The Tap on the Shoulder

I recently had a spiritual experience that could very well shift my future in a pretty drastic way. Watch the vlog to hear about it and how it relates to your Bright Line Eating™ journey.

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  1. Marianne

    What a pity you never could meet Oprah far more people could get help…
    And yes, I think you are right: When I am not clear with my food my channel is not enough open – in Christian faith it is also called “sin” this old word which means I am separated of God – or the universe how you call it. Or said in other words I am so preoccupied with myself that my ears are blocked and I can`t hear!

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  2. emma williams

    Loved this vlog!

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  3. emma williams

    Loved this blog!

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  4. Susan Wind Edwards

    I am posting this on 6-7-19, over a month since I watched. This vlog gave me an insight on my BLE Journey that has blown me away. When SPT spoke about Oprah and her desire to find “Peace with her Food Issues,” I understood how SPT felt pain for Oprah. Peace with food has been my desire for 60+ years. I had an INSIGHT that showed me that my nighttime CRAVINGS are connected with eating while watching TV. (I am a widow and eating dinner alone is hard.) I made a decision that if I wanted to eat that I had to switch on the Music Channel. I have found that my TV Addicition is EQUAL to my food addiction. So here is what happened: I have not watched TV AND eaten even once. My cravings, which were so powerful that it felt like my teeth were itching are over 90% gone; I have had NO SUGAR, my quantities are less and I have lost 5 pounds. I am so grateful because, SPT has always emphasized that we are responsible for our own plan/life/journey. She gives the framework, but I must find the one that gives me Peace and Freedom, if not Thin yet. Especially being mostly relieved from the mental obsession with food feels really good. Blessings,

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    1. Bright Line Eating

      Thank you for reporting in, Susan! Sooooooo happy for you! <3

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  5. Leslie Lax

    Wonderful vlog Susan……as they ALL are !!!!!! I’m new to BLE but my dream is to meet you one day so if you decide to go to California can you please have a gathering in Rochester before you go? I live in Syracuse so it’s easy for me to get there. California probably isn’t in my future. I really want to meet the woman who has given me hope and courage and perseverance to FINALLY have an eating plan that works for me (and understand why and how) and get into my right size body!!!! I’ve already lost 25lbs in 2 months and I feel great already!!! I don’t want to miss out on meeting you like Oprah did!! 🙂 xoxo

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    1. Victoria

      This vlog was essential for me today. I actually just posted in my house that, after receiving the final experience email today, I had to completely reboot the entire bootcamp because I 100% failed at it. While sitting in meditation after posting and after looking online for an OA local meeting, I had a message from my own shoulder-tap-universe voice that said, “You don’t need OA or FA or a sponsor or another tool. You have everything you need here. You just need to trust it and do it.” And so finding this vlog, of all the ones I could have watched, reiterated that message to me and actually cements my commitment to BLE more than before. Sometimes when you find a diet plan you just wonder if it will be the right one. I’ve never wondered that with BLE. But I didn’t internalize or fully realize the divinity in my calling to and decision to take my journey with BLE. This vlog did that. I think everyone in BLE heard the voice. It’s what brought them here. Your openness to your shoulder taps is what keeps us here.

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  6. Mercedes (form Argentina)

    You are a miracle. I love you, Susan!

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  7. Ann Holley

    This is such a lovely vlog. Thank you Susan . We would love for you to move to California but if the tap was part of the writing of this , that is accepted and appreciated by me.

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  8. Mary

    I agree with the previous persons, the tap from the universe is from God.
    I pray every night that you will come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
    The wonders He will tell you. Continuing to pray.

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  9. Amy

    Best vlog ever! Loved it. Every little bit was so relevant to me. Thanks for listening to the tap on your shoulder!

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    1. Amy

      Also, I found BLE by a tap on the shoulder! 🧡

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  10. Judi

    Outstanding message! Thank you, Susan.

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  11. Trinity

    You truly are a shining star, Susan. So , so beautiful! Thank you very much for following your life’s passions, for listening to the tap on the shoulder. I am in my right sized body and loving my return to the me I have always known. My outside reflect my insides and it’s because you followed your tap on the shoulder….I cannot thank you enough! I have no doubt you will meet Oprah one day. I read a note in Bright Lifers the other day that spoke of a woman doing BLE with WW! Who knows what will come? Sending you LOTS of love and prayers! You are a rock star!!!!

