Laura B. Calbert

I am one of those individuals who based on statistics should have been dead, on drugs, or in prison a long time ago.  Don’t get me wrong, my childhood was what seems to be the norm now a days. You know, raised by a strong woman who did the very best she could with everything she had.  Yet I still managed to experience the feeling of unintentional abandonment from a father, who wasn’t around when I seemed to need him the most.  There was also sexual abuse and exposure at a very early age, I faced an identity crisis, lost the man I looked up to as my father to a heart attack, and started to lean on food as a coping mechanism which ultimately became one of my addictions.    

I relocated and moved far away from everything I knew, never feeling like I truly fit in.  I always felt like I had been here before, and nobody understood me, yet wanted to be around me. I hid behind my weight, and it began to take a toll on me spiritually and mentally.  I tolerated verbal, mental, sexual, and spiritual abuse from men all in the name of love.  Struggled with depression, alcohol abuse and multiple health issues due to my weight, had a small heart attack and was ready to die. Spent many nights asking God to just take me away, I had given up! 

It was at that point when I knew that something needed to change.  At first I figured, let me just focus on healing my physical body that should do it, and like most it never really did.  Then I soon realized that this was going to take me to commit to going on the journey that would end the battle from within.  This was a Mind Body And Soul Journey!  A journey towards self-empowerment and discovery. It was time for me to end the cycles and choose me.  No more bs'n around!   

I soon realized that the physical weight I was holding on to had little to do with how  I  was eating and how I was working out, and more to do with what was going on within.  This had everything to do with the doubts, the fear, the lack of self-worth, and the negative stories I continued to tell myself daily about myself, which ending up manifesting within my journey.  

People say I lost 200lbs of weight and I say I lost 200lbs of spiritual and mental barriers! 

This journey was going to take some serious understanding, healing, and letting go.  I was going to have to embark on a journey towards tearing down the old and rebuilding the new.  I not only needed to understand why I had created these limiting beliefs , but how I was going to create new ones.   

I’m not going to sugar coat anything or sell you a dream, it’s a daily process of learning and growing !  But once you truly understand your power and how you can create your own individual process you will be FREE!  And you will finally be able to experience your BREAKTHROUGH!   

Laura Calbert 

Trusted Sustainable Weight Loss Mentor