The Art of Recovery
Expanding Your Journey Spring 2025 Session
A 3-month Interactive
Where neuroscience meets spiritual wisdom in eating recovery
🌟 The Journey Beyond Food
"Recovery isn't about perfecting your eating or reaching a certain weight although that can and often does happen. It's about reconnecting with your authentic self and reorganizing your life around your authentic center."
Transform your relationship with food by understanding the deep connection between your nervous system, authentic self, and eating patterns. This isn't just another program about what to eat—it's about discovering why you eat the way you do and finding lasting freedom.
Why This Program Works When Diets Don't
"The concept of reframing has been pivotal. Every time I turn down the noise by calming my nervous system, I'm lowering the need to go to food." - Program Participant
We Address the Root Causes:
- Understand the deeper patterns driving food behaviors
- Recognize how your nervous system influences cravings
- Learn why traditional diets trigger the very behaviors they try to stop
- Discover how earned secure attachment creates lasting freedom with food
Science Meets Soul: Our curriculum draws from pioneering experts in neuroscience, trauma healing, and spiritual growth:
- Polyvagal Theory: Understanding how your nervous system influences food behaviors
- Attachment Theory: Exploring how early relationships shape your relationship with food
- Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Developing awareness that creates freedom from thought suppression
- Self-Compassion Research: Using kindness rather than criticism to create lasting change
- Nervous System Regulation: Practical tools to calm your body and reduce cravings
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🗓️ Program Structure
đź“š A Science-Backed, Spiritually-Informed Approach
Our program integrates cutting-edge research from neuroscience, psychology, trauma recovery, and spiritual wisdom traditions to create a comprehensive path to healing. This interdisciplinary approach addresses the root causes of food dysfunction rather than just managing symptoms.
THE PRACTICAL PATH (Weeks 1-4)
- The Neurobiology of Food Triggers: Discover how your brain processes emotional experiences as physical threats, and learn practical tools for regulating your nervous system
- Beyond All-or-Nothing Thinking: Apply cognitive science research on binary thinking to develop flexible approaches to food, boundaries, and recovery
- Language and Neural Pathways: Explore how the words we use reshape our neural connections, and practice evidence-based reframing techniques
- Sensory Processing and Eating Patterns: Understand the science of sensory sensitivity and develop tailored strategies to transform overwhelm into awareness
THE COURAGEOUS HEART (Weeks 5-8)
- Default Mode Network and Authentic Self: Learn how modern neuroscience distinguishes between narrative thinking and embodied awareness, and practice shifting between these states
- Energy Economics of Willpower: Master the scientific understanding of willpower as a limited resource and implement proven techniques for renewal
- The Physiology of Emotions: Discover the biological differences between bodily emotional responses and cognitive interpretations, and how this knowledge transforms your relationship with food
- The Paradox of Suppression: Apply psychological research on thought suppression to understand why trying not to think about food makes cravings stronger
THE AWAKENING SELF (Weeks 9-12)
- Polyvagal Theory in Practice: Implement body-first approaches to regulation based on cutting-edge research on how your nervous system drives behavior
- Attachment Science and Eating Behaviors: Connect developmental psychology insights on early relationships to your current food patterns and learn secure attachment practices
- The Integration of Mind-Body-Spirit: Develop your internal guidance system through practices that integrate cognitive, somatic, and contemplative approaches
- Your Personalized Recovery Framework: Synthesize your learnings into a customized approach that honors your unique path and supports lasting transformation
🧠The Revolutionary Perspective on Food Dysfunction
This program illuminates what conventional approaches miss:
- The Tiger in the Room: Your brain responds to emotional triggers the same way it responds to physical threats
- Reframing Cravings: Food cravings aren't failures—they're spotlights illuminating what needs your attention
- The 90-Second Rule: Emotions typically last about 90 seconds if not fueled by thoughts
- The Coping Tool Gap: Taking away comfort foods without new regulation tools leaves your body in distress
- Food as a Signal: When you have a desire to eat, you're probably suppressing thoughts that need attention
✨ What Participants Experience
- Shifting from Judgment to Curiosity: "It has helped me to know that my thoughts are real, but not necessarily accurate." —Christine
- Reclaiming Your Sensitivity: "I'm seeing my sensitivity not as a flaw but as my personal radar system." —Participant
- Using Cravings as Information: "I'm moving towards using my cravings as red flags—like an alert system, not something wrong with me." —Tommie
- Building Self-Compassion: "I've noticed more compassion for myself. I'm a little softer now." —Participant
Finding Freedom from Binary Thinking: "I'm allowing an alternate possibility now, instead of being stuck in rigid thinking." —Durrell
Let's heal together!
