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I signed up for a free introductory session on Diet Freedom. I didn't know what it was about but knew I didn't want to be on another diet. Shelby talked about building a positive relationship with food without dieting. This is what I want and I decided to sign-up for one-on-one sessions. During these sessions, she would listen and provide suggestions without judgment. She would help me look at food situations differently, to quiet the negative self-talk when choosing or eating food, and to drop the diet mentality that got me in the deprive/binge cycle that I've been in for decades. Creating this new relationship takes time and patience with yourself but it's worth it. The energy that I spent thinking about what I can or cannot eat is now spent on enjoyable activities. Thank-you Shelby!

Shelby is great in helping identify triggers and solutions to emotional eating. She is so well organized and is very articulate in her explanations. She’s so easy to talk with and work with. Highly recommend.

Shelby is fantastic in so many ways! She wants you to succeed and helps you succeed by figuring out the WHY, not just the how. Baby steps and big steps are both celebrated! And steps backwards are gently acknowledged and moved on from without shaming. I’d lost the ability to notice body feedback like hunger and fullness and now I’m on the path of conscience eating - NOT dieting. Shelby is energetic, knowledgeable and compassionate - what else could you need!?

Shelby does an amazing job help her clients get to the root issue of overeating/binge eating. Shelby will bring you on a path to success! I give here a 10/10 as she has given me the tools to change my life forever!

I was put on my first diet at six and almost sixty years later, am still trying to lose those pounds plus many more. The last round of losing and gaining it all back left me so angry and scared because I had tried everything and failed, but then I met Shelby. She brought me back to doing the things that are fun and good for me and taught me to slow down and how to pay attention to what my body was telling me instead of my brain. It was so neat to find an encouraging email or a text from her early on a day that she knew was going to be difficult. Shelby cleared out the “diet rules” and gave me a safe place to just breathe and to laugh and learn without the focus on the scale – to believe that I can be okay inside while still working on my outside. It was hard to trust that what she was teaching me would actually work, but once I did, the weight started coming off without the whole diet drama --sounds crazy, but it’s true! I am so thankful for Shelby giving me the support and tools I need to keep working toward my health and weight goals and it’s a real blessing to have her as coach, teacher, and friend.

I cannot thank Shelby enough for how she’s changed my life and helped me significantly. Before working with Shelby I felt hopeless about getting to a place where I valued myself and was able to have a healthy relationship with food. After 12 weeks of working with Shelby I am able to focus on tasks without constantly obsessing about food. I am not perfect and I do have days where old habits will make there way back, but I still have full access to Shelby and she is right there to support me through those harder days!

Working with Shelby has changed my life. When we first met, I felt entirely consumed by my obsession with food and dieting. So much of my self-esteem was connected to whether or not I had succeeded in adhering to a diet plan. It wasn't long before I realized that my obsessive dieting behavior had nothing to do with food, but rather with a need to feel in control and distract myself from emotions that I thought I wasn't strong enough to face. Through this journey, Shelby was a steady calming, reassuring presence. She reminded me regularly that while my coping mechanisms were a logical result of how I'd experienced life up to that point, they were no longer serving - and even better, I could choose to change them! I've learned that I'm strong and capable of doing difficult things and these are lessons that I'm not utilizing in every aspect of my life. I will be forever grateful to Shelby for creating space and time for me to heal some old wound and create coping mechanisms that are empowering, not self-harming. Thank you, Shelby!

EVERY SINGLE PERSON could benefit from work with Shelby. Whatever kind of issue you are struggling with, this program will help you: Shelby gets to the root issues and helps you discover how to re-wire your brain to look at those issues differently. After this program, it feels like you're living in your same world, but looking at it through refreshed eyes. You become able to observe your own thought patterns and behaviors, and break cycles that aren't serving you well. This is SO MUCH MORE than a nutrition or weight loss or even body image program. This program gets to the root of how you do LIFE, helps you identify what you want out of life, and take steps towards getting there. Shelby is an excellent guide on this journey - and this is an absolutely brilliant program. She is also fantastic about personalizing your journey - don't expect any cookie-cutter treatment here. Shelby will listen to what you want and need, and tailor her approach accordingly. Just DO it. This stuff is life-changing.