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How To Slay The Day With A Morning Routine (That You Actually Stick To)

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How you start your day is how you live your life. You’ve probably heard this before. Do you agree? In my experience, it’s spot-on accurate.

My days go much better when I don’t immediately dive into email or scroll social media first thing in the morning. Getting grounded and empowered before I do anything else each day has literally changed my life.

That means I start my day with a solid morning routine.

Of course, all the gurus swear by morning routines. But sometimes, the things they suggest get a little bit crazy…

Get up at 5AM, go through a million enlightening steps, meditate, journal, gratitude, move, pray, breathe, get fully ready, ahhhhhh

Fair enough. But first of all, who has time for all that? And second, does a morning routine have a complex, multi-step ritual to actually work?

Most of us like the idea of morning routines. A lot of us start morning rituals with the best of intentions (just like starting diets or workout programs, actually…)

But despite how much we’d like to be up at 5 AM meditating and mastering our mindset, this is how an attempt at a morning routine usually turns out…

You try it for a few days, it loses steam, and you’re back where you started. (This was my epic morning ritual fail for years.)

Or think you’re going to go from no morning routine to a 22-step morning plan. You write down all the steps. You’re raring to go the night before you start. Then the morning comes, you look at your list, and it feels like a day’s worth of work.

Before you know it, your enlightening morning routine turns into another to-do list. And you quit.

Don’t make your morning routine something that you stick to for one day. Morning routines don’t have to take hours or include countless steps to be effective.

The secret to successful mornings is the same as making any positive changes. It’s about building supportive habits, one step at a time. Small and steady steps win the race!

In this video, I’m going to show you how to create a morning routine that will help you slay the day, and will actually work.

 

 

Step One: Start out simply. If you’re new to morning routines, start by making one small change. Then give that one small step the time to become a habit.

Now, here’s the cool part. You can start a morning routine by doing nothing.

The first thing that I do in the morning is nothing. What does that mean, exactly?

Instead of rushing into the first step – I lay in bed and let my body wake up.

I scan my body. I check in with my body. I stretch, move my arms, and get my energy flowing. But not much more. So in other words, I don’t really DO anything. I simply allow myself to BE.

I allow myself to wake up. I breathe with peaceful intention. I express my gratitude for all that I have in life. I do grab a glass of water from my night stand, but that’s the only active part.

This was the first morning routine that I ever did, and it was THAT simple. All I did was commit to laying in bed for 15 minutes and connecting to my body.

But here’s the kicker: there is one thing that I did NOT do that made all the difference…

In the first 15 minutes of my day, I did NOT reach for my phone.

I know, that’s pretty radical, right? And I’m not going to lie–it was the biggest morning routine challenge of all!

But with some practice, I established a new habit: a peaceful, connected, phone-free start to my day. That alone was magical.

Once I mastered a few peaceful phone-free minutes every morning, I moved on to step 2.

Step Two: Add in each new thing, one at a time. Waking up without diving for the phone was my morning routine for awhile. Then when this became second nature, I took things to the next level.

I added a little prayer or channeled some energy. I visualized myself waking up and feeling amazing for the day. Then I added in some moving and stretching to get the energy flowing.

The next piece I added in was a morning playlist of favorite songs. After that I occasionally added in an audiobook or a favorite podcast as I was making breakfast or getting ready for the day.

Now, you might be wondering if I added in all these steps in one fell swoop. The answer is no.

I added in one thing at a time. I gave each step at least a week or two to become second nature. Once each practice became embodied, I added another that I knew would be supportive.

Remember to choose add-ons that you enjoy. Don’t choose things that you think sound good but you secretly can’t stand. Just because this guru or that influencer gets up at 5AM or meditates every day doesn’t mean it’s your thing!

I used force myself to do everything everyone was telling me, but then I had to realize that I needed to figure out what works for ME!

Things that sounded good but didn’t resonate with me. You can imagine what happened.

I did them for a few days or a week, but it was a struggle. My morning routine went from a gift to a chore, and I ended up quitting altogether.

Focus on what you like to do. That way you’re a lot more sure of keeping up with it!

Step Three: The finishing touches. I end my morning ritual with breakfast and journaling. Then I look at my schedule for the day, and get it all started.

The short version is this: I start with connection and gratitude, then end with intention. That’s my morning routine in a nutshell!

It comes down to four steps. Waking up with gratitude, energizing movement, a nourishing breakfast, and daily intentions.

Step Four: Let go of the pressure to be perfect. Now, here’s the most important reminder of all. Your morning routine doesn’t have to be perfect.

I’m hardly perfect with my morning routine. I don’t do every single step every single day.

I always start with that 15 phone-free minutes every morning. But after that, I pick and choose extra layers according to my needs. Sometimes I don’t add anything, other days I add in several steps. It all depends on how I feel and what I need in that moment.

(P.S. Notice that “present moment choices” thing? If you hang out with me on the regular, that probably sounds familiar…)

So morning routines aren’t about following a rigid set of rules. It’s setting aside intentional time for yourself in the morning. It’s doing what will empower you and set you up for success for the day. That’s it!

The only “rule” I’d suggest for a morning routine would be to start with 15 phone-free minutes. Connect with your body, allow yourself to wake up, and set the tone for the day.

Once you’ve mastered that, add in the layers that feel exciting and empowering, one step at a time!

Don’t feel like you need an elaborate, 22-step routine for it to “count.” Start with that one basic step, then add in what feels right to you in the moment.

I hope this has given you some inspiration and ideas to create a morning routine for yourself! Remember, your routine doesn’t have to look like mine. Take these ideas, start with the basic first step, and make your morning routine your own!

