For the woman who has figured out everything in her life, except how to just eat.
It's beyond
the food.
That's why nothing you've tried has worked.
Every program you've tried focused on what to eat, how much and when. None of them focused on why you eat. That's what this coaching is about.
One-on-one. By application. 12 clients at a time.
You've read the books and listened to the podcast, so why can't you just eat when you're hungry and stop when you're full?
You've done the diets. Weight Watchers, Noom, the group program, the dietitian, maybe a therapist who never quite got it, maybe a GLP-1. Every one of them promised "our way works." So every time it didn't, you quietly added another piece of evidence to the pile: the problem must be me.
It isn't you. The truth is...
I've done therapy. I've done coaching. I've done everything under the sun. And in this short period of time, I've had more awareness that is cohesive than ever.
Dana Strode-Tritle
Here's what staying in it looks like
- You're not dieting. You're just "restraining" sugar and ultra-processed food. And you think about sugar all day.
- Getting yourself to the gym is a negotiation every single time.
- You ruminate about what you ate yesterday and overthink what you should eat tomorrow.
- The inner critic gets a vote on every meal, every outfit, every mirror.
- To everyone around you, you have it all together. Nobody knows how loud it is in there.
- Every "slip" becomes more proof that something is wrong with you.
- And somewhere in you, a voice is saying: I don't want to spend the rest of my life like this.
That voice is the one worth listening to
I know you want to be unbothered by food and your body.
I teach you to be bothered differently.
Why I can help when others couldn't
I've been exactly where you are.
I spent 25 years dieting. I know the frustration, the stuckness, the quiet desperation of knowing exactly what you should do and still not being able to do it. I've lived in a bigger body my whole adult life, so I know what it is to move through the world in one.
That's what the other professionals you've hired couldn't give you. They knew the theory. I know the feeling.
So when you tell me what happened, I recognize it. I see the pattern you can't see from inside it. I call out the BS, kindly and directly. And I get you doing what you actually need to do.
I see you. I hear you. And I know the way out, because I took it.
Here's what I know after a decade of coaching women just like you: you're not missing information. You have more of it than most nutritionists. What you're missing is help in the part nobody connected to your eating.
You're going to need:
- Someone who helps you find where these beliefs about food, your body and yourself came from, and take apart the ones that were never yours.
- Someone who's there in the moment the old thought shows up, not a week later.
- Someone you can tell the truth to, privately, without having to look like you have it together.
When I finally got out of diet culture, it wasn't because I found the right food plan. It was because I stopped working on the food and started working on what was underneath it: my thoughts, my beliefs, my emotions. I built the Going Beyond The Food Method™ from that, and I've spent the last 10 years using it to coach over 1,000 women out of the same fight.
Picture it. You find out where the belief that your body can't be trusted came from, and it stops feeling like the truth. The old thought still shows up on some Tuesdays, and now you know what to do with it. When it's hard, you don't spin on it alone: you send me a voice note, and I answer that day. A few months later, you notice how quiet it's gotten in your head, and your energy is going to the trip, the raise, the next chapter.
The coaching
Private Coaching with Stephanie
Private, one-on-one coaching that goes beyond the food, for the woman who has figured out everything else and is done fighting food and her body.
Everything is one-on-one. It's you and me, in a private coaching thread on your phone. Nobody else sees what you send me.
You can message me any time, day or night, by voice or text. I answer the same day, Monday to Friday. This is coaching that happens while your life happens, not a week later. I'm your thought partner, on your sidelines, in the moment the thing happens.
The commitment is six months. The beliefs you're working on took decades to build. Six months is the time it takes to take them apart and practice new ones until you actually believe them. The investment starts at $4,000 USD.
Joining is by application and consultation. I work with 12 private clients at a time, and I want to be sure we're a fit before either of us commits.
This is for you if
- You've tried the diets, the programs and the books, and you're done looking for the right way to eat.
- You're ready to look at what's underneath your eating, not just at the food.
- You want direct coaching. I'm warm, and I won't coddle you.
- You're willing to reach out when it's hard. The women who get the most from this are the ones who message.
This is not for you if
- You want to lose weight. This coaching is weight-neutral, and I won't help you shrink your body.
- You want more of what you've already been doing: a meal plan, new food rules, a better program. This is a totally different approach.
- You're not willing to go inside and look at the way you think, your emotions and your beliefs.
- You don't want to learn to manage your own mind.
- You're not open to trying something you've never tried before.
- You need someone to chase you.
