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Be Well by Alana Kessler Becoming You. A Natural Unfolding of Balance and Equanimity Through Nutrition, Yoga and Inner Welln Be Well.

By Alana Kessler, a Holistic Health Coach in New York City works to integrate your mind & body to receive, incorporate & transform intrinsic & extrinsic information supporting the evolution of day to day living. Holistic Health through Alana's unique Method Mapping technique & The BE WELL ARC System balances wellness with Nutrition & Yoga to refine your health & find your best, most complete self.

21/08/2025

Learning to sit in stillness is a skill that builds self-trust and inner confidence.

It’s not about keeping others at arm’s length, but developing the sovereignty to know your limits and honor them.

When you truly understand your boundaries, you can open yourself to receive without fear of being taken advantage of. It’s about finding the balance between doing and receiving, taking the time to listen to yourself, and learning from action and feedback.

We’re constantly evolving, but it starts with understanding where you stand and what you’re willing to let in.

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17/08/2025

Our brains love blueprints, especially when life feels uncertain. The idea that if you just follow someone else’s steps – “this doctor, that size, this procedure” – it might make everything okay. But what usually happens instead? That old, familiar voice pipes up: “Should I do that too?” And suddenly, we’re not just scrolling for connection… we’re internalizing someone else’s roadmap as the only route to worthiness.

For so many of us healing from emotional eating or body image struggles, these moments matter. They can spark the “comparison-control loop”, leaving us reaching for old soothers, be it snacks or more scrolling, feeling out of control and unworthy, like we’re never quite enough.

But here’s what I want you to remember,
Transparency isn’t the same as freedom. The real work, your work, is to pause, reflect, and root even deeper into your own values, your own definition of beauty, your own voice above the noise. Healing means reclaiming the right to feel at home in your own body, no blueprint necessary.

So the next time you’re faced with a “how I did it” post, ask yourself: Does this bring me closer to myself, or push me further away? That’s where your true power and true freedom lives.
You are already enough, exactly as you are.

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14/08/2025

Have you ever fallen down a social media rabbit hole, only to surface feeling just a little less at home in your own skin?

I’ll be honest – this happened to me recently, while scrolling through Instagram late at night. I stumbled on a viral post: a celebrity, boldly sharing the size of her implants and the name of her surgeon. Hundreds of comments flooded in – some praising her honesty, others hungrily requesting even more details.

At first, I felt a rush of, “Wow, this is so real.” But just beneath that, something heavier settled in my chest. Is this new wave of body transparency really helping us feel more secure? Or is it quietly layering on another level of comparison, making us feel like projects still needing fixes?

This week on Emotional Eating Unwrapped, we’re tackling exactly that: how even the “woke transparency” of influencers naming every detail of their body enhancements can light up old wounds of comparison and shame.

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10/08/2025

Have you ever caught your reflection in a store window, felt that sudden pang in your stomach, and immediately started critiquing what you see—sometimes before you’ve even realized it’s happening?

You’re not alone. In this week’s episode of Emotional Eating Unwrapped, we get real about something so many of us carry under a cloak of quiet shame: body dysmorphia.

It’s not always loud or dramatic – or even “extreme” enough to be named. Sometimes, it’s just a constant, low-grade dissatisfaction that quietly shapes how we eat, how we dress, how we date, and even whether we show up for ourselves in life. High-achieving, super-capable women are far from immune. We might appear absolutely fine on the outside (even get compliments), all while waging a private, draining battle inside.

Chronic restlessness in front of the mirror is rarely about the reflection, and almost always about our deeper emotional state. Stress, exhaustion, social messages, old childhood conditioning – all of it muddies how we see our own bodies. The cruel irony is, the more we try to “fix” our outsides, the unhappier and more disconnected we feel.

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07/08/2025

The mirror is NOT always telling the truth.

The journey out of this loop isn’t about forcing ourselves to love every part of our reflection, but about learning to see our bodies as “home”, not an object.

Just like adding more water makes a drop of dye disappear, filling our lives with genuine appreciation crowds out those harsh, dysmorphic thoughts – even if they never fully vanish.

If any of this sounds familiar, know that it’s not a discipline issue or a personal flaw. It’s a human response to a world full of unrealistic standards – and you’re allowed to step off this treadmill. Healing comes not from the mirror, but from beneath it – from tuning into how your body feels, not just how it looks.

You are (and have always been) worthy of peace, acceptance, and the deep comfort of feeling at home in yourself.

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03/08/2025

Have you ever seen those dreamy TikToks or Instagram posts of women solo dining in Paris cafés, sip of espresso in hand, main character energy radiating off the screen?

I’ll be honest, those scenes always look so effortless and enticing – a celebration of confidence and independence. But behind the curated images, there’s often something deeper brewing beneath the surface…

Being alone. What it really feels like to eat alone, beyond the inspiring Instagram captions and “romanticize your life” trends.

Because here’s the thing: solo eating isn’t always just an act of empowerment or a cool photo op. For many of us, especially those who’ve spent years using food as comfort or escape, eating alone can feel like sitting in a spotlight – suddenly hyper-aware of every bite, every glance, every thought swirling in our heads.