Ready to inspire and empower your mornings? Here’s my suggestion to get started:

First, make a list of all the things you’d like to include in a morning ritual. Then, circle the top four activities inspire you the most.

Then choose the one that stands out the most. Start there, and commit to that one small step every day until it becomes second nature (I recommend making step one the 15 phone-free minutes, but it’s up to you!).

It might take two weeks for your first step to stick. Maybe even three or four. That’s OK. Master this first step first, then add in the next item from your list. Then repeat the process, giving yourself another week or two to integrate each new step.

Start small. Build up your routine over time, and watch what happens. It just might change how you start your day, and eventually how you live your life.

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!

How NOT To Pass Food Struggles Onto Your Children

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Most parents have their children’s best interests at heart. But like the rest of us, parents are human beings who do the best they can every day. And we all have our moments.

About 75% of the women we work with at Beating Binge Eating have mothers or grandmothers who struggled with their body and their food.

And/or have fathers or grandfathers who sent messages about their appearances. (Things like dropping hints about losing weight, praising weight loss and being skinny, being “on track,” or getting “healthy” and more…)

Seeing these struggles and taking on these beliefs have plagued them all their lives, too.

They’re messages that have been passed down from generation to generation, wreaking havoc every step of the way.

These messages might have been unintentional. They might have even been well-intentioned. But either way, the impact of those early messages can’t be denied.

The more you see your mother struggling with food, the more you believe that food is an enemy.

The more you hear that your father say that you “need to lose weight,” the more you equate size with worthiness.

Whether those messages are conscious or not, their impact is powerful.

Does that mean that food and body struggles have to “run in the family” forever?

Of course not.

There’s something you can do to stop the food-body family struggles, starting NOW.

If you’re a mama, a mama-to-be, or a future mama, this is for you. Even if you don’t have a family, I bet you have kids in your life who look up to you. So this is for you, too!

Want the generational body-food war to end? Find out how to pass down messages and body love and food freedom instead of endless food struggles in the video below:

 

 

Now, if you’re a parent and you’re reading this, I know that you have your children’s best interests at heart. More than likely, your own parents wanted the best for you, too.

Of course, they might have conveyed some questionable body-food ideas when you were growing up. But that was probably because they were misinformed themselves.

Unfortunately, that misinformation most likely set you up for food struggles. Struggles that have likely stayed with you up until now.

In all fairness, though, it’s not your parents’ fault…

Damaging information and impossible standards are everywhere. From the diet industry to the fashion world to our own families, negative messages run rampant in our lives.

We all absorb these cultural signals, take them to heart, and build a belief system around them. We create belief systems that lead to actions like crazy restrictive dieting and relentless body shaming.

Then, of course, we pass them along to the young ones in our lives. Because we don’t know any other way.

Before you know it, you’re broadcasting your struggles, and children in your life notice. Not only do the kids take them on, they believe that they’re normal.

Most women (and men) who struggle with binging believe that they’re hiding it from their children. But the kids do notice when their parents behave strangely with food.

You might not think that your child sees you body-checking yourself in the mirror. Or dressing to cover up jiggly arms or thighs. But they pick up on the energy of dissatisfaction, and it makes an impression.

Children pick up on energy, feelings, and words. They notice what’s happening around them more than we realize. That means they take what the adults do as examples, and form beliefs around those examples.

If your children see you obsessing over food, binging on the sly. or hating the way you look, they’ll pick up on it.

When I was growing up, my mother did the best she could. She loved me dearly. She supported me. But her struggle with food was real and as she tried to help herself she tried to help me too.

She only meant to show me the methods she knew to break free. We tried diets together, pushed ourselves hard at the gym…

There were many other outside factors, but through this all I developed a pretty dysfunctional relationship with my body and food that lasted for nearly a decade.

Then a few years ago, the most amazing thing happened…

My mom healed her personal struggle through our own Beating Binge Eating program.

Her body released weight without trying. She freed herself from cravings and urges to binge. Now she feels free, happy, and fulfilled in her life, especially with her body and food.

That means she takes pictures with the family without fear of not looking right. We eat together without any food weirdness getting in the way. All those things that used to keep both of us stuck are distant memories now.

She has become a beacon of light in our community. She’s a shining example of everything that Food Freedom Forever stands for, and I couldn’t be more proud of her!

So no matter who you are or how long you’ve struggled, it is NEVER too late to heal your struggle. And when you do, you’ll also make an impact on the ones who come after you.

It’s also never too early to pass down loving and supportive messages and methods to your children.

No matter where you are in your journey, do what you can to instill positive messages in your. Show them examples of well-being, vitality, and happiness rather than shame, struggle, and pain.

That means start with treating yourself with kindness, respect, and love. Then show the children in your life how it’s done!

Now, I’m not saying that you have to be perfect. You don’t have to go from a wounded to healed body image overnight, or “fake it ‘til you make it.”

Just focus on healing yourself first, one step at a time. Then make an example of body and food-positive behaviors from there.

The key is to do things that make you feel good about yourself. Take steps to create an easy relationship with food, and cultivate body love.

Once you’ve started making positive changes in your life, you can be the change for others. That includes your children!

So take the steps. Do what you have to do. Not only will you heal yourself, but you’ll also impart supportive values to your kids.

If you don’t know what those steps are yet, that’s OK. We’re here to help!

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!

My Struggle with Binge Eating: How I Found Food Freedom Forever

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Over the last few years, I’ve helped more than 2000 women (not counting the 1000’s of others touched in our free communities) end their struggle with their body and their food.