 Surface-level fixes don't last. Going on a new diet, adopting some self-care practices, or reading some inspirational quotes can motivate temporary behavior change. But real integration and habit-change happens through the in-depth identity work of full recovery.Â
"The course was fabulous and I got so much out of it. The guidance and wisdom that Patricia and  Sonja provided throughout the course really helped me continue to show up and go deeper into my healing journey." ~ Kelley
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"Such an amazing offering! I’m so grateful to have been a part of it! You both bring so much and complement one another beautifully. Thank you for all that you shared!" ~ Toni
"I have only been able to listen to the recordings but I can tell you that I found each recording well worth the time and money. I feel like this course shortened my own journey but traveling with those who have gone ahead of me. Thank you!" ~ Evelyn
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"You two are amazing. I fell off near the end but have watched playbacks. Love the course and looking forward to what is next." ~ Duffin
"I’ve felt for a while that I have to go deeper and get curious if I am ever to linger in the pause rather than reflexively reach for NMF/NMD. The program you put together, Sonja and Patricia, and your reassuring, knowledgeable presence are serving as a much less fearful start to the journey." ~ Barbara
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"Thank you, Patricia and Sonja, for putting this amazing program together.. it has transformed me and I continue to deepen ..fabuloso!!!" ~ J
Patricia comes from a long history of 12-step and is a certified Empowerment Coach.
Sonja comes from a long history of health-related healing through science.
The two came together years ago and have been perfecting their own spiritual and healing paths combining their journeys into the two tracks of healing.
You had the courage to try some "drastic" measures to heal your own food issues, and now want to maintain, sustain and release old patterns and cravings.Â
Join us for a glimpse into the world of the art of recovery.
🧠The Revolutionary Perspective on Food Dysfunction
This program illuminates what conventional approaches miss:
- The Tiger in the Room: Your brain responds to emotional triggers the same way it responds to physical threats
- Reframing Cravings: Food cravings aren't failures—they're spotlights illuminating what needs your attention
- The 90-Second Rule: Emotions typically last about 90 seconds if not fueled by thoughts
- The Coping Tool Gap: Taking away comfort foods without new regulation tools leaves your body in distress
- Food as a Signal: When you have a desire to eat, you're probably suppressing thoughts that need attention
✨ What Participants Experience
- Shifting from Judgment to Curiosity: "It has helped me to know that my thoughts are real, but not necessarily accurate." —Christine
- Reclaiming Your Sensitivity: "I'm seeing my sensitivity not as a flaw but as my personal radar system." —Participant
- Using Cravings as Information: "I'm moving towards using my cravings as red flags—like an alert system, not something wrong with me." —Tommie
- Building Self-Compassion: "I've noticed more compassion for myself. I'm a little softer now." —Durrell
Finding Freedom from Binary Thinking: "I'm allowing an alternate possibility now, instead of being stuck in rigid thinking." —Durrell
See Our Schedule:
Sat, 7am PT/ 10am ET
 May 31, 2025: The Art of Recovery Begins
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There are multidimensional factors driving disordered eating -
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psychological
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neurological
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cultural
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social
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ancestral
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childhood patterns
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trauma
Making lasting shifts requires peeling each layer of the onion to the deeper core wounding.
Quick fixes never reach the roots.
Together we can heal.
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đź’« The Magic Membership Experience
Our program now includes Magic Membership access throughout your journey, giving you:
- Daily Support: Three 30-minute calls Monday-Friday where you can bring your questions and challenges
- Immediate Application: Practice concepts in real-time with expert guidance
- Community Connection: Build relationships with others who understand your journey
- Flexible Engagement: Multiple daily opportunities to find support when you need it most
🧩 The Multidimensional Nature of Food Recovery
True healing from food dysfunction requires diving beneath surface-level solutions to address the complex web of factors that drive our behaviors:
The Neurological Dimension
- Your Body's Wisdom: Understanding how emotional triggers create physical responses
- Cravings as Safety Signals: Recognizing cravings as your body trying to feel safe through familiar patterns
- The Dopamine Connection: Learning why planning meals reduces the anticipation hormone that drives impulsive eating
- Physical Practices Create Mental Shifts: Every time you calm your nervous system, you lower the need for food as comfort
