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Food is not the problem. How you relate to it is.

Mindful eating and balanced food relationship support
Healthy meal and intuitive eating lifestyle concept

It’s a reflection of something deeper.

A guided space to understand your story, reconnect with your body, and create lasting change from the inside out.

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🗺️ Serving individuals and small groups in Western South Dakota

You're not alone in feeling this way.

There is a deeper reason.

Understanding creates new posibilities.

Change is possible from the inside out.

This is not about willpower.
It's about understanding.

It’s not about being more disciplined or trying harder.
It’s about understanding what your patterns are communicating.
Because how you relate to food is often how you relate to yourself.

“How we do food is how we do life.”

Deep Inner Work

Understand the patterns, beliefs, and internal narratives shaping your relationship with food and your body.

Guided Group Experience

Explore this work alongside others in a structured, supportive environment where real conversations happen.

Real-Life Integration

Learn how to apply new ways of thinking and responding, not just talk about them.

A Path That Meets You Where You Are

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Books and journaling materials for reflective self-study

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Heidi and Susan during transformational group coaching session

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Food and Body Study(FABS)

Group Work 

A starting point for understanding your patterns and beginning the work.

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Deeper Study
Hunger Habit Study(HHS)

A more advanced, immersive experience for those ready to go further.

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Individual Consultation

Personalized support for specific needs or deeper exploration.

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This work meets you where you are, and invites you deeper when you’re ready.

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My Story

After decades of struggling with my own relationship with food and body, and navigating significant physical challenges, I began to understand something deeper.

Healing didn’t come from control.It came from learning to listen. 

Listening to my body through pain and recovery taught me how disconnected I had been, not just physically, but internally.

This work is not theory for me.It’s lived.

More About Susan

Your behavior with food is communication.

What you do with food reflects how you see yourself.

Insights & Reflections

Short articles exploring the connection between food, body, and self, designed to offer clarity, perspective, and encouragement.

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The real work isn't about food

It's about understanding the problem underneath

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Awareness create choice

How slowing down can change everything

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Mentorship For Clinicians

I offer mentorship for clinicians who want to move beyond theory and into meaningful real-world application

Understanding food and body dynamics at a deeper level 

Learning how to work with clients beyond surface behaviors

Developing confidence in navigating complex cases

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Testimonial From Mentees

Real Stories.

Real Growth.

Real Transformation.

Having a mentor relationship with Susan for the last few years has brought
immeasurable value to my personal and professional life in ways I didn’t realize I
needed. Our work together has given me the space to not only learn how to help others
in their relationships to food and body, but how to embody the knowledge in my own life.
Susan will inspire you with her never-ending love for learning and self-discovery, while
walking beside you as you figure out how to integrate that into your own life.

Working with Susan has not only strengthened my confidence in helping others in their
relationships to food and body, but taught me to embody it myself. Susan will inspire
you with her never-ending love for learning & self-discovery, while walking beside you
as you figure out how to integrate that into your own life.

ASHLEY SIEBRASSE

April 26, 2026

My name is Megan Laskowski, MS, LPC-MH, NCC. I am a mental health counselor at
South Dakota School of Mines. I utilize multiple therapeutic techniques such as EMDR
as an EMDR clinician, CBT, and DBT. Additionally, I lead a group on campus that
explores body image issues, relationships with food, and the emotional components of
those processes. The group is called Nourish & Restore.

Susan Gitter has been a part of my journey working with clients with eating disorders
and disordered eating. I’ve had the pleasure of taking classes from Susan in my
master’s program; during that time frame, she began working with people impacted by
body image, disordered eating, and eating disorders. When I began working at a
university, I focused on learning more about eating disorders and body image since that
had always been an interest of mine. When I wanted to start this group on campus, I
reached out to Susan to collaborate and gain guidance on our shared interest. Susan
has been my mentor ever since and it’s been a wonderful learning and growing
experience under her mentorship.

April 26, 2026

MEGAN LASKOWSKI

Frequently asked questions

If something in you is ready,
even if you can’t fully explain it yet. 

That’s enough to begin.

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Join me to reclaim and rewire how
we understand food and our bodies.

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