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A Two Part Workshop Series:
Cultivating Connection: Food + Body & Healing Body Image: Unpacking Diet Culture


A 2 part workshop series all about cultivating connection with your body and food from a trauma informed & nervous system perspective. 

Each 75 minute workshop led by guest Coach & Intuitive Eating Counselor, Crystal Sovay centers around how to cultivate connection with your relationship with food and body, as well as on breaking down why no person is immune to challenging body thoughts.

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Cultivating Connection: Food + Body 
Date: Monday May 9
Time: 5pm PST

Description: This is part 1 of a 2 part series about the relationship with food and body from a trauma informed perspective. This 75 minute workshop led by guest Coach & Intuitive Eating Counselor, Crystal Sovay centers around how to cultivate connection with your relationship with food and body. This workshop will help you understand the science behind WHY diets don’t work, what is diet culture, how to pursue health free from diet culture, and much more. Lauren will also be there and a part of the Q&A to connect the relationship with  body + food from a trauma informed & nervous system perspective.


Healing Body Image: Unpacking Diet Culture
Date: Monday May 16
Time: 5pm PST

Description: This is part 2 of a 2 part series about the relationship with food and body from a trauma informed perspective. This 75 minute workshop led by guest Coach & Intuitive Eating Counselor, Crystal Sovay focuses on breaking down body image as a universal dilemma.  This workshop will help you understand the body as a process and its ever changing nature. You will learn to observe body thoughts with compassion, cultivate concepts of body neutrality, and learn about why body dissatisfaction happens at such an early age. Lauren will also be there and a part of the Q&A to connect the relationship with  body + food from a trauma informed & nervous system perspective.


Along with access to the live workshops + the recordings, you will also receive:

  • a worksheet with Journaling Prompts
  • a worksheet with Affirmations 



One price for both workshops: $29.99 USD



These workshops are only available to members of The Simplest Self Community. The above listed price of $29.99 USD gives you access to the community as a Tier 2 member. A recording of both workshops will also be available should you not be able to attend live.

This is a monthly subscription based platform, therefore if you do not wish to continue as a community member, you will need to manually cancel your subscription. Otherwise payment and access to the community will continue each month. Each member will receive an email notification from Mighty Networks 3 days before their subscription is up for renewal.

Meet Crystal

Crystal is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor who focuses on body-image healing through an anti-diet lens, but this wasn't always her approach.

As a former professional dancer and fitness professional, Crystal's own journey began steeped in diet-culture, with body image and self-worth entangled in both her personal and professional approach to health. Thanks to a life-changing book, Intuitive Eating, she has experienced a massive shift that has not only transformed her method of coaching, but also helped her heal her own relationship with her body and with food. 

"I initially became a nutrition coach after earning my B.S. in Nutrition Science, and was very much a passenger on the typical "weight loss = wellness" train. This was the health approach that I was indoctrinated into, and unfortunately practiced with my clients. Sadly, it's the paradigm nearly all of us have been brought up to believe in. In my early days of coaching I noticed many of my students and clients experiencing frustration around achieving their desired results— specifically, incorporating both food and movement into their lives in a way that worked and felt sustainable. Mostly, though, they felt that if they weren't achieving a "goal weight" or body shape, that meant they were failing. The traditional, by-the-numbers approach we were working with simply wasn’t cutting it. 


At the same time this was happening, I’d embarked on my own meditation and mindfulness journey, and began to wonder how these principles might apply to food and to movement. When I discovered the book Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch, it all just clicked. I am not exaggerating when I say that this book completely transformed my own life, my entire relationship with food, and the way I work with clients. In 2019, I trained directly with one of the founders of Intuitive Eating, Evelyn Tribole, to become a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor. I have now seen firsthand that it is possible to create a lifelong relationship with food and body that fosters peace, pleasure, and freedom. 
 
I take a holistic approach to well-being, incorporating intuitive eating and movement with mindfulness tools like journaling, affirmations/mirror work, EFT tapping, and more, to help clients establish trust in themselves, and ultimately become their own healer. By reconnecting with your body’s innate wisdom and building a relationship with her based on respect, you’ll experience a healthier lifestyle, yes, but this is truly only the tip of the iceberg. I firmly believe that building trust with your body, and understanding your relationship with you sets the stage for transformation in all areas of your life. I'm so excited to be on this journey with you!"

Meet Crystal

Crystal is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor who focuses on body-image healing through an anti-diet lens, but this wasn't always her approach.

As a former professional dancer and fitness professional, Crystal's own journey began steeped in diet-culture, with body image and self-worth entangled in both her personal and professional approach to health. Thanks to a life-changing book, Intuitive Eating, she has experienced a massive shift that has not only transformed her method of coaching, but also helped her heal her own relationship with her body and with food. 

"I initially became a nutrition coach after earning my B.S. in Nutrition Science, and was very much a passenger on the typical "weight loss = wellness" train. This was the health approach that I was indoctrinated into, and unfortunately practiced with my clients. Sadly, it's the paradigm nearly all of us have been brought up to believe in. In my early days of coaching I noticed many of my students and clients experiencing frustration around achieving their desired results— specifically, incorporating both food and movement into their lives in a way that worked and felt sustainable. Mostly, though, they felt that if they weren't achieving a "goal weight" or body shape, that meant they were failing. The traditional, by-the-numbers approach we were working with simply wasn’t cutting it. 


At the same time this was happening, I’d embarked on my own meditation and mindfulness journey, and began to wonder how these principles might apply to food and to movement. When I discovered the book Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch, it all just clicked. I am not exaggerating when I say that this book completely transformed my own life, my entire relationship with food, and the way I work with clients. In 2019, I trained directly with one of the founders of Intuitive Eating, Evelyn Tribole, to become a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor. I have now seen firsthand that it is possible to create a lifelong relationship with food and body that fosters peace, pleasure, and freedom. 
 
I take a holistic approach to well-being, incorporating intuitive eating and movement with mindfulness tools like journaling, affirmations/mirror work, EFT tapping, and more, to help clients establish trust in themselves, and ultimately become their own healer. By reconnecting with your body’s innate wisdom and building a relationship with her based on respect, you’ll experience a healthier lifestyle, yes, but this is truly only the tip of the iceberg. I firmly believe that building trust with your body, and understanding your relationship with you sets the stage for transformation in all areas of your life. I'm so excited to be on this journey with you!"
Join us!

The Simplest Self is a team of virtual trauma informed professionals & intuitive eating counselors helping you create a life that you feel safe living.

We offer 1:1 coaching specializing in complex trauma, disordered eating, & nervous system regulation.  To find out more about working with someone from our team, follow the link below.

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Join us!


The Simplest Self is a team of virtual trauma informed professionals & intuitive eating counselors helping you create a life that you feel safe living.

We offer 1:1 coaching specializing in complex trauma, disordered eating, & nervous system regulation.  To find out more about working with someone from our team, follow the link below.

Learn more