We unpack all of this and more in the latest episode of Emotional Eating Unwrapped.
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31/07/2025

It’s not uncommon to feel caught between wanting to be seen as confident, and quietly battling a storm of embarrassment, shame, or old narratives while eating alone. Sometimes, it’s not a conscious celebration at all. It’s secret eating, late at night, when you feel like no one else is watching, searching for relief even as shame creeps in.

But here’s the reframe:
What if solo eating became neither a spectacle nor a secret… but a ceremony?

What if eating alone, whether in public or private, became a nourishing ritual of self-connection…? A moment to say, “I matter enough to pause. I’m safe to take up space at this table, just as I am”?
Because when we turn these moments of eating, however small, into intentional acts of self-care, we let go of the need for performance or secrecy. We start to rewrite our story with food, and with ourselves.

True food freedom isn’t about how much you eat or where. It’s about feeling honest and safe with yourself in any context – public or private, confident or uncertain.

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I used to think control was the answer.
Count every calorie.
 Obsess over “good” vs. “bad” foods.
Swing from discipline ...
29/07/2025

I used to think control was the answer.
Count every calorie.
 Obsess over “good” vs. “bad” foods.
Swing from discipline to chaos and call it “starting over.”

And it worked… for a while.
I got compliments.
I dropped weight fast.
Everyone thought I was “so good.”

But here’s the truth I had to face:
-> I didn’t have freedom — I had fear.
-> I wasn’t healthy — I was hiding behind rules.
-> I didn’t feel confident — I felt one slip away from failure.

So no, I’m not her anymore.

📌 Save this post if you’re done proving your worth through diets and ready to feel free in your own body.

This version of me?
✔ Eats without guilt.
✔ Knows hunger from habit.
✔ Has boundaries with food that feel like safety — not prison.

Because control without trust isn’t health.
It’s survival.

Want to live differently than you have before?
 Comment or DM DETOX and I’ll send you a link to The 7 Day Invisible Weight Detox — your first step to break the binge-restrict cycle, reset emotional eating patterns, and set up your body to lose weight effortlessly.

27/07/2025

Have you ever noticed how we can become strangely comfortable with chaos… even when what we say we want is peace?

Maybe you’ve done all the “right” things: clean eating detox challenges, therapy, new workout routines – you name it. You have the self-awareness, the books, the terminology. But when things finally feel stable, you slip back into chaos and struggle. Not out of failure, but out of habit…and, honestly, familiarity.

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24/07/2025

For many of us, chaos becomes safer than healing.

As bizarre as it sounds, when you’ve spent years in survival mode – always searching for the next thing that needs fixing, always “becoming” instead of being – the quiet of stability can feel confusing, even threatening.

Maybe you feel restless when things are finally calm, or you find yourself stirring up some drama, just to “feel like yourself” again.

The revelation? Knowing isn’t enough. It’s the action. Learning how to stay with the “you” you’ve become, trusting periods of stillness, and actually letting things be good – that leads to real healing.
So this week, if you find yourself wanting to shake things up just because it’s peaceful, pause and ask: What would it feel like to simply let it be good?

The truth is, you deserve the calm. You deserve to arrive and stay. You don’t have to keep launching off new rock bottoms to earn your healing.

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You’re trying to “fix” emotional eating with more control. Every diet, reset, and Monday plan has one thing in common: T...
23/07/2025

You’re trying to “fix” emotional eating with more control. Every diet, reset, and Monday plan has one thing in common: They teach you to fight the symptom, not the cause.

The truth? Emotional overeating isn’t about food. It’s about safety, wiring, and patterns that live in your nervous system.

That’s why you can “know what to do” and still feel powerless in front of food.

These 5 truths are hard to accept— but they’re also your key to freedom.
Because when you stop chasing rules and start rebuilding trust with your body,
everything changes: the shame, the binge cycle, the obsession.

If this is what you’ve been searching for, it’s time to stop doing this alone.

That’s why I created The Sober Eating Method.

Comment or DM ‘FREEDOM’ and I’ll send you all the details.

You follow the plan. You clean out your fridge. You track every bite. And for a little while… it works.You feel clear. I...
23/07/2025

You follow the plan. You clean out your fridge. You track every bite. And for a little while… it works.
You feel clear. In control. Proud. Even free.

You think,
“I just needed to get back on track.”

But then…The cravings start creeping in.
You get tired. You eat one thing “off plan”… and it all unravels. Again.

What if the plan wasn’t the fix?
What if the problem isn’t your food?
What if it’s the pressure that comes with trying to be perfect every time?

💭 The “rules” that leave you wired and hungry 💭 The fear that if you loosen up, you’ll lose control 💭 The survival system that confuses restrictions with safety

📌 Save this for the next time you feel like you need to change everything you eat just to feel okay.

Because if food is the only thing helping you feel calm… If you only feel powerful when you’re following everything perfectly...
That’s not peace. That’s survival.
And you deserve more than that.

You deserve a system that works with your body— Even on a stressful Tuesday.
Even when you’re not “perfect.”

That’s exactly what we do inside The 7-Day Invisible Weight Detox🤍
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