Brittany Brown

If you’ve ever missed out on an experience because of how you have felt about your body or being afraid to step out of your comfort zone, then this post is for you. I used to think I didn’t have time to travel, that I had to be exactly where I wanted to be physically to put on a bikini in front of others or have everything perfectly together to take off and experience life…I was so wrong.

Is Fear Holding You Back?

This past weekend I took a boat to another country, climbed a massive rust covered shipwreck (see pic) and jumped off into crystal blue waters, swam with sharks and fed stingrays, enjoyed a drink with loved ones on a private island sitting in powdered sand with the waves gently crashing over my legs, made incredible memories that I will cherish forever and so much more.

Want to know what parts of this would have been possible if I listened to my voice of fear? None of it.

There was a point where I was climbing up the vertical rust and barnacle covered wall of the shipwreck and I was shaking in fear. I was half way up, the current and waves were insane so jumping down would have meant I could have easily hit the sharp rusty and jagged edges that were below me. There was a tiny little hole for only one of my feet to fit in, and a rope hanging with knots in it. I can’t do a pull-up(working on it) so rope climbing was close to impossible. With bare feet, wet hands and my upper body was failing I felt like I didn’t have what I needed to make it and felt totally stuck.

“Imagine how good you will feel once you make it up to the top”

I looked up to my only other friend who was crazy enough to climb it and actually said “I can’t”. She said “Yes you can. I know it’s so scary, but imagine how good you will feel once you make it up to the top.”

I’m competitive as all hell and was determined like no other so, I kept going. I grabbed the rope and swung to a ledge where I could reach the top. Still shaking, I pulled myself up. The view from the top was absolutely breath-taking and so worth it.

I relate this experience and what my friend said to me to life. I had little to nothing to set me up for success, no idea what I was doing, and was scared out of my mind. All I had was a good mentor who did it before me to guide me, and my determination to make it.

Which means, I had enough.

Perfection or perfect circumstances never come. There is no final destination. You might as well get out there and LIVE in the process. What’s really cool about this is our brains are powerful things. If you begin living our life as you would if you were already “there” (to your goals) you begin to shift your vibration. As you shift your energy you’ll get a response…response from others, response in your body and response from the Universe. These responses are always exactly what you need.

How to radiate more confidence?

As you radiate more confidence and step into your power even if you aren’t at your ideal weight, you begin making healthier choices that support your happiness and getting to your ideal weight quicker.

There are so many special experiences I would’ve missed out on this past weekend if I let fear or fear-based thoughts about my body get the best of me. The key ingredient for fear fighting is love and action. Fear is dark, love is light. If you have fears, it’s ok. Acknowledge them, and then shine a little light there way. If you need some help, please don’t hesitate to ask. I’ve been there and would be happy to show you the way as my friend did for me.

In the video below I have a fabulous solution for overcoming your fears. I made this video a couple months ago but it is very fitting for this post, and the opportunity has just re-opened!

If you need any support in this area, we are here for you!

Click the image below where I’ve got a special gift for you! We call them, “Craving Cards”, and they’re one of our most popular tools!

If you ever feel night time cravings, sugar cravings, the urge to just say “screw it I’m going to start my diet over tomorrow”, or like you need a little body confidence pick me up… 

Just grab a card, go through the prompts, and shift it instantly!

Click the image above and let me know where to send them!

You’ll also get mini demo video training sessions for each card where I share how to use the cards and some of my best tips for food freedom forever!

With our Craving Cards and Demo Series… 

You’ll learn how to stop cravings in their tracks, feel confident, and get back your power, fast! 

Love,
Brittany

PS: Want the exact freedom and ease with our foods that myself and thousands of our clients get to experience?

In our Beating Binge Eating Blueprint (BBEB), I show you how to make this happen in just 8 weeks!

Many of our students have seen a DRASTIC difference in as little as a few days!

It’s our signature program, and up until recently, it was $3000 or more to join.

