The Going Beyond the Food Academy™️ FAQs
Is the Going Beyond The Food Academy right for me?
The Going Beyond the Food Academy is amazing, but it isn’t right for every woman. Get answers to the most frequently asked questions so you can make the best decision for you.
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Going Beyond the Food Academy FAQs – Overview
What is the Going Beyond the Food Academy?
The Going Beyond the Food Academy is a 12-module online learning program for women who want to make peace with food and their body.
It’s about learning how to overcome self-sabotaging behaviors permanently by addressing the root cause no longer using “band-aid” approach such as diet, willpower and discipline.
The Going Beyond the Food Academy will help you:
- Gain back your power
- Feel confident in your body without having to lose any weight
- Ditching dieting safely
- End self-sabotaging behaviors
- Stop overeating
- Prevent binge eating
- Develop normal eating patterns
- Break free from emotional eating
- Cease food obsession
- Reach food freedom
- Quit the cycles of shame and guilt
- Transform your relationship with food forever
- Learn to hack your subconscious mind
- Stay motivated easily
- Eliminate excuses
- Be supported by a community of like-minded women
- Solve the mysteries of food and weight
- Rekindle a loving relationship with your body
- Be happy now unconditionally
- Achieve your goals
Changing the way we relate and interact with food requires courage, awareness and the willingness to change our habits.
Without a roadmap and guidance, the process can be overwhelming and lead to cycles of yo-yo. The Going Beyond the Food Method can fast-track your transformation and save you years of suffering through feelings of frustration and failure. The Going Beyond the Food Academy is intensive and challenging. No quick fixes, magic formula or guaranteed results.
Oh yeah, and we barely talk about food. The solution is where you haven’t looked yet… Beyond the Food.
Where does the program take place?
Everything is online — no travel is required.
You have lifetime access to the training, so you can go through the materials each week as they’re released in the student portal, or you can slow things down and work at your own pace.
When does the program start?
As soon as you sign up! We’ll send you the first set of training videos to get started right away. Then, we drip each lesson every 7 days, and you can hop on our Q&A sessions and get coaching live!
How is the Going Beyond the Food Academy different from a weight loss or health program?
First, it’s not a weight loss program or a diet. We don’t talk about food until your reach week 9 and then we learn to eat intuitively.
The Going Beyond the Food Academy is about everything all the other programs don’t address. We focus on your mindset hacking, learning to cope with emotions instead of suppression, how to eat (not what to eat) and following your intuition.
We deeply care about you — our students. You get lifetime access to the training.
Moreover, we’re constantly updating and improving every aspect of the program, and our graduates get those updates free of charge. We’ve cultivated a growth-minded experience that helps you create results.
What some students have shared about how the Going Beyond the Food Academy experience is different.
“I was very skeptical but this tiny, faint voice inside encouraged me to continue seeking when I thought there was absolutely no hope for a permanent solution. I am so thankful that I didn’t ignore that voice inside because it was a lifeline full of adventure, freedom, and healing. Stephanie truly cares about our progress. She will tell it like it is but with compassion and honor. I have avoided criticism my whole life but now I truly look forward to new revelation because with each “a-ha” moment, I am gaining ground and living a more joyful life. If you decide to join the Academy, my advice is to trust the program, do the exercises, don’t try to predict outcomes, don’t judge the methodology, just relax and let her do her thing.” – Susan S.
“Each week of the Academy has been like turning stones, discovering new parts of myself that have been hidden and suppressed by years of negative thinking, dieting, and self-judgment. I’ve been holding my breath for decades, trying to claw my way to the “perfect weight” with the belief that I would be happy, “…if only…” Stephanie has helped me experience countless “ah-ha” moments, the biggest of which was that I can be happy right NOW. Regardless of my weight.” – Jessica T.
“After 45 years of dieting and 32 years of on again/off again therapy for compulsive overeating, I thought I had tried everything to get a grip on my “weight problem”… I am thrilled to report I was WRONG!! This has been one of the most challenging, eye-opening and transformative journeys I have ever taken.” – Cindy
How much time do I need to commit?
We recommend between 1-2 hours per week to watch the training, complete your growth assignments and — if you’d like — engage with the community. Many of our students go through the program as best as they can; pausing and returning to it as their schedule allows.
If you’re not able to carve out that much time at first, don’t worry. You get lifetime access to the training and can easily work at your own pace, on your own schedule. Most of our students have full-time jobs or businesses and families. The experience can be customized to your life. That is to say, the more focus and dedication you put into the Going Beyond the Food Academy, the more you’ll get out of it.
To be clear, there are no fast or guaranteed results. Changing your personal relationship to food, stop overeating or binging is not a 12-week, linear event. In short, this program mirrors the reality of life — it’s intense, it’s personal, it has its ups and downs and something you’ll work on for life.
