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Binge Relief: From Urge to Understanding

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A self-paced course to help you start feeling in control around food—without relying on willpower or another diet.
Ice cream binge

If you've been burned before when it comes to this "food thing"—the diets, the rules, the promises that this time will be different...

I get it! You're not alone!
Maybe you've tried to control your eating, only to end up feeling even more out of control. Maybe you've blamed yourself, thinking you just need more willpower or discipline. But what if the issue isn't discipline at all?

In this program, you'll be supported to finally understand your eating habits—without shame, willpower battles, or diets. Even if you think you already know what leads you to eat, because you’re here, I’m guessing there’s more to it than you might realize. What if your emotional eating and food noise are actually a result of craving true belonging to yourself?

This course is for you if:

  • You constantly think about food—even when you’re not hungry

  • You feel like you're “good” all day, only to spiral in the evenings

  • You’ve tried tracking your food, intuitive eating, and maybe even therapy—but the urges still show up

  • You’re ready to get to the bottom of why you “fall off track” or have to white-knuckle your way through cravings

Have you ever been here before?

You’re standing in the kitchen, telling yourself this is the last handful. You know you’re not hungry—but you can’t seem to stop. And after it’s over, the guilt creeps in. Again.

You tell yourself you just need more discipline. More control. A better plan, or more accountability.

But deep down, you’re exhausted. Because no matter how many times you start over, nothing seems to stick. And for some reason you just can’t seem to drum up the motivation to get back on the wagon again.

I get it.

You’ve been burned before—by diets, tracking apps, other coaches, "lifestyle changes" that promised freedom but only left you more confused and disconnected from your body.

You’ve tried to think and willpower your way out of the binge cycle. (I've definitely been there!)

But what if that’s not actually the problem?

After working with hundreds of clients, I’ve seen the same pattern again and again:
Binge eating isn’t a failure of willpower.

It’s a protective response—a signal.

And it often shows up when something deeper is going on.

Are you ready to understand what your
binge eating is really trying to tell you?

In Binge Relief: From Urge to Understanding, you’ll gently pull back the curtain on what’s really driving your relationship with food.

Because underneath the binges, there's often a craving for safety, belonging, or connection—not just the food itself. Even if you don't binge eat but you struggle with emotional eating, cravings that don’t seem to make sense, or the guilt that follows “overeating,” this course can still help!

The first bite into emotional hunger

This is a powerful 4-lesson course that will help you:

  • Get clear on your triggers—and why you feel out of control around food sometimes

  • Uncover the hidden triggers and emotional patterns behind your urges

  • Learn real tools (not more food rules) to handle cravings in the moment—with curiosity instead of judgment

  • Shift from guilt to compassion and start making choices that actually feel satisfying

What's Included:

  • 4 self-paced video lessons (5-20 minutes each)
  • Guided exercises + reflection prompts to identify what’s really leading you to binge eat
  • Practical tools you can return to again and again instead of turning to food
  • Lifetime access so you can go at your own pace, on your own time

Cost: $95 (payment plan also available, 3 payments of $35 each)

This course is designed to be a fraction of the cost of working with me 1:1—while still delivering deep clarity and real relief. Instead of costing you upwards of $1,000, you can access them on your own time for a fraction of the cost.

You’ll begin to understand what your binges are really trying to tell you.

Because here’s the thing:
You’re not weak.
You’re not broken.
And you’re definitely not alone.

It’s time to go from urge to understanding.
Relief is closer than you think.

Have some questions?

The course is made up of four lessons, which you can complete in your own time. Each lesson includes a video that is less than 20 minutes each with transcripts, coaching exercises, and tools to guide you through the process. 

If you work best with structure, there is a template of a schedule so you can determine when you will complete each lesson. 

It’s not uncommon to feel like you’re constantly busy and are always running out of time. With this work, your life is your classroom. You’ll be experimenting with new ways of being in your life, which often leads to simplifying. As a result, this work can actually create time for you by freeing up energy and some people feel more energized from more results and having less on their literal and metaphorical plate.

The program requires about 45-60 minutes per week for maximum benefit. Some of that time will be used for the content and the rest for completing the exercises. All content is recorded so you can listen in your own time.

All materials are yours for life so if your schedule changes for any reason, you can still get the full value of the program when you’re ready.

The program costs $95 if you pay in full at registration. There is also a payment plan option available that’s spread across 3 payments of $35 each. 