For now, you can get it as a part of our Food Freedom Collection for practically free by clicking the image below!

There is no catch…every resource I’ve created for food freedom and body confidence will land straight in your if you just click that image below and let me know where to send it!

Have you ever stressed and worried about your body and how you’re going to look for an upcoming event?

What about if you’re about to see people that you haven’t in a while?

If your weight yo-yo’s up and down like mine did, or you suffer from any type of private unwanted eating habits, it’s very common to dread going in public, taking pictures, seeing old friends, participating in events, dating or anything of the sort.

Self-sabotage often sneaks it’s ugly little head in during these times which can make things spiral out of control even further.

Confession: Even though my weight is 30 pounds lower than it was at its highest, I slipped right back into these old negative thoughts and defeating self-talk with the pressure of an upcoming photo-shoot this past weekend.

To combat these toxic thoughts and fears around how I would be perceived by the world, instead of working through them like I know how, I attempted to control my body with a strict regimen to prep.

I caught myself before I spiraled out of control. Phew! and I’m happy this happened because I learned some pretty kick ass lessons along the way.

I share what I learned in today’s episode of BrittanyBtv.

For the shoot, I decided to show up as me. No drastic measures to prep, I just showed up as I am and it felt f**king great!

This may not seem like a big step for some, but as a girl that was covered in fat toning gel and plastic wrap around her abs sitting in a sauna and doing 2 cardios a day to prep for her last shoot 10 years ago this was a drastic shift.

Maybe I won’t be as lean in the pictures as I was in the last shoot, but I am happier and more self-expressed than I’ve ever been even though I had a few not-so-happy thoughts to work-through in the process.

Self-Expression is critical for health, working through any compulsion and lasting weight loss. I talk more on self-expression and it’s correlation with beating binge eating in my Free eBook that you can download: HERE.

In this video you’ll learn:

• My mini breakdown
• How/why I gained 3 lbs in 3 days, and how I lost 4 immediately after
• Why restriction and deprivation lead you to the same frustrating and fattening results again and again (and what to do about it)
• The best diet in the world for your body

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Nothing in this video is meant to boast. It’s meant to be real, and show you that healing is just that: a process.

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Know this before watching:

You can trust yourself and you can trust your body to show up exactly as you need to and to guide you every step of the way.

You are beautiful regardless of where you’re at in your process.

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Is Finding the Perfect Diet Needed?

Nutrition and health is a journey and not a final destination. The more flexible and in tune you are with your body’s needs, the happier and healthier your body will be.

Jedi Mind Trick #1

As you lift the rules and focus on what you can have instead of what you can’t the focus and drive towards “forbidden foods” diminishes.

Jedi Mind Trick #2

When you learn to really listen to your body, and layer in healthy and nutritious choices one by one, you start to crave the more nutritious foods over the not so nutritious – without much effort or second thought.

Result

You can still have your chocolate or treat when you feel like it without it hurting your waistline because as you master this process you end up naturally being drawn towards food that fill you up with energy, life, health and happiness (that also lend a helping hand towards a flat belly too).

This is the freedom that I teach my clients to reach. Here’s the exercise to help you with the first step in listening to your body that I mention in the video:

Food / Mood Exercise Download

If you need any support in this area, we are here for you!

Click the image below where I’ve got a special gift for you! We call them, “Craving Cards”, and they’re one of our most popular tools!

If you ever feel night time cravings, sugar cravings, the urge to just say “screw it I’m going to start my diet over tomorrow”, or like you need a little body confidence pick me up… 

Just grab a card, go through the prompts, and shift it instantly!

Click the image above and let me know where to send them!

You’ll also get mini demo video training sessions for each card where I share how to use the cards and some of my best tips for food freedom forever!

With our Craving Cards and Demo Series… 

You’ll learn how to stop cravings in their tracks, feel confident, and get back your power, fast! 

Love,
Brittany

PS: Want the exact freedom and ease with our foods that myself and thousands of our clients get to experience?