What will I learn?
We outlined the course breakdown, including our core curriculum and additional master classes included here.
But the power of The Going Beyond the Food Academy does not lie in propriety videos or secret formulas. All the information you could ever need to transform your relationship to food is available for free online, right now. The problem is information overload and not knowing where to start.
If you’re not aware of what you need to know and apply in your life — and what you don’t — all the free information in the world doesn’t help.
The Going Beyond the Food Academy is a transformative experience. It’s action-oriented and intense. This program is not about access to secret videos or hidden information. Most importantly, it’s about doing the work, being open to the possibilities, leveraging your own intuition and getting challenged to transform into a normal eater living in food freedom.
The real value is in the awareness and presence you’ll develop, the risks to change your perception you’ll take and the application in your day to day life. In our humble opinion, who you’ll become as a result of completing our program is priceless.
What is not covered in the program?
We outline the specific course breakdown, including the core curriculum and additional master classes included here.
Broadly speaking, we don’t cover what to eat, when to eat, what to restrict, what exercises to do. We also don’t cover anything dealing with weight control, fasting, restriction, boosting metabolism, detoxifying or promote any food philosophy (aka paleo, vegan, keto etc…).
If you have specific questions, write to info@stephaniedodier.com.
Will I get a discount if I enrolled in your other programs?
Yes, if you have purchased the Intuitive Eating Project program before and wish to continue your journey in the Going Beyond the Food Academy, you will enjoy up to $97 OFF of the total amount of the Academy program. Instant savings!
Who is IT perfect for?
Who is right for the Going Beyond the Food Academy?
The Going Beyond the Food Academy has been created for courageous women who are ready to take the next steps in their relationship to food and themselves. It’s for women who are looking to stop overeating and or binge eating and or emotional eating and want to find food freedom, and ultimately, happiness right now.
The program is for committed women who want to be empowered via education, understanding and finding the right direction and strategies. Our students are from all ages, countries and weight background.
Most importantly, the experience is designed to help you find your individual solution by looking beyond the food.
Who is NOT right for the Going Beyond the Food Academy?
It’s not right if you’re looking for a one-on-one nutritionist or coach or a weight loss program.
Our program is not right for women looking for a new way of eating that will resolve their weight “problem”, women seeking restriction and suppression or women not willing to look within for their individual solutions.
This program is not right if you argue and debate about food philosophy or weight loss methods. We do not allow students to debate any weight practices or food position debate.
It’s also not right if you are currently in eating disorder treatment and want to replace your current treatment plan by The Going Beyond The Food Academy program. We aren’t an individual one to one practitioner. We aren’t a medical treatment plan that can substitute your current medical plan.
This program is not right if you hope to learn by osmosis. The Going Beyond the Food Academy is for action-takers who understand that real change happens with consistent, focused effort over time.
The Going Beyond The Food Academy is not right for women looking for a magic formula, quick fix and one size fits all solution. This is not a “magic bullet” program. It’s a “transform over a long period of time” program.
Is the Going Beyond The Food Academy just for women?
Yes. At this time, it is.
Will The Academy work for me if I’m not looking to lose weight?
The Going Beyond the Food Academy is not a weight loss program, therefore, a big YES. It’s about changing the way we relate to food in all aspects of life and ultimately to ourselves. We strive for our students to reach for health instead of weight loss.
I have tried everything – will the Academy work for me?
You don’t know what you don’t know. We only have tried what is in our circle of awareness. It’s likely that you have not tried everything since you don’t know of everything … yet. Our program is highly effective; it bridges the gap between knowing what you should do and getting you to really do it, while giving you the exact support you need during the process. It may be hard to believe since you’ve likely done a lot of programs that have failed you, but this one won’t.
No matter what you have tried thus far, you must understand how your individual mind functions to be able to end the cycle of self-sabotaging, overeating, binging or emotional eating. This journey is a journey of self-discovery to find the personalized solution for you. That solution is currently inside of you… so, if you are “still looking” it’s likely that you haven’t yet looked at the right place… within you.
So yes, The Going Beyond the Food Academy is right for you.
Will this work if I’m outside of North America?
Absolutely. All sessions are recorded and available at your convenient time.
The principles you’ll learn are universally applicable. More importantly — the skills, habits, and confidence you’ll develop from this experience are transformative, transferable and will benefit you for a lifetime.
Do I need to be technically savvy to join the Going Beyond the Food Academy?
We’ve had many 60+ year-old students who are successful in doing the program. We aim for ease of use of non-computer friendly student. As long as you’re hungry to learn, you’ll be fine.
Can my friend and I take the Academy together?
The Going Beyond the Food Academy is a single membership program. Meaning, one person per membership. If you’d like to do the program along with a partner, please enroll separately.
Tuition & Guarantee
Do you offer a guarantee?
