The Confident Eater group program
You've tried it all... but nothing has helped you fully trust yourself around food (yet).
You’ve dieted, tracked macros, cut out carbs and sugar… but all it did was make you think about food ALL the time.
You’d love to be more intuitive and trust yourself around food, but if you’re not dieting, you overeat.
You envy people who can just casually leave food on their plate, and wish you knew the secret to being able to say ‘I’m full’ and stop eating.
You wish you didn’t feel so anxious going out for a meal, and would love to eat out without knowing you’ll overdo it and feel guilty tomorrow.
You dream about just eating like a normal person, without debating over what’s ‘healthier’ in your head, but you don’t know how to stop the food noise and actually TRUST in your choices. (yet).
If this sounds like you… you’re in the right place.
Trusting your choices and your body, w/out fear or stress around food...
It IS possible for you, inside The Confident Eater
If you want to stop thinking about food ALL the time, and finally be able to trust yourself to eat without macros, food guilt or fearing overeating… Keep reading to learn more about The Confident Eater
I was just like you- I started out dieting with the goal to eat healthier and fuel my body well while losing a bit of weight… and little by little it started to take over my life.
It got to the point where if I wasn’t tracking my food or relaxed even just a little bit… I would say ‘screw it’ and end up overeating.
The idea that I could trust myself to make mindful choices that honored my body’s needs AND allowed me freedom to live the kind of life I wanted felt so far away.
Now, I’m a mindful eater.
No macro tracking. No off limits foods. I can say yes to a spontaneous dinner out and KNOW I can stop eating when comfortably full.
I eat veggies AND I enjoy ice cream- without feeling restricted OR fearing overeating.
That’s what I help women do inside The Confident Eater program.
Join the waitlist for the next cohort of TCE here:
Build self-trust with food in The Confident Eater program
Here’s how it works:
The Confident Eater program is based around principles of behavior change, motivation and mindful eating practices.
In order to develop self-trust with food, we need to change what we DO, how we THINK and… what we believe about ourselves.
The approach that you’ll learn in TCE is called intentional eating- and it’s the balance between mindful eating (presence and awareness around eating and your body) AND making intentional choices to feed your body in a balanced way, most of the time.
The Confident Eater helps you become the person that eats chicken and veggies AND enjoys pizza on a random Tuesday… without rules, fear or constantly second guessing your choices.
In TCE we help you…
- implement five ‘intentional eating’ principles that simplify the balance between wants and needs and eliminate the need for counting apps or all or nothing food rules
- practice mindful eating through my 4 step framework that helps you trust your body’s hunger and fullness cues and rediscover how to enjoy food without going overboard
- adopt new beliefs around food and your relationship with it so you can feel calm and in control, instead of feeling like you have to ‘get it all in now’ when tasty food is around
- overcome your ‘food rules’ and fears that have kept you stuck in patterns of restriction and overeating so you can start making intentional choices around food without fear or stress
Join the waitlist for the next cohort of TCE here
The Confident Eater is...
your guide to nourishing your body and trusting yourself around food without obsessing, overthinking or tracking everything you eat.
I’ve let go of tracking macros, and weighing myself daily. These were huge steps for me in building self trust.
After dieting on and off for over 10 years, I wasn’t sure what to expect in TCE as it was counter intuitive to me to not be focused on a fat loss goal—however, I left with a different definition of what it means to be healthy and that is my new goal and focus.
The Confident Eater is for anyone who has been on the diet train for most of their lives. For those who struggle with negative self talk, especially around food. Those who restrict and/or binge. There’s another, more peaceful, way to exist.
– Carrie –
From Leah, TCE cohort February 2024
Every single aspect of my day to day life has improved since working with Gillian, and I say that without exaggeration.
My mindset towards health has completely shifted.
I missed out on so many life events I wanted to participate in because I was scared to not have total control over my food. Gillian helped me to challenge the beliefs I had, and was patient when I was fearful to try new habits. In the end, I feel much more confident being an active participant in my life.
Before working with Gillian, I would say no to things in life that I really wanted to do because I was afraid of not being able to count my macros and I would overeat anytime I wasn’t controlling what I ate.
If I knew a friend who was struggling I would want them to get the same support and help I got from working with Gillian.
– Megan –
This is what it feels like to be a
Confident Eater
- Going out to eat with friends and family feels EASY – you know you can order what you like and trust that you’ll be able to stop when you feel satisfied.
- You’re SO much more productive and focused during the day- you’ve got so much extra brain space now that you’re not thinking about food all the time!
- You still eat your veggies and protein, but you don’t force feed yourself or stress if you have a veggie free meal- you’re aware of nutrition value of food, but you don’t obsess about hitting numbers anymore.
- You’re in touch with your hunger and fullness cues- you trust your body AND know that if you eat a bit more today, it will balance out tomorrow, and you notice it’s easier to leave food on your plate!
- You don’t beat yourself up for not being perfect- your self talk is supportive and encouraging, and you’re more resilient in the face of challenges because of it.
