Edit Template Transform Your Relationship with Food with Theresa Wright of Sanefood.com April 27, 2025 Transform Your Relationship with Food with Theresa Wright of Sanefood.comFood Addiction Institute58:31Hosted Cynthia Myers-Morrison, EdD, FAP, SUGAR® C&L, HMA Specialist Expert dietitian, H. Theresa Wright MS, RD, LDN, of Renaissance Nutrition Center Inc discusses the Sane Food Plans to address food addiction
How Decluttering Helps Food Addicts in Recovery | Bethany Mazereeuw
Edit Template How Decluttering Helps Food Addicts in Recovery | Bethany Mazereeuw April 27, 2025 Hosted by Cynthia Myers-Morrison, EdD, CFAP, Board Member, FAI Webinars Bethany is a recovering sugar addict who has struggled with food, eating, weight, and dieting for decades. She knows that everybody and every journey is different, and she has found a passion in helping people chart a path to break free of sugar, dieting, body image, clutter, and anything else that is holding them back from living their best lives. She has a Masters of Social Work and offers high challenge, accountability, authenticity, and lots of grace on this road to recovery. She is a co-founder and owner of Symplicated Inc. and collaborates regularly with Sweet Sobriety. She lives and works in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. You can find her at www.symplicated.com and www.sweetsobriety.ca
Understanding Your DNA: Clues to Wellness that Work for YOU! | Brenda Wollenberg
Edit Template Understanding Your DNA: Clues to Wellness that Work for YOU! | Brenda Wollenberg April 27, 2025 Hosted by Cynthia Myers-Morrison, EdD, CFAP, Board Member, FAI Webinars Brenda Wollenberg is a specialist in natural wellness programs with a unique blend of experience as a social worker, co-leader of a faith community, and nutritionist. Over the decades, she has developed proficiency in helping clients understand the science of their genetics and identify patterns of behaviour that might be affecting their gene expression. She has had the privilege of being featured on TV and podcasts, her articles have been published in various print media and she is the author of ‘Overweight Kids in a Toothpick World’ and ‘Eat. Sleep. Move. For Your Genetic Body Type’. She is deeply aware of how environmental factors, both physical and emotional, can affect gene expression. As someone who practices what she believes (both as a proud mama of 5 adult children and nana to a growing gaggle of “grands”), Brenda is not just about helping you be the best version of yourself – she is about helping you understand how to get there.
Esther Helga Guðmundsdóttir | FAI Board Member
Edit Template Esther Helga Guðmundsdóttir | FAI Board Member April 27, 2025 Interviewed by: Cynthia Myers-Morrison, EdD Esther Helga Gudmundsdottir is a pioneer in the field of food addiction treatment. Once an opera singer and opera teacher, Esther was battling food addiction for most of her adult life until she discovered a twelve step program that changed her life. Once in recovery, she open one of the first food addiction treatment programs in the world. The MFM program in Iceland has treated many people, some of them had tried multiple diets and even surgery in an attempt to live a healthier life. Esther’s program gives them hope and the tools to achieve long term recovery. Based on the twelve steps of Alcoholic Anonymous their success rate long term is much higher than any other medical intervention. She then founded INFACT, an international training program for any type of professional willing to learn about food addiction and how to help those suffering with it.
Susan Peirce Thompson | The Science of Sustainable Weight Loss
Edit Template Susan Peirce Thompson | The Science of Sustainable Weight Loss April 27, 2025 Susan Peirce Thompson | The Science of Sustainable Weight LossFood Addiction Institute01:02:00Interviewed by Cynthia Myers-Morrison, EdD, FAP, SUGAR® C&L, HMA Specialist Susan Peirce Thompson, Ph.D. is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Rochester and an expert in the psychology of eating. She is President of the Institute for Sustainable Weight Loss and the Founder and CEO of Bright Line Eating Solutions, a company dedicated to helping people achieve the health and vibrancy that accompany permanent weight loss.
Dave Avram Wolfe | FAI Board Member
Edit Template Dave Avram Wolfe | FAI Board Member April 27, 2025 Hosted by Cynthia Myers-Morrison, EdD, CFAP, Board Member, FAI Webinars
Feeding the Food Addict with or without Bariatric Surgery with David Avram Wolfe
Edit Template Feeding the Food Addict with or without Bariatric Surgery with David Avram Wolfe April 27, 2025 Hosted Cynthia Myers-Morrison, EdD, FAP, SUGAR® C&L, HMA Specialist David Avram Wolfe presents his model for working with food addicts which will explore how to identify trigger foods through the Trigger Food Triangle. He explains how to work with the food addict who has already had bariatric surgery.
H. Theresa Wright | FAI Board Member
Edit Template H. Theresa Wright | FAI Board Member April 27, 2025 Interviewed by: Cynthia Myers-Morrison, EdD As nutrition therapist, registered and licensed dietitian and nutritionist, Theresa has worked with people struggling with compulsive eating, obesity, eating disorders, weight loss and food addiction and helped them deal sanely and effectively with their food, eating, and body weight issues for more than 36 years. She is most acclaimed for her individual and global success with thousands of clients who have improved their lives after working with her to create and maintain successful eating and recovery programs, often in consultation with their own physicians, therapists and other health-care professionals. Under her direction, Renaissance Nutrition Center, Inc. was developed to provide programs and services to help people develop the skills, tools and lifestyle changes that lead to freedom from self-destructive food behaviors. These programs include both in-person and virtual seminars and workshops which encourage a sane approach to eating and living.
An Interview with Cynthia Myers Morrison | My Food Addiction Story
Edit Template https://youtu.be/PGPdEvDPXMY An Interview with Cynthia Myers Morrison | My Food Addiction Story April 27, 2025 Cynthia J. Myers-Morrison, Ed.D. served as an educator for one of her careers: including the English Specialist position for all of Los Angeles Unified School District 7-12 schools as well as teaching and administrative positions for 17 and 10 years respectively. Her dedication to life long learning and attaining and maintaining freedom from addictions (alcohol, drugs, nicotine, sex, grains, sugar, codependency, cluttering, and workaholism) led her to Food Addiction Institute. As Co-chair with David Avram Wolfe for the webinars and in her work as Vice Chair of FAI, she strives to support individuals, families, legislators, and educators in changing responses to food addiction. Recovery is achievable and maintainable! Additional training in INFACT, IIN, Boston Trauma Center, and other credentialing supports her in assisting those struggling with their relationships with food and others. Her interest in genealogy, genes, and Daughters of the American Revolution add depth and history to her current work in Food Addiction.
H. Theresa Wright
Edit Template theresasez@comcast.net (610) 275-3699 Theresa Wright, MS, RD, LDN, is a dietitian, nutritionist, and a pioneer in the field of Food Addiction. Nationally recognized for her innovative approach to nutrition and the treatment of weight issues, Theresa was among the first nutrition experts to recognize that the hidden reason millions of people struggle with food and weight is their untreated Food Addiction. As founder of Renaissance Nutrition Center Inc., Theresa has developed a ground-breaking gentle, sensible, and evidence-based program of recovery from self-destructive eating that’s been changing lives for more than 30 years.< She tailors her program to fit each client’s unique needs. She is the author of The Sane Food Solution: Transform Your Relationship with Food and Change Your Life and Your Personal Food Plan Guide. She has published three volumes of the cookbook Delicious Recovery.