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Thrive- Flourishing in the North Fork and beyond We help people release the weight that holds them back, with joy and ease. Step into your healthiest, most vibrant self with Thrive!

Got limiting money beliefs?  Hypnotherapy can help! Master hypnotherapist Victoria Gallagher will be leading a transform...
03/03/2026

Got limiting money beliefs? Hypnotherapy can help!

Master hypnotherapist Victoria Gallagher will be leading a transformational experience designed to help you:

💎 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 that no longer serves you
💎 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 so you can normalize higher levels of income
💎 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 to create more financial flow with ease

This isn’t just mindset work.

This is 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨.

Join the Thrive Community for this very special and transformative Masterclass!

https://www.skool.com/releasetheweight/about?ref=9cf8eb9c86fb4edaa4e6091bd4a4514c

Victoria is a Master Hypnotherapist with over
25 years of experience, bestselling author of 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘓𝘢𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘵𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, and creator of the BELIEVE App, one of the most comprehensive hypnosis apps available, with 1,000+ sessions and 120,000 students worldwide.

She was also a pioneer in online hypnosis (launching one of the first online hypnosis companies back in 1999!) and is the founder of Hypnotherapy and Manifestation (link below), a Skool community where she helps coaches, hypnotists, and creators reprogram their subconscious minds to attract more clients and income.

https://www.skool.com/powerful-manifestor-mastermind/about?ref=660b18d65db44bf79f7dc730539dbb20

Her approach goes far beyond surface-level changes. She combines:
✨ Deep hypnotherapy-based subconscious rewiring
✨ Practical income expansion strategies

And now… she’s bringing this work to 𝘶𝘴.

What We’ll Experience Together in this powerful 90-minute workshop:
↪️ A guided 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐥 process
↪️ Subconscious clearing of a limiting financial belief
↪️ An energetic shift to 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭
↪️ Installation of a stronger internal “money magnet” frequency

This is about more than removing what's in the way. It’s about expanding what you believe is 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 for you to receive.

It’s about expanding our permission field for what’s possible in our lives!
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The Deets:
📅 Thursday, March 12th
🕖 10:00 am MT/7:00pm EET / 12:00pm ET -
check Calendar to see it in your own time zone

🚪 Live access open to all Thrivers

📹 Recording will be available for 14 days to all members before moving to VIP

If you’ve ever felt like:

* You’re doing “all the right things” but income plateaus
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* You hit a ceiling whenever you try to grow
* A part of you fears earning or holding more money
* You’re ready for your 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 but something invisible keeps pulling you back

This session is for you.

Who's coming?

And more importantly… what money block are you ready to release? 💬👇

Are you an entrepreneur who feels held back by overeating or stress eating?Are you carrying more weight than you’d like?...
02/26/2026

Are you an entrepreneur who feels held back by overeating or stress eating?

Are you carrying more weight than you’d like?

Join the Thrive Community for the 5-week Release the Weight that Holds You Back Masterclass!

www.skool.com/releasetheweight

It’s a Bootcamp, for your BRAIN!!

I share the exact tools that helped me let go of over 80 pounds of excess weight and have more peace with food than I ever thought possible.

These same tools are helping my community members experience food neutrality and let go of 10, 20, or 30 pounds, in a matter of months.

And we are just getting started!

We meet weekly and replays are available in the community.

Only 9 dollars to join the Thrive Community, and you can leave at any time.

We have a bootcamp starting every month. Next one starts Thursday, March 5th.

No risk. Huge potential rewards!

Whether you’re curious about GLP-1 therapy, aiming for sustainable weight loss, or seeking durable STRENGTH, ENERGY, and...
02/22/2026

Whether you’re curious about GLP-1 therapy, aiming for sustainable weight loss, or seeking durable STRENGTH, ENERGY, and RESILIENCE, this Masterclass is for you!

Insights from a GLP-1 Experience Masterclass: Reinforcing Metabolic Infrastructure for Longevity

Thursday, March 5, 10 am MT/11am CST

Join the Thrive Community for the link to join live, access to the replay, and ongoing support with your health and wellness goals,

https://www.skool.com/releasetheweight/about?ref=59d0a935b5884ffaa928a55d73dcf8aa

Charles Fielder began GLP-1 therapy with pragmatic goals: to lose weight and better manage his diabetes in support of long-term health.