It’s been a privilege and an honor, not just because of the food piece, but because of what women get to do when they are free from the chains of this struggle.

However, it didn’t always look this way for me…

It wasn’t that long ago that my life was a vicious cycle of binging, dieting, and repeating.

I struggled for over a decade. Now I’m proud to say that I’ve been free for over 5+ years, and I’ve never been happier.

But the road to Food Freedom Forever was grueling. I had my struggles. I had my setbacks. Moments where I felt like I’d be stuck forever.

Then, I discovered 3 simple but game-changing truths about food, my physiology, and freedom.

Now, I don’t have cravings anymore. The urges to binge are gone. In fact, I can say with confidence that I will never binge again.

It’s not because I found the ultimate workout. I didn’t learn to push myself harder or up my willpower and stick to the perfect diet, either.

It’s because I rewired myself from the inside out.

Watch the video below where I go deep into my body-food saga. I’ll share how it started, how it played out, and the three main takeaways I learned along the way so you don’t have to struggle like I did.

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It all started around the middle of my high school years. Back then, for various reasons, I put a lot of importance on how I looked.

I remember gaining a little bit of weight in my mid-teens. It wasn’t a ton, but it was enough of a shock to bring on a ton of fear and insecurity.

I started forming all these beliefs about my worth and the size of my body. I don’t believe this now, but at the time, these thoughts crippled me:

I thought that the type of boys I wanted to date wouldn’t be with me if I wasn’t a certain look and size.

I didn’t think I’d get into college and have the school experience I’d want if I was overweight.

I thought that extra pounds would keep me from being a competitive athlete.

I even thought that being the wrong size would keep me from getting my dream job and opportunities in life.

Translation? I believed that being overweight would stop me from receiving the love, connection, and life that I desired.

Sounds crazy, right? But these fears aren’t superficial whims or ego trips.

Love, attention, and connection are core human needs. Needs that I thought I couldn’t meet because of a few extra pounds.

All that self-rejection and insecurity sent me on a decade-long quest to change my body. Let me tell you, it went a lot further and got a lot crazier than I ever intended…

Of course, then weight loss schemes started innocently enough. I went on diets. I took a few diet pills here and there. I had a cheat meal from time to time after weeks of strict dieting.

Then cheat meals turned into cheat days. Cheat days became cheat weekends. Weekends so bad that I’d wake up feeling bloated, swollen, and disgusted with myself on Monday morning.

Then it got to the point where I couldn’t get through a day without binging now matter how good of getting back “on track” my intentions were that morning.

To control these massive overeating spells…

I’d try diets, fasts, and juice cleanses to undo the damage.

I worked out like a maniac to offset binges. I even hired big-name personal trainers and entered fitness competitions to have a goal to stick to thinking that would control me.

I convinced myself that I was doing this out of a passion for fitness and nutrition. Turns out it was just an obsession with getting weight off my body.

Even more damaging was what I believed about weight loss…

I believed that if I could just lose weight, all of my problems would just disappear.

So I tried every diet and followed every fitness guru out there. Then I realized was it didn’t matter who I worked out with or whose diet I stuck followed no matter how incredible they were.

It wasn’t about the food. It wasn’t about the exercise. The harder I tried to control both of those things, the more chaotic my life became.

The scariest part was that through it all, I did some serious damage to my body.

The restrict-binge-repeat cycle and the yo-yo dieting left my thyroid suppressed. My pituitary gland stopped functioning nearly completely. My hormones were out of whack. I was close to Stage 4 adrenal fatigue (Doctors would say that’s bedrest and burnout).

Then, there was the acute kidney failure that put me in the hospital for a week after one of my fitness shows. This one shook me to my core.

I remember being in the hospital bed. My dad had come to see me in the hospital, and things weren’t looking good.

My blood pressure was spiking. I couldn’t catch my breath. Then I looked up and I saw the terrified look in my Dad’s eyes, knowing that he couldn’t help me.

Just like that, I realized that my actions weren’t just hurting me. They were tormenting the people I loved, too.

Now, I wish I could tell you that this was THE moment that I miraculously healed myself. But unfortunately, after that epiphany I tacked on another six years of food-body hell.

But it was a powerful turning point for me.

I decided that I needed a change and I couldn’t keep hurting those around me the way I was.

I set out on a holistic healing quest. I was determined to heal myself, then show the world how to heal, too.

I became a certified health coach. After graduation, an international coaching organization hired me to manage their health division, and I was on my way.

At this company, I worked under many holistic healing professionals. There was a nutritional healer, an Acupuncturist and naturopathic Doctor, and 2 renowned coaches… just to name a few.

Being around all that knowledge seemed like the fast-track to my goals. I’d learn from these holistic professionals. I’d heal myself. Then I’d show the world how to heal, too.

That was my plan. Then there was the reality…

I did focus on learning holistic healing, particularly through nutrition. But that food-focus had some unintended consequences.

The more I concentrated on healing through food, the more I thought about food. And before I knew it…

I was binging again.

Even with my company’s top coaches, doctors, and healers helping me. I still binged.

Now, I wasn’t going through two drive thrus and secretly eating in my car while crying my eyes out anymore.

Instead I was hiding in the Whole Foods parking lot gorging on whatever “health foods” I could get my hands on.

Then that fateful day came, and it all fell apart.

The head of the company asked me to submit a current image of myself for their website. At the time, I’d put on another 20 pounds. Needless to say, that request hit me like a ton of bricks.

I was telling others how to be healthy but I couldn’t get myself that way. I felt like the ultimate fraud.

