Struggling with food and your body for one year, 5 years and even a decade is far too long. Today Jessi is speaking with a FFM client who has dealt with the struggles of food and her body for most of her life. After a 33 year-long battle, Cristina discovered Jessi and the FFM and decided to give it a try. In this episode, Cristina and Jessi talk about Cristina’s journey to recovery and how much her life has changed since pursuing healing. They explore how she learned to feel her feelings, the biggest fears she had to overcome in her journey and her advice for other women who are considering taking the plunge to start their own journey to healing.  In this episode: What her struggles with food and body looked like before discovering the FFM Growing up with a house in diet culture Her experience in middle school of realizing her body was different and starting the cycle with restricting and binging How Cristina found Jessi through a podcast and decided to work with her Her biggest fears when starting the course and learning to let go of dieting completely The differences that Cristina noticed when she began the course Releasing the pressure in whatever way works best for you  Why you need to feel safe on the journey to healing Learning to feel her feelings on the recovery journey Getting herself to commit to using and implementing the tools The light bulb moment she got when she learned about the weight set point theory Finding out she could do whatever she wanted after limiting herself for most of her life How the course has transformed her life and relationships for the better  What she’d tell other women who are considering taking the journey of recovery Why the support of everyone in the FFM helps you conquer the struggle with food and body Links:Adult Chair Podcast Episode 153 - Binge Eating With Jessi Jean Join me for The Food Freedom Breakthrough Masterclass. This class is for those who know they want to improve their relationship with food and their body, but are afraid of spiraling out-of-control and want a proven, step-by-step system to go from feeling crazy around food to normal again! You can either live your life at war with your mind or learn to work in sync with it. If you’re ready to work in sync with your mind and evolve your life, welcome to The Dear Body Podcast! Our mission is to help driven women have an easy and effortless relationship with food and unshakeable self-confidence in their own body. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode & learn more about us here!