The effects were immediate, both in appetite and on the scale.

In this masterclass, Charles will share the systems perspective emerging from his experience, and the insights he gained along the way that reinforce metabolic infrastructure.

We’ll explore how common weight-loss approaches can either support or undermine long-term vitality, depending on how they’re implemented.

It took Charles more than a year to recognize that a weekly injection alone would not build, and might even erode, the metabolic resilience necessary to sustain the weight loss and support the enduring vitality he sought.

That realization changed how he approached his own transformation.

This session is not about promoting or rejecting any modality, but about learning to ask better questions so that our shorter-term weight goals align with the longer-term vitality we want for our lives.


About the Presenter-

Charles Fielder is a Leadership Capacity Coach who helps knowledge professionals restore the capacity and vitality to lead in a way that honors who they are.

His coaching is shaped by his own transformation, rebuilding his health through evidence-based practices and intentional habit and mindset shifts after years of depletion.

Charles brings a grounded, human-centered approach that supports meaningful, sustainable growth without sacrificing wellbeing or authenticity.

https://charlesfielder.com

“If YOU can do it, I can do it!”Said my friend as we were walking along the river trail.She had been experimenting with ...
02/22/2026

“If YOU can do it, I can do it!”

Said my friend as we were walking along the river trail.

She had been experimenting with intermittent fasting and finding joy in daily exercise and strength training.

She had found a pattern that works well for her and was noticing the results, as her clothing was getting looser and the numbers on the scale were going down. Here’s looking at you, Hopner !

My heart lit up…absolutely, that’s it! If I can do it, YOU can do it.

Anyone can do it, really.

She was talking about letting go of weight, naturally, and with a sense of ease instead of struggle.

Here’s the thing…

I’m a person who is often messy, frequently disorganized, and arguably lazy.

I’d prefer to think of myself more as energy efficient than lazy- I prefer not to expend energy unless I absolutely have to. But we can debate that some other time!

Not saying any of this to put myself down. I have a well-defined self-love muscle and accept myself completely as I am, even as I work on being better.

Just pointing out that I’m not perfect. And you don’t have to be perfect either to have amazing results in your life!

If I was able to find a way to let go of 80 pounds of excess weight and keep most of it off, besides some muscle weight I gained via strength training, you can absolutely do that too, and you can do even better than I did!

If you choose to.

16 years ago, I used this principle with great success…

It was the summer before I met my husband. At that time, I had never dated anyone for more than 8 months. Either they would get bored and be done, or I would get bored and be done. It was like having weight on the scale that never budges…8 months was my number.

A part of me thought that I just wasn’t the “marriage” type…all the dating results I had experienced in my life so far pointed in that direction. But, another part of me really liked the idea of being with someone for life, and possibly even having kids.

Maybe I wasn’t good enough to get married, that was my secret fear.

Then, I started seeing a bunch of high school classmates on Facebook. They were sharing their wedding pictures and posing with their kids and husbands.

The now married girls in the Facebook pictures weren’t prettier than I was. They weren’t smarter than I was.

I thought to myself…if they can do it, I can do it! Why not me?

Only a few short months later (maybe 2?), I met and started dating the wonderful man who would eventually become my husband.

We have now been together 16 years. I’m grateful that I gave myself the gift of believing that marriage is possible for me. It all started with the thought…if they can do it, I can do it!

What’s one area of your life that you can apply this idea to?

Maybe it’s related to letting go of weight and living in your fittest body, maybe it’s something TOTALLY different.

Think of someone who’s living a kind of life that you would love to live.

Can you allow yourself to explore the idea…”if they can do it, I can do it?”

Can you allow yourself to get inspired and motivated ( instead of envious?) when you see someone doing something amazing or worthwhile?

It might just completely change your life, like it did mine!

Would love to hear your thoughts in the comments!

If your specific goals are related to letting go of excess weight or thriving in your business, join the super supportive Thrive Community.

We go farther when we go together!

www.skool.com/releasetheweight

Do you have the Love Bug?Did you know that L.Reuteri, a microbe that lives in the gut, can literally increase your produ...
02/15/2026

Do you have the Love Bug?

