For many, battling overeating and food obsession feels like a never-ending struggle, especially when relying on quick fixes like GLP-1 medications. The constant cycle of cravings, guilt, and dieting can leave you feeling trapped in your own body and mind. It’s exhausting to live with food drama dominating your thoughts and daily choices.

That struggle can steal your joy, confidence, and freedom, making every meal a source of anxiety instead of nourishment. When food controls you, it’s hard to fully enjoy life or even simple pleasures like traveling or socializing. The mental and emotional weight piles up, creating a sense of helplessness and frustration.

But there’s a way to break free from that cycle and find lasting peace with food and your body, just like Líza did. Through a powerful journey of mindset shifts, neuroscience, and self-trust, she transformed from food battles and overeating to living food drama-free.

In this episode, Lisa shares her inspiring story and practical insights on reclaiming your freedom.

"This sounds cliche, but just like the view from the other side of this is just spectacular. It really is. It really is freeing. It really is freedom. It's freedom from everything that kept you a prisoner before." - Liza

What you will learn from this episode:

01:31 - How Liza's life looked like before enrolling into Leslie's program

05:10 - What rigid systems and control cost her

11:32 - Opening up the shame and isolation of binge eating and how it's deeply self-critical

16:02 - Celebrating feeling like a “normal person” around food with trust, balance, and freedom, replacing fear and control

19:25 - A turning point that leads her to confront her relationship with food and begin a deeper journey of self-love and body trust

24:11 - How accepting her love for food novelty without judgment helped break the shame cycle and brought peace to her eating habits

26:31 - Shifting from fighting her body to teaming up with it and discovering the power of hypnosis and subconscious reprogramming — a major turning point in her transformation.

31:45 - The Accelerator program as a means to a deeper support and a strong foundation to build lasting self-trust and confidently navigate real-life challenges

36:50 - Understanding her cravings and responding with awareness and choice instead of reacting impulsively

39:23 - Highlighting how joining the program brings a liberating freedom from the constant obsession with food, weight, and self-judgment

Valuable Resources:

• Join my next LIVE masterclass
• Join the 8-week Fastrack to Food Freedom Program -Guaranteed mental and emotional freedom from food

Connect With Leslie Thornton:

• Book A Clarity Call
• Website
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• LinkedIn
• Email: Leslie@hpwl.co

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🔑 Episode Summary:
This empowering episode is for high-achieving women who feel overwhelmed behind the scenes. Whether you’re a doctor, mom, leader, or professional, if you struggle with emotional eating, perfectionism, and burnout, this is your invitation to find lasting peace without diets or willpower. Leslie explains how food struggles are rooted in nervous system patterns and offers a new, sustainable path to freedom through emotional mastery.

[0:00] Welcome & Who This Is For
Leslie speaks directly to high-achieving women hiding exhaustion and food struggles behind a successful exterior.

[1:55] The Real Reason You Feel Stuck
Topic: All-or-nothing thinking
This mindset keeps high performers trapped in food and life spirals.

[3:24] Control ≠ Peace, Perfection ≠ Freedom
Insight: Trying to control everything may feel safe, but it isn’t peaceful.
Learn why surrender is the key to true emotional peace.

[4:10] What Actually Creates Change
Clients share their transformation through emotional mastery—not food rules.
Letting go of external validation helps the "food noise" fade naturally.

[5:42] No More Plans, Pills, or Perfection
Freedom starts with nervous system regulation, not another plan or injection.

[6:10] About the Fast Track to Freedom Program
Join if you're ready for inner peace without giving up your power.
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[7:13] Why You Keep Procrastinating
Truth bomb: Procrastination is a trauma response, not laziness.
Fear of peace, intimacy (like journaling), or change could be holding you back.

[8:48] A New Way Forward
Learn how to rewire your mindset, regulate big emotions, and stop using food, alcohol, or overworking as control tools.

[9:44] Peace Is Possible For You
Imagine achieving success and enjoying it. It’s time to feel good inside, not just look good on the outside.

[10:51] Your Invitation
Take action now—don’t wait for a rock bottom moment.
Register for the Healthy Hypnosis Hour or book a Free Call at hpWL.co.

[12:10] Share & Remember This
If you know someone who looks put together but is silently struggling, share this episode.
You’re not broken—you’re just ready for real, lasting change.

