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FOOD BODY SOUL

The Academy

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WELCOME TO
FOOD BODY SOUL

- The Academy

My signature 4- month Self-paced coaching program for the woman craving a guided path to heal her relationship with food, body & herself.

ARE YOU TIRED OF STRUGGLING
WITH FOOD AND HATING YOUR BODY?

 

Let's start here. Check all that apply to you.
I am here because….

If any or all of the above applies to you,
you are in the right place.​

YOU DESERVE TO FEEL PEACE,
FREEDOM, & SANITY WITH FOOD
AND COMFORTABLE & CONFIDENT
IN YOUR BODY.

.And it's 100% possible!

You’ve probably been led to believe that you’ll have more confidence, more love, more fun, more happiness, (I’m sure you could keep filling in the blanks) and that everything will be okay on the other side of weight loss.

 

But what has your life become as a result of following this path? Has the pursuit of a smaller body and food control delivered you to true happiness, freedom, and all that your soul desires? 

Or has it just left you in a cycle where you feel crazy around food and hating yourself because you hate your body? 

If so, I want you to know that you don't have to keep living like this. 

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AND IF YOU'RE HERE,
I AM CURIOUS...

Do you want to spend more time in the restrict-binge cycle, obsessively thinking about food, and constantly judging your body?

 

Do you have more energy to give towards trying to shrink yourself to a weight that isn't natural for you? 

 

Do you want to spend another however many years you’ve been at this, trying to make weight loss occur, likely without any long-term effect while your weight continues to increase over time with each attempt? 

 

Do you want the continued stress, emotional difficulty, and anxiety that comes with all that?

 

How much more time, money, energy, and brain space do you have left to give before you will finally say enough is enough? 

 

How tired are you of this cycle?

 

How done are you with fighting food? 

 

Is body acceptance something you are willing to work on if it means peace and freedom with food?

 

Is taking a weight-neutral approach to health something you are willing to work on if it improves not just your physical but also your mental and emotional health?

 

Is working on removing your internalized fatphobia something you are willing to work on so you can stop judging your body and all other women's bodies because you can not judge your own body without also saying something about all women's bodies?

...or are you READY for a
different way to live?

A WAY OF LIFE...

That offers real and sustainable peace of mind.

That offers freedom and sanity around food, where food is no big deal, it’s just a casual, yet pleasurable, part of life.

Where you are not stressing out about what others might be thinking of what you are eating. 

Where you can be in social settings and feel calm, confident, present, and at peace. 

Where the scale, the size of your jeans, or the flatness of your stomach doesn’t dictate your mood. 

Where you can stop hating your body and enjoy yourself regardless of your size.
 

FOOD BODY SOUL

— The Academy 

will show you the way.

If you have had enough with the restrict-binge cycle, yo-yo dieting, emotional eating, binge eating, constantly judging and shaming your body, and you’re ready for self-love and acceptance then this is for you.

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The Academy:

The Monthly Breakdown of

FOOD BODY SOUL

THE FIRST 5 WEEKS ARE ALL ABOUT FOOD: 

We start out healing your relationship with food. You will be learning everything you need to know to free yourself from emotional eating, binge eating, restriction, and obsessive thought patterns. You will learn to take care of your health without dieting, how to listen to your body, and become an intuitive eater.

THE SECOND 5 WEEKS ARE ALL ABOUT BODY IMAGE:

Next, we focus on body image- you will learn practical skills for healing your body image, overcoming objections to body acceptance, how to cultivate self-love, and separate your worth from your weight. Plus we will be learning all about Body Wisdom, creating a strong connection between your body & mind. Plus get ready for a radical shift in perspective about bodies, weight, and self-worth. 

THE LAST 6 WEEKS ARE ALL ABOUT SOUL (AKA SELF):

Lastly, Soul is all about your relationship with yourself. Obsessing about food and your weight takes up so much time, energy, brain space, and identity, so when you've done the work to heal, now what? Who are you and who do you want to be? This is all about self-reflection, self-connection, self-compassion, and self-love. You will connect more deeply to who you truly are and learn to live a big, juicy life outside of food that is in alignment with your values! 

WHAT'S INCLUDED

Food Body Soul - The Academy includes:

 

 

 — 12 WEEKS OF PRE-RECORDED ONLINE COURSE MODULES

You will have lifetime access to the course curriculum that will help guide your healing journey. There is homework, journal prompts, and action items to put into practice to help facilitate your transformation. It's not enough to learn the steps to heal, the homework helps you take the steps! Each module includes additional resources and recommendations as well (books, podcasts, blogs posts, YouTube Videos etc.)

