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Petra Beumer is the founder of the Mindful Eating Institute in Santa Barbara. She is a masters level psychologist who has helped thousands of clients make positive lifestyle changes. Petra has dedicated herself to empowering clients in taking better care of themselves, both physically and emotionally.
Petra’s specialty areas are weight management, emotional eating and self-care, and in her work she combines cognitive-behavioral therapy with mindfulness strategies. Her “prescription” for wellness is: To love yourself deeply, to honor your needs and not ignore messages from your body. The goal is to set an intention for finding inner peace and treating yourself with love and self-compassion.
She is very passionate about teaching a daily practice of self-nurturing and not using food as a mood regulator. Her focus is on creating new healthy rituals that are sustainable in everyday life.