Friday May 6th | 1:30-2:15 Many disordered eating behaviors stem from turning to food as a surrogate for what you needed most, but didn’t get relationally. These patterns often begin in early relationships with your primary caregivers and carry over into present day...
Understanding Relapse and Regain on the Bariatric Journey
Saturday May 7th | 3:15-4:00 Obesity is a chronic disease with no cure. Although bariatric surgery patients have chosen the best tool to treat their disease of obesity, it is normal that they will experience a relapse of symptoms at some point on their journey. In...
Losing More than Weight: Understanding the Waves of Grief and Loss on the Bariatric Journey
Friday May 6th | 10:45-11:30 In this workshop, patients will learn that the bariatric journey brings normal waves of grief and loss. Besides losing weight, patients often report losing their former relationship with food, relationship loss and body image loss along...
How to Stop Self Sabotaging Yourself in your WLS Journey
Saturday May 7th | 12:15-1:00 The truth is that self-sabotaging is part of the transformational journey. But if we understand how the subconscious and conscious mind work, we can make the process of change last. In this mindset workshop, you will learn and experience ...
Anxiety, Depression, Body Dysmorphia, and More!
Saturday May 7th | 11:15-12:00 Mental health after weight loss surgery can be incredibly tricky. Join this panel discussion with our incredible bariatric patients and an esteemed AdventHealth bariatric psychiatrist to hear how patients cope, find support, and heal...
Finding Joy in Movement
Friday May 6 | 1:30-2:15 Movement is not just for weight loss! While it’s an important component for success after bariatric surgery, it is also a healing tool that can calm our nervous system and heal past trauma or address a negative relationship with our...
All or Nothing: How To Break Free and Find Progress
Saturday May 7th | 1:30-2 Have you found yourself enthusiastically committing to a new program or system and then throwing your arms up in frustration a few days later because you have failed to meet one requirement? When we operate with an “all or nothing” mindset,...
The REBORN Workshop
Friday May 6th | 10:45-11:30 REBORN is a fun, interactive, and life-changing experience that uses Suzanne’s “Meals, Mindset, and Movement” strategy to show you how to finally end the habits and behaviors of self-sabotage, and emotional eating, and create the future...