Love your Body Love Yourself

01/15/2026

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Before I could love myself, I had to learn what unconditional love looked like.

I was searching for relief in smaller numbers on the scale and chocolate cookies. But that never worked.
What I really needed was to be loved—completely, without conditions, in all my brokenness.
For me, that came through surrendering to a higher love. For you, it might look different. But the truth remains: the void inside can only be filled by love, not food.
In "BE-Friend Yourself," I share how spiritual connection became my pathway out of obsession and into freedom.
You are worthy of unconditional love—right now, exactly as you are.

📖 Get "BE-Friend Yourself" - link: https://a.co/d/1zMiR9o

01/08/2026

The scariest moment in recovery: realizing you don't actually want the food anymore.
You reach for the cookie out of habit, but something's different. You don't want it. The autopilot is running, but your heart isn't in it.
Now what?

This is the crossroads where real healing begins—and where most of us panic. Without a plan for this moment, we fall back into old patterns even though they no longer serve us.

In Chapter 5 of "BE-Friend Yourself," I share what to do when food stops being the answer but you don't know what else to reach for.
The void is asking for something deeper. Are you ready to listen?

📖 Get "BE-Friend Yourself" - https://a.co/d/1zMiR9o

01/02/2026

The void you're trying to fill with food isn't in your stomach. It's in your soul.

No amount of cookies, restrictive diets, or body transformations will fill the spiritual hunger inside you. I know—I tried for years.

When I stopped running from my pain and started asking what I really needed, everything shifted. The emptiness wasn't asking for food. It was asking for connection, love, and presence.

In "BE-Friend Yourself," I share how discovering my spiritual connection became the answer I'd been searching for in the bottom of every bag of chips.
What is your soul really hungry for?
📖 Discover the deeper answer in "BE-Friend Yourself" -https://a.co/d/1zMiR9o

12/26/2025

What if you could want to binge and not do it?
Standing in my kitchen, chocolate in hand, heart racing, wanting to escape my feelings—I heard it: Be still.
For the first time, I chose to feel instead of eat. The discomfort was intense. My body screamed for relief. But I stayed. I breathed. I didn't run.
And the pain passed.

In Chapter 5 of "BE-Friend Yourself," I share how learning to be still with our emotions—without reaching for food—is the breakthrough that changes everything.
You're stronger than you think. The urge will fade.

Get "BE-Friend Yourself" -https://a.co/d/1zMiR9o

12/18/2025

What belief is driving your food and body struggles?
For years, I thought I just needed more willpower. More discipline. A better diet plan. But beneath all my restricting and bingeing was a terrifying belief I didn't even know I had.

Once I was brave enough to listen to that scared part of myself, everything shifted. The little girl inside me thought her worth depended on her weight. She needed to hear she was loved—no matter what.
In "BE-Friend Yourself," I share how identifying and healing our core beliefs is the key to transforming our relationship with our bodies.
What fear is your inner child carrying?

Discover the tools to heal in "BE-Friend Yourself" -
https://a.co/d/1zMiR9o

12/11/2025

Book Review for BE-Friend Yourself

Deeply supportive to those of us who may feel we are ‘not enough’

So many of us have heard that to have a good relationship we need to begin with ourselves - yet we have no idea what that means or where to begin. In “Befriend yourself,” Marla shares her personal experience and tips on how to do this by starting with the body and focusing on what it’s telling us that we truly need and want through our sensations and emotions. And by doing that, we cultivate a more powerful relationship with ourselves. It’s a deeply supportive book for those of us who are on the journey from feeling “not enough” to “just right.”

Click link to order: https://a.co/d/1zMiR9o

12/05/2025

Most people see the part of me that shows up smiling on Facebook or teaching about emotional eating and body love. And yes, that part of me is real.

What people do not always see is how much I have been navigating with my health behind the scenes. For a long time I have lived with fatigue, brain fog, and a body that needs more rest than I ever thought possible. There are days when I spend hours lying down. There are moments when I wish I could say yes to more, but my body asks for stillness instead.