In our Beating Binge Eating Blueprint (BBEB), I show you how to make this happen in just 8 weeks!

Many of our students have seen a DRASTIC difference in as little as a few days!

It’s our signature program, and up until recently, it was $3000 or more to join.

For now, you can get it as a part of our Food Freedom Collection for practically free by clicking the image below!

There is no catch…every resource I’ve created for food freedom and body confidence will land straight in your if you just click that image below and let me know where to send it!

Health & Love,

(See video below)

Have you ever wondered why diets and mainstream efforts give you nothing but frustrating and fattening results?

I always get asked: How do I beat binge eating?

There are many different things to incorporate to win your battle with food and your body but for true long-term healing to take place this framework must be adopted and applied throughout your entire healing journey.

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In this week’s Episode of BrittanyBtv I get real. You’ll find out…

• Some of my story, examples of where I used food to flatten out my life, and how I turned it around
• The reason you struggle with unwanted eating habits
• The main framework I coach from to help clients beat binge and emotional eating (and also the one that allowed me to heal)
• Tips for bringing awareness to your patterns around food and your body
• Tips to transform patterns so healthy choices become easy and natural, and the true you gets to shine
• A Journal Exercise and action steps to help you with the above

When the true you is shining without food, your weight or your body holding you back. You are free.

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If you’re craving that freedom, watch now…

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In the video I mention my eBook and also giving away a Journal Exercise to help you heal. Here are the links below:

Free From Struggle to Freedom eBook

Awareness Journal Exercise

If you need any support in this area, we are here for you!

Click the image below where I’ve got a special gift for you! We call them, “Craving Cards”, and they’re one of our most popular tools!

If you ever feel night time cravings, sugar cravings, the urge to just say “screw it I’m going to start my diet over tomorrow”, or like you need a little body confidence pick me up… 

Just grab a card, go through the prompts, and shift it instantly!

Click the image above and let me know where to send them!

You’ll also get mini demo video training sessions for each card where I share how to use the cards and some of my best tips for food freedom forever!

With our Craving Cards and Demo Series… 

You’ll learn how to stop cravings in their tracks, feel confident, and get back your power, fast! 

Love,
Brittany

PS: Want the exact freedom and ease with our foods that myself and thousands of our clients get to experience?

In our Beating Binge Eating Blueprint (BBEB), I show you how to make this happen in just 8 weeks!

Many of our students have seen a DRASTIC difference in as little as a few days!

It’s our signature program, and up until recently, it was $3000 or more to join.

For now, you can get it as a part of our Food Freedom Collection for practically free by clicking the image below!

There is no catch…every resource I’ve created for food freedom and body confidence will land straight in your if you just click that image below and let me know where to send it!

 

Health & Love,

So, back in the beginning of time, we were equipped with this fabulous little mechanism that saved us when a big saber tooth tiger jumped out of the woods and started chasing us: it’s called our fight-or-flight response. It protects and serves us in many dangerous situations, but due to the accelerated pace at which society has changed, our body’s innate survival mechanisms haven’t adapted quite quickly enough. Even the smallest things can send this system into overdrive.

Unfortunately, your body doesn’t know the difference between a saber tooth tiger, your boss yelling in your ear at work, sprinting to a meeting and slamming a meal down on the go, binge eating in a panic, or watching a dramatic TV show while mindlessly eating. In these situations, or any like it, your body activates its stress response and goes into sympathetic nervous system dominance.

When your sympathetic nervous system is dominant, insulin and cortisol are elevated. The blood rushes from your digestive system to your extremities. While this may make sense if you’re out-running a tiger or escaping any dangerous situation, it wreaks havoc on your digestion and metabolism.

Stress and elevated stress hormones shut down your digestive system, decrease the amount of nutrients that you absorb, cause you to gain fat, makes it difficult to gain muscle, and causes appetite deregulation, which may causes overeating.