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  12. Susan Savell

    Dear Susan, I so appreciate your use of the metaphor “Universe.” As a Christian minister, I have spent my life trying to find ways to express our deep connection with the divine in language that is truly universal (and even feminine). This opens the door for people of all faiths, or no faith, to walk through with no preconceived notions or judgements about the way their intuition may receive the grace of those shoulder taps. I am so grateful for the healing power that BLE is in my life today. You are a wise, inspired woman! Thank you.

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  13. Yongle

    Brilliant!

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  14. Karen

    Susan, So grateful for the reminder to “Enjoy the Dance” with the universe and keep open and listen… I’ve had ear plugs in lately.. Thank you, and enjoy your move.

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  15. REBECCA STARK

    I’M SO GRATEFUL TO THE UNIVERSE AS WELL.
    YOU SPOKE SO RICHLY & WARMLY ABOUT IT TODAY.
    YOUR MESSAGE TODAY JUST CONFIRMS THAT I HAVE INDEED FOUND THE CORRECT EQUATION AFTER ALL OF THESE MANY DECADES OF BEING OBESE. 5’2″ & 300 POUNDS AT 65 YEARS OLD. YOU NAME IT…I TRIED IT.
    THE AUTOMATICITY OF FOOD CHOICES IS ABSOLUTELY GREAT !!!
    SO MANY THOUGHTFUL, INSIGHTFUL, EDUCATIONAL & SIMPLY BRILLIANT IDEAS…BOY, OH BOY…DID I EVER NEED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.
    SINCE TAKING YOUR BOOT CAMP IN 2016, I’VE GONE FROM A SIZE 3X TO A SIZE SMALL.
    FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE, I NOW WEAR A “PADDED” BAR. NOW THAT’S A HOOT !!!
    I DON’T KNOW IF YOU WILL REMEMBER BUT YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION ON A CALL ON ONE OF YOUR ONLINE SEMINARS. IT WAS ABOUT MY VERTIGO & YOU SAID FOR ME TO INCREASE MY SALT SINCE FRESH FOODS HAVE MUCH LESS SODIUM.
    I DID INCREASE MY SALT INTAKE BUT IT APPEARS IT’S A CRAZY SORT OF DEAL OF GETTING VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS ON JUNE 5, 2017 & BECAUSE I HAD MIGRAINES & PREVIOUS BRAIN CONCUSSIONS, I WAS THE PERFECT STORM CANDIDATE FOR NOT REBOUNDING & STAYING IN “TILT-A-WORLD” MODE ALONG WITH OTHER DEFECTS. I’M TELLING YOU THIS BECAUSE I KNOW YOU LOVE KNOWLEDGE & PERHAPS THIS MIGHT HELP SOMEONE ELSE.
    ANYWAY, SWEET GIRL, I LOVE YOU & YOU HAVE TOTALLY CHANGED MY LIFE BY SHARING YOUR WISDOM, FACTS, INTUITION & LOVE TO THE WORLD.
    OUR GRAND DAUGHTERS, 8 & 10 WILL BE HERE IN 23 DAYS !!!
    WOO HOO !!!
    SO DAMN LUCKY !!! HAPPY SPRING EVERYONE !!!

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    1. Bright Line Eating

      Wonderful, Rebecca! Thank you for sharing more about your vertigo resolution as well. Enjoy those grandkids!! <3

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  16. Paula

    Yes Sudan, come to us in California!!! Thank you so much for your service. BlE has changed my life. See you at the family reunion in San Diego.

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  17. Vik

    Wow ! the vlog itself is a tap on my shoulder. Cannot say more than “it hit my inspiration-action-sprint point” and I’m rejuvenated and inspired. Thank you.

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  18. Sharon Lindley

    God is the creator of this universe and I give Him all the glory! I enjoy listening to your journey and you have helped me in mine. Thank you.

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  19. Jody Newton

    Loved your vlog today and love your attitude!

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  20. Beth Meyer

    I truly look forward to your vlogs. I have struggled with weight issues my whole life. I, like you were talking about Oprah, feel like such a failure in this area. I have been quite successful in most everything else in my life but “weight” is my biggest albatross (and my most visually obvious one!). You have given me such insight , like you personally know my struggle. I can never thank you enough.

