Finding Freedom with Food

Feb 02 2024 22 ep. 19 mins 2

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Are you stuck in the weight loss/regain cycle of dieting, struggle with binge eating, emotional eating or are simply tired of having stress around food control your life? If you’re ready to create a healthy, peaceful, and sustainable relationship with food and improve your body image, you’re in the right place!

Your host, Cindy Fox, RDH, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, & Certified Coach will be serving up weekly content to help you detox from diet culture, stop the restrictive dieting practices that lead to food obsession, binge eating and body shaming, and reclaim your ability to honor your body's innate cues for hunger, fullness, and satisfaction in a healthy and sustainable way.

It’s time to stop putting your life on hold! You deserve to have a healthy, peaceful and pleasurable relationship with food and treat your body with care, kindness and respect. Tune in for each week for real-life tips, tools and strategies to help you recover from chronic dieting, binge and emotional eating, over-exercising, negative body image and SO much more!

Hit subscribe and get ready to change your life.

Learn more about Cindy’s programs & free resources at www.findingfreedomwithfood.com.

***Please note these episodes are for educational and informational purposes only and are not meant to serve as individualized advice. You should always speak to a healthcare provider about your unique health needs.

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