Hi there -
this is us.
I’m Lisa, the brunette. Marielle is the blonde.
We’ve been friends since we met in March 2001.
When Marielle and I developed this 40-day program in 2009 we thought we must be completely nuts to make such an outrageous claim – to be healed of food addiction in 40 days. But when we looked at our 40 topics, we knew it was possible and was going to help a lot of people.
And how did we know this program works????
BECAUSE IT HAPPENED TO US.
And then we saw the dramatic transformations that occurred in the participants who had the willingness and commitment to start being nice to themselves … for 40 days.
How did this program get started? With Marielle making a decision to give up her addiction and to start being happy. She gave up all her pills, diets and groups. She stopped dieting. She said, simply: That’s enough. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. I am done with dieting. I JUST WANT TO BE HAPPY.
She started living her life. She started taking care of herself. She started being nice to herself. She stopped attacking herself. She ate whatever she wanted. There were no rules. Initially, she gained tons of weight. She didn’t care. She made a decision she was “done with dieting” and she was sticking with it. She said she would prefer to be 300 pounds than to be trapped in the hell of addiction.
And then a curious thing started to happen: her body began to transform. As she become more peaceful and happy, her body started to change.
As she continued to do the work on her mind, her body naturally returned to it’s natural perfect state, without dieting.
I came into the picture because I wanted to know what she did, and started asking questions.
She told me what she did, I wrote it all down, I followed her advice, I put it into practice, and like Marielle: my food addiction disappeared.
This program is not about food at all. There’s no diet. It’s 40 days of 40 topics designed to catapult you into a new space where there is only love. It was created to overcome obstacles, stumbling blocks and addictions. It’s about nurturing, purification and remembering you are a precious child of God. It’s about finding your passion and purpose.
Marielle School
Marielle is a mother, an artist and a yoga-instructor.
She was born in Holland and she moved to the USA to study and to teach A Course in Miracles.
She dedicates herself to help people with food-addiction through her program: ‘It Matters Totally’ that combines A Course In Miracles with self-care and self expression.
She is very much inspired by her current study of Alignment Yoga with Scott Anderson and she would love to share this knowledge and the simplicity of her experience with it. She believes in ‘Yoga for the everyone’ and her classes are focused on meeting her students where they are, to help release tension and to bring awareness, balance and joy in their lives.
Lisa Natoli
Lisa is a writer, author, and spiritual teacher. Her life was transformed by A Course in Miracles. She was healed of alcoholism, smoking and food addiction. Her mission is to help people know themselves as God created them, and be happy. Her website is Gorgeous for God http://www.gorgeousforgod.com