✨ CTA: Ready for food freedom and emotional peace?
→ Sign up for the next free Healthy Hypnosis Hour Masterclass
→ Or book a Free Clarity Call at hpWL.co

Valuable Resources:

• Join my next LIVE masterclass
• Join the 8-week Fastrack to Food Freedom Program -Guaranteed mental and emotional freedom from food

Connect With Leslie Thornton:

• Book A Clarity Call
• Website
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Email: Leslie@hpwl.co

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This powerful episode challenges the traditional weight loss narrative. It's not about diets, discipline, or exercise, it's about healing. The host shares real stories from women in her Fast Track to Freedom program, exploring how emotional mastery, subconscious work, and self-connection are the true keys to sustainable transformation.

💬 Key Topics Covered:

• Why weight loss is not about food or willpower
• Emotional processing as the foundation of self-mastery
• Rewiring old patterns through tools like hypnosis and belief work
• The truth about diet culture and why it fails 95% of the time
• Identity shifts: Becoming the version of you who feels, trusts, and leads
• Client breakthroughs around peace, joy, boundaries, and connection
• The deeper costs of emotional avoidance and societal programming
• What success really looks like spoiler: it’s not a number on the scale

00:00 – Intro: Why Weight Loss Isn’t the Real Goal
Discover why obsessing over weight can sabotage your healing.

04:15 – The Truth About Emotional Eating
How your emotions—not hunger—drive binge cycles and cravings.

10:42 – The Power of Subconscious Healing
Uncover how reprogramming your mind leads to sustainable change.

17:30 – Real Stories of Food Freedom
Hear how women stopped dieting and started thriving—without guilt.

23:12 – The Role of Identity & Self-Mastery
Why shifting who you believe you are is the key to permanent results.

29:45 – Action Steps for Healing
Simple steps to begin your emotional and subconscious healing journey today.

If you're tired of the endless dieting cycle and want to finally feel at peace in your body, explore the Fast Track to Freedom program and learn how to stop chasing and start healing.

Valuable Resources:

• Join my next LIVE masterclass
• Join the 8-week Fastrack to Food Freedom Program -Guaranteed mental and emotional freedom from food

Connect With Leslie Thornton:

• Book A Clarity Call
• Website
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Email: Leslie@hpwl.co

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Have you ever felt like food controls your thoughts, your mood, or even your self-worth? Are you constantly battling shame after eating something “bad”? What if the real problem isn’t food at all, but how you’ve been taught to think about it?

For many, dieting becomes a cycle of restriction, guilt, and rebellion. You follow the rules during the week, only to spiral into bingeing on the weekend—then beat yourself up for “failing.” The shame builds silently, reinforcing the belief that you just don’t have enough willpower.

Melissa knows that pattern all too well. For years, she woke up thinking about food, struggling with guilt and punishing herself for not doing things “perfectly.” Even after trying other courses and hypnosis programs, nothing seemed to stick—until she found a radically different approach.

Through a blend of coaching, hypnosis, and mindset work, Melissa broke free from the shame-based cycle in just eight weeks. She learned to trust her body, stop labeling food as good or bad, and finally feel peace around eating. Her story shows that healing isn’t about more discipline—it’s about reclaiming your freedom.

"But there's nothing more powerful than the mind. That's right. And whatever you[Leslie] put into your hypnotherapy, it totally works. And again, I've done other courses and they did nothing for me and they were just a waste of money. But the way you[Leslie] structured it, it was exactly what I needed." - Melissa

What you will learn from this episode:

02:37 - How Melissa ultimately recognized hypnosis effectiveness

07:42 - Struggling with late-night bingeing --- driven by compulsion and not by hunger

12:47 - Realizing her medical condition didn’t have to define her eating habits helped her shift beliefs

18:18 - How Leslie's program heal Melissa's unprocessed grief linked to a friend's death

24:03 - Overcoming her reliance on calorie counting and justifying the program investment as a necessary step to heal her relationship with food

32:17 - Sharing how committing to the course helped her break free from shame, improve her self-worth, reconnect with her faith, and shift long-standing emotional patterns around food

39:05 - Discussing how a timeline therapy session uncovered a deep, unconscious fear of scarcity rooted in her family's ancestral history of going from wealth to poverty

46:13 - Letting go of comparison, releasing shame-based diet thinking, and redefining integrity with food

48:00 - Learning to trust her body’s signals helps her break free from rigid diet rules