These materials, tools, and resources are similar to the ones I would offer in one-on-one coaching over the course of many months. With this course you can access them on your own time for a fraction of the cost. 

Great question! This course doesn’t give you more rules or ask you to control your urges—it helps you understand why they’re happening in the first place. Many people struggle because they focus on surface behaviors (like stopping a binge) without addressing the emotional patterns that drive them. That’s what this course helps you unpack and is a great compliment to therapy. 

I totally understand where you’re coming from. When I was battling food, I was frustrated from trying so many different diets but ending up in the same cycle of not being able to stick with them long-term.

Part of the reason they weren’t successful for me is they were built on deprivation and didn’t address the reason of WHY I was turning to food.

This is a very common question and fear that holds people back from working with me. It’s also part of the reason I created this course. It’s a much lower risk and helps you to start to shift your battle with food by finally identifying exactly what is leading you to turn to food.

While this course isn’t therapy or a substitute for individualized support, it draws on the proven frameworks I’ve used to help hundreds of clients find relief from binge and emotional eating. You’ll gain powerful insights and tools at a self-guided pace, designed to build a solid foundation of understanding. Many past clients have said they wish they had this before starting coaching or therapy—it helps you go deeper, faster.

If you’re curious about why you eat and are starting to realize there has to be another reason other than ‘I just love food so much,’ this course will help you address why you are able to eat well sometimes, but then throw in the towel other times.

You don’t need to identify as a binge eater to benefit from this course. If you struggle with emotional eating, cravings that don’t seem to make sense, or the guilt that follows “overeating,” this course can help you understand what’s really driving those moments.

This isn’t a traditional program that just gives you more information and adds to the large knowledge base you already have. My approach is like nothing you’ve tried before because this course is about genuine change, which makes it a completely new experience.

By doing this work, you’ll have to get outside of your comfort zone but not in a way where you have to gear up to find more willpower or discipline around food. It’s about challenging yourself to show up differently in your life, which ultimately leads to more satisfaction outside of food. 

This course is not a “quick fix,” but it will help you understand what’s underneath your urges so you can respond differently. Relief often starts with clarity—not more control. You’ll learn to recognize your patterns and shift from judgment to compassion, which is often a big missing step in lasting change.

Client Results

I started this course to learn how to improve my relationship with food. I suspected there was an emotional component to why I eat the way I do and I desired to heal the emotional tension that led to my eating. I learned when life feels out of my control, I gravitate towards food to quell any anxiety I’m feeling. It gave me a temporary sense of control but in the end, I felt worse than before I ate. I also realized how my food choices got worse as the day went on and my portions increased at night. After completing the course, it's now easier to make better choices earlier in the day and I'm in the process of having that carry over into the evening too. I’m also turning towards a movement-based practice first before heading to the refrigerator when I start to feel anxious.”

Heather F.

"In the past when I tried to tackle my eating on my own, I thought I just wasn’t being mindful enough. However, working on why emotional eating makes sense has removed a lot of the shame involved when I eat out of alignment with my goals. This process has made it feel like a smaller part of myself and a less defining characteristic of who I am."

A. M.

“I learned so much about myself by going through this course! I especially liked Module 3 with the different types of stress responses. The worksheets really helped me fully process the content and explore my response to it.”

Amber M.

“After the first two lessons I’m recognizing my triggers! The good news is I’ve stayed more on track and even the days I was triggered, I didn’t stray far from my planned eating. I’m loving the opportunity to learn about myself. It’s been a huge eye opener and I’m enjoying the process as much as it is a challenge. Thank you so much for this course!!!”

Kellen M.

Meet

Laura Folkes

Certified Holistic Health Coach

As a Certified Holistic Health Coach, Laura is passionate about helping clients make peace with emotional hunger by getting to the bottom of what leads to self-sabotage and falling off track. Throughout the process of transformation they experience relief and freedom in many areas of their lives and feel more comfortable and confident about themselves and in their own skin.

Laura is a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN) who has supported hundreds of clients who know what they should be eating but have a hard time sticking to it by helping them identify the familiar patterns keeping them stuck so they can radically transform their relationship with food.

She ensures her clients don’t feel deprived by guiding them to make small, incremental changes so the journey is more enjoyable. After successfully losing 60 pounds and working through her own emotional relationship with food, Laura recognizes there are many factors keeping individuals from sticking to what they know works but it’s her mission to help others overcome these factors to become healthier and happier.

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