Holistic Health Coaching that Gives You
Freedom from Food
Discover how to nourish yourself and your life so you don’t need to rely on food to cope
Is food controlling your life?
You are not alone. I get it; I’ve been there.
Many of us use food as a coping strategy to fill a void or numb our emotions. When our lives lack sufficient nourishment or feel overwhelming, we sometimes use food to fill the gaps or distract us from the voice inside of us; the one so desperately trying to guide us back to our authentic selves. Or we try to control our eating—because we feel so out of control.
There is another way. You can take control of your life and break this exhausting cycle. Yahara is here to help you understand what you are truly hungry for, and what skills you need to take back control of your life.
Step by step, through increased self-awareness and reclaiming your power, you’ll be able to release food as a lifeline for coping. The process is never about deprivation or willpower, rather nourishment and self-compassion. With new insight, understanding and tools, you can shift from surviving to thriving, and enjoying a life that is rich and fulfilling.
Yahara guides you back to self-connection where lasting change happens from the inside out.
My Eating Story.
“My mission is to help others feel empowered with their health, their relationship to food, and their relationship to themselves.”
For a very long time, I had an unhealthy relationship with food. I was stuck in an annual cycle of losing 5kgs, and then being back where I started six months later. I only felt happy and shopped for clothes when I was thin, which meant I had very little to wear the rest of the time. Food took up a lot of headspace, and depleted my energy and happiness. It constantly felt like there was a ‘food elephant’ in the room.
Why ‘Yahara’?
The word Yahara is inspired by Pratayahara, the Fifth Limb of Yoga. Pratyahara means to withdraw from the senses and to go within. So, instead of looking externally at what the scale says, what others say, what the media says, we remember to go within, and instead connect with ourselves, our inner wisdom and guiding voice, the true expert on our bodies.
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“Your life is on the plate.”
- Geneen Roth
Whatever is going on in your life shows up on your plate. But when your life is full, balanced, and filled with purpose, joy, connection and movement, you feel fulfilled from the inside and don’t need to use food to satisfy your cravings for life.
Yahara empowers you to see where your life is out of balance. It’s never about cutting out food groups, or using willpower or discipline to reach your goals (we all know that is too difficult and unstainable!).
Through the Yahara coaching programme, you will discover what nourishes your body and life as an individual—what feeds your soul, and ultimately, what makes your life more extraordinary.
There’s something magical about cooking healthy food together and sharing it. In our online cook-a-longs, we make simple, delicious, and nutritious plant-based dishes together on Zoom.
Jeanne started a local cooking group in 2019 with three members. They would gather to cook a feast of plant-based food together, and their families would join afterwards for the spoils. The energy of these events used to stay with Jeanne for days afterwards. When we went into lockdown in 2020, she decided to start online ‘cook-a-longs’.
Today, these free events spread the joy and healing power of community cooking and sharing nourishing food with others.
Empowerment means choosing to take active control of your mindset and habits around food. It means choosing based on your personal values and the belief that you have control over your choices and your life. Empowerment is about celebrating your uniqueness and fitting OUT instead of fitting in.
The Yahara coaching process guides you to connect with your inner power and claim responsibility for your life. You’ll move beyond disempowering behaviour, habits, and feeling stuck. It helps you expand your perspective, enhance your self-awareness and move in the direction of your goals and vision of your health and life, one more empowered choice at a time.
Sustainability is all about making conscious choices to look after our planet and our own long-term health. It means feeling empowered and lighter as we tread more gently on the earth; by living more in tune with it and not just on it.
Jeanne is passionate about helping you get creative about preserving and making the most of your fresh organic produce, using it from root to tip. By investing in quality produce with almost zero food waste, you’ll actually save money!
The Yahara Coaching Program ensures you have a uniquely tailored toolbox to sustain your new mindset and lifestyle. We invite you to join us for free cook-a-longs, and stay on the client WhatsApp group, where we share, support and celebrate nourishment, empowerment and community.
Are all programmes plant-based?
Yahara programmes are not prescriptive, nor exclusively plant-based. Instead, they are based on your unique health and wellness goals.
“I have a long and complicated history with food and dieting and have been to various therapists and dieticians since my teenage years. When I started with Jeanne, it was the first time I started to look at every aspect of my life holistically. It was also the first time the information and tools provided have made sense and been about nourishing me and adding to my life, rather than taking away and restricting me. For me, the total mindshift has made all the difference. Jeanne has always gone above and beyond the call of duty to ensure that I have what I need to support my journey.”
– REN, JOHANNESBURG
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