So I resigned my position and left the health and wellness industry altogether. I promised myself that I was still going to help others get healthy, but I had to start with myself.

That determination sent me on a new journey.

I pursued personal development. I studied modalities like Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), hypnotherapy, and traditional therapy. I researched eating disorders and how they’re treated. I dug deep and learned a lot.

After a couple of years of this self-improvement kick, I began feeling more confident. I upgraded my belief systems and let go of a lot of self-sabotaging behaviors.

But I still thought about food. A lot of the time.

I still had cravings. I still had mini binges or at minimum a feeling of compulsion towards certain things. There was still a lot of emotional eating.

No matter how much healing I’d done, food still had way too much power over me.

Then there was a particularly bad binge experience that sent me over the edge. I remember laying on my floor crying. Feeling broken. Feeling confused. And feeling like something was deeply wrong with me.

At this point in my life I felt like I only had 2 choices:

I would check myself into an inpatient eating disorder center. OR, I would try Overeaters Anonymous.

I chose the latter. It proved to be the proverbial last straw moment, too…

I had a wonderful woman offer to support me, and we chatted for the first time. The conversation we had was one I’d never forget.

She told me that I’d be addicted to food for the rest of my life. She said that I’d have to abstain from carbs and sugar forever. She told me that I’d always have this “monster” addiction, and that I needed prayer and devotion to get through it.

It would take this white-knuckle abstinence from temptations 24/7, and for the rest of my life. THAT was the only way I’d ever be free.

It was so confronting:

Was I a food addict? Would I struggle with this for the rest of my life?

After a debilitating cry session on the floor. I came to my senses.

NO. NO. NO F-ING WAY. NO.

I refused to accept this as my truth.

Then I thought about all the other women who came to these people for help, and were told the same story.

My no grew – it wasn’t just taking a stand for myself, it was taking a stand for all women who’ve ever felt or been told the same.

I was not an addict that would have to struggle forever – I don’t believe anyone is.

I promised myself that I would NOT let anyone brand me or any other human with an “eating disorder” until the end of time.

Sooo, I hit the books AGAIN…

I embarked on a deep-dive study on addiction. I wanted to learn what it was and what it wasn’t once and for all.

From there, I dug deeply into neuroscience. I learned about how neuroplasticity works. I also did my homework on brain and body physiology.

Through all of my prior experiences and my exhaustive research, I discovered three powerful truths. Three crucial truths that set me free.

Truth #1: Weight loss is not about the perfect diet or the ideal workout. If weight loss or binge-control is the goal, diet and exercise alone are not the answers. In fact, obsessing over them makes your body-food battles significantly worse.

Truth #2: The deep emotional work matters, but it’s also not everything. Emotional work is a big deal, and a significant part of the process. Self-love and body positivity counts. But they won’t get you there by themselves.

Typically, there are some physiological things that are going on at a deeper level that drive eating behavior, that literally have nothing to do with who you are as a person.

Truth #3: I was NOT broken (and neither are you). Through all my ups and downs, I learned the most important truth of all. I wasn’t binging because I was broken, flawed, or hopeless.

I didn’t have an addiction that would plague me for life. There were specific brain and body triggers that were driving my urges to binge, and they needed to be addressed.

Turns out that conventional diet and exercise wisdom was pitting me against my body. It was supposed to set me free, but it kept me stuck in a cycle of binging for over a decade.

Now, here’s the bottom line…

Binge eating isn’t about willpower. It’s not about self-control. You don’t need 10 years of talk therapy to heal yourself. And you definitely don’t need to brand yourself with an eating disorder for life.

It took me over a decade to learn all of this, and it made me realize my true mission.

I needed to teach what I’d learned to others so that they wouldn’t suffer as long as I did. That’s how the Binge eating blueprint was born…

First, I coached women privately for a few years with great success. They’d break free from their struggle in 6 months to a year, but I wanted them to have freedom faster.

So, I created that path with our signature system: The Beating Binge Eating Blueprint

It’s an 8-week journey that has helped 720+ women heal their struggles without years of therapy.

You don’t have to be in a crazy 15-year struggle. You can change your life in a lot less time than that, and we’re here to help!

That’s my story, and I hope that it inspires you to learn more about breaking free, too!

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!

Do These 3 Things for Summer Weight Loss (and Body Confidence year round!)

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It’s summertime, and the living is supposed to be easy. But the season for sun, fun, and friends often brings stress, pressure, and disappointment instead.

It’s especially hard if you hear “summer” and automatically think bikinis, tank tops, and shorts.

If you hate the way your body looks, summer can give you an unfortunate ultimatum: either lose weight or endure a ton of summertime sadness.

Are you stressing about getting through the dress-down season in your current body? Believe me, you’re not the only one!

Back when I struggled with body confidence, I was living in Florida. Let me tell you, enduring the sunshine state culture and hating how my body looked did NOT mix.

I strived to have the Florida beach girl body, but the mirror never seemed to agree with my vision.

So every summer, I went off on a quest for the ideal rapid weight loss plan so I could look the way I thought I should in time for the summer.

Needless to say, the diet-binge-repeat cycle went to a whole new level from June through August.

I followed crazy restrictive diet plans all week, then turned around and binged at parties and barbecues (or home alone by myself) all weekend. That meant the Monday morning food hangovers were especially miserable.

Not exactly summer fun in the sun, right?

Please don’t do what I did…You deserve better than this summer!

Don’t sacrifice your summer stressing over how you look in a bikini or panicking to find the fastest 24-hour “miracle” weight loss cleanse.

First off, it won’t work in a way that actually lasts.

