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BEFRIENDING YOUR BODY PROGRAM (BFYB) ™ ®

 A unique 8-week Somatic Self-Compassion Recovery program teaching you the skills of embodiment and self-compassion for disordered eating and making peace with your body, food and self!

 This somatic program is the first of its kind, grounded in the Polyvagal Theory and the evidenced-based practices of Interoceptive Awareness, Self-Compassion, and Mindfulness. 

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What BFYB IS

Based on Dr. Ann Saffi Biasetti’s research and book, Befriending Your Body: A Self-Compassionate Approach to Freeing Yourself From Disordered Eating, this program is a unique psycho-educational program grounded upon the brain-based knowledge of eating disorders and the world of neuroscience.

To reference Dr Ann Saffi Biasetti and her work, please click the link below.

www.anembodiedlife.com

What BFYB offers

This program will offer you:


~ a new view on recovery moving away from the disease model into a more holistic and integrated understanding of self

~ help to develop a new, respectful, and trusting relationship with your body, food, and self

~lasting healing and freedom within your body and from the constraints of Diet Culture

What to expect

Each week you will engage in a lecture as we teach you the primary principles of each

phase of recovery and a new view, along with guided somatic practices and self-reflections to

build the necessary skill of embodiment in each phase to move you forward in your self-

discovery, and your relationship with your body and food.

Through learning necessary somatic skills, and self-compassion, you will gain:

Greater emotion regulation and self-discovery.


Knowledge about the internal workings of your body and nervous system.


A “new language” about your body from the inside out which, in turn, helps you to grow true

self-care and intuitive knowledge.


An awareness of how internal knowledge assists you in regulating the tough emotions, such as

anxiety, fear and shame, that block recovery and keep you stuck.


An understanding of how the powerful skills and practice of self-compassion can help soothe the

toughest moments within your nervous system, your emotions and thoughts to keep you moving

forward.

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who we are

Suzanne Bevis, LCSW

Heather M. Beahan, MS, Functional Nutrition Health counselor

Heather M. Beahan, MS, Functional Nutrition Health counselor

 Suzanne Bevis is a licensed clinical social worker in New York State. Suzanne graduated from Stony Brook University School of Social Welfare with an MSW in 2009 and became a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in the state of NY in 2012.

Suzanne completed the BFYB Certified Teacher Training in 2022 with Heather and has continued on to become an Advanced Trained Certified Teacher. Suzanne’s intention is to use her personal and professional experience to help others to feel validation and experience hope, freedom and healing with a self compassionate, embodied approach.

Suzanne lives on Long Island, NY with her husband and enjoys crafting, cooking for friends, taking long drives with good music, and being in nature.

Heather Beahan, Heather's Healing Kitchen, Heather Heals With Food

Heather M. Beahan, MS, Functional Nutrition Health counselor

Heather M. Beahan, MS, Functional Nutrition Health counselor

Heather M. Beahan, MS, Functional Nutrition Health counselor

Heather has an MS in Rehabilitation Counseling and is a Functional

Nutrition Health Coach. Heather is the owner of Heather's Healing Kitchen. Her practice invites you to let go of diet culture so you are free to tune into your emotional and nutritional needs.

Heather completed the BFYB Certified Teacher Training with Suzanne in February 2022 and it was life changing. Heather has continued her work with the program and has become an Advanced Trained Certified Teacher. Her intention with this work is to support others in cultivating a healthy relationship with food through the intuition of the body. 

Heather lives in Patchogue, NY with her partner and Bernese Mountain

dog. She loves to cook, anything in nature, seeing live music and lately is crushing on Harry Styles.

We are so excited to have trained with Dr. Saffi Biasetti and to bring this new integrated form of recovery out into the world.


The skills you will learn can be integrated alongside any other recovery program you may be doing.


You will learn to never leave your body or self behind again!

Befriending Your Body, BFYB

This program was developed through Dr. Saffi Biasetti’s doctoral research, the writing of her book, a pilot study on the program, and over 30 years of clinical knowledge working with those struggling with disordered eating and body image issues.

Compassionately Connected with Suzanne and Heather

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