- You're living with an active eating disorder. You deserve a specialized care team for that, and I'm happy to help you think about where to start.
I'm on the Board of Directors and have a very busy lifestyle, but Stephanie's coaching on perspective on life, lifestyle and dealing with our food issues has really changed my life. I'll never go back to the way it was.
Eithne
Private Coaching is coaching, not therapy or medical care. It is not crisis support. If you are in crisis, contact your local emergency number or a crisis line.
The coaching is built on three pillars:
Pillar 1
The Going Beyond The Food Method™
Every program you've tried started with your behavior and hoped your beliefs would follow. This method works the other way around. That's why it works where the others didn't.
We map your relationship with food, your body and your mindset as they are today.
We go back through your timeline to find where your beliefs about food, health, weight and yourself were formed.
We examine those beliefs and take apart the ones that aren't true and were never yours.
We create new beliefs, and you practice until you actually believe them, not just know them.
You set goals that have nothing to do with food or your body, and you become the woman who lives those new beliefs.
This is a different approach. We go inside. It's trauma-informed, and along the way you learn:
- Thought work. How to catch the thoughts driving your choices and change the ones that aren't true.
- How to manage your mind, so the inner critic stops making your decisions.
- Emotional regulation. How to feel what comes up instead of eating, fixing or ruminating your way around it.
- Nervous system regulation. How to come back to calm when your body is in alarm mode.
- Your belief system. Where your beliefs about food, health, your body and yourself came from, and how to change them.
- Body image. How to build respect for the body you live in now.
- Goals beyond food and your body. What you want for your life once controlling food and your body stops taking up all the space.
This isn't a curriculum you work through alone. It's the map I hold while we coach, so I always know where you are and what comes next.
As a result of working one-on-one with Stephanie, everything has shifted. I'm calmer, I'm more trusting, I feel like my body and I are friends again.
Julie
Pillar 2
Me in your back pocket
Unlimited daily voice and text coaching.
This is how the method reaches your real life. The moment the old belief shows up is the moment it can change, not a week later when you're retelling it. So you have a direct line to me every day. I'm your thought partner, on your sidelines as things happen.
- Message me any time, day or night, as often as you want. Voice or text.
- I answer the same day, Monday to Friday.
- We use the moment while it's still intense. That's when a belief is easiest to change.
- I see the patterns you can't see when you only talk to someone at a scheduled appointment.
- It makes room for the real roller coaster of life, not just the version you'd bring to a weekly session.
- My answers stay in the thread. Play them back whenever the thought comes back around.
You will not be too much. The women I know best are the ones who message most. I'm never playing catch-up, so every answer is about your real life, not a summary of it.
And when you need to see my face and talk it through in real time, you book a call. On demand, whenever you need one.
Pillar 3
How I coach
I'm direct, with empathy. I'll understand where you are, because I've been there. And I won't get stuck in it with you, because that doesn't move you forward.
- I cut through the noise. I find the real problem fast and keep us focused on it.
- I'm your traffic control. You get access to everything I've ever created, and I point you to exactly what you need right now. No more consuming another book to avoid feeling the thing.
- I'll hold you to your goals. When the old way shows up dressed as a new idea, I'll name it.
- I won't babysit you. You're a grown woman. You lead, and I'm on your sidelines.
You'll always know where you stand with me. No guessing, no drama in the coaching relationship. Just the truth, said with care.
She will tell it like it is, but with compassion and honor.
Susan Sledge
Also included
- Access to everything I've created, with me pointing you to what you need, when you need it.
- My private client community, for my private clients only. It comes with your coaching, and it's there when you want it.
Why women choose to work with me
What my clients tell me is most valuable is my vantage point. I've worked with so many women that I see patterns very clearly, and I can give you an insight you can't really get anywhere else. I'm really good at cutting through the noise, finding the main problem and focusing on that.
Stephanie Dodier
What makes this coaching different
Cognitive behavior coaching
Thought work is at the core of everything we do. We change the beliefs driving your behavior, so the new behavior lasts.
A feminist approach to health
Your struggle with food was never a personal failure. Women are taught to see their bodies as projects to fix. We name that, so you can stop carrying it as your fault.
An intersectional lens
Your age, your body, your culture, your money, your history: they all shape how you eat and how you see yourself. Your coaching accounts for your whole life, not a one-size-fits-all plan.
Hi, I'm Stephanie
25 years inside diet culture. 10 years coaching women out.