Secondly, it steals your joy and consumes your focus AND who wants that?!

Watch the video below where I show you 3 supportive ways to release weight, ditch the body stress, and actually enjoy your summer!

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Step #1: Take care of yourself first (yes, that means EAT). Let’s face it. Diets are negative by nature. They focus on what you CAN’T have. It’s all about eliminating sugar, carbs, dairy–you name it, some diet out there cuts it out!

What happens when all you tell yourself is NO?

Eventually, your body and brain start believing that food must be scarce, so you better grab it while you can.

For example, what happens when you tell yourself, “I’m not allowed to eat bread because I’m trying to lose weight”?

Sooner or later, all you can think about is bread. All your body wants is bread. And when you finally give in, it turns into a bread free-for-all, right?

This is what I call “survival mode,” and the more you restrict your food, the more powerful it becomes.

Don’t cut calories to “save up” for summer parties, and don’t restrict your food just to look cute in a sundress. It’ll seriously backfire on all your weight loss plans.

Support your body with nourishing foods all summer long, and take survival mode out of the picture.

Step 2: Take a summer vacation from weight loss. I know, it sounds weird considering how I labeled this post…but I had to get you to read, didn’t I?! 😉

Why would I suggest taking a “vacation” from something you want?

Well, because too much weight loss focus will ultimately make your weight loss plan fall flat.

Think of it this way…

Consider what happens when you start a new diet. You’re bound and determined to succeed. You push yourself to follow the plan to the letter, no excuses.

But most of the time, the harder you push, the more your brain and body push back.

The more rules you force yourself to follow, the harder your brain and body will eventually rebound. It’s like pushing your body into a food rebellion–the more you restrict yourself, the worse the fallout when you do give up.

Like many endeavors in life, the harder you fight to get ahead, the further behind you get.

Your focus determines everything. So this summer, instead of focusing on forcing your body to fit that bikini, focus on something else:

Focus on feeling GOOD.

Eat supportive and refreshing foods that make you come alive.

Have fun with movement and exercise.

Enjoy being outdoors and take advantage of the sunshine. In short, make your summer fun again!

Why is this strategy so crazy effective?

The more you honor your body, the stronger your body connection becomes, AND the more you create a loving relationship with your food, the more weight you eventually release. (And without trying!)

#WINNING!

So this summer, go on a quest to connect with your body instead of a quest to drop 20 pounds.

Step 3: Be real about why you want to lose weight. Everyone talks about wanting to lose weight. But think about it for a second. When it comes to slimming down, what’s your deepest motivation?

Sure, you might think that you just want to cute in a summertime outfit. But in my experience, the mirror or the scale alone is never the whole story.

So ask yourself this, and be totally real with your answer…

How do you really think your life will change when you lose weight? What deeper rewards do you believe will come from dropping a certain number of pounds?

Some people want to lose weight to feel more confident in their body, whether they’re wearing a bathing suit or a business suit.

Others believe that weight loss will bring inner peace to their mind, body, and spirit.

Still others think that dropping a dress size or two will simply make them happier.

Now, here’s my next question…

Do you have to wait to lose weight before you can feel confident, peaceful, or happy?

Sit with that question for a minute, and see what comes up for you!

This question was an eye-opener for me.

Back in the day, I made yo-yo dieting an Olympic level sport. I was all over the map with my weight, to say the least.

I’ve been 40 pounds heavier than I am now. I’ve also been 20 pounds lighter than I am today.
At the time I believed that the latter was my ticket to peace, confidence, and happiness.

But here’s where it gets interesting…

Whether the scale was up or down, I was never happy for very long.

When I was overweight, I fought to take that weight off. When I was at my thinnest, I panicked that the weight would come back.

It wasn’t until I decided to embody peace, confidence and happiness that I began to love my life.

And I decided to embody those feelings without waiting for the scale to hit a certain number.

How did I do it? I decided to feel all the positive feelings that I thought I’d get from weight loss. That meant doing things to make me feel peaceful, confident, and happy–none of which had anything to do with how I looked.

I stopped waiting for weight loss, and started feeling the way I wanted to feel.

Wouldn’t you know it–not only did I feel a million times better right away, but I also started to release weight effortlessly!

Coincidence? Definitely not.

If your happiness comes from outside of yourself, you’ll always be chasing a new external fix. The game will never end, and your joy will never last.

But if you can find confidence, joy, and happiness from within, outside circumstances (like the scale or the mirror) won’t control your life anymore!

So do me a quick favor and try this right now:

Take a deep breath, close your eyes, and ask yourself what you believe losing weight will get you.

Identify the desired feelings that you think will come losing weight.

Then start taking action to embody them NOW, weight loss or not!

For example:

If you want more confidence, do something to boost your confidence that has nothing to do with weight loss.

Maybe that’s wearing your favorite power outfit or jamming out to a song that pumps you up. Whatever it is, use it to lift your confidence without waiting for weight loss!

Cultivate those positive feelings NOW, whether you lose weight or not. Don’t delay your happiness because you haven’t lost weight (yet)!

That’s my summertime challenge to you!

Please don’t let shorts, bikinis, and tank tops trigger you into crazy diets and fitness freakouts.

Instead, eat nourishing foods, honor your body, and focus on feeling good.

Take back your summer this year, and put these three steps to work for you!

I know this might sound challenging. But you deserve to have an amazing summer without any mirror or scale-based stress.

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.

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The Secret Force That Makes You Hate Your Body (and how to shut it down)

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We all know that the body positivity movement has helped millions of people feel more empowered in their skin. That’s a great thing!

