No Willpower Needed
“I just don’t seem to have the willpower to make healthy changes.”
Have you ever felt the same way?
I understand where this is coming from!
But making healthy changes has very little to do with willpower (and I promise, you do not lack willpower or have any less willpower than anyone else.)
Diets have taught you that if you don’t follow the diet plan perfectly, something is wrong with you and you lack willpower.
The question to explore is not whether or not you have willpower — it’s what is causing so much friction that you feel you need to fight against your wants, needs, and preferences in order to make it work?
When I hear people share that they lack willpower or motivation, what that often indicates to me is that something is causing a state of imbalance…
They often have…
- A lot of restrictions and food rules for themselves that are making them feel like they aren’t allowed to enjoy their favourite foods.
- Disconnected eating habits like late-night snacking or emotional eating that feels impossible for them to stop.
- Little to no habits built around the new eating behaviours they want to support, making it feel so challenging to follow through.
These make them feel as if they have to muster up all of their willpower in order to break unsupportive eating habits and sustain new ones.
But the truth is, the eating habits you’ll be able to sustain for life — ones that are balanced, aligned, and enjoyable for you — don’t need willpower to maintain.
How is that possible?
✅ We remove the all-or-nothing mentality that’s taught you to be either “all in” or “all out” with your eating habits and instead teach you to embrace the right amount of balance between eating for nourishment and eating for enjoyment
➡️ This means you never need to muster up the willpower to avoid the chocolate cake at the birthday party or skip on the pizza during girl’s night.
✅ We guide you on what you need to nourish yourself properly that is as easy as looking at your plate and seeing if you have the 5 components you need for a balanced meal, so that it’s practical whether you’re cooking a fresh meal at home, meal prepping for the week, or heading out to a restaurant or gathering.
➡️ This means you never have to use willpower to avoid your favourite enjoyment foods or count and track everything you eat.
✅ We empower you with the tools and practices that allow you to better support the root cause of what’s causing you to be disconnected from your eating experiences, whether you’re emotionally numbing or not in tune with your body’s needs.
➡️ This means you no longer have to try to tap into your willpower to stop binging when you’re already halfway through a tub of ice cream.
✅ We provide you habit-forming strategies — all backed by science — to support you in layering the new habits you’re creating into your daily life, giving you the step-by-step roadmap for not only what to eat, but the practices you need in your life to sustain that way of eating.
➡️ This means you never find yourself trying to rely on willpower at the end of a long day.
So, if you’ve tried and tried to maintain eating habits throughout your life, but have found yourself feeling like you never have enough willpower to follow through, it’s time to try a new way.
Let me guide you on how to develop balanced eating habits that are both enjoyable and sustainable long-term.
