For many, battling overeating and food obsession feels like a never-ending struggle, especially when relying on quick fixes like GLP-1 medications. The constant cycle of cravings, guilt, and dieting can leave you feeling trapped in your own body and mind. It’s exhausting to live with food drama dominating your thoughts and daily choices.

That struggle can steal your joy, confidence, and freedom, making every meal a source of anxiety instead of nourishment. When food controls you, it’s hard to fully enjoy life or even simple pleasures like traveling or socializing. The mental and emotional weight piles up, creating a sense of helplessness and frustration.

But there’s a way to break free from that cycle and find lasting peace with food and your body, just like Líza did. Through a powerful journey of mindset shifts, neuroscience, and self-trust, she transformed from food battles and overeating to living food drama-free. 

In this episode, Lisa shares her inspiring story and practical insights on reclaiming your freedom.

"This sounds cliche, but just like the view from the other side of this is just spectacular. It really is. It really is freeing. It really is freedom. It's freedom from everything that kept you a prisoner before." - Liza

What you will learn from this episode:

01:31 - How Liza's life looked like before enrolling into Leslie's program

05:10 - What rigid systems and control cost her

11:32 - Opening up the shame and isolation of binge eating and how it's deeply self-critical

16:02 - Celebrating feeling like a “normal person” around food with trust, balance, and freedom, replacing fear and control

19:25 - A turning point that leads her to confront her relationship with food and begin a deeper journey of self-love and body trust

24:11 - How accepting her love for food novelty without judgment helped break the shame cycle and brought peace to her eating habits

26:31 - Shifting from fighting her body to teaming up with it and discovering the power of hypnosis and subconscious reprogramming — a major turning point in her transformation.

31:45 -  The Accelerator program as a means to a deeper support and a strong foundation to build lasting self-trust and confidently navigate real-life challenges

36:50 - Understanding her cravings and responding with awareness and choice instead of reacting impulsively

39:23 - Highlighting how joining the program brings a liberating freedom from the constant obsession with food, weight, and self-judgment

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You’ve checked every box—career, family, responsibilities—and yet, food still has power over you. Why is it that even the most successful, driven women feel stuck in cycles of emotional eating, body frustration, and self-doubt? If success were the answer, wouldn’t you feel free by now?

Instead, you’re spinning on the diet hamster wheel, trying everything “right” but still feeling wrong in your body. The mental noise around food, weight, and willpower never stops. You may even be wondering if something is broken inside you—but it’s not.

In this episode, Leslie explores the deeper roots of food struggles—and why permanent transformation starts with self-awareness, emotional mastery, and living in alignment with your truth. She offers a proven path to lasting food freedom that doesn’t rely on restriction, but on safety, self-trust, and support. If you have always wanted peace that lasts beyond the scale, this conversation is your first step.

"You're not addicted to food; you're addicted to escaping emotions. So we teach you how to feel free and how to actually feel your emotions. And the way you feel free is to actually learn how to feel your emotions and not just crying and blabbering and being like a victim to actually go all the way to the source of what is underneath that emotion. Once you see it, once you get the tools to transform it, quick five minutes or so, boom, back to wholeness. Not binge eating anymore. Move on with your day." - Leslie Thornton

What you will learn from this episode:

04:00 - Emotional avoidance as the real issue and not food addiction

10:19 - Leslie's unique approach that helps high-achieving, emotionally repressed individuals break free from food struggles

14:33 - What makes Leslie's program a high ticket one

18:11 - Leslie sharing her conviction: true health naturally follows when you live an authentic, joy-filled, aligned life—free from restrictive rules and driven by what genuinely feels good to you

23:17 - One more important key to permanent weight loss: self-mastery

24:54 - What investing deeply in yourself amount to

28:48 - Addicted to food versus escaping emotions

29:25 - Three crucial things for sustainable and permanent weight loss

33:12 - Consequences when you're out of alignment with yourself

37:30 -  A supportive space to uncover the root of your food struggles and begin a personalized path to lasting freedom

40:41 - An invitation to book a free, supportive call to uncover the root of your struggles

Valuable Resources:

• Join my next LIVE masterclass
• Join the 8-week Fastrack to Food Freedom Program -Guaranteed mental and emotional freedom from food 

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• Email: [email protected]

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Episode Description: In this powerful episode, Leslie discusses the transformative power of radical honesty and the importance of embracing vulnerability. She shares her personal journey with anger, grief, and the societal pressures to keep quiet and “keep the peace.” Leslie reveals how suppressing your true feelings can disconnect you from yourself and those around you. By practicing radical honesty, you can break free from emotional patterns, deepen your relationships, and begin true healing.