Yes. We’ve always backed our program with a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Here’s how it works:
Send us an email within the first 14 days from the date of purchase after participating in up to the first two Going Beyond the Food Academy lessons if you no longer feel that the Academy program is right for you.
We’ll ask for your completed assignments from the first two lessons to make sure you gave it a go, and ask what didn’t work for you so we can learn and improve. Once we received your completed coursework, you’ll get a swift and complete refund. Do pay attention to dates. We make the refund deadline extremely clear to everyone who signs up.
The deadline exists because if you sign up for the Going Beyond the Food Academy, we want you to get started. We pour enormous human effort into this program and we want to devote that effort to students who are committed. If you don’t plan on starting right away, make sure this is the right investment for you as the refund period does have a firm deadline.
If you do the Going Beyond the Food Academy and don’t get the value, submit your completed Lesson 1 and Lesson 2 homework within the first 14 days from the date of purchase, and get a full and complete refund. Simple as that.
What types of payment do you accept?
We accept common credit cards including Visa and Mastercard. For pay-in-full orders ($897 USD), we can also accept PayPal. We are not currently set up to receive checks or invoices.
Last, but very important details…
How does the Going Beyond the Food Academy differ from free online resources?
There’s more free information available to people on every imaginable subject, including overeating, cravings and emotional eating and health than ever before in human history.
But if you’re not aware of what you need to know and how to apply for yourself, all the free information in the world won’t help.
It’s not about access to a set of hidden strategies or secret formulas. That is to say, putting yourself through the Going Beyond the Food Academy means putting yourself in an environment designed to help you discover yourself and your unique solutions.
How do you support students as they work through the training?
Caring, honest and dynamic support is the foundation of the Going Beyond the Food Academy. Once you join the program, you’ll have guidance and support from Stephanie and of like-minded women in a safe, supportive and encouraging environment.
Here’s what each student has access to:
Live Q&A session
Question & Answer sessions are done directly with Stephanie. You will be able to join in live and ask your question personally to Stephanie or submit your question in advance and watch the recording at your convenience if you cannot attend live.
“Stephanie truly cares about our progress. She will tell it like it is but with compassion and honor. I have avoided criticism my whole life but now I truly look forward to new revelation because with each “a-ha” moment, I am gaining ground and living a more joyful life.” – Susan S.
Lesson Comments
Underneath each lesson within the community, you’re invited to comment, post your questions and get the help you need. Often within minutes or hours, you’ll have a response from Stephanie or someone from the team, a Going Beyond the Food graduate student or fellow students.
Community
We’re so proud of our community of courageous women. Active, engaging, encouraging, positive and supportive – this is what the ladies are all about.
The Going Beyond the Food Academy students often become friends, online and offline.
In our private, women-only community, you can share challenges, problems, ideas and get encouragement and feedback and connect with other students.
The Q&A Vault
All past Q&A sessions have been stored for your ease of reference. You’ll have access to hundreds of other students’ questions, along with answers from Stephanie so you’ll always have precise wisdom at your fingertips.
Team Beyond The Food Support
We take customer care to heart. If you have technical issues or are simply having a challenge you need help with, write to info@goingbeyondthefoodacademy.com and we’ll take care of you as quickly as we can. Our customer service team is extraordinary and can be reached M-F, from 9 am – 5 pm Eastern US time.
Will I speak or get feedback from Stephanie directly?
This is a group learning experience so getting guidance and support is never more than a few minutes away.
You’ll have access to Stephanie via the Q&A session and Lesson comments in the online community as well as the outstanding support from Team Beyond the Food and our Going Beyond the Food Academy community right by your side.
The program is designed by Stephanie and while she’s active in the Member Area comments, we cannot guarantee individual feedback from her.
It's not that I don't trust your program… I don't trust ME.
Ah yes. We’ve heard this before, too. It’s easy to believe that, after having tried so many diets and programs that didn’t work, that YOU are to blame. That you’re broken, flawed, an outlier, a lost cause. But none of that is true.
Chances are, most of those other programs lacked the critical components, the right expertise, and support system. Ours is not a one-size-fits-all formula, and as you’ll see, it doesn’t depend on willpower or deprivation to work. Quite the opposite. There’s a reason we’ve seen hundreds of client success stories, and it’s because we know how to help you. Together, we will transform your relationship with food, your body and your life in ways that surprise you.
What if I have a question not listed here?
Write us at info@goingbeyondthefoodacademy.com and we’ll happily take care of you.
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The program content is not a substitute for direct, personal, professional medical care and diagnosis. The information contained within is not intended to provide specific physical or mental health advice, or any other advice whatsoever, for any individual or company and should not be relied upon in that regard.
Always work with a qualified medical professional before making changes to your diet, prescription medication, supplement, lifestyle or exercise activities.
