-diet approach to your relationship with food and your body.
Daily Coaching Emails
For 14 days of this program, you will receive a concise daily email with a short teaching, along with a brief daily assignment. Think of it as having a coach in your email box every single morning!
Client Journal
Support your process of building your Intuitive Eating cues of hunger, fullness, and satisfaction with this Client Journal. This special journal goes hand in hand with the 5 live coaching calls and Client Guidebook.
Suggested Daily Routine
A simple roadmap for you to follow without strict rules or restrictions. This is focused on simple self care and feeling good! Say goodbye to stress, overwhelm and frustration.
Over 30 Delicious Recipes created by a Professional Chef
These recipes get RAVE reviews from my clients! Because the recipes are so delicious, you will find this experience is about pleasure and you will start to find joy with food again. From smoothies & salads to curries, soups, and stir-frys, you’re bound to find your favorites and there are recipes for all levels of kitchen abilities. The recipes are provided as inspiration, not a rigid meal plan. In fact, there’s no requirement to use the recipes.
Kitchen and Food Prep Tips Guide
Newbies and kitchen pros alike will appreciate these simple time-saving strategies. You will easily turn these food prep practices into consistent and sustainable habits.
BONUS Complementary 30-Minute
Private Strategy Session with Me ($65 Value)
After the 14 days, you can book a private online coaching session with me. We’ll talk about your experience during the program so we can fine tune things further for you and we’ll discuss personalized next steps and strategies to help you continue your journey to making peace with your plate!
"This program has been a gift for me! The time and energy I'd spent obsessing over food is now freed up to apply to what truly nourishes me most ... loving, meaningful, soulful connections with others and with myself."
DINA WEISS
"In the past I tried intuitive eating on my own and never stuck. Through this program I developed understanding and compassion for myself and my body. My relationship with food is better because food is no longer the enemy. I feel so much better physically, mentally, and emotionally."
SHANA BICKFORD
"This program has given me so much insight and understanding into my pattern of emotionally eating and I now feel confident that I can meet my emotional needs without overindulging. This is truly a life changing program which I would 100% recommend to anyone wanting to recalibrate their relationship with food and their body!"
SHIRLEY AVIS
FAQs
Will I lose weight on this program?
Here’s my honest answer…
Yes. No. Maybe.
The desire to lose weight is totally normal, that’s what we have been taught- thin equals healthy/good/valuable. Weight loss isn’t bad, but as your primary goal it can get in the way of healing your relationship with food.
I will invite you to spend 2 weeks focusing on establishing a healthy relationship with food, instead of focusing on weight loss. Just to try it out and see how it affects your relationship with food.
By the time women are 45 years old, statistics show that they have tried at least 61 different diets and food plans. As a result, the dieting industry is a 71-billion-dollar industry that has women doubting themselves and their bodies.
After a lifetime of trying to remodel your body, don’t you think it will be a welcome relief to spend two weeks focused on healing your relationship with food and your body?
In this program, some people lose weight, some gain weight. Both of those results may be healthy for each body.
This is a weight-neutral program, weight loss is not the focus but rather optimizing your physical and mental health. Health is defined by each individual. Health is evident in different shapes and sizes of bodies.
Applying a weight-neutral approach to your life is freeing. It allows you to focus on healthy behaviours in your control. It’s a powerful shift.
What exactly is a non-diet/ Intuitive Eating approach?
Instead of focusing on weight loss, in this program, we will focus on health behaviours and the thoughts and emotions behind them. We will begin to unpack the Restrict-Rebel-Guilt cycle of chronic dieting that so many people are stuck in.
Along with health behaviours, we will address the root causes of emotional eating patterns. The program is grounded in the principles of Intuitive Eating which are research and science-based. I believe that all bodies are good bodies. The pursuit of weight loss in the absence of a healthy relationship to food and a grounded understanding of what health really is can be damaging mentally and physically to the body.
Are the recipes vegan, vegetarian, or paleo?
The recipes do not follow a directive nutrition plan that eliminates whole food groups. However, there are plenty of vegan and vegetarian options.
Instead of eliminating food groups, we will work to grow your inner attunement to hunger, fullness, and satisfaction cues, while learning to reframe the diet mentality with food. We will practice perceiving all foods as morally neutral, rather than good and bad foods. This idea can cause a lot of resistance and while it's important to acknowledge that all foods do not have the same nutritional value, detaching that from moral value is one of the critical mindset shifts to ending emotional and binge eating, along with anxiety around food.