Leslie discusses how authentic expression, especially within family and romantic relationships, is a key step toward lasting change. This episode is filled with spiritual wisdom, raw storytelling, and practical advice to inspire you to listen to your body’s signals and speak your truth courageously.

Quote from the episode: "Radical honesty isn't about being harsh—it's about giving your truth a voice before your body turns it into pain."

• [00:00 – 02:50] Introduction and why radical honesty matters
• [02:51 – 07:30] The cost of suppressing anger and avoiding conflict
• [07:31 – 12:10] Childhood roots of emotional patterns
• [12:11 – 17:05] Self-gaslighting for the sake of peace
• [17:06 – 22:45] Vulnerability as a bridge to connection
• [22:46 – 27:30] Applying radical honesty in relationships
• [27:31 – 33:00] Listening to your body’s emotional cues
• [33:01 – End] Final reflections and call to action

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• Join my next LIVE masterclass
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🔑 Episode Summary: This empowering episode is for high-achieving women who feel overwhelmed behind the scenes. Whether you’re a doctor, mom, leader, or professional, if you struggle with emotional eating, perfectionism, and burnout, this is your invitation to find lasting peace without diets or willpower. Leslie explains how food struggles are rooted in nervous system patterns and offers a new, sustainable path to freedom through emotional mastery.

[0:00] Welcome & Who This Is ForLeslie speaks directly to high-achieving women hiding exhaustion and food struggles behind a successful exterior.

[1:55] The Real Reason You Feel StuckTopic: All-or-nothing thinking This mindset keeps high performers trapped in food and life spirals.

[3:24] Control ≠ Peace, Perfection ≠ FreedomInsight: Trying to control everything may feel safe, but it isn’t peaceful. Learn why surrender is the key to true emotional peace.

[4:10] What Actually Creates ChangeClients share their transformation through emotional mastery—not food rules. Letting go of external validation helps the "food noise" fade naturally.

[5:42] No More Plans, Pills, or PerfectionFreedom starts with nervous system regulation, not another plan or injection.

[6:10] About the Fast Track to Freedom Program Join if you're ready for inner peace without giving up your power. (🎯 Link mentioned: hpWL.co)

[7:13] Why You Keep ProcrastinatingTruth bomb: Procrastination is a trauma response, not laziness. Fear of peace, intimacy (like journaling), or change could be holding you back.

[8:48] A New Way Forward Learn how to rewire your mindset, regulate big emotions, and stop using food, alcohol,  or overworking as control tools.

[9:44] Peace Is Possible For You Imagine achieving success and enjoying it. It’s time to feel good inside, not just look good on the outside.

[10:51] Your Invitation Take action now—don’t wait for a rock bottom moment. Register for the Healthy Hypnosis Hour or book a Free Call at hpWL.co.

[12:10] Share & Remember This If you know someone who looks put together but is silently struggling, share this episode. You’re not broken—you’re just ready for real, lasting change.

✨ CTA: Ready for food freedom and emotional peace? → Sign up for the next free Healthy Hypnosis Hour Masterclass → Or book a Free Clarity Call at hpWL.co

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• Join my next LIVE masterclass
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This powerful episode challenges the traditional weight loss narrative. It's not about diets, discipline, or exercise, it's about healing. The host shares real stories from women in her Fast Track to Freedom program, exploring how emotional mastery, subconscious work, and self-connection are the true keys to sustainable transformation.

💬 Key Topics Covered:

• Why weight loss is not about food or willpower
• Emotional processing as the foundation of self-mastery
• Rewiring old patterns through tools like hypnosis and belief work
• The truth about diet culture and why it fails 95% of the time
• Identity shifts: Becoming the version of you who feels, trusts, and leads
• Client breakthroughs around peace, joy, boundaries, and connection
• The deeper costs of emotional avoidance and societal programming
• What success really looks like spoiler: it’s not a number on the scale

00:00 – Intro: Why Weight Loss Isn’t the Real Goal Discover why obsessing over weight can sabotage your healing.