Your goal to combat this would be to activate your body’s parasympathetic nervous system, AKA your body’s “relax and digest” response. Activating this is like hitting a switch that kicks on your body’s metabolic power. When this wonderful little mechanism is active, your body naturally releases excess weight easily, blood stays around the center of your body aiding in digestion, cortisol drops, and your body returns to a peaceful and happy state.

If you don’t believe me take a look at this study: A large group of people were split into two parts. One part of the group went into a quiet and peaceful room that was painted in relaxing colors with a big comfy chair and soft music playing. The other group was put in a stale hospital like room with a metal chair and table. The TV was on with information on finance. Both groups were asked to drink a solution with identical minerals in it. To see how effective their digestive process was working after drinking the solution the amount of minerals their body absorbed was tested. The group that drank the solution in the quiet and relaxing room absorbed SIXTY PERCENT more nutrients from the exact same solution. This is proof that stress and distraction hurt the digestive process.

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Action Step to Boost Your Metabolism: Get slow.

In today’s society, we’re so used to being on the go that few of us stop to think that instead of popping digestive aids and anti-acids after you eat, you could simply slow down a bit and breathe to increase your digestive and metabolic power (fat burning – yay!). Also, by slowing down and being present for a meal, you give your mind a chance to register the experience, which will lead to less cravings later and make it less likely that you will binge.

The following exercise allows you to activate the parasympathetic nervous system, which is great for your digestion and metabolism. Remember, we aren’t what we eat; we are what we digest! The more nutrients we assimilate, and the more we enjoy our food, the fewer cravings we have.

Feel free to try this exercise anytime you are feeling stressed. I recommend you always do this once before, once during and once after every meal to activate your parasympathetic nervous system(relaxation response) and keep your body out of a stressed out state while eating.

Instructions:

4 deep breaths: Inhale for 4 counts, hold for 1 count, exhale for 4 counts. Repeat 4 times. It’s that easy to activate relaxation at any time of the day!

Bonus Step: As you are breathing say thank you in your mind for the food you are about to consume. Appreciating food as nourishment instead of something that hurts us or is used to punish us will contribute drastically to healing.

Bonus Bonus Step: Tie a physical trigger to this. Every time you do your breathing exercise, touch your index finger to your thumb and hold it there. Be mindful. After you have conditioned this response, you’ll be able to use your physical trigger, in this case the fingers touching, at any time to return to relaxation. This takes time, consistency and conditioning, but it is possible!

If you need any support in this area, we are here for you!

Click the image below where I’ve got a special gift for you! We call them, “Craving Cards”, and they’re one of our most popular tools!

If you ever feel night time cravings, sugar cravings, the urge to just say “screw it I’m going to start my diet over tomorrow”, or like you need a little body confidence pick me up… 

Just grab a card, go through the prompts, and shift it instantly!

–

Click the image above and let me know where to send them!

You’ll also get mini demo video training sessions for each card where I share how to use the cards and some of my best tips for food freedom forever!

With our Craving Cards and Demo Series… 

You’ll learn how to stop cravings in their tracks, feel confident, and get back your power, fast! 

Love,
Brittany

PS: Want the exact freedom and ease with our foods that myself and thousands of our clients get to experience?

In our Beating Binge Eating Blueprint (BBEB), I show you how to make this happen in just 8 weeks!

Many of our students have seen a DRASTIC difference in as little as a few days!

It’s our signature program, and up until recently, it was $3000 or more to join.

For now, you can get it as a part of our Food Freedom Collection for practically free by clicking the image below!

There is no catch…every resource I’ve created for food freedom and body confidence will land straight in your if you just click that image below and let me know where to send it!

Health & Love,

Today, as I hit publish on this post, I will be applying this principle, and I encourage you to do the same. For those of you that have followed my coaching and posts online, you know that we just went through a huge overhaul of re-branding. Even though there is room for improvement on the site…

I’d be doing the world and myself an injustice by not stepping out and going for this. Just like you would be too, if you choose not to step out and live your life at your fullest potential daily (regardless of your “imperfections”, circumstances, fears, and so on).