Did you know that L.Reuteri, a microbe that lives in the gut, can literally increase your production of oxytocin, the love hormone?!

If you take a probiotic, you can check if L.Reuteri is part of it. If it isn’t, you may want to change your probiotic.

You can learn more about L. Reuteri and Oxytocin in this article,

https://www.dignutrition.com/post/oxytocin-the-love-hormone-how-lactobacillus-reuteri-and-your-gut-shape-connection

Here are a few excerpts…

“Oxytocin isn’t just about feeling warm and fuzzy; it’s a cornerstone of human connection and well-being. And as science continues to uncover the profound relationship between the gut and the brain, it’s clear that microbes like Lactobacillus reuteri hold the key to unlocking our full potential for connection. By nurturing your gut, you’re not just supporting digestion—you’re fostering deeper relationships, emotional resilience, and a life brimming with connection.

So, the next time you share a meal, take a moment to appreciate the microbes that make it all possible. After all, love may begin in the heart, but it’s sustained by the gut.”

“Dr. William Davis, author of Super Gut, highlights L. reuteri as a key player in supporting emotional well-being and fostering deeper connections.

Here’s how it works:

Neural Pathways: L. reuteri interacts with the vagus nerve, the gut-brain superhighway, to stimulate oxytocin production in the brain.

Immune Modulation: By reducing gut inflammation, L. reuteri creates a healthier environment for optimal hormonal signaling.

Microbial Metabolites: This microbe produces compounds that directly influence brain chemistry, fostering a sense of well-being.”

For support with your health and wellness goals, join the Thrive Community,

www.skool.com/releasetheweight

It can feel unsettling…To NOT feel the compulsion to eat something, to actually feel neutral about food itself.Maybe you...
02/15/2026

It can feel unsettling…

To NOT feel the compulsion to eat something, to actually feel neutral about food itself.

Maybe you’ve relied on food to give you comfort, joy, solace, and pleasure- for years, or maybe even decades like myself.

As you make healthier food choices, balance your blood sugar, support insulin sensitivity through practices like intermittent fasting, the drive to eat can go down significantly.

This is something I hear a lot from folks who have tried GLP 1- drugs or the carnivore diet…the pleasure of food, the drive to eat, just goes away sometimes.

And that can be frickin’ uncomfortable for those of us who are so used to deriving not only pleasure- but joy, comfort, protection, and maybe our very survival, from food.

If you haven’t ever experienced total neutrality around food, it can seem like a good problem to have.

It’s easy to think, “Oh gosh, it would be amazing to not be craving food every 30 minutes! I WISH I could feel totally neutral about food!”.

And maybe for some people, it IS a great experience and actually feels good, but I myself have found it unsettling at times.

I felt this the other day. I ate my green soup, with celery, avocado, parsley, lemon, garlic, and it was fine. I felt grateful for the nutrients in the soup.

After I finished, I did NOT feel compelled to eat anything else. And it wasn’t very much soup. I usually have a low sugar fruit and some nuts or something like that after having a veggie-rich meal, and I find joy in that.

It felt strange not to feel the desire for fruit, or any other kind of food. I didn’t want anything else. I could care less about food in that moment.

And I found myself, ironically, missing the desire to have another piece of food.

Maybe someday I will feel ok with that experience of total neutrality. But in that moment, I wasn’t ready for it. Beyond that, I felt that I needed more calories.

So, I hacked my experience by having a date. It’s a healthy-ish form of sugar. Blood sugar spikes are a foolproof way to increase cravings and joy of food.

To DECREASE your joy and attachment to food, decrease or eliminate blood sugar spikes.

To INCREASE joy and attachment to food, you can create a healthy-ish blood sugar spike with a high sugar fruit like a date, banana, pineapple, mango, etc.

That fixed it right away, and I ended up having a banana and some sunflower seeds. And that felt good because I knew I needed more protein.

Not sure if this hack works with use of GLP-1 drugs.

Have you ever experienced the sensation of total neutrality around food, fellow Thriver?

If you haven’t yet, this is something you can “look forward to”, as you experiment with intermittent fasting and make healthier choices.

Reach out to me when it happens for you, I’d love to hear about it! And either celebrate with you or grieve about it, depending on how you feel about it!

Some people seem to live in that zone of food neutrality, since it’s how they’re wired.