04:15 – The Truth About Emotional Eating How your emotions—not hunger—drive binge cycles and cravings.

10:42 – The Power of Subconscious Healing Uncover how reprogramming your mind leads to sustainable change.

17:30 – Real Stories of Food Freedom Hear how women stopped dieting and started thriving—without guilt.

23:12 – The Role of Identity & Self-Mastery Why shifting who you believe you are is the key to permanent results.

29:45 – Action Steps for Healing Simple steps to begin your emotional and subconscious healing journey today.

If you're tired of the endless dieting cycle and want to finally feel at peace in your body, explore the Fast Track to Freedom program and learn how to stop chasing and start healing.

Valuable Resources:

• Join my next LIVE masterclass
• Join the 8-week Fastrack to Food Freedom Program -Guaranteed mental and emotional freedom from food 

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Have you ever felt like food controls your thoughts, your mood, or even your self-worth? Are you constantly battling shame after eating something “bad”? What if the real problem isn’t food at all, but how you’ve been taught to think about it?

For many, dieting becomes a cycle of restriction, guilt, and rebellion. You follow the rules during the week, only to spiral into bingeing on the weekend—then beat yourself up for “failing.” The shame builds silently, reinforcing the belief that you just don’t have enough willpower.

Melissa knows that pattern all too well. For years, she woke up thinking about food, struggling with guilt and punishing herself for not doing things “perfectly.” Even after trying other courses and hypnosis programs, nothing seemed to stick—until she found a radically different approach.

Through a blend of coaching, hypnosis, and mindset work, Melissa broke free from the shame-based cycle in just eight weeks. She learned to trust her body, stop labeling food as good or bad, and finally feel peace around eating. Her story shows that healing isn’t about more discipline—it’s about reclaiming your freedom.

"But there's nothing more powerful than the mind. That's right. And whatever you[Leslie] put into your hypnotherapy, it totally works. And again, I've done other courses and they did nothing for me and they were just a waste of money. But the way you[Leslie] structured it, it was exactly what I needed." - Melissa

What you will learn from this episode:

02:37 - How Melissa ultimately recognized hypnosis effectiveness

07:42 - Struggling with late-night bingeing --- driven by compulsion and not by hunger

12:47 - Realizing her medical condition didn’t have to define her eating habits helped her shift beliefs

18:18 - How Leslie's program heal Melissa's unprocessed grief linked to a friend's death 

24:03 - Overcoming her reliance on calorie counting and justifying the program investment as a necessary step to heal her relationship with food 

32:17 - Sharing how committing to the course helped her break free from shame, improve her self-worth, reconnect with her faith, and shift long-standing emotional patterns around food

39:05 - Discussing how a timeline therapy session uncovered a deep, unconscious fear of scarcity rooted in her family's ancestral history of going from wealth to poverty

46:13 - Letting go of comparison, releasing shame-based diet thinking, and redefining integrity with food

48:00 - Learning to trust her body’s signals helps her break free from rigid diet rules 

50:22 - Gone from waking up consumed by food shame to feeling free, neutral about her weight, and finally at peace after just eight weeks of mindset and hypnotherapy work

Valuable Resources:

• Join my next LIVE masterclass
• Join the 8-week Fastrack to Food Freedom Program -Guaranteed mental and emotional freedom from food 

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• Email: [email protected]

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Are you still waiting for the number on the scale to give you permission to feel confident, happy, or worthy? Do you find yourself trapped in a cycle of self-criticism and stress, thinking that losing weight will finally make everything fall into place? What if the key to lasting change isn’t in the number, but in how you treat yourself now?

This constant self-criticism not only keeps you stuck but also ruins your ability to make lasting changes. The more you wait for "the right moment," the more you delay your joy, peace, and dreams. Every day spent in stress or shame robs you of the energy and motivation you need to create a fulfilling life.

The solution lies in shifting your mindset from punishment to self-care. By prioritizing inner peace, self-worth, and emotional safety, you can break free from the cycle and create the transformation you desire. It's time to put your happiness first—right now.