But let’s be real. Healing from a lifetime of body image issues isn’t necessarily as easy as just following a hashtag or saying a few positive affirmations.

The idea of loving your body is all well and good. But what if despite this positive self-talk, you still cringe every time you look in the mirror because you’re not a size zero?

If you secretly still wish to be thin, does that mean you’re superficial or too hung up on your looks?

The answer is NO. Believe it or not, your desire to be thin is likely about more than looking cute in form-fitting clothes. Really.

What if I told you that there’s a secret force that is triggering you to hate your body?

I know that sounds a little bit out there, but stay with me on this one.

It’s an under-the-radar idea that has been passed down through the collective consciousness for years, and it’s become a staple of societal conditioning.

This force makes you reject yourself if you fall outside the pre-approved beauty standards.

It triggers you to go on quests to be thin at all costs. And it ultimately leads you to an endless cycle of food struggles, weight gain, and self-rejection.

Sounds like a wild conspiracy theory, right? But this force is a thing. And it’s been wreaking havoc on our lives for a long time.

Does this mean that it has the power to keep you stuck in a body-hating battle forever?

Absolutely not!

You can free yourself from those under-the-radar vibes that keep you stuck in the food-obsessed, body-loathing Matrix.

But first, need to know what that under-the-radar menace is! That’s what I’m sharing with you today.

What is that veiled set of rules, and how can you stop it from pushing your self-rejection buttons once and for all?

Today I’m revealing the truth behind that all-powerful desire to be thin, and what you can do to take your power back–and love your body at ANY size!

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Let’s start with the facts. Like it or not, sometimes public opinion has more power than we realize. It influences a lot more than what’s popular on Instagram or what shoes are in style this season.

The power of collective thinking has been influencing the planet at a deep level for a long time.

Let me explain what I mean by that…

WAY back in the day, people were up against harsh conditions in their physical environments.

No electricity, no running water, no grocery stores–you get the idea.

When battling to survive was the reality, being part of a tribe was literally a matter of life or death. If you were part of the tribe, you were protected. But if you were cast out and left to survive on your own, your chances of making it were pretty slim.

The message was clear–the lone wolf dies, the pack survives. So you better be accepted by the pack.

Of course, life in the 21st century is a lot less harsh in that way. But those ancient triggers still torment us today, and in the most unexpected ways.

They get you in shopping mall dressing rooms, at the dinner table, and when you’re scrolling Instagram, comparing yourself to everyone you see.

Those subconscious messages from eons ago show up in our 21st century lives through a thing I call “tribe mentality.”

Tribe mentality is the notion that you must be accepted by the tribe if you want to survive. It’s those subconscious triggers that make you believe that it’s either fit in or perish. And those old triggers have been part of the collective consciousness for centuries.

Only nowadays, it’s more about emotional acceptance than physical survival.

So if TV, social media, and popular opinion says that fitting in means being thin, how does the primordial, tribe-based part of your brain respond?

It tells you that if you don’t look right, you’ll be cast out. You’ll be denied acceptance, love, partnership, connection–all your core human needs–if you don’t comply with the standard.

Believe it or not, your brain and body take this as a genuine threat to your survival.

Sounds a little bit dramatic, doesn’t it? But those deep-rooted survival fears are still part of our human experience–even if the threat of physical death isn’t in the picture as much anymore.

Viscerally and subconsciously, a wish to be thin is more about fitting in, being loved, and staying safe. Whether we recognize it or not, we all equate thinness with our survival at some point.

These subconscious messages that tell us to fit in or get kicked out have morphed into that secret force I’ve been talking about.

I call this secret force “diet culture.”

Diet culture dictates that key to happiness is fitting in–and to fit in, you better look a certain way.  It’s the mentality that one size really DOES fit all. And if you don’t fit that size, you’ll be judged, ridiculed, criticized–or worse, rejected by society.

The world does its best to back up these crazy claims, too.

Think about it. Most clothes in stores are constructed for a narrow range of body shapes and sizes. Models, Social Media Influencers, people on TV–they all fit the mold.

And quite frankly, it’s an unfair and unrealistic mold for most of us!

But diet culture doesn’t stop there…

First, it tells you how you should look. Then the diet industry swoops in with a shiny new eating plan to answer all of your fear-based thinness prayers.

Then, marketing monsters prey on your fear.

They promise that their plan will make you lose weight. And then suddenly you’ll be loved, accepted and acknowledged–and safe. (Of course, they never flat-out say it that way…)

Needless to say, you desperately try to make that diet work. You and I both know how that usually turns out, right?

Yet no matter how often the conventional methods fail, we keep trying, buying the idea that thinness equals happiness. For some of us, that becomes an obsession with fitting the ideal body image perfectly.

At one point, I fiercely believed that once I was the right size, rainbows and unicorns would fall from the sky. I’d finally be loved, accepted, and happy. All I needed to do was lose weight, and all my worries would vanish.

I did everything I could to get there, too. I even got into fitness competitions to ensure I was taking my weight loss convictions seriously.

Funny how not even that was enough for me…

Despite that I was strutting on the fitness stage strutting with the best of them, I wasn’t satisfied. I wouldn’t even let my family take my picture because I believed that didn’t look good enough yet.

That’s what the diet culture can do to your psyche if it goes unchecked. You end up chasing an impossible standard of perfection that you’ll never quite meet.

At the end of the day, diet culture acts as a mental time machine that takes you back to the day when not fitting in meant certain death. So it’s look the right way, or else…

Now, what if I told you that no matter how powerful these primordial beliefs feel, you are more powerful than they are?

