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Navigating the nuance of eating can be challenging, especially when faced with diet culture triggers and food rules. It can also be isolating to heal your relationship with food on your own.
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Rule Breaker is a unique 12 week course (honestly, we haven’t found anything like it) built on almost 10 years of learnings from working as an eating disorder and disordered eating specialist dietitian across community and inpatient settings.
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Rule Breaker is designed to provide support over four key areas:
Empowered Learning
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Learn the fundamentals to overcoming disordered eating including breaking food rules, overcoming calorie counting, understanding emotional eating, set point theory, appetite awareness and intuitive eating through 10 pre-recorded lessons
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Access to a program workbook with weekly reflective activities, journal prompts and homework tasks
Meal Support
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Access to 18 pre-recorded meal support sessions covering the most common fear foods and food rules. These include different carbohydrates, dessert, bakery items, snacks, pre-made food and balanced meals
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Meal accountability in the weekly live group calls. In each group call there will be a suggested challenge food or meal to eat during the call
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Practical tips on meal planning and food challenge progression
Community Accountability
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Access to an online platform and weekly group calls with like-minded humans who are also on their journey to food freedom
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Share experiences, insights, and encouragement in a supportive and accountable space
Individual Guidance
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Receive 1 x individual session (45 minutes) with Talia prior to starting Rule Breaker to develop a tailored plan for the program
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Receive an additional 2 x individual sessions (45 minutes) with Talia and weekly food diary feedback if you purchase the Rule Breaker All In package ​​​​
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Rule Breaker: A History
Rule Breaker was born from a 30 day food challenge that was created during the January, 2021 lockdown. Talia facilitated an Instagram live every day, for 30 days and ate a snack or meal with her community to support normal eating and challenge food rules.
Due to it's success in supporting people to overcome disordered eating, Rule Breaker was turned into a 6-week online group challenge which was run throughout 2021 & 2022. ​
With the feedback and testimonials received, Talia wanted to take some time and create an online course which could provide even more support. Rule Breaker is now running as a 12 week program, with both pre-recorded and live sessions to support you.
Rule Breaker will help you to enhance knowledge, build skills and take action to overcome disordered eating thoughts and behaviours.
Is Rule Breaker for me?
Rule Breaker is for you if:
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You are 18+ years of age
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You are ready to break food rules and work on healing your relationship with food
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You are not actively trying to lose weight or maintain weight below what is healthy for you
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You have specific foods that you are struggling to include back into your diet with the current support you have available to you
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You are open to thinking differently about food and your body
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You want to be part of a community that understands how difficult overcoming disordered eating can be​
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Rule Breaker is not for you if:​
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You have an identified swallowing issue or are undergoing a specific therapy for feeding or co-morbid conditions e.g. ERP for OCD or SOS approach for ASC or ARFID
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You are actively engaging in significant compensatory behaviors (e.g. compulsive exercise or purging). Please contact us to book a discovery call to discuss the suitability for Rule Breaker before registering
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You are on a re-feeding meal plan and/or working through the initial stages of re-feeding syndrome management or nutritional rehabilitation
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You have lost a significant amount of weight (more than 10% of your body weight in 3-6 months) or are significantly underweight with a BMI of less than 16. Please contact us to book a discovery call to discuss the suitability for Rule Breaker before registering
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You are receiving inpatient or day program support
Testimonials from Rule Breaker graduates
Given me my life back!
The [members] in the group were fantastic and I feel so lucky to call them my friends and being able to watch them smash challenge after challenge and feel stronger each week was such a privilege. The support we gave each other was amazing. My attitude, behavior and relationship with food, my body and fitness has transformed and I have never felt better. Thank you Talia, you have given me my life back.
Kickstart my recovery
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!! You have helped me kickstart my recovery and get ‘unstuck’. Through rule breaker I have been able to create momentum in my recovery and believe i will be able to continue challenging myself. Rule breaker has really helped me normalise food and know that eating the foods we did multiple times a week is totally normal and nothing to fear/avoid. Thank you thank you thank you!!
Changed my life!
In the space of six weeks, I feel that I have gained a better understanding of nutrition, have been able to challenge many of the foods that I had not been able to have in over ten years, broken many of the rules that have restricted my life and met a bunch of incredible people! I am truly grateful to have been part of this experience, to have met Talia and finally believe that full recovery is a possibility for me.
I'm a changed person
The dedication, time, love and patience Talia puts in to each of these sessions and throughout the whole challenge is unbelievable. I felt so supported the whole time. Feeling heard and being given the time to talk about really vulnerable and uncomfortable things has been life changing and I honestly owe Talia and this challenge so much.
Take back control of your food choices to bring balance back to nutrition
FAQs
What happens in the 1:1 sessions? This is an opportunity to receive individualised advice and meal plan guidance. It will be a place to discuss your goals and personalise the challenge to suit where you are at. To ensure your safety and that Rule Breaker is right for you, in the 1:1 session before Rule Breaker begins, Talia will assess your suitability for the program from a medical and safety perspective, which is aligned with our inclusion and exclusion criteria. If the program isn’t right for you, you will be offered a refund for the program, minus the cost of the 1:1 session (£125).
What if I’m not at the same place in my journey towards food freedom as others? That’s okay! We understand this and you can discuss this with Talia in your 1:1 session about how to tailor the program to suit what stage you are at.
How many people will be in the program? There is a maximum of 12 people. We want to keep the group small and intimate so that you get a chance to connect with other Rule Breakers.
What will happen in the group calls? These sessions are a place to ask Talia questions, review the homework set for the week and as a meal accountability session. For each group call, there will be a suggested challenge (meal or snack) to join the call with, so that we can enjoy a community meal together. These calls are a relaxed, informal space.
How long will I have access to the program materials? Program materials will be available for 365 days from the date that access is given to the program platform. The weekly group calls will be recorded, however these will only be available until the closing session on Saturday April 5th.
How do I access the group calls? The group calls are online using zoom. Talia will send you the meeting link after registration in the week leading up to the Meet & Greet. All group calls are recorded so that you can watch the replay if you can't join live. The recorded group calls will be available until the closing session.
I live outside of the UK, can I join? Yes! We have had members join from Ireland, Dubai, Spain and even Australia in previous rounds of Rule Breaker. Virtual group calls make it possible to join from all over the world. If the time zone doesn't work you can make it work to your advantage by joining the sessions with a different meal/snack or challenging yourself to eat foods at different times than what you are used to. Food flexibility is part of normal eating.
Are payment plans available? For the first time, we are excited to be able to offer payment plans in 3 x monthly installments.
What are the pre-recorded meal support sessions? In previous rounds of Rule Breaker, all meal support sessions were live calls. This time, we have switched to a mix of pre-recorded sessions and live sessions to provide more flexibility across the week depending on your schedule and other commitments. In each of the pre-recorded meal support sessions there will be a pre-selected food or meal challenge. Talia eats the challenge food in the session and provides education and answers common questions about it. These sessions will be available for you to watch on repeat. The idea is that you watch these sessions while completing the food challenge.
Are the food challenges selected ahead of time? Yes, Talia has selected the most common fear foods and rules to break over the course of 12 weeks. For each challenge, Talia will provide suggestions on a starting level and more advanced level to challenge food rules. The program is designed to be completely flexible so you can choose how difficult the challenge will be to suit your own goals.