Stephanie Dodier is a Clinical Nutritionist, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and Cognitive Behavior Coach, the creator of the Going Beyond The Food Method™ and the host of the It's Beyond The Food podcast, with over 1.4 million downloads since 2016.
She walked into her first Weight Watchers meeting at 12 and spent the next 25 years inside diet culture. Along the way, she went from part-time cashier to VP of Store Operations overseeing more than 100 stores. She knows what it is to be successful everywhere except here. When her health collapsed at the peak of that career, she went back to school for nutrition, opened a clinic in Toronto, and closed it four years later because she refused to keep prescribing diets.
For the last 10 years she has coached over 1,000 women across 92 countries. She lives in a fat body and is genuinely at peace with it. That peace is the proof that this is possible.
She coaches this way because she has lived both sides of it.
In her words
I had been doing this for 35 years. I couldn't continue like this. I'm so proud of myself. I have the last half of my life to enjoy now.
Jessica Tomasko
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What is Private Coaching with Stephanie Dodier?
Private Coaching is one-on-one, non-diet coaching with Stephanie Dodier, a Clinical Nutritionist, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and Cognitive Behavior Coach. Using the Going Beyond The Food Method™, a feminist and intersectional approach to health coaching, she helps women 40 and older stop fighting food and their body by working on the thoughts, beliefs and emotions underneath their eating, including body image, intuitive eating and emotional regulation. The coaching is asynchronous: daily voice and text messages, with same-day replies Monday to Friday and calls on demand.
Why work with Stephanie?
You've probably tried a lot of things and spent a lot of money. Here's what's different here.
I've been where you are. I spent 25 years dieting, and I live in a bigger body. I know the frustration and the stuckness from the inside.
I see the patterns. I've coached over 1,000 women in the last 10 years, so I spot patterns quickly, cut through the noise and get to the real problem.
I work on why you eat, not what you eat. My approach is cognitive behavior coaching, through a feminist and intersectional lens.
I'm with you in the moment. The coaching is asynchronous, so you have me in your back pocket every day. We work on the moment while it's still fresh, not a week later.
What is asynchronous coaching?
Asynchronous coaching means you don't wait for an appointment. You message me any time, day or night, by voice or text, and I answer the same day, Monday to Friday.
We work in the moment. Behavior change happens when you can course-correct right after something happens, while it's still fresh. Not a week later, when it's already a story you're retelling.
I see your patterns faster. With more access to your real life, I spot what's repeating sooner than I could in a scheduled session.
It fits the roller coaster of life. One week you need me every day. The next week you're busy living. The coaching follows your life, not a calendar.
Nothing gets lost. No saving up questions for an appointment. My answers stay in the thread, so you can play them back whenever the thought comes back around.
Will I lose weight?
This coaching is weight-neutral. We don't work on your body's size. We work on what you believe about food, your body and yourself. If weight loss is your goal, this isn't the right fit, and I'd rather tell you now.
Is this therapy?
No. It's coaching. I'm a nutritionist and cognitive behavior coach, and we work on beliefs and behavior, not diagnosis or treatment. If you're working with a therapist, coaching can sit alongside it.
Are there any Zoom sessions?
The majority of the coaching happens by voice and text. If you'd like to see me face to face, Zoom sessions are available on demand, in 20-minute increments.
Will you keep me accountable?
To your goals, yes. I'll name it when the old way shows up. To a daily check-in, no, unless you ask for one. You lead. I'm on your sidelines.
I've never used a voice messaging app.
You download it, find me, press the button and talk. That's the whole setup, and my team walks you through it.
I have a question before I apply.
Email us at info@stephaniedodier.com. Anything else, we'll cover together on your consultation call.
Ready?
Here's how to get started
It's time to stop fighting food and your body, and start living the life you've built.
- Submit your application. Answer the questions as best you can. If you're not sure you're ready, apply anyway. I read every application myself.
- Get on a call with me. I do every consultation myself. No sales team, no one pushing you through. If I'm going to coach you, I'm going to talk to you first.
- If it's a fit, you'll receive your contract and invoice, and we'll agree on a time for your onboarding. We can get started within 24 hours.
- If it's not a fit, that's okay too. We may find another way to work together that suits where you are right now. We'll figure that out together on the call.
If you've figured out everything in your life except how to just eat, and you're ready to stop looking for the right way and start trusting yourself, this is where you belong. You'll have someone in your corner who spent 25 years inside diet culture and the last 10 coaching over 1,000 women out of it.
Questions before you apply? Email info@stephaniedodier.com