I went out with someone in college who told me he wished that he could get all his calories from vitamin pills cuz he didn’t like chewing or taking time to eat. Feeling neutral about food is definitely NOT how I was wired!

I welcome that feeling when I’m fasting, but it still feels a bit strange when it comes up at other times.

For support with reaching your health and wellness goals, join the Thrive Community,

www.skool.com/releasetheweight

Are you an Entrepreneur or Coach who feels Stuck in Survival Mode?Is it hard for you to let go of addictive behaviors li...
02/13/2026

Are you an Entrepreneur or Coach who feels Stuck in Survival Mode?

Is it hard for you to let go of addictive behaviors like stress eating?

You can talk about your triggers all day long…

…but if your nervous system feels unsafe, nothing in your life will shift substantially.

Join Somatic Therapist Mary Rose for the next Conversations to Thrive Masterclass,

Monday, Feb. 16, 9 am MT in the Thrive Community

https://www.skool.com/releasetheweight/about?ref=00e2f243ac6240db953457e660429b2a

If you’ve been hearing the word somatic everywhere and wondering what it actually means (and why it matters), this masterclass will bring it to life in a grounded, practical way.

Somatics is the practice of working with the body—because emotions don’t just live in your mind… they live in your nervous system.

In this class, you’ll learn how to recognize emotions as physical experiences and use simple tools to support your body in moving through them.

You’ll leave with concrete practices for:

🌀 identifying emotional states

🌀 noticing where emotions live in your body

🌀 increasing your capacity to feel without shutting down

🌀 shifting out of overwhelm, anxiety, or emotional spirals

This is for you if you’re ready to stop intellectualizing your healing and start embodying it.

Rose , MA, LPC, CACII is a Holistic Somatic Therapist and Coach who helps individuals, couples, and groups move from chronic disappointment, emptiness, self-doubt, self-medicating behaviors, and overwhelm into greater ease, clarity, and alignment.

Her work weaves together the mind, body, and spirit—drawing on somatic awareness, parts work, subconscious belief reprogramming, the Vital Mind Reset, and other integrative tools. With over 15 years of experience, Mary brings a compassionate and practical approach that empowers people to reconnect with their innate wholeness and live with more choice, freedom, and vitality.

02/11/2026

This is a great, short video explaining why Skool is the best place to build a coaching biz and how to go about it.

You can join Skool today with a 14-day free trial…message us if you want support with starting your hobby or coaching community.

It’s just 9 dollars a month.

https://www.skool.com/signup?ref=660b18d65db44bf79f7dc730539dbb20

02/11/2026

A new study of 32,000+ women found citrus helps support mood through the gut-brain connection. 🍊🍋

Women with the highest citrus intake had a 22% lower risk of depression compared to those who ate the least. But the researchers didn’t stop there, they also discovered how this works.

Citrus fruits (like oranges and grapefruit) increase the abundance of a key gut microbe called Faecalibacterium prausnitzii. This microbe produces compounds that enhance serotonin and dopamine availability in the gut: two neurotransmitters essential for emotional well-being.

In fact, F. prausnitzii was consistently lower in people with depression, across two independent cohorts. And the more citrus people consumed, the more this microbe thrived.

What you eat feeds the bacteria that shape your thoughts, feelings, and resilience.

DOI: 10.1186/s40168-024-01961-3

02/11/2026

Your body doesn’t heal in urgency.
It heals when it feels safe.

Stillness isn’t doing nothing... it’s giving your nervous system the conditions it needs to repair, rebalance, and restore.




Noon Power Hour!Wednesday, Feb. 25, 12-1 pmFriday, Feb. 27, 12-1 pmHotchkiss Memorial Hall, Ball RoomEnergize your body,...
02/10/2026

Noon Power Hour!

Wednesday, Feb. 25, 12-1 pm

Friday, Feb. 27, 12-1 pm

Hotchkiss Memorial Hall, Ball Room

Energize your body, nourish your nervous system, with a mid-day reset!

We do Zumba-style dance for 30 minutes, to energize,

then do yoga for 20 minutes to nourish and reset.

Join Vasi for this fun and practical class.

Donations are welcome, not required.

Suggested donation, $5-15

In other news…is anyone else dreaming of lilacs?!

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