It doesn't matter what therapeutic diet you want to stick with: Paleo, Keto, SCD, or the unicorn-and-rainbows cleanse (that's the new one, right?).

You know you should eat better....so what gives?
Why can't you turn down that chocolate-hazelnut gelato, even though it gives you a tummy ache every single time?
Why is it so embarrassing to ask the waiter to double-check that there's no gluten in your entree?
And how can you eat well when what that means to you keeps changing?

Eating for health should feel like love.    Not punishment.
I've seen too many smart, good-hearted people fail miserably at therapeutic diets.
Because their diet feels like "Food Jail".
Or nobody taught them the simple cooking-and-organizational skills to make it all easy and fun.
OR...and this happens most of all... the social and emotional hurdles are just too high.

Freedom to Heal will give you the practical, emotional, and social tools to stick with the right diet for you - and to feed your health.
(Even when your Aunt Belinda waves her famous mac 'n cheese under your nose).

Because sticking with a restricted diet is harder than it sounds.  But there are ways to make it (and your whole life) easier and more fun.

My name is Tara Skye Goldin. I am a Naturopathic Doctor in Boulder Colorado. My life story has been steeped in gut health issues. I was born to be an expert in gut health and nutrition, not by choice, but by necessity.  When I was young, I was smaller and shorter than my friends and I was always sick with gut issues, IBS, stomach aches, poor endurance,  fatigue, and brain fog.  As a child, I was often fighting a cold, flu, or tonsillitis.

Our family doctor always prescribed antibiotics.  So, by the time I hit puberty, I had taken multiple doses of antibiotics several times per year.

Due to the constant barrage of antibiotics on my poor intestines, I often had stomach aches and either constipation or diarrhea.  I had a weak appetite and only wanted to eat sugar and junk food.  Later, I didn’t even want that anymore. I was withering away! I looked emaciated.

in 1995 I discovered that I had many food allergies and leaky gut issues.  Eventually I realized that I had high susceptibility to celiac disease.   As a result,

I experimented with many diets: vegetarian and vegan (20 years!). I added animal protein back into my diet in 1995 and added even more during pregnancy and lactation.  I finally took a food allergy test and eliminated the offending foods plus gluten and saw a significant improvement in my health.

I decided to make this my life purpose...helping other people suffering from the same.  I graduated from a Naturopathic medical school, Bastyr University, where I learned about nutrition, supplements, and herbal medicine along with the science that people learn in a traditional medical school. After graduating, I began seeing patients and noticed that I seemed to have a knack for helping the patients who were suffering from autoimmune and inflammation issues. 

Today I can say that I have a lot of experience in my personal life navigating trying to explain to my family what I am doing to heal myself dietarily as well as going through the emotional issues that naturally surround making lifestyle and diet changes. I have experienced ALL of them at one time or another so I come to you with both experience as a clinician helping people transition to a more healthful food plan for themselves as well as my own journey to more vibrant health.

So...what's DIFFERENT about this course?

First of all, I understand what you are going through.   I suffered from food allergies and IBS for most of my life.   Today I have more energy than I did 20 years ago, I climb Colorado 14ers during the summer months, and regularly hike, dance, and practice yoga, all while raising a family and running my practice! 

Secondly, Freedom to Heal is not just a discussion of diets or your physical body because that approach by itself does not work.   Free To Heal is an in-depth look at ALL of the layers of you including the EMOTIONAL you, the SOCIAL you and the PHYSICAL you, and then gives you PRACTICAL tools based on all of you to stick with the right diet for you —  and feed your health...without pharmaceuticals.

Freedom to Heal looks at the WHOLE enchilada of sticking with a therapeutic diet:

• The emotional layer - How do you deal with self-sabotage and resistance? What if the foods you have to cut out represented comfort, stress relief, or reward?
• The practical layer - Yes, Virginia, you really can learn how to organize your kitchen, calendar, and meal prep. (In fact? This is crucial.)
• The social layer - From annoying coworkers who think they know better than your doc to the passive aggressive mother-in-laws, other people are perhaps the biggest threat to your therapeutic diet. That’s why I’ll teach you exactly what you can say in sticky situations, so you can be sovereign over your own health.
• The physical layer - This isn’t a science-heavy program (there are plenty of those out there!), but you will learn some un-shaming facts about why sugar is so addictive (especially when you’re stressed), how to soothe your nervous system, and the smartest ways to reintroduce foods after periods of restriction.

Plus, you’ll learn the crucial difference between inner discipline and outer discipline … and how to cultivate the one you need, now.

After all, eating well isn’t just about what’s on your plate.

It’s about having the energy to chase your grandkids around the park.

It’s what lets you attack that mountain (or mountain of work) with breath to spare, because you didn’t eat Wheaties this morning (but the healthy, home-cooked food that actually makes you look, feel, and move amazing).

Eating well lets you beam at your next checkup. Walk into the mall without immediately scanning for the nearest bathroom like a Navy SEAL on a mission.

It’s putting a long weekend with your sweetie on your calendar without worrying, “will I be too flared up to enjoy it?”

You deserve vibrant, glowing health.

And if a therapeutic diet is part of that prescription?

DON'T FALL DOWN THE SPIRAL OF INCREASED PHARMACEUTICALS AND THE RISK OF NO IMPROVEMENT IN OVERALL HEALTH.

Freedom to Heal is here to help.

All 8 modules of the course, outlined above. Chock-full of teachings, relatable stories, interactive exercises, and videos, so you get the insight and tools you need to stay the course. Plus: go through ‘em at your own pace and revisit anytime, since they’re yours to keep for years to come (just like that spring in your step)

• Tara’s video library of yoga sequences, breathing practices, and self-regulation techniques. Because changing your diet can be stressful!!!!!! Deep breath. I’m better now.
• Skits and scripts of exactly what to say in sticky social situations from your sweetie wheedling that you can surely have “just one bite” to that annoying “expert” in your office who LOUDLY thinks you should just eat “everything in moderation.”

Each module contains teaching stories, reflection prompts, interactive exercises, and tips that’ll make it easier than ever to stick to the diet that makes you feel best.

Feel free to go through the program at your own pace. The live components (the group coaching calls and Facebook group) last 10 weeks, but you’ll have access to the program forever. So take your time with the exercises and revisit the goodness whenever you need to.

Plus, I know the last thing you need when you’re brain foggy and tired and feeling awful is more dry and boring nutrition talk. That’s why every module is loaded up with humor and personal reflections. Just like if you were sitting in my office.*