In the last 10 years of coaching clients around their nutrition and well-being, more and more clients that struggle with unwanted eating habits such as binge and emotional eating, compulsive eating, chronic dieting, and fluctuating weight come naturally to me. I’ve worked through similar challenges in my own life so it only makes sense that my calling is to help others heal in that arena.

This work lights me up because when you transform this struggle, you are free.

Ah, freedom…I really dig that shit(and realness also, hence the occasional profanity you will see on these pages. If I’d say it in speaking, I will say it here too).

So here we are, with a brand new site to support anyone struggling with a self or body love deficit, and trying to work through unwanted eating habits that they can’t seem to shake.

My mission in life is to empower others like yourself to break free of any chains and fears that are holding you back so you can step into your full purpose and be who you are meant to be.

People come to me with issues around their health, eating and weight and a total transformation ends up taking place at their core.

It’s remarkable to be a part of!

One thing I see over and over again, and I’ve been guilty of this before, is people letting their weight or how they feel about their body hold them back in their life. Unfortunately this keeps you stuck in your same pattern, and if you are a compulsive eater, oftentimes leads to more eating.

When you’re about to make a big change, or step out of your comfort zone, or go on a big venture, or risk being seen it can be scary as hell in business, life, health, love and more.

So I hold onto this principle as one of the guiding factors in my life and encourage you to do the same. If you adopt this one principle, I guarantee your life will drastically improve your health and life:

Start before you feel ready.

Have you ever said to yourself…

Once I’m this weight I’ll buy this outfit or do this… Once my legs have less cellulite I will wear this dress or go to the beach… Once I feel good about my body, I will make more love to my partner…Or once I lose this fat I will start dating again….

I have been there too. Those stories and stories like them used to rule my life.

Years ago I gave a speech to a large group of people on nutrition and lasting weight loss the day after a massive binge, a good 15-20 pounds heavier than where my body naturally looked its best and was its happiest.

It was terrifying. I felt like a fraud and cried that morning when I woke up because I felt so ashamed. I thought of EVERY EXCUSE in the book to not go…but I went.

I stood up on that stage, went into my zone and rocked it. I even recently received an email from someone who attended(years later) thanking me because it changed her life.

I had something profound to share even though I was not perfect. I know in my heart that you do too.

As scary as it may be, I promise you with every ounce of my being that it will be so worth it.

The truth is, there is no final destination. There is always room to grow and improve, and if you decide to measure your success through exterior measures (the perfect weight, perfect body, perfect diet…) you’re only setting yourself up to fail.

Once you reach your exterior “goal” if you have not healed the underlying commitment you will find something else that will hold you back from stepping into your greatness and oftentimes will return you right back to the unwanted eating habits and weight gain. This is why people who are chronic dieters gain and lose the same weight over and over again.

Breaking the pattern and examining, embracing and working through the underlying commitment and fears is the only way to heal. I can help you with that.

There is something profound about diving in and trusting yourself to adapt and grow. You, your mind and your body are absolutely brilliant and designed for acclimation. You are built to be stretched, pushed and challenged and taken to the next level.

There is something significant about celebrating your small victories through out your journey versus waiting to live until you’ve reached a final destination(and remember, there is truly no such thing as “arriving” at this place. There’s always another level). 

Enjoying yourself and every bite of food is possible. Loving every inch of your body is attainable. Finding pleasure and joy in every aspect of your day is closer than you think. The victorious step off the seemingly never-ending diet-binge-guilt only to diet again cycle can be yours.

Do you know that I haven’t binged once since that day on stage? Starting before I was ready changed my life and does so daily.

It gives the true me a space to shine.

It’s your time to shine. You can be free from your battle with your body and food for good.

It would be my honor to show you how.