I have gone through frustration, sadness, and fear. I have learned how to stop pushing myself past my limits. I have learned how to listen in a deeper way than I ever have.

For a long stretch it felt like everything was slipping away. Now there is a sense of rising.
Something is changing inside me. I can feel that all the care I have given my body is adding up.

I am still in this journey, but I feel myself moving in the right direction.

This is one of the reasons I said yes to the Heal From Within Summit with my colleague Jodi Geline. So many of us look fine on the outside while doing everything we can to keep our bodies steady.

If you have been navigating your own chronic symptoms or feeling confused by what your body is doing, this series may give you support you have been longing for.

HEAL FROM WITHIN SERIES 5
A free online event starting December 12

I will be speaking alongside thirty other experts in emotional healing, nervous system support, gut health, trauma work, weight release, spirituality, and learning to feel at home in your body again.

You can join us here:
http://healfromwithinseries.com/marla

I hope this helps you feel less alone and more understood.
You deserve support, clarity, and a body that can rise with you.

12/04/2025

The answers you're searching for aren't on Instagram. They're inside you.

We scroll endlessly looking for the perfect diet, the right workout plan, the magic formula that will finally make us feel good in our bodies. But we're looking in the wrong place.

Your intuition—that quiet voice inside—already knows what you need. It knows when you're truly hungry. It knows what movement feels good. It knows what boundaries you need to set.

In Chapter 12 of "Be-Friend Yourself," I share how learning to listen to your body's wisdom is the foundation of healing your relationship with food and yourself.
Stop searching outside. Start listening inside.

📖 Get "Be-Friend Yourself" - https://a.co/d/1zMiR9o

12/01/2025

This is my son and me at my sister’s holiday party last year. ( Get ready for pictures from this year coming soon )

It’s one of those gatherings I look forward to every year. The food, the laughter, the games , the family energy, the celebration of it all.

But for many years, even in moments like this, there was another layer happening inside me.
I used to walk into parties already anxious.

Would I overeat? Would I restrict and then binge later? Would I feel uncomfortable in my body the whole night? Would I miss the joy because I was stuck in my head?

I loved being with my family, but the pressure around food and my body dimmed the sweetness. I’d either check out and eat to soothe myself, or I’d restrict and feel disconnected. Afterward, there was always guilt or shame.

I know I’m not the only one who has felt this way during the holidays. Most people never say it out loud.

This is why I’m teaching a free workshop on December 2nd. Because this season is tender, and you don’t have to navigate it alone.

If you want support, grounding, and practical tools to feel more present and at peace with food and yourself this season, I would love for you to join me.

Nourished Holidays: How to Stop Overeating Without Restriction or Willpower
December 2 | Free
Comment HOLIDAYS and I’ll send you the link.

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11/30/2025

You show up at a holiday party already exhausted. You haven't eaten because you've been managing everyone else all day.

The moment you walk in, there's food everywhere. Your body is starving, your nervous system takes over, and suddenly you're eating in a way that doesn't feel connected to you at all.

Or maybe you're standing by the food table, feeling uncomfortable, and you just keep reaching for more because you don't know what else to do with that feeling.

I made a video this week with nine practical tools for navigating holiday parties without losing yourself in the food or the overwhelm.

Watch: Holiday Parties Without the Overwhelm →: CLICK HERE

I share specific practices like checking in with your emotions before you go, identifying your safe person at the party, allowing yourself to feel discomfort without eating over it, and calling in prayer when you need steadiness. These aren't diet tips. They're embodied tools for women who've outgrown restriction and want something more real.

If you watch it and realize you need deeper support this season, I'm hosting a live masterclass on December 2nd.

Nourished Holidays: How to Stop Overeating Without Restriction or Willpower
Tuesday, December 2 | 2:30PST/5:30EST

Link below

Holiday parties are supposed to be fun…But when you struggle with food, body image, or emotional eating, they can feel overwhelming, stressful, and even trig...