It’s Time to Break Free.
Tired of Feeling Trapped by Emotional Eating and Constant Diets?
I Am Brand New Now Presents
Mind Over Meals: A FREE Finding Your Food Story Online Retreat
Tuesday, July 8 - Tuesday, July 15, 2025
6 PM - 7 PM EDT
In this life-changing retreat, you’ll uncover the 7 Secrets to rewiring your brain for lasting healthy eating habits. Guided by food mindset expert, Michelle Petties, you’ll learn how to break free from emotional eating and discover a new, empowering way to manage food and your body.
You NEED to Transform How You Manage Food Because...
Diets Don't Work
95% of diets fail because they only focus on food, not the underlying mindset driving your habits. The real problem isn’t the food—it’s how you manage it.
Emotional Eating Is Sabotaging Your Health
Emotional triggers are causing you to reach for food when you’re not hungry, leading to weight gain and frustration.
Cravings Control You
You feel powerless against cravings, even when you know they’re holding you back. This retreat will teach you how to manage cravings with ease.
Your Body Deserves More
You deserve to feel energized, nourished, and proud of your body. It’s time to manage food in a way that serves you, not controls you.
Stress and Guilt Around Food Are Draining Your Energy
Food should fuel your life, not control it. Learn how to break free from the cycle of food guilt and anxiety.
Your Health Is at Risk
Continuing down this path can lead to long-term health issues. This is your chance to transform not just how you manage food but your entire life.
Discover the mindset secrets that will rewire your brain for healthy eating, so you can finally experience lasting freedom from food struggles. No more yo-yo dieting. No more food guilt. Just a healthier, happier you.
Are you tired of the constant battle with your weight and health?
Weight Gain and Health Problems
Poor food management often leads to overeating, emotional eating, or consuming unhealthy foods, which can result in weight gain. Over time, this can increase the risk of serious health issues like heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure.
Low Energy and Fatigue
When you don't manage your food intake, you're likely to rely on processed foods and sugars for quick energy, which leads to energy crashes and fatigue. This makes it harder to stay productive, motivated, and maintain a balanced lifestyle.
Emotional and Mental Strain
Improper food management often triggers a cycle of guilt, frustration, and stress, especially when emotional eating or binge eating becomes a coping mechanism. This strain can affect your mental well-being and lead to low self-esteem.
Stop struggling with diets that don’t work. Join the Mind Over Meals FREE 8-Day Virtual Retreat and discover how to reprogram your mind for lasting health and freedom by learning how to manage food effectively.
What to Expect During This FREE 8-Day Retreat
Daily 60-Minute Live Training Sessions
Learn how to rewire your brain for food freedom and manage cravings effectively.
FREE One-on-One 30-Minute Call with Michelle
Helps us understand your needs and tailor the retreat experience for you.
Mindset Shifts and Practical Strategies
Break free from emotional eating and build lasting, healthy habits.
Guided Meditations and Affirmations
Start each day with exercises to reinforce your transformation.
Interactive Exercises
Explore your personal "food stories" and rewrite limiting beliefs.
BONUS VIP CONTENT INCLUDES
In my book, Leaving Large: The Stories of A Food Addict, you will see how powerful feelings associated with certain foods contribute to food addiction, yo-yo dieting, cravings and binges. When your willpower, self-control, self-discipline and determination fade, then, it’s time to find your Food Story.
In this 90-minute interactive writing workshop, I give you the tools to uncover the beliefs around food that lead to your diet self-sabotage. It is not your fault. If “fat and happy” is not your truth, then you don’t want to miss this month’s Write Your Way to Your Right Weight workshop.
See What Attendees Had to Say About Their Experience at the 8-Day Mind Over Meals Virtual Retreat!!
“I am so grateful for learning about this class. Excellent, thank you so much.💓 It Helped me realize that a lot of times that I eat, I'm not really hungry, I might be thirsty. I'm reading the labels of food items more, and I'm eating more veggies that are filling me up, so I have less cravings for high-calorie foods. I will definitely think before I eat my food and also pick food that nourishes my body and leave junk food, processed food alone. I will definitely recommend to friends and family. I have the book and will recommend the libraries in my area to get it on the shelf.”
~Marilyn B.
“I think the format, speaker, and information was done in the spirit of excellence--great job Michelle! I have connected my food cravings with emotions. To stop, think, and evaluate before I eat anything. I feel that I have the confidence to challenge food and its needs to be in my body.”
~Arleen A.
“When I started the journey I didn’t really know what to expect. I decided to try the program thinking “it can’t get any worse, so why not?”. I’ve done a lot of different weight loss programs and diets in the past to help with managing my weight, but what I realized as I reflected, none of them addressed my underlying thinking regarding my beliefs about food itself. I also didn’t realize how much the food industry is against me. There’s so many addictive substances in our food to make us think we need them and wanting to come back for more. With the knowledge I gained along the journey, I have been able to identify and learn what food really is and is not, and how to use it to my advantage. I can definitely say I’m not the person I was before starting this journey. I now know that I can change my thoughts and beliefs about anything using the tools Michelle provides to us. I’ve loved getting to know the other members of my group and partner with people on the same journey. I would recommend this program for any one who has struggled with their weight and thought process about food, and looking for a fresh start to change the rest of their life. ”
~Michele D.
“This retreat has helped me to celebrate progress over perfection. It's ok to strive for perfection but there has to be a written plan to be able to recognize and repair
setbacks during the journey. I must use tools: the mirror, the scale, and the measuring tape. I have made noticeable changes by recognizing the importance of
being in a support group, reading and writing the affirmations, and remembering to ask myself why I am eating and if what I'm eating is good for me.”
~Charlene S.
“I will say this retreat has given me the opportunity to do some self reflection and to sit with my thoughts and develop a plan and techniques on how I can embrace
food. Yes I am mindful about what I eat. I am now looking at eating meals and insuring that it is nutritious and good for my body. I have been so excited to see
that I feel better. I think better and I sleep better when I prioritize good, nutritious food into my body.” ~Naomi S.
Don’t Wait—Spaces Are Limited!
Program Options
General Access
FREE
8 Days of Expert-Led Live Trainings
Daily Guided Meditations and Affirmations
Interactive Exercises
Mind Over Meals eBook
30-minute one-on-one call with Michelle
VIP Access
$75
8 Days of Expert-Led Live Trainings
Daily Guided Meditations and Affirmations
Interactive Exercises
Mind Over Meals eBook
30-minute one-on-one call with Michelle
Replays of all sessions ($400 value)
A Signed Copy of my "Leaving Large" book ($25 value)
Access to my "Write Your Way to Your Right Weight" workshop ($59 value)
Meet Michelle Petties
For years Michelle Petties worked in a fast-paced, high-pressure corporate world, as a top performer for the most influential brands in media, from Radio One and Disney/ABC to NPR/PBS member stations. Finally, the highly stressful and competitive media and advertising space took its toll on her mental and physical health. Looking at her today, you would never guess that she used to be morbidly obese, once tipping the scale at 260 plus pounds. After gaining and losing over seven hundred pounds, Michelle finally discovered the “secret” to winning the battle between her mind, body, and food – her “story.”