Here’s the truth. You don’t have to be thin to fit in. You don’t have to be a certain size to be loved. You definitely don’t have to look a certain way to survive.

Sure, it’s OK to want to lose weight. But remember that healthy, energized, beautiful bodies come in all shapes and sizes. It’s not “one size fits all,” no matter what diet culture says!

The key is making peace with your body type, and knowing that no matter what, you are enough.

After years of being under the influence of diet culture, though, that might sound like a lot to ask. That’s where the techniques that we teach and Beating Binge Eating come into play!

It’s about connecting into alignment with your mind, body, and spirit. It’s about knowing what you need to feel amazing in your skin, not what some Instagram influencer tells you that you need.  It’s about appreciating your body and all that it does for you, every day.

Most of all, it’s about creating the body and life you adore, not trying to follow the rules of a tribe that no longer exists!

These days, I take care of my body. I eat according to its needs, and I exercise. But I no longer choose broccoli over bread because I’m scared I’ll put on an extra pound. I don’t obsessively run to the gym every day for fear of missing a workout and falling off track.

Now, I know what I desire in life, and I take care of myself in every moment.  I’m not willing to torture myself to fit anyone else’s idea of attractiveness. I love the body I’m in, even though it might have a bit more cellulite than I did in my fitness model days.

And guess what? I’ve never been healthier or happier!

Tribe mentality and diet culture don’t rule my life anymore. They don’t have to have a say in your life anymore, either!

How would it feel to let go of unrealistic expectations, disempower diet culture, and feel incredible in your body?

Imagine no longer needing to try every fad diet or crazy workout in a desperate attempt to change your body.

Think of how it would be to know that you are loved, worthy, and safe, no matter what your size.

Imagine being impervious to the deep dark triggers that make you hate your body.

You can do it–and I’m here to help!

Let me show you how to live your life feeling energized, inspired, and balanced within your body!

I’ll show you how to turn food into an ally instead of an enemy. And you’ll learn to appreciate YOUR body for what it is and without fear of rejection or ridicule!

You don’t need to change to be loved. You don’t need anyone else’s approval to feel safe. You deserve to feel comfortable, energized, and happy in your body right NOW.

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!

REVEALED: 3 Truths Behind The “Perfect” Lives of Influencers

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It’s one of the ultimate 21st-century problems.

You’re putting off a boring task (like folding the laundry). Against your better judgment, you plop down on the sofa, pick up the phone, and partake of that great American pastime…

Scrolling on Instagram.

The second you sign on, you see that blush-pink picture of the girl journaling on the beach, manifesting her dream life, and citing an inspirational quote.

Then there’s the photo of that perfect woman in that gorgeous outfit that she got from a sponsor for free, lounging on a yacht on a Tuesday morning while sipping a cocktail.

What about the photo of the mom who is rocking her hair and makeup while driving the kids in matching outfits to school in a brand new Range Rover?

You get the picture. (Literally.)

You scroll on, and your heart sinks. Then your mind goes into overdrive. It reminds you that you may never be as pretty, thin, rich, or Zen-like as everyone in your news feed.

But what if there’s more to each Insta-worthy moment than meets the eye? What if everything isn’t quite as perfect as it might look?

Today I’m giving you a behind-the-scenes look at Instagram influencers and Social Media Superstars. And along the way, I might expose some not-so-pretty truths about lives that look a little…too…perfect.

Quick disclaimer: I’m not playing sour grapes. I’m not knocking anyone who shares the highlights of their life on Social Media, either (we all do that, myself included)!

But what I do want is to free you from self-judgment. Because what you see on Facebook or Instagram is just part of that person’s story – it’s not the full thing.

You don’t have to hold your life to the standards you see on Social Media. Why?

Because–those standards aren’t even real!

Ready to learn the truth behind your favorite influencer’s Instagram highlight reel–and how to stop comparing it to your own behind-the-scenes reel? Let’s dive in!

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These days, people are getting more transparent and vulnerable on Social Media platforms.

Honesty and realness are slowly but surely becoming more common since the advent of things like Facebook lives and Instagram stories. This is the good news.

Then, there’s the rest of your news feed…

The perfect pictures, the constant happiness, the impossible standards, all on a 24/7 repeating loop.

Let me share three truths that just might change the way you feel when you’re scrolling…

Truth #1: Every picture tells a story (with an agenda). Here’s the deal. What you see in your news feed might look like spontaneous moments. But more often than not, they’re staged, hand-selected images.

No matter how truthful or authentic someone is, there’s usually an intention behind the snapshots. It’s a well-thought out picture with an agenda behind it, and it wants to make you take a specific action like enrolling in a program, buying a product, envying their lives to build their following so they get paid more for sponsorships to do the aforementioned in the future.

Sure, their agenda might be to inspire you. It might be to save puppies or trees. Or to sell you something that’ll change your life. But no matter how well-meaning a post is, it’s usually not off the cuff–a lot of planning went into it!

Now, don’t get me wrong– there’s nothing wrong with selling, portraying, or promoting anything (we do it here)!

But don’t let someone else furthering their own agenda make you feel like your life isn’t good enough.

What they’re posting is promoting their purpose. So remember not to take it too personally!

Truth #2: The picture doesn’t tell the whole story. Remember that picture of that guy in the hot car or that girl posing on a yacht with a cocktail? How about that woman with the perfectly symmetrical face and chiseled cheekbones?

What if I told you that they might not be sharing everything that went into that photo-op?

The truth is, many Social Media stars are doing a lot of prep-work before the camera clicks.

Because let’s be real–portraying an image on the internet can be a full-time job.