"You are worthy of joy now. You don't have to earn your happiness. You are worthy of joy right now. You don't have to earn your happiness and your freedom is not 10 pounds away or 20 or 30 or 50 or a hundred. It's one decision away. Please say yes to the version of you who puts peace first." - Leslie Thornton

What you will learn from this episode:

01:11 - How positive reinforcement, not shame, is key to lasting weight loss

05:35 - Why self-criticism keeps you stuck and life is too short to wait to be happy

12:06 - Sharing how happiness makes weight loss easier, while stress keeps you stuck

14:19 - Why obsessing over weight loss delays joy, purpose, and truly living your life

15:56 - What loving yourself now—not after weight loss—leads to: Real, lasting freedom and healthier habits

17:45 - Highlighting how true, lasting change comes from building inner peace and self-worth, not from punishing yourself into weight loss

21:24 - An invitation to start your journey to food freedom and self-trust now

Valuable Resources:

• Join my next LIVE masterclass
• Join the 8-week Fastrack to Food Freedom Program -Guaranteed mental and emotional freedom from food 

Connect With Leslie Thornton:

• Book A Clarity Call
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• Email: [email protected]

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Episode Title: The Invisible Weight You’re Carrying (and How to Release It) Host: Leslie M. Thornton

Episode Summary: In this transformative episode of the Hypnosis for Permanent Weight Loss Podcast, Leslie M. Thornton dives deep into why traditional dieting fails and how to create lasting change through emotional mastery and hypnosis. Leslie shares valuable insights and powerful tools to help you rewire the beliefs and patterns that keep you stuck in the cycle of dieting, guilt, and inconsistency.

Key Takeaways:

• The Dieting Cycle: Why 95% of people who lose weight gain it back and how diets only work on the conscious mind, not the subconscious, which is where permanent change happens.

• The Power of Emotional Mastery: How to identify and overcome emotional eating triggers and stop the all-or-nothing mindset that sabotages progress.

• The Role of Hypnosis: How hypnosis helps rewire deep-rooted beliefs and behaviors around food, weight, and body image.

• The Importance of Action and Support: To make permanent changes, you must take action, get support, and stay focused on what you truly desire—peace, energy, and confidence—rather than just focusing on what you don’t want.

• The Shame Trap: Understanding how shame impacts your ability to move forward and a simple exercise to start releasing shame.

• A New Approach to Weight Loss: Instead of more dieting and willpower, focus on emotional healing and lasting mental shifts to create a new, sustainable relationship with food and your body.

Episode Highlights:

• [0:00] - Introduction: Reflecting on the dieting struggle

• [1:06] - The difference between conscious and subconscious mind when it comes to weight loss

• [5:10] - Why diets don’t work long-term and the importance of alignment

• [7:05] - The emotional patterns that keep you stuck and how hypnosis can help

• [9:03] - Releasing shame with a fun exercise to separate from your inner critic

• [12:54] - The 3 essential steps for lasting change: unconscious work, taking action, and focusing on what you want

• [18:25] - Why coaching and support are critical for success

Valuable Resources:

• Join my next LIVE masterclass

• Join the 8-week Fastrack to Food Freedom Program -Guaranteed mental and emotional freedom from food 

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• Email: [email protected]

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Why does it feel like no matter how hard you try, you're still stuck in survival mode? Why do you lash out at the people you love, then feel terrible about it afterward? Why does intimacy feel impossible—even though all you want is a deep connection? If you're asking yourself these questions, you're not alone.

So many high-functioning women are silently battling the effects of trauma, often without even realizing it. From childhood abuse to emotionally neglectful parenting, these wounds leave lasting imprints on the nervous system. You might be smiling on the outside, doing all the things, but inside it feels like you're barely holding it together.

Healing is absolutely possible. In this episode, Leslie explains how true transformation requires more than willpower—it takes action, conscious intention, and deep unconscious work. Through personal breakthrough sessions and NLP tools, she's helped countless women release old survival patterns and finally step into the freedom they crave. If you want to stop just surviving and start living, this conversation is your invitation.

