Stressless Eating

After being stuck on the diet roller coaster for decades, Suzanne thought she was just "one of those people" that would have to live like this forever. Her life was filled with lots of success and external accomplishments, but deep down she was living in sadness, disappointment, and feeling like she knew there was so much more to life but just didn't know how to break the vicious cycle. And on top of the food, body, and self-rejection prison that she felt powerless to escape from, it kept her from putting herself out there to find true love, knowing that if she didn't find it in herself FIRST, she would never be able to full receive it from another. Apprehensive but knowing something had to change, Suzanne booked a call with me. She wasn't sure if anything could help her at this point, but flip flopping between being an extreme dieter to an extreme binge-eater was no longer a way she wanted to live. So she got started in Stressless Eating. In this interview she shares her journey, her struggles, her shifts, and what enabled HER to finally forgive herself, love herself, and set herself free.

I'm a BIG FAN of therapy, therapeutic modalites, and getting supported while you work through struggles, traumas, and life's curve balls. But when it comes to the struggles that we as women face with our bodies, food, and finding the love (and like) within ourselves, I've found that most (not all) therapy-based approaches tend to fall short. And this wasn't just the case in my own experiences either. I talk to A LOT of women each week, and most of them have tried every thing under the sun (diets, plans, programs, etc) to address their struggles with their health or with their weight. But a staggering number of them also went to therapy, hoping that this would solve their struggles, and even though a lot of them gained better understanding of their struggles or were able to address the cause of emotional wounds or why old traumas were still impacting them… …the reason they were talking to me in the present day is because they STILL didn't have access to the SOLUTION to move them PAST their struggles. Awareness is amazing! It's crazy-powerful, and without it, we wouldn't be able to make the massive breakthroughs that lead to those life-altering shifts. I'd even go as far as saying that awareness is where transformation HAS to start… But awareness without a better STRATEGY — without a SOLUTION that addresses the actual root cause of the problem… And in this episode of the podcast, we take a look at why most therapy doesn't work for food and body struggles and what actually does!

Laura Lea Bryant is a certified holistic chef based out of her hometown of Nashville, TN. LL Balanced is about taking the stress out of cooking and proving that 'healthy' can mean delicious, affordable, and family-friendly. Leanne and Laura Lea are on a mission to help women heal their relationship with food (and themselves), and in this episode they dive into the nitty gritty details of how they are helping women all over the world make peace with food AND with their kitchens. In this episode of the podcast they take a deep-dive into the world of women's bodies, their relationship with food, self-esteem, and the controversial topic of Social Media.