 

— PREVIOUSLY RECORDING GROUP COACHING CALLS 

Each week of the program you will have a corresponding coaching call from a previous live round of the course. Watching these calls and hearing the coaching in real-time is one of the best ways for you to apply it to your own life. These are worth the entire investment by themselves.  

 

— 4 WORKSHOPS WITH GUEST EXPERTS 

You won't just be learning from me, you will also be learning from other experts in the Anti-diet and Intuitive Eating space. Eating Disorder Recovery with Dani Adriana, Body Confidence with Carrie Dayton, Body Image with Victoria Welsby, and Emotional Wellbeing with Brandilyn Tebo. These are all pre-recorded and you can watch them on your own time. 

— EMAIL ACCESS TO ASK QUESTIONS FROM CARA

When you enroll in the program, you have unlimited email support from Cara for the first 4 months after you purchase to ask any questions.

BREATHWORK

During the last 6 weeks, 3 of the group coaching call recordings include a 45minute Breathwork session to help you integrate everything that you have been working on so that it goes from Intellectual Understanding to Embodied Knowing! It's one thing to understand concepts, it's an entirely different thing to live them and breathwork will help you do that.

AS AN FBS MEMBER
you will also get

Early access to the first available spots for Food Body Soul - The Retreat.

 

Click the video to look inside of this sacred retreat experience.

 

The last retreat was September, 2022 and it got completely sold out in days and never opened up to the public. As a member of The Academy, you get first access to the next one! Stay tuned for dates.

Hey there Beauty, I'm Cara

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I am music obsessed, love living in Los Angeles, and am one of those annoying Disneyland addicts! When I am not supporting my incredible clients you will find me cooking, eating, singing, dancing, and enjoying an Aperol spritz with my friends. 

 

As a Health & Life Coach and Breathwork Facilitator, I’m on a mission to help women heal their relationship w/ food, body & beyond. As part of my mission, I am also the published author of two books, Body Wisdom and Vegan Buddha Bowls, as well as the host of my podcast called Love Your Bod Pod. 

 

But before I became the Cara you know today, I existed in a place of chaos where I was stressed, depressed, and obsessed with controlling food and my weight for over a decade. 

 

It felt like the more I tried to shrink my body, the more my life shrank right along with it. 

 

But eventually, I got to a place where I said "enough is enough" and did the work necessary to truly make peace with food and my body so I could access the life that dieting promised, but never delivered. Once I committed to doing this work, my life unfolded in the most beautiful of ways.

 

Originally, I was terrified to release control by letting go of obsession around my body and food. But loosening my grip on dieting and weight control didn’t actually result in my life falling apart...it resulted in it falling together.

 

Once the pieces fell into place and all the dots connected, I started coaching women like you through this healing journey. Since then I’ve guided hundreds of women to true self-love, self-worth, and inner peace. It’s time to claim your freedom by jumping into the literal pool of life through the expansive experience of Food Body Soul - The Academy.

 

Girl, we're ready to welcome you with open arms.

Read What Other Women Had to Say

About There Experience Working With Cara

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Ali Bonar

“I feel so grateful to have stumbled upon Cara's group because it provided me with the tools to be vulnerable and supported in an intimate and safe space.”

"After dabbling with solo therapy, I realized that a crucial part of my recovery was halted because of lack of a group support system. I feel so grateful to have stumbled upon Cara's group because it provided me with the tools to be vulnerable and supported in an intimate and safe space. The women I met in the group are incredible, and I gained even more from their sharing than my own. Cara's expertise helped guide our calls and provided us with key takeaways and homework each week. I can confidently say that I have grown exponentially since joining the group."  

 

Ali Bonar, @AliBonar Founder of @OatHuas

Is the Academy RIGHT FOR YOU?

THE ACADEMY IS FOR WOMEN WHO:

Feel frustrated, stuck, overwhelmed, or out of control with food

Want a deeper connection with themselves and their intuition

 

Ready to release “all or nothing” thinking and perfectionist pressure

 

Are willing to explore their beliefs, perspectives, and inner world - not just behaviors

 

Want to feel calm, confident, and at peace with food & their body

 

Are ready to prioritize mental health and well-being over rigid rules and “shoulds

 

Want to build a calm, respectful, nourishing, loving, stable relationship with food & their body

THE ACADEMY IS NOT FOR WOMEN WHO:

Want to be told what to eat, when to eat, or how much to eat
 

Have an active eating disorder (unless this is used as a supplement to your care)
 

Are not ready to do the mindset and inner work necessary to heal
 

Are a coach or a RD in a similar field

Want to be told how to lose weight (it’s okay if you come to this still wanting to lose weight - the desire doesn’t have to be gone to join FBS)

Want a specific meal plan, diet or an “eat this, not that” list
 

Are looking to grow their own business in a similar field

Are you ready to transform your relationship with Food, Body & Soul?

