Mindvalley Stories
Louise K. Shaw
WILDFIT

"I had an emotional breakthrough that was a complete game changer for me"

Quick summary

After struggling with weight gain and declining health following her father's death, she discovered through Wildfit that she'd been unconsciously eating his favorite foods to feel close to him. This emotional breakthrough transformed not just her relationship with food, but her entire grieving process.

Grief Was Disrupting My Health Before the Wildfit Program I had almost given up on being healthy. At the start of last year, I decided to get into shape for my 50th BD in April as I'd realised I'd put on so much weight. I got someway there but struggled with the weight after my birthday. I joined a program for 90 days that focused on controlling what you ate, weighing out all your food and doing weight training sessions six days a week. I only stuck with it for 45 days. Although I released some weight and I toned up, once I stopped it all came back on. By the time December came, I was in a worse condition than where I was at the start of the year. I decided this year that enough was enough; I had to get my health back. Even though I walk for nearly 3 hours a day with my boisterous Vizsla, I was out of breath walking up the stairs; I was suffering from insomnia; my energy was rock bottom; my nails were dreadful, and my hair was thinning. And to top it all, I felt old.

When I joined Wildfit, I was only hoping for my weight going down and my general health to improve, and I was looking forward to learning the psychology of our eating habits. Then about week three, I had an emotional breakthrough that was a complete gamechanger for me. After coming in from a walk, my Food Devil and Food Angel were having a heated debate about having some chocolate biscuits (as a treat!). I learned a lot from that - feeling that I always had to justify myself. I wasn't prepared for what happened next. I started to feel a huge amount of emotions coming up and before I knew it I was overwhelmed by grief and my father's imaged flashed in front of me. That was the first time I realised how much my eating habits had changed to subconsciously be close to my late father, who had only passed away three years ago. I was eating all his favourite foods to remind me of him and feel close to him. I hadn't made the connection that all my weight gain had started after his passing. I also hadn't made the connection that my eating habits had changed to feel some comfort for the enormous loss I felt when he died. I also uncovered my subconscious need to punish myself through not taking care of myself (bad food for a bad girl) because of the guilt I felt for not being able to help him more. After clearing those beliefs and their associated energy and making peace with how my grief was manifesting, I was able to release those disruptive patterns and seek love and connection from elsewhere.

Wildfit has given me so much. It has given me a healthy relationship with food and my body that I've never had before, and I now feel in control of what I choose to put in my body. I jump out of bed with energy now, I've started running again, my hair is growing thicker and so are my nails, and my focus and concentration has improved. It's also enabled closure to my grieving process so that I can move on with my life in a healthy way, and remember my Dad with love. I hadn't realised how much I'd achieved until I did the final measurements. The cms off blew me away! Weight released: 8.7Kg - only 3Kg away from my goal. Cms released: 56.5

Thank you Wildfit Coaches and Eric for helping me to change my life <3


Louise K. Shaw

Energy Healer

Storrington, United Kingdom

Run Faster & Build Endurance
Grow Your Business
Laser Focus & Productivity
More Energy & Vitality

Written 5 January 2023 From our original stories site

Every story is written by a Mindvalley student or by someone our teachers have worked with. How we collect and check stories

Related Stories

"I had an emotional breakthrough that was a complete game changer for me" | Mindvalley Stories