Empowered Eating - Michelle Yandle

Anxiety, loneliness, boredom and anger are emotions that can trigger what we eat.

If you’ve been on more than one diet in your life, feel confused about what you can eat and have anxiety over your choices or guilt after eating, this programme is the solution to release you from that cycle.

Next Enrolment for group coaching Feb 2023

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I am finally free

“After living life for 30 years constantly thinking about food, dieting, feeling guilty about what I ate and letting food dictate my self-worth I can say I am finally FREE.

I wish I could explain to you the lightness I feel now. The heavy weight of shame and guilt has been lifted and I have so many other good things to put my mind to. I am more in tune with my body, its needs and I feel I am in charge of food, not the other way around.”

– Nadia A.

Can you relate?

Eating foods off “the plan” freaks you out.
You eat “well” through the week only to lose control on the weekends.
Food thoughts consume a big chunk of your day.
You’re not happy in your body but can’t handle the thought of another diet.
You can’t keep your favourite foods in the house – you’d eat them all at once!
You’re tired of the cycle of starting a new diet, feeling restricted, falling off track and starting all over again
You just want food freedom but it’s just so hard!

We’re here to help you break that cycle.

Say Hello to future you

01.Piece of cake? Piece of cake!
02.You’ve learned to eat intuitively.
03.No longer worry about weight gain
04.You can eat what you want, when you want, without guilt, stress, or anxiety.

05.Co-exist with cookies…without completely losing your shit.
06.You’re the boss now, not food.
07.Feeling healthy and energised like never before. That's what this is all about!

I'm Ready For Change

Feel Great, Eat Cake!

What's included

A proven evidence-based 8 step course with high-quality video tutorials and resources designed for every learning style.
Copy of The NEW Empowered Eating Workbook delivered to your door (NZ/Australia only)
24/7 lifetime access
Free membership to our private VIP support group on Facebook.
Email check-ins from an Empowered Eating Coach
No more failed attempts = priceless
Fortnightly live group coaching classes
Ebook A Guide to Gentle Nutrition by Michelle Yandle
Sweet sweet care package (full of surprises)

Let's Do It!

Investment in you

The next intake for the Empowered Eating Signature Programme is Feb 8 2023

Payment Plan

3 payments of

$195 NZD

One time payment

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$547 NZD

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Course Outline

It’s essential to understand where you are at in your eating journey and discover the drivers that are contributing to your existing eating habits (good or bad).

In this module, Michelle walks you through her process for finding your inner motivations, so that can set specific goals around your eating habits and effectively work towards achieving them.

Most of us have tried dieting many times only to end up tried, hungry and cranky when we fail to stick to them.

In this module, Michelle will teach you the science behind diets (and how they create a restrictive, controlling relationship to food) so that you can break your dependency on them and let go of the idea that a lack of willpower is why you have failed.

Awareness is the key to breaking free from the ‘highway hypnosis’ of food — that automatic urge that tells you to reach for food for comfort, regardless of how hungry you actually are.

Michelle shares how to press pause before you turn to food so that eating becomes a more conscious habit. You will come away from this module with a clear understanding of how to identify your body’s hunger signals, so that you can rebuild trust with food and yourself.

Ignoring cues of fullness can lead to overeating. Now that you have learnt how to identify hunger, it’s time to reconnect with the messages your body sends after you have eaten.

In this module, Michelle will help you tune into the eating process and take note of how you feel after you eat. You will discover how to listen to how your body feels after eating so that you can experiment with natural curiosity around eating rather than sticking to rigid rules.

Reclaiming our love of all foods and allowing for all foods is key to no longer worrying about cravings, reducing emotional overeating and overall mental wellbeing.

In this class, you will learn how to make peace with the foods you’ve struggled with most. Michelle will show you how to reintroduce foods back into your diet without feeling triggered to overeat so that you can finally stop the cycle of feeling shame guilt and frustration from overeating.

Boredom, rebellion, loneliness, stress and seeing food can all be triggers for emotional eaters. Learning how to overcome these roadblocks will help you continue to have the foods you love without overeating.

In this module Michelle shows you how to work out what triggers make you feel out of control and how to stop eating when feeling strong emotions.

Forget worrying about powders or supplements; this module focuses on small steps to get more nutrients into your diet. Our body needs macronutrients such as fats and protein and micronutrients, to keep everything functioning.