50:22 - Gone from waking up consumed by food shame to feeling free, neutral about her weight, and finally at peace after just eight weeks of mindset and hypnotherapy work

Valuable Resources:

• Join my next LIVE masterclass
• Join the 8-week Fastrack to Food Freedom Program -Guaranteed mental and emotional freedom from food

Connect With Leslie Thornton:

• Book A Clarity Call
• Website
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Email: Leslie@hpwl.co

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Are you still waiting for the number on the scale to give you permission to feel confident, happy, or worthy? Do you find yourself trapped in a cycle of self-criticism and stress, thinking that losing weight will finally make everything fall into place? What if the key to lasting change isn’t in the number, but in how you treat yourself now?

This constant self-criticism not only keeps you stuck but also ruins your ability to make lasting changes. The more you wait for "the right moment," the more you delay your joy, peace, and dreams. Every day spent in stress or shame robs you of the energy and motivation you need to create a fulfilling life.

The solution lies in shifting your mindset from punishment to self-care. By prioritizing inner peace, self-worth, and emotional safety, you can break free from the cycle and create the transformation you desire. It's time to put your happiness first—right now.

"You are worthy of joy now. You don't have to earn your happiness. You are worthy of joy right now. You don't have to earn your happiness and your freedom is not 10 pounds away or 20 or 30 or 50 or a hundred. It's one decision away. Please say yes to the version of you who puts peace first." - Leslie Thornton

What you will learn from this episode:

01:11 - How positive reinforcement, not shame, is key to lasting weight loss

05:35 - Why self-criticism keeps you stuck and life is too short to wait to be happy

12:06 - Sharing how happiness makes weight loss easier, while stress keeps you stuck

14:19 - Why obsessing over weight loss delays joy, purpose, and truly living your life

15:56 - What loving yourself now—not after weight loss—leads to: Real, lasting freedom and healthier habits

17:45 - Highlighting how true, lasting change comes from building inner peace and self-worth, not from punishing yourself into weight loss

21:24 - An invitation to start your journey to food freedom and self-trust now

Valuable Resources:

• Join my next LIVE masterclass
• Join the 8-week Fastrack to Food Freedom Program -Guaranteed mental and emotional freedom from food

Connect With Leslie Thornton:

• Book A Clarity Call
• Website
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Email: Leslie@hpwl.co

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Episode Title: The Invisible Weight You’re Carrying (and How to Release It)
Host: Leslie M. Thornton

Episode Summary: In this transformative episode of the Hypnosis for Permanent Weight Loss Podcast, Leslie M. Thornton dives deep into why traditional dieting fails and how to create lasting change through emotional mastery and hypnosis. Leslie shares valuable insights and powerful tools to help you rewire the beliefs and patterns that keep you stuck in the cycle of dieting, guilt, and inconsistency.

Key Takeaways:

• The Dieting Cycle: Why 95% of people who lose weight gain it back and how diets only work on the conscious mind, not the subconscious, which is where permanent change happens.

• The Power of Emotional Mastery: How to identify and overcome emotional eating triggers and stop the all-or-nothing mindset that sabotages progress.

• The Role of Hypnosis: How hypnosis helps rewire deep-rooted beliefs and behaviors around food, weight, and body image.

• The Importance of Action and Support: To make permanent changes, you must take action, get support, and stay focused on what you truly desire—peace, energy, and confidence—rather than just focusing on what you don’t want.

• The Shame Trap: Understanding how shame impacts your ability to move forward and a simple exercise to start releasing shame.

• A New Approach to Weight Loss: Instead of more dieting and willpower, focus on emotional healing and lasting mental shifts to create a new, sustainable relationship with food and your body.

Episode Highlights:

• [0:00] - Introduction: Reflecting on the dieting struggle

• [1:06] - The difference between conscious and subconscious mind when it comes to weight loss

• [5:10] - Why diets don’t work long-term and the importance of alignment

• [7:05] - The emotional patterns that keep you stuck and how hypnosis can help

• [9:03] - Releasing shame with a fun exercise to separate from your inner critic

• [12:54] - The 3 essential steps for lasting change: unconscious work, taking action, and focusing on what you want

• [18:25] - Why coaching and support are critical for success

Call to Action: If you enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to leave a rating and review on this podcast. Your feedback helps us continue to spread the message of permanent weight loss and food freedom to more people.