My Story
I’ve created the Freedom Promise because I was where you are. I know that the model for lasting recovery is not one-size-fits-all. I know you want your unique story to be heard. I know you want to feel motivated, empowered and be an active participant in the process.
I’m Mindy Gorman-Plutzer, owner and creator of The Freedom Promise, a Functional Nutrition and Eating Psychology coaching practice dedicated to guiding you on the most valuable journey of your life – the one where you get to realize and re-claim the most vibrant version of yourself.
Are you confused about what to eat? Maybe you’re fearful about what food will do to you. Are disordered eating behaviors taking their toll on your well-being, your digestion, your hormones, creating anxiety and interfering with your relationships and day to day productivity? Are such complex health issues steering the confusion, plunging you deeper into the depths of despair and uncertainty?
I’ve created The Freedom Promise because I was where you are. I know that the model for lasting recovery is not one-size-fits-all. I know you want your unique story to be heard. I know you want to feel motivated, empowered and be an active participant in the process.
How Do I Know This?
For the greater part of my life, my relationship to and behavior with food reflected my belief that it would “make me fat” if I ate too much or if I restricted my intake, I would lose that weight and all would be right in my world. I discovered dieting in my early teens, beginning a nearly 30 year spiral into a life where days were spent counting calories, fat grams and carbs. Fearing what food would do to me, I bounced between extreme restricting, compulsive eating and consistent purging. I judged my self worth and attractiveness by the size of my thighs, never satisfied with the number on the scale.
By my 30’s, my disordered eating was the focus of my inner world and taking its toll on my physical and emotional health, personal growth, and consequently on my then teenaged daughters. By my late 40’s the social drinking I had once enjoyed evolved into another way for me to avoid life on life’s terms. During the same time, the rug was literally pulled out from under me when my husband of 28 years lost his battle with malignant melanoma.
Here I was, a widow, a single Mom, a woman who was numb to how to deal with feelings or the ability to ask for what I needed. This pattern had already been robbing me of my health and vitality, what went next was part of my soul. I was in what I now refer to as a “black hole”, a sewer of sorts, that I had to climb out of if I was to live my life as a woman whom my children, and I, could be proud of. Determined to find the light, I embarked on a journey of self-discovery and healing. What followed was a series of life-changing experiences which taught me that facing my feelings won’t destroy me, this blessed life we are given is a lesson in itself, and that how and why I eat is as important as what I eat. I learned that I need not use food OR alcohol to numb me or get me through the days and nights. I learned to taste the abundance in my life and developed an insatiable hunger to pay it forward as I embraced recovery with each new day.
The experience, strength and hope I’ve gained from this journey, my education in Functional Nutrition and Holistic Health, trainings in Transformational Coaching and Eating Psychology have inspired me to create The Freedom Promise, a framework to guide you to explore your beliefs and behaviors as they relate to your health, food choices and lifestyle practices. You’ll discover tools and skills to get you through each day with resilience and vibrancy. I share with you the proven strategies I’ve embraced to successfully find my way back from a fearful and confused relationship with food, addictive behaviors and the consequences to my health that ensued as a result.
This time will be different.
You, too, can BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE.