"If you wanna stop just surviving and finally start living, it's time to do something different. I'm talking about permanent change, not a bandaid, not a quick fix. Let me tell you the three things that are required to have that permanent change. Number one is you need to take action. Number two is you need to focus on what you want and know what you want. And number three is you must do unconscious work. This is the piece almost everyone misses. You have to go beneath the surface. You can't create a new life with an old survival blueprint. And this is the work I get to do with my clients every single day." - Leslie Thornton 

What you will learn from this episode:

01:11 - Revealing how unresolved abuse—especially emotional can deeply affect self-worth, body image, and coping behaviors like overeating or overworking

04:30 - Comparing people with traumatic upbringings to rescue dogs, urging us to replace self-judgment with compassion

08:00 - Manifestations of a deeply buried trauma

11:17 - Explaining how unresolved trauma can create hidden survival patterns

14:48 - Showing how unresolved trauma silently damages health and relationships

18:05 -  Emphasizes that deep healing—not willpower or self-coaching—is what truly allows you to move from merely surviving to fully living

20:56 - Outlining the three keys to lasting change

23:04 - A powerful client story showing how deep fear and skepticism can be overcome through willingness, unconscious healing, and the right support to create real, lasting change

27:10 - Sharing heartfelt stories of transformation and encouraging to seek help, that you’re not alone, healing is possible, and thriving is worth the risk

Valuable Resources:

• Join my next LIVE masterclass
• Join the 8-week Fastrack to Food Freedom Program -Guaranteed mental and emotional freedom from food 

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Are you tired of feeling stuck—emotionally, physically, or in your relationship with food and your body? Do you sense that procrastination or self-doubt is holding you back from living the life you really want? What if the key to moving forward isn’t just another diet or goal, but a deeper decision about who you’re willing to be—for yourself?

In this episode, we’re joined by Cris Duvall, a dental hygienist, patient-health advocate, and wellness coach who knows firsthand the toll that being stuck can take. She opens up about how procrastination once froze her in place, slowly chipping away at her self-esteem, her health, and her relationships. Like many of us, Cris tried to push through on her own—until she realized that healing starts when we tell ourselves the truth and ask for help. She reflects on the ways we often look outside ourselves for answers, when the real power comes from becoming what she calls an “internal sorter”—someone who trusts their own voice again. Through her story, you'll hear how she moved from survival mode to what she now calls living on the “fun bus,” surrounded by people who support her joy, growth, and truth.

Cris’s journey is a powerful reminder that transformation begins with a single choice: to be fully present for your own life. By putting herself first, not out of selfishness but out of self-respect, she found new energy, purpose, and connection. Whether it's health, relationships, or simply feeling alive again, her story offers a path forward for anyone ready to stop settling and start showing up. If you've been wondering when it's time to change—this might be your moment. Let Chris inspire you to finally invest in yourself, and make decisions that honor who you are and who you’re becoming.

“After that breakthrough session, I am much more calm and at peace with what I get to do over here as opposed to what I was feeling like I'm going to be disappointing God or disappointing somebody if I decide to do something else with my life. And so now it's much easier to combine and enjoy my life and to be free of those inner struggles. So it was very powerful for me.” - Cris Duval

What you will learn from this episode:

04:09 - Breaking free from procrastination and negative self-talk leading to healing, freedom, and overcoming emotional eating

07:57 - A near-death experience and profound personal loss helped shape her lifelong mission to save lives and foster health, values, and meaningful connections.

15:25 - How facing the long-term consequences of poor health choices has deepened her belief in living intentionally and prioritizing well-being now

19:53 - Sharing how breaking free from food-related suffering allows people to rediscover their true purpose, potential, and inner voice

26:11 - What made her seek Leslie's coaching

28:58 - A turning point that freed her from judging others and empowered her to create a more purposeful and positive life

33:49 - How these three dynamics in her life created a desire to have an inner peace

37:02 - The most important highlight in her breakthrough session

40:47 - Talking about the conscious versus the unconscious mind

43:48 - The cost of being stuck

45:30 - Emphasizing the importance of seeking counsel only from those committed to telling the truth, not just what you want to hear

50:00 - Sharing about her 'Fun Bus' philosophy and  a heartwarming story about meeting Mel Robbins

56:19 - Cris' words of encouragement and wisdom

Connect with Cris Duval:

• Website: https://www.thelifeguardapproach.com/cris-duval
• Email: [email protected]

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