Will you tell me what to eat?
No, not in the typical diet sense. I believe in body autonomy. This process is about you trusting your own body rather than looking towards external rules. An important part of detaching from diet culture is learning what works for your body. I will guide you through a process to learn more about how you feel when you eat different foods and what best supports your body. We will focus on including foods that will satiate you, give you energy throughout the day, and support your mood.
Is this the same as mindful eating?
No, mindful eating is an important tool used in Intuitive Eating (and this program), but we will go much deeper.
We will dismantle diet culture so you’re able to understand how it has impacted how you think and feel about food. This is the often missing piece to healing your relationship with food.
In this program you will:
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Start to break the cycle of dieting so you can trust yourself with food.
-
Identify root causes of any emotional eating you may experience, so you can reduce stress and emotional eating (without relying on willpower).
-
Rediscover the pleasure and satisfaction of food again - because food is meant to be enjoyed!
-
Learn what foods satiate you and sustain your energy levels throughout the day, so you feel more alive to enjoy your life fully.
-
Stop counting calories and start eating with ease and freedom.
-
Begin to make peace with food and your body, finally, so you can experience greater joy and fulfillment with food and in your life.
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Start to heal your relationship with food, so that you can focus on what’s truly important to you.
How much time will this program take each day/week?
There are 5 live coaching calls: 3 that will last about 60 minutes, and 2 that will last about 90 minutes. You can always watch the replays if the times don’t match your schedule.
The daily assignments will take 10-30 minutes a day, depending on how much time you want to put into it. Many of the assignments don’t take any extra time - they are simply inviting you into greater awareness and mindfulness around food, eating, emotions, and your relationship with your body - so you can become conscious of what you’d like to shift.
What makes this program different from other diets like Noom, Whole 30 and Paleo?
Noom, Paleo, and Whole30 all have elements of restriction - where certain foods are forbidden and villainized or where the goal is to restrict calories.
This is the “old” way of approaching health and wellness.
This program was created because the old ways of “good” and “bad” foods and restrictions are not working for people. They only create a more stressful relationship with food.
I knew my clients needed a different approach, and I’m guessing you’re probably looking for a plan that offers a fresh path.
This program is based on an innovative, highly-effective, evidence-based approach that allows you to experience more peace, joy, and fulfillment with food and in your life.
This is a unique departure from what’s been traditionally offered in health and wellness.
This program is based on the principles of Intuitive Eating, where all foods fit. There are no food rules to follow.
This program allows you to prioritize your physical health, along with emotional and mental health. - which allows you to experience an easeful relationship with food and your body.
I’ve read the Intuitive Eating book, but I’m still confused. Will I benefit from this program?
Yes, it’s great that you already have a start, let’s build on it! I love when my clients have read the book, Intuitive Eating (but it’s not required!). There’s so much power in practicing a non-diet approach to food with a coach (that’s me!) to support you - along with a like-minded community.
Ditching dieting can feel isolated at times, like you are the only one in the world on this journey. I hope you will join us for community, connection and deepening of your Intuitive Eating practice!
What if I’m not available for the live calls?
While I encourage you to participate on the live calls as much as you are able, recordings will be available, so you can listen on your own schedule.
I’m not sure if I’m ready to let go of dieting (or losing weight) yet. Is this program for me?
You don’t have to be ready, just open minded to a new approach.
It’s totally normal that you may feel a sense of safety and security in the world of dieting. All of us have been raised in a diet culture and thin ideal obsessed society, so it’s only normal that dieting feels comforting to you.
One of the first things we will work on in this program is uncovering the false beliefs you’ve been taught by diet culture.
Thinking you need to have the perfect body or have food all figured out to start this process is one of the many lies of diet culture.
I hope you will put your trust in yourself to start this healing process. I will be honoured to guide you.
Through participating in this program, I brought greater awareness to my eating habits and resulted in less binge eating and emotionally-driven eating.
– Suzanne
After these 14 days, I am developing a deeper sense of awareness and respect for what a truly healthy relationship with food looks like when I become more curious about my thoughts and my habits. The result is truly a more peaceful plate!
– Beth G.
NEED HELP OR HAVE QUESTIONS?
If you have any questions or concerns about the program let's chat!
Email me at greenheartstudio@mac.com.