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  21. Nancy Cameron

    Good job, Susan, listening to the Holy Spirit! Follow the prompts. We love you!

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  22. Linda Trosky

    Love your vlogs. So glad you didn’t go to Opra.
    Stay real! Don’t change.

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  23. Giovanna Pratesi

    Hi Susan 🙂
    Loved to hear and listen to the spiritual part of your experience and journey, I found it deeply inspiring to trust more in my own (spiritual experience).
    My best wishes for the California “project”… 🙂
    Much love,
    Giovanna

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  24. Maureen Murphy

    I’ve had a few of those “Taps on the Shoulder” too. One winter in Maine when I was a teenager, I was driving too fast on a snowy, icy, back road when my car went out of control and slide across the road. I literally heard a voice that said, “Let go of the wheel.” Instinctively, I did. My car slid up on a snow bank. I was at a 45-degree angle with the road when the car stopped. I looked out my window and I was inches away from a telephone pole. My car was undamaged and I was alive and well. Had I not listened and heeded would I have been wrapped around the pole? I’m pretty sure I would have. Many years later and some other taps later, I went to a lecture by a man, Marshall Vian Summers, who talked about developing this capability to connect with “the tapper”. His book, Steps to Knowledge, The Book of Inner Knowing, changed my life.

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  25. Elizabeth

    I loved this vlog. I have also experienced taps on the shoulder that I received in different ways. I don’t know how many I missed or didn’t pay attention to, but I’ve had extraordinary results from paying attention and opening to the flow. I’ve changed careers, made some major moves, walked across the country and retired in the perfect place simply from being open to things that made no sense in my “plan” of what will happen. Thanks for talking about it.
    Oh, and BTW, I’m on Day 274 of BLE and at goal weight because a FB friend who I hadn’t talked to in a year posted something about one of your webinars. I’ve tried to contact her several times since then to thank her and find out if she is participating. She hasn’t responded. So she is now a person who has had a major impact on my life and she doesn’t know it. I have a feeling that she is not ready for the journey, but I may hear from her when she is. We’ll see.

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  26. Barbara Kleeb

    Hi Susan love this vlog. I was in RBRZ because it’s the first thing I could commit to having my own system of bright line respect and eating. And I enjoyed the company very much. I am deeply connected to my intuition. It has guided me as a obgyn doctor many times and saved so many situations that could have been bad. Only in the rare situations where I didn’t listen things went wrong. I even have a song about it. Knocking Karma, I call it.
    And also I’m a totally happy person most of the time and spreading the happy energy. How great you do what you do, since I lost 25 kilos only by listening to the weekly vlog and the food freedom videos and creating my own system of committement. Thanks for being you!

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  27. Tera

    Good vlog! I get those taps on the shoulder too, and I got one weeks back that you would & should move to CA ; ). I just left from Honeoye about 1/2 hour from your place and, dang girl, ditch those winters already!

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  28. Carolyn

    Excellent vlog. 🙏❤️😊

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  29. Christine J. Lachance

    Fantastic message! Thank you for sharing your personal journey and taps on the shoulder. Your insight was so valuable —on being mindful and in the present in order to better use your intuition and “feel” or “hear” the tap on the shoulder. Love it!

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  30. Janice

    I got to tired of veggies that I cannot eat them now. I went on a cruise for 17 days and gain Ed back al my lost weight plus about 15 pounds more. What to now?!

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    1. Bright Line Eating

      So sorry to hear of your troubles, Janice, but there is a lesson to be learned through our hardships too. What is the lesson you are learning? Consider writing in your journal. Consider asking yourself, “How do I want to feel tomorrow?” There are also many ways to eat veggies! If you don’t care for them raw, try roasting them with some herbs and 0.5 oz of olive oil or try some different salad combinations. Perhaps you can go to a specialty market and find some new vegetables to try that are new to you. Take it one day at a time, friend. <3

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  31. Margaret

    California dreamin’….https://www.trulia.com/p/ca/fort-bragg/101-dennison-ln-fort-bragg-ca-95437–2085126758
    Thanks for the vlog. It’s something to ponder. Currently excited to be pursuing some new ambitions after several years of being too stressed and overtaxed to do more than get by. I’m finding it hard to let go of old dreams that have grown into burdens. Although I know that intuitively, conventional wisdom is to not let go of something of value (a profession). And I wonder about the inspirations that came, but for whatever reason, I did not act on at the time? Seasons of life and timing does matter, and I find myself reorganizing my priorities and noticing that some old dreams no longer matter to me, but new ones have come along.