Investment: $597 

 

Life-time access to FBS - The Academy Self-Study Course

  • Is FBS a good fit for me?
    If you are someone who struggles with food, meaning you think about food A LOT, you have tried tons of diets or programs or lifestyle changes, but nothing seems to work for very long, FBS - The Academy is for you. If you feel crazy around food, if you identify as a binge eater or emotional eater, if you struggle with overeating and finding balance, FBS is for you. If restaurant menus give you anxiety, if you are struggling with seeing food as “good or bad” if you feel like you have to earn or make up for eating, FBS is for you. If you have spent most of your life hating your body, trying to control your weight, or attach your self-worth to weight then FBS is for you. If any, some, or all of the above sounds like you, then you are a good fit for FBS because this is exactly what we will be helping you work through and heal!
  • What if I am afraid of weight gain and fear that if I gain more weight I will feel even worse about myself?
    I feel you on this, I’ve been there. The fear of weight gain is the biggest fear that keeps us stuck obsessing over food and from working towards food freedom. But the thing is, if you are living in fear of weight gain, that is THE reason to join, so you no longer have to live in this fear. When we detach our worth from our weight we take the power away from food. The fear of weight gain or the desire to lose weight does not need to go away before you can do this work or be a part of FBS - The Academy!
  • What if I feel like now is not the right time?
    Well, when is the right time? Do you know? If you don’t know, how long have you been putting THIS off and using “not the right time” as an excuse? What I know is, there is never really a right time, but rather, when we decide we want something we make the time for it. If you want to heal and are ready to commit to the work then now is the right time. And if you asked me, I’d say there is no coincidence that you’re reading this right now. I’d say it is your time.
  • When does FBS begin?
    The program officially begins on March 14th, 2022.
  • When does enrollment open + close?
    Enrollment is now open. Early Bird Pricing ends Febuary 15th, so enrollbefore than to save $500 off the invesment. Doors close March 10th.
  • What is the investment?
    The full investment is $3,350 but enroll before Febuary 15th to save $500, which makes it $2,850. You can pay in full or set up a payment plan.
  • What are the Monthly Themes?
    The first 5 weeks are all about your relationship with food. Think: ending emotional eating, binge eating, yo-yo dieting, obsessively thinking about food. You will learn how to stop fighting food and become an intuitive eater. You will leave knowing how to take care of your heath without dieting. The next 5 weeks are all about your relationship with your body. You will learn practical tools to help you heal your body image. You will overcom objections to body acceptance, and how to cultivate self-love and separate your worth from your weight. Plus get ready for a radical shift in perspective about bodies, weight, and self-worth. And last is SOUL, (aka Self): when your time, energy, brain space, and identity are no longer tied up with food and your weight, now what? You will connect more deeply to who you truly are as well as who you want to be. You will be guided to to live a big, juicy life outside of food that is in alignment with your values.
  • What is the time commitment?
    There is roughly 2-3 hours of online course modules to watch + homework to work through. There will be a group coaching call that is 1.5-2 hours in length. So about 3-5 hours a week on average. Outside of that, you can engage as little or as much as you’d like with the community and curriculum. Everything in FBS can be self-paced and can be engaged with whenever it is best for you. All calls are pre-recorded for you to watch if you miss live.
  • Is it just for women?
    At this moment yes, FBS is for any and all women and femmes looking for a safe, welcoming community where they can make peace with food, their body and connect more deeply to themselves. It’s also a great place to meet like-minded individuals and potentially even a new best friend.
  • Will I get to connect with Cara in FBS?
    Yes! You will have weekly group calls and 2 x 1:1 coaching calls with just you and Cara to use throughout the program.
  • How do I access the community?
    The online course is through Teachable and you will recieve a log-in and password upon the start of the program. Inside the course portal will be the modules, homework, workshops with guest experts, and all the group call recordings. The What's App group will be access through your smartphone. The Facebook group will be private and acessed through your device of choice.
  • How long do I have access to the course curriculum and call recording?
    You have lifetime access!
  • Is there a Facebook Community & Whats App Group?
    Yes, details for the community and how to join are all within the online course portal!
  • What is the refund & cancellation policy?
    Due to the nature of the experience, there are no refunds.
  • What FBS is not:
    FBS is not a substitute for therapy, any other medical condition, or eating disorder treatment. If you have an eating disorder this could be a supplement on the side of your care and I recommend talking with your treatment team and/or health care professional to determine if this will be supportive to you.
  • Read our Disclaimer & Disclosure
    Click here.
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