Michelle shows you how to avoid confusing nutrition advice and choose more of the foods that will make you feel great and help fuel your body.

The more we engage in things that bring us joy and move our body in ways that feel good the less control food will have over us.

In this module, you will come away with an understanding that the more you learn to take care of yourself, the less control food will have over you. Michelle shows you how to move forward with self-care, so that you learn to focus on the good no longer operate from a place of judgement and criticism.

In this final module, we wrap things up into a nice little package and set down the groundwork to make these changes life-long. We’ve also created a special masterclass to arm you with everything you need for when diet culture sneaks back in.

Let's do this

OMG everyone needs to hear your message! I can’t stop crying but it’s all in a good way.

I’ve never been challenged to think this way before… thank you!

Penny Aiava

FAQ

Yikes! #awkward. Seriously though, that's a good question! Like any programme/course/training or anything like this. The results are based purely on what you put into it, the actions you take, the decisions you make and the time you put into it etc. etc. etc. I can’t make any promises or guarantees because I don’t know you! And while I’m here to support you, I can’t MAKE you do anything right? What I can tell you though, that this course has been set up to make things a lot easier for you to succeed if you do the work and take action on it.

Ah, geez. You're really putting me on the spot today! Honest answer, I don’t know. If you have excess weight on your body due to an unhealthy relationship with food you might lose weight on this programme but all bodies and circumstances are different and so there is no way to say. Empowered Eating is a non-diet approach to having a healthy relationship to food (diets are usually the things that screw us up in the first place, and you can’t heal from what hurt ya!). That said, Empowered Eating is still very much a health-promoting choice. It can help you find what a healthy weight is for your body, based on your natural set-point weight (your genetic blueprint) and a set of healthy behaviours, not based on a number on the scale. Empowered Eating works under the general idea that health is a feeling not a look. Coo?

You sure can! I actually recommend it. Remember how we’re getting away from diets? That also means that this course does not give you any strict rules or meal plans – just some inspiration and tips to make meal planning super easy. If you need additional support with your condition and specific advice, you may want to work with one of our nutritionists along the way. Any advice should NEVER replace that of your GP and/or medical professionals.

I don't know... do you? The beauty of this course is you can spend as little or as much time as you’d like. The modules open up weekly and each module has some activities and reading as well as videos to watch. Overall, you can do this course in just 10 min a day, or 30 min or so a week. Maybe a quick read once the kids are in bed or on a break at work. If time is particularly short, I'd start by treating it as simply some learnings and read a bit each day. You can go back and do the tasks and activities when you have more time.

Because epic experiences take epic amounts of time. There's a lot involved in setting this programme up including fancy boxes and special stickers. Not only that but I intend to give you 100% and that kind of dedication takes up a lot of time and energy - no matter how much I love it! So! Yep, twice per year but well worth the wait. If you're a keen bean and you really want to dig in... you can always do the self-study option now and upgrade when doors re-open.

It helps. This course is 100% online and so there is some basic understanding of the web and apps needed to do this programme. That being said, if you're comfortable with online meetings, sending emails and shopping online, for example, you'll be able to do this programme. We're here to help!

The Empowered Eating course supports many different learning styles. Each online video comes with downloadable information. You'll also have access to physical workbooks, an entire course load of work in itself that helps you to learn from anywhere. You'll also have exclusive membership to our private Facebook group so you can ask questions (anonymously if preferred) at any time. You can also email Michelle any time.

What price tag would you put on completely changing your relationship with food, so that you have health and vitality, without losing your shit around food? I decided on $547 which is crazy low. I know I've seen a few other programmes out there and they are charging quadruple amounts for something like this (and they don't offer a sweet sweet care package. That being said, I never want price to be a barrier, get in touch and we can work out options.

But I’ve tried everything and nothing works!!!

I know, I know, that’s why we’re here though right? I’ve been there too! But guess what I’ve learned, it’s NOT your fault. There’s a reason why dieting doesn’t work and we’re going to learn all about it my friend. I want you to feel empowered, not like a failure. By the end of this programme, you’ll be ready to punch diets in the face for everything they’ve done to mess up your mind and body over the years. Time to break free friends, time to REALLY take care of your health and wellbeing…. Without diets (they are dicks).

Also, my friend, you haven’t tried this!