- There’s no pressure to ‘get back on’ ANYTHING anymore- you’ve found a way of eating that supports you for life.
What's included and how much is it?
- biweekly calls for you to get personally coached by me (recorded for you to rewatch at any time) – $650 value
- four short, actionable video modules for you to learn everything you need to go from overthinking food to a mindful eater- $1000 value
- personalized non diet nutrition guide- $250 value
- 20 + reflection exercises, journaling prompts and tools for self-coaching- $400 value
- two months of support + accountability inside our private group chat with individuals JUST like you – $350 value
- fast action bonus: sign up on or before September 2 and get access to my body confidence program for FREE that will take you from obsessing over your flaws to feeling confident in your life no matter what your body looks like ($497 value)
Total value: $3147
Your enrollment: $497
Join the waitlist for the next cohort of TCE here
What does The Confident Eater process include?
Connecting with your core values + goals
- Defining your motivators, goals and personal values
- How to make choices you feel proud of
Mindful eating: eating mindful meals and snacks
- Understanding the difference between mindless and mindful eating
- My four step mindful meal framework
- Adopting the mindset of a mindful eater
- Your 3 minute mindful eating practice
- Your physical hunger cues
- The four different types of hunger
- Feeling your ‘comfy fullness’
- How to know when to say ‘I’m finished’
- The satisfaction factor that your meals are missing
Emotional Eating and managing cravings
- Understanding cravings and urges to eat
- Bringing awareness to your emotions
- Approaching cravings mindfully
- Building coping skills for emotional eating
Identifying and challenging food rules
- Sneaky ways you’re restricting yourself
- How to bring awareness to your food rules
- Challenging food rules and incorporating ‘off limits’ or fear foods
Unconditional Permission to Eat and the Abundance Mindset
- Showing yourself that food is not a limited resource (abundance mindset)
- Three question framework for unconditional permission to eat
- Combining values, mindful eating and permission to eat
Self Compassion and ‘getting back on track’ when you fall off
- Treating yourself as you would a friend
- Challenging all or nothing thinking
- Setting yourself up for future success
Revisiting Values-aligned choices
- Values and goals refresh and review
- Identifying key values aligned experiences in your life
- Staying in touch with your future self’s needs
I have a whole new level of awareness around food and my body.
My stress levels around food went down SO much – my thoughts around food now are so much more calm, mindful and overall positive. My relationship with food is so much better, and I’m more compassionate with myself. I feel like I’m more connected with my body, more aware and my self talk is WAY better.
It seemed like every week there was an ‘AHA’ moment – questions or reflections that helped me see situations with food in a different light, and helped me make sense of things afterwards.
Gillian is a coach that understands what you’re going through, she listens to you and gives you tools that are exactly what you need.
– Maria –
I really thought I had tried everything!
Coaching with Gillian was a full 360° change in my health and mindset.
I went from feeling like I had hit a total dead end and now had to come to terms with what my age 40+ body looked like because every fad diet I had tried only worked short term and then the cycle started again. To the point I’d emptied my wardrobe of clothes I thought I might fit into again one day (I’m gutted now!!).
Little did I realise that my biggest issue was actually my engrained ‘diet’ mindset I’d developed over 30 years that was stopping me feeling and looking so much better! Gillian helped me start chipping away at this and looking at my nutrition from a whole new angle.
I had no idea that Gillian’s simple structure would literally change my life …and I look forward to wearing a bikini again on the beach this year after resigning myself to being a swimsuit wearer for the rest of my life 😉
– LISA –
How is TCE different?
- TCE teaches you the delicate balance between ‘I want to pay attention to my nutrition’ AND ‘I want to enjoy food and the experiences associated with it.’
- TCE helps you build trust with your INTERNAL body cues and thoughts around food. No more relying on a diet or food rules to keep you on track.
- TCE isn’t ‘eat this, not that’… it teaches you how to THINK about food and trust in your own decisions. You’ll learn tips for day to day healthy eating habits, and learn skills that support a great relationship with food.
- TCE will help you create accountability and learn how to SELF COACH. What happens AFTER the program is just as important as what happens during, and TCE is set up to teach you skills for life.
With Gillian I have found freedom in my own choices, I have learned about mindfulness and the importance of listening to my own bodies needs.
When I got in touch with Gillian it was because I had reached a point of “cry for help”. I was the typical, start again on Monday dieter, and was not aware of all the habits that were weighing me down.
I feel free for the first time in about 20 years. Eating is such an emotional thing for many people, but it doesn’t have to be, it can be mindful and pragmatic. Now when I have a not so easy day I don’t beat myself up about it and feel guilty, I use the great phrase “life happens”, and continue to work on developing good healthy habits.
A big challenge for me was always the number on the scale, but actually I have learnt that that is not so important. What I know now is that it’s more about how you feel in yourself, your clothes and your movements.
This has been a tough but really important learning journey for me. I finally unlearned a lifetime of worry about the ups and downs of a number that no one ever really gets to know anyway… Seems absurd now I think about it!
– margaret –