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    1. Judy

      The vlog and this comment really resonate with me.

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  32. Donna McAdams

    Susan, What a beautiful message! Just what I needed to hear today.
    Thank you!

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  33. Michele

    I love this vlog and it makes me smile that it’s one that has your bigger mission in it. Your are a teacher of many things 🙂

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  34. Nancy

    Pure joy to listen to this vlog. I, too, receive messages. Be open and live accordingly.

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  35. Claire Hackett

    Wow. Thoughtful and very helpful vlog!

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  36. Mary Lenora Hancock

    When is the tap on shoulder for your cookbook going to happen…I’ve got to my new me…lost 31 lbs..and thank you for that spot of sunshine…I live myself now and my Dr. has put it nicely…don’t lose anymore weight…I’ve tried anyhow but this seems to be where I am suppose to be…but I need ideas…

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    1. Bright Line Eating

      The cookbook will be released in October, Mary! It’s just around the bend! 😉

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  37. Andrea Hirschfeld

    Love this!! Love being reminded to listen to the intuition, and be patient.

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  38. Helen Roberts Spingola

    As a former Weight Watchers employee for over 20 years (recording scale weigh-ins, etc), it was a fun job and I kept myself in
    trim, but also enjoy BLE immensely, having been a boot camper, and now a member of certain groups, am even more
    successful with Susan’s no sugar, flour, 3 meals per day, no in-betweens. And happy with the tap on the shoulder when I first
    came across one of Susan’s presentations which I immediately obeyed and joined BLE! Have never regretted that shoulder
    tap. Love Susan, her book, her vlogs, the rezoom program. Her solid encouragement is priceless.

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  39. Stephanie

    Thank you for this reminder. I have had those taps–one when I saw my now-husband helping out at my artsy-fartsy liberal hippie Methodist church; one that got me to that church, which is where I found my first inspiration in someone who was already sober; and one the night that I was laying face-down on a bunk in my local county jail that said YOU HAVE TO GET SOBER NOW OR YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE EVERYTHING YOU LOVE. One day at a time, always, that was my last drink and my last drunk (although it by far wasn’t my last carb binge). Love this vlog. Thanks for sharing!

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  40. Meg

    You just answered my prayers.
    I would love to tell you how, but not publicly.
    So, suffice it to say: thank you

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  41. Sherill

    Very interesting. I once woke suddenly in the night hearing a loud voice say, “Don’t wait! Get a mammogram NOW! I was six months away from my annual mammogram, but I heeded the voice and got one right away. It turned out I had breast cancer, an aggressive form. If I had waited until my regular mammogram I would have been in trouble. As it turned out, surgery and radiation eliminated the cancer, and I am still fine 16 years later. Your comment that lucky people are ones who paid attention to intuition – well, that certainly applies to me!

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  42. Kiki

    Susan,

    In this vlog your aura is wide and blue…”majestic and mystical” !!!

    I have had a tapping experience and was calming experience! We listen, we hear.

    Take care !

    Kiki

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  43. Esme Boone

    Susan! Maybe it’s time now to contact Oprah again. If she struggles with Weight Watchers as what usually happens over time with it, she might be ready now, and you have since made such a big impression in the world you will have a much louder voice to call her in, She really might find you have something huge to offer her. Here’s my tap on your shoulder–try contacting her again, now the time is right!

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  44. Michael Harris

    So inspiring, Susan – Thanks for your optimism, clarity, and willingness to go big 🙂

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  45. Gretchen

    What you can plan is too small for you to live.
    What you can live wholeheartedly will make plans enough

    Excerpt from David Whyte’s “What to Remember Upon Waking”

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  46. Fffran

    Enjoy your vlogs. I was moved to point out that the “universe” has a name . It is okay to give credit to listening to God. You are an inspiration. Keep up the good work. Keep listening.