The Empowered Eating Workbook

Prefer to learn without the screen? The Empowered Eating Programme is for you! As part of this course, you’ll get a 200-page physical workbook to follow along and do the activities. Having a physical workbook will help you to succeed by making the material. more accessible and allowing you to work on the activities no matter where you are. Beach? Bach? You got it! Just maybe keep it out of the water.

The Experience will give you all the help and resources you need to be your healthiest self without confusing and conflicting rules...

By the end of the experience you will have:

A clear idea of which foods are best for your unique body and taste buds.
A newfound connection with your body and its signals.
All your favourite foods in the cupboard without them calling your name 24/7
A go-to reference with everything you need to revisit the programme at any time.
The ‘aha’ moments you wish you’d had years ago.
A clear path forward without diets
A 200-page resource you can hold in the palm of your hand as well as a pdf that you can print out any time… And so much more!

Wait, there's more!

“Man oh man, do I ever want to see you succeed. This is what I’m all about. It’s what gets me up in the morning (well that and coffee) and drives me to do what I do. I really want to make this work for you. I’ll do anything to see you succeed and so The Experience comes with a whole lot of extra support.”

Michelle Yandle

I’m here to:

Keep you on track! You’ll have weekly modules with action steps and heaps of ‘ah-ha’ moments to unlock your inner motivation.
Keep you accountable: You’ll have me checking in with you throughout the course as well as doing LIVE classes every fortnight where you can ask questions and share successes.
Answer your questions: Not only can you ask questions in the Experience support group – but you can email me any time (yep, even 3am when your brain is spinning)_ and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can (probably not at 3am).
Offer support and love: I’m here for you. What more can I say? We’re in this together.

“So very happy about eating with intention and not feeling guilty about my choices ONCE since we started this journey. And that is FREEDOM to me. I love it.”

– Empowered Eating participant

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By the end of this experience you will have:

A clear idea of which foods are best for your unique body and taste buds.
A newfound connection with your body and it’s signals
All your favourite foods in the cupboard without them calling your name 24/7
A go-to reference with everything you need to revisit the programme at any time.
The “aha” moments you wish you had years ago.
A clear path forward without diets
A 200-page resource you can hold in the palm of your hand as well as a pdf you can print out any time.. and so much more!

So, what's holding you back?

Fear of failure?

Nah uh. You can’t fail at this one.
I know, you’ve been there, done diets before but this is different. I promise you. You absolutely can’t fail because there is no wrong way to do this programme. And if you’ve self-sabotaged in the past – well you’ve come to the right place. We’ll get to the bottom of ‘why’ and what you can do about it. Just have an open mind, go through the modules, get support and watch the magic unfold. Ok, it’s not magic, it’s research but what eves.

Wanting an easier ‘way out’

Yeah yeah I know. Diets are so glitzy and pretty and make such lovely promises but has the ‘easy’ way out been all that easy? Did the weight stay off? Was it so much fun to restrict your favourite foods? Did you feel empowered around cookies? Bottom line, is quick and easy doesn’t work long term. Empowered eating on the other hand –is a game changer. But don’t worry, it’s not rocket science either. I’ll guide you through small doable and sustainable steps along the way. It’s worked for others, it will work for you!

Worried it will be just another thing you’ll buy and never use?

Yeah I know, we’re inundated with online courses these days (thanks Covid) and maybe you’ve done a few in the past and just got tired of staring at a computer screen. But! The Empowered Eating Experience is different! Not only do you have your very own workbook to guide you (honestly, you don’t even have to open your computer if you don’t want to) you’ll have heaps of support through our live classes and can reach out any time. We’re in this together. This is an experience – not just another online course.

Too busy?

Welcome to the club. Seriously though, this programme is designed to work within your schedule. You can put in as little or as much time as you’d like and you’ll still get the job done. You’ll have access to the group, and the materials for life – so you’ve got nothing to lose.

LET'S DO IT TOGETHER

I've been there, I get it

Hi! I’m Michelle…

I was the school weirdo.

I know what it’s like to be different and thanks to that I wanted to create something different. I was that sweet, slightly weird 80’s kid with a ‘few extra Kg’s’, the perm and some sweet as bottle cap glasses. Basically, a walking target for those mean kids.

That being said, if I hadn’t had the experiences I had and spent most of my life ‘fitting out’ I wouldn’t have been able to create this programme – because trying to ‘fit in’ is what got us into this mess in the first place. Let’s be rebels, let’s be slightly weird together and lets’ do things differently for a change – because let’s face it. It’s hip to be square.

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