My Story

Everything I teach, I teach from personal experience. 

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It was April 1st 2020.

I'm in the passenger seat of the car - blasting blink 182, singing my heart out.  My vision starts to blur, I suddenly stop singing, I muster the words "I don't feel good" to my husband.  A black circle appears, tunnel vision, I become unconscious and seize.  

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I awake to hearing my name being yelled, STEFANIE STEFANIE. I tried to respond, but I couldn't speak. All I knew, was I needed to open the door ASAP or else I was getting vomit all over the car. 

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Let's flash back to the night before.

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Phone thrown, mirror smashed. My husband and I got into an argument.  I wronged him and he was upset with me.  I felt angry he was trying to control me & guilty that I was a "bad wife."

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The only way I knew how to manage, was with food.  So I numbed my emotions with liquorice. 

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The next morning, before I could open my eyes, shame washed over me. I felt disgust. "Stefanie, how could you binge, AGAIN?  You know better*  

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Before my feet touched the floor, I already decided I'd go for a 10K run & fast as long as I could that day.

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9 Months later - I could finally admit, this binge/restrict cycle was the culprit of the first episode. 

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From there, I realized If I wanted to get my life back, I had to heal my relationship with food and body.

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And that's exactly what I did. November 4th 2020 I started implementing Intuitive eating & Body Neutrality.  

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Through healing I....

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Left an abusive marriage.

Come out as bisexual.

Started coaching clients to heal their relationship to food.

& the biggest one... I've embraced my gender identity.

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Without healing my binge eating patterns,  I would have never found my authentic self.