I know internet marketer guys who rent Lamborghinis and mansions as props for their video ads shoots and then claim them as their own.

There are tons of Instagram models who shape their faces with plastic surgery, face fillers, and wrinkle relaxers. Even with thick contoured makeup.

Now, full disclosure–I am not knocking things like bronzers, Botox, or body wraps. In fact, I’m a contoured makeup fan myself, I’ve had had botox in my forehead… I’m not saying that any of these things make someone a fake.

I’m just reminding you that nobody was born with a perfect face or an ideal body. Even the most stunning model doesn’t roll out of bed looking like a covergirl.

The pictures might look natural, but I promise that what you see is often more about the makeup and enhancements than the genes!

And for the one’s who are more natural with that look that you know I’m talking about, they are the rare 1%…God bless them! And it’s important to not compare ourselves to something that’s not naturally achievable for 99% of the population.

So keep that in mind if you wonder why you don’t look like your favorite Instagram celebrity when you wake up in the morning–believe me, nearly all of them (myself included) don’t either!

Truth #3: Highlight reels don’t show all that is real. We all want to share the good stuff in our lives, the things that make us happy. There’s nothing wrong with that.

But there’s one more news feed truth bomb that we all need to remember. More often than not, whether it’s an influencer with a million followers or your next-door-neighbor, we all share the highs over the lows.

In other words, we see just a small percentage of everyone’s life when we scroll through our favorite apps.

Let’s be real–even the happiest people on the internet aren’t in high-vibe harmony every minute of every day. Just because someone posts an inspirational quote in the afternoon doesn’t mean that they didn’t have an emotional meltdown that morning.

In fact, whenever I schedule my posts – sometimes I see my own one come out when I’m having a moment and think oh man, that’s not how I’m feeling right now.

No matter where someone lives, how sculpted their abs are, or how hot their car is, they have their moments. Guaranteed.

They wake up some days feeling less than perfect. They have insecurities, confusions, struggles, and dreams as we all do.

Again, choosing to share photos of their Zen-like beach walk over their emotional breakdown does not make them fake. It just means that the beach walk is a part of their life, not their entire life.  

Everyone has their dreams, struggles, wins, and losses. What anyone chooses to share on social media, celebrity or not, is up to them.

At the end of the day, remember that we’re all human, we all have our moments, and we’re in this life thing together!

Here’s the biggest thing of all–the more you let go of self-comparison, the freer you become.

You’re free to be you while letting everyone around you–even the social sedia superstar you’ve never met–be herself, too.

How liberating is that?

So what can you do to avoid comparison, take back your power, and scroll through Instagram with less stress?

Here are my top three steps to social scrolling freedom!

Step 1: Remember the purpose behind every post. Keep in mind that an a lot of posts are created to enroll you in something, sell you something, or trigger a feeling. There’s marketing, mindset, and psychology at play, and it’s all serving an agenda (even if it is a positive one)!

Don’t take any of it too seriously, or too personally. Build the resilience so so that you can stay in your power, no matter what anyone in your Instagram feed is doing.

Step 2: Decide what you want for yourself. If you decide to compare yourself to anyone, let it be you! By that, I mean the version of you that you want to be.

But this is the important part: reach for your dream life not by dwelling on what you don’t have, but by envisioning what you need right now to take the next step. Choose to align with the way you want to feel, and follow the people who inspire those feelings.

You don’t have live by the standards set by random influencers (who in reality may or may not be living their best lives) just because their post got 10,000 likes.

Decide what you want to feel, follow the accounts that bring on those feelings, and let go of the rest.

Step 3: Unfollow, unfollow, unfollow. The accounts you’re following might seem to be positive. But if there’s anything that triggers you or makes you feel less than, don’t feel obligated to keep them in your feed. Use that “unfollow” button for its intended purpose.

It’s what I call a “Social Media Detox,” and you might be due for one!

I strongly encourage you to take some time every now and then to give your online space a little energy check. Look at what is showing up in your newsfeed on the regular, and ask yourself truthfully how it makes you feel.

And if there’s a person, place, or thing you that does not bring you joy, just #KonMari it and hit that unfollow button!

Honestly, I’ve had to unfollow a lot of those motivational quote accounts, crazy as that might sound. Why?

The truth is that many of them just didn’t inspire me anymore. Some were even triggering for me, believe it or not because I’d think of how far I had to go to get “there”.

Here’s the thing. No matter who you are or how much success you’ve had, everyone has triggering moments. There’s no reason to keep those triggers around if they’re only bringing you down.

Life is challenging enough, and nobody needs energy sinkholes on their phone.

So if you’re following a recipe account that only makes you stress about food, unfollow it.

If there’s a fitness influencer that makes you second guess your weight loss journey, let that person go.

If there is anyone who makes you look at your life and say, “OMG, I’ll never be like her,” get them out of the scrolling loop, pronto!

I invite you to go through your news feed, eliminate the noise that steals your joy or drains your energy, and keep what lifts you up. That’s your assignment for today!

No matter what, let me assure you: where you are right now is perfect for you in this moment. Don’t allow anyone else’s journey make you feel like you’re behind in life.

Use what you see online as motivation, inspiration, or a chance to learn instead of a reminder of how far you have to go. And if someone’s posts steal your joy, just say NO and unfollow.

Keep your online space a loving, supportive, inspiring place for where you are now, and leave the rest!

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So what do you think? Have you ever been triggered by the “perfect” lives of Instagram influencers, and do any of these truths surprise you? How about my tips to trigger-proof your Social Media feeds?

Can’t wait to hear your thoughts on this hot topic! Leave me a comment below!

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