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    1. June

      I thought exactly the same thing! Please give all thanks to the God of the universe!

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      1. Julie

        I so get the tap on the shoulder and find myself pondering and investigating what it might mean or if there is action I should take. Sometimes it doesn’t make any sense and sometimes it seems like a bit of wisdom from above to follow.

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  47. Paul S Beaulieu

    Thanks Dear Susan, I would say that I would have never bought into the Bright Line Eating journey without being first introduced to the book. The book allowed me to cover the material without any commitment and digest it until it made sense. Subsequently, Boot cam followed after 5 months and I will be crossing 2 years BLE in Late May. Thanks for listening to your shoulder tap. Love the program and all the tribe yjat is being blessed each day with renewed vibrance.

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    1. Bright Line Eating

      Thanks for sharing with us how you came to BLE, Paul! We always love to hear!

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  48. Yaprak

    Thank you for this! In 2016 October 1st I heard a woman say “no sugar, no flour” on a podcast, no sugar, no flour since October 2nd 2016. I had to wait for the 14 Day Challenge and the book launch to learn about the quantities, but it’s so reassuring hearing you talk about this dance with the universe. Sometimes I get superstitious, is it ok to talk about these subtle messages? I guess an overall trust is the answer. Love to the whole community!

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  49. Patti Cochran

    Who Hoo– I love awareness of the awe as a daily practice!! Nice to hear and my best to you on your next steps!
    and you do look very beautiful!

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  50. Lex Baer

    Thank you for your openness and responsiveness for duty and, as always, for your competence and willingness to share. Maybe Oprah hears this one, and she recognizes now the click in a way she couldn’t have back then.

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  51. Nan Ford

    One of your best vlogs ever for me! I so believe you are right in listening and opening to whatever shows up for you. That is how I found you! I doubted so much the truths you shared, but I sincerely know they are true. I am not yet totally following all BLE ways, but my life has already changed just adapting and trusting timing to move forward as it works for me. My story isn’t as important as the fact that I listened and found you! Keep sharing and listening! THANK YOU!

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    1. Bright Line Eating

      We welcome you as much or as little as BLE works and fits for YOU, Nan! <3 Happy to have you and so glad this vlog resonated with you!

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  52. Rita Smith

    Loved this. Spine tingled at beginning because at certain times in my life, I’ve had that tap – including when I first saw a video introducing BLE and I knew I had to join!

    Thank you Susan!

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  53. Marta

    Thank you, thank you, thank you. Thank you for sharing your wisdom. I started on this journey almost two years ago. I did well and then I didn’t. Story of my life. However, I have learned that I am a rebel. Something I didn’t ever want to admit. Fighting against being told what to do. Fighting against letting go. Fighting. I am a “lucky” person and do follow first thought (intuition), which I believe is divine. And, I thank you for encouraging me to stay open, to stay present, to leave space and be centered. The reason for being able to follow first thought and at the same time not following direction (even when it is so obviously good for me) from others or even myself is a mystery that I must unravel. In the meantime, I listen to your vlogs, get inspired and pick up where I left off. Time to walk again.

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  54. Constance Joy

    Dear One, Susan,
    Soooooo needed to hear this today. A million thanks!! Starting afresh once again with gratitude and understanding of what you just delivered to us all!! xoxoxo

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  55. Ann

    hi Susan–
    Just curious: are you still a professor at University of Rochester? Or were you involved in research, not teaching? What happened with that opportunity? Of course, you don’t have to answer this if you would rather not, just thought I would ask.
    Ann
    P.S. Tomorrow is one year anniversary of reaching my goal weight. I have been going up and down, usually no more than four or five lb. Today I weighed 4.6 lb more than my lowest weight, but I want to “reboot” to that lowest point, even though I think it might be a tad too thin for me.

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  56. Kelly Martin

    You look radiant and beautiful today!
    I liked this. Stay present, open, be aware and listen.

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  57. susan richlin

    excellent vlog .
    really makes me think about things ..
    and you look beautiful 👍🏼👌🏼

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  58. Judy Yeoman

    Thank you! I still listen to your vlogs and I still struggle to develop positive eating perspectives. What was once a dragon to fight now feels more lime more hills to climb. You are one of my pillars. I am grateful for you.

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