Health & Love,

PS: After every nugget of knowledge expect action steps to apply it to your life and kick start your healing journey. Many of my action steps will involve journaling SO if you plan on sticking around or taking your life to the next level in any way, I suggest you invest in one. They’re magic!

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Action Step: Go for It

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1) In your journal take an inventory:

Here are some prompts. I don’t recommend working on more than one or two a week. We are breaking into patterns here that have been around for years. Therefore, this should be a slow, gradual and compassionate process.

Where am I holding back in my life? Where am I waiting to live? Where am I holding back in my relationships? Where am I not speaking up? Where am I staying in my comfort zone instead of trying something I’ve been wanting to do? Where am I stuck? What aspects of myself am I ashamed of? What aspects of myself am I hiding from others?

2) Now, for each prompt, after you write it out, just be with it for 5 minutes.

Observe it. Meditate on it. Deep breathes. Witness your patterns.

Leaning into it (not wallowing around in it) is so critical here. You have to see something fully before you can re-frame and retrain it.

3) Now, switch it from observation to Love. Appreciate your shadow.

These patterns have actually been created as a protective mechanism, so don’t hate on them we just have to shine a little light on them so they’re not so in control of your behavior.

Send your shadow love. Deep breathes. Here’s an affirmation if you like those kind of things as much as I do. 5 deep breathes, repeat 5 times:

“Love did not create this, therefore it is not real. Only love is real.”

4) Now, decide on one thing you can do for that prompt that allows you to step into your light and out of your comfort zone:

For example, if you’ve realized that you hold back in groups of people because you are afraid of what someone might think or
how they will perceive you, do something small that is out of your comfort zone the next time you are in a group. Speak up, dance, crack a joke, anything.

If you haven’t been going out because you don’t feel good in your clothes buy something to hold you over in the in-between stage and go out and own it.

or it can be something as simple as standing in an elevator and looking someone in the eye and saying hello, versus keeping you head down and hiding.

It’s NOT fake it until you make it. It’s do it until you become it. @brittanybtv (CLICK TO TWEET)

No step is too small. Every victory, regardless of it’s size, is a step towards greatness. Each small step in the right direction adds up to something spectacular.

If you need any support in this area, we are here for you!

Click the image below where I’ve got a special gift for you! We call them, “Craving Cards”, and they’re one of our most popular tools!

If you ever feel night time cravings, sugar cravings, the urge to just say “screw it I’m going to start my diet over tomorrow”, or like you need a little body confidence pick me up… 

Just grab a card, go through the prompts, and shift it instantly!

Click the image above and let me know where to send them!

You’ll also get mini demo video training sessions for each card where I share how to use the cards and some of my best tips for food freedom forever!

With our Craving Cards and Demo Series… 

You’ll learn how to stop cravings in their tracks, feel confident, and get back your power, fast! 

Love,
Brittany

PS: Want the exact freedom and ease with our foods that myself and thousands of our clients get to experience?

In our Beating Binge Eating Blueprint (BBEB), I show you how to make this happen in just 8 weeks!

Many of our students have seen a DRASTIC difference in as little as a few days!

It’s our signature program, and up until recently, it was $3000 or more to join.

For now, you can get it as a part of our Food Freedom Collection for practically free by clicking the image below!

There is no catch…every resource I’ve created for food freedom and body confidence will land straight in your if you just click that image below and let me know where to send it!

Welcome to the Beating Binge Eating Blog! I am SO excited to have you here on my journey with me! Here’s what you will get each week…

One blog or video post every week to help you:

• Make peace with your body
• Make peace with your plate
• Overcome binge and/or emotional eating
• Release the excess weight for good
• Step off the yo-yo dieting cycle
• Boost your confidence
• Fall in love with yourself, your body, and…

…most importantly – fall in love with your life. You deserve it!

Enter your information in the purple bar above(towards the top of the screen) to be to be kept in the loop for the weekly updates, specials, webinars, Group Coaching and Q&A calls, and more surprises!

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Health & Love,