Coaching with Jen
Jen Rives, MA, LMFT — depth-oriented therapist and weight loss & emotional eating coach. Learn more about her here → Jen
Weight loss coaching with Jen
Many women who seek out weight loss and emotional eating coaching feel stuck in a start over cycle. Our work together will focus on building consistency, strengthening follow-through, and reducing food noise — so you can create a more steady, sustainable way of eating and living.
If you’re tired of the “I’ll start Monday” energy, the last-supper swings, and losing momentum just when things begin to feel better — this work is designed to help that pattern actually change.
It’s not what you do occasionally that creates change
— it’s what you do consistently.
Why you keep starting over with food and weight—and what actually changes that
That cycle is exhausting.
Whether it shows up as emotional eating, overeating, or difficulty staying consistent, the underlying pattern is the same: losing momentum and then restarting.
This weight loss and emotional eating coaching is designed to interrupt that pattern at its source by helping you build:
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more steady, predictable eating patterns
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less mental back-and-forth around food
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a strong sense of follow-through in daily habits
Not perfectly — but reliably.
Our thinking influences our behavior, and small shifts in both
can create meaningful change over time.
What makes this different
This is not another plan to follow for a few weeks.
This approach focuses on changing the pattern — especially for women stuck in cycles like all-or-nothing eating, losing weight and gaining it back, yo-yo dieting, or feeling “on track” and then completely off again.
Instead of focusing only on insight, we focus on implementation:
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what actually happens during your day
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where consistency breaks down
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how to create structure that supports you instead of relying on willpower
The goal is not perfection.
The goal is consistency you can maintain, supported by intentional daily habits, accountability, and practical strategies that will keep you on track.
The work
In our work together, we focus on building a consistent, workable rhythm with eating, decision-making, and daily habits using principles from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
This work includes:
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identifying where patterns begin to shift or unravel
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creating simple, repeatable structures for meals, exercise, and routines
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responding effectively to sabotaging thoughts
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reducing food noise and decision fatigue
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strengthening follow-through in realistic ways
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building accountability without shame
Over time, this leads to a sustainable approach to weight and health management, a reduction of emotional eating, feeling in control around food, having a consistent exercise plan, and no longer being pulled into constant cycles of starting over— without unsustainable restriction, constant resets, diet culture, or reliance on medication.
Exercise and daily movement
Exercise is not used here as punishment, compensation, or a way to “earn” food.
Instead, we focus on building a realistic relationship with movement that supports consistency, mood, strength, health, longevity, and follow-through. Depending on your goals, this may include walking, strength training, the gym, yoga, gentle movement, or simply becoming more active in ways that feel doable and sustainable.
The goal is not an extreme fitness plan. The goal is to build movement into your life in a way you can actually maintain.
Who this is for (weight loss & emotional eating coaching support)
This work tends to be a good fit for women who:
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start with strong intentions, then lose momentum
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feel stuck in emotional eating or overeating patterns
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are searching for weight loss coaching but don’t want another diet approach
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think about food, cravings, or “should I / shouldn’t I” decisions frequently
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lose weight, only to gain it back again (yo-yo dieting patterns)
- struggle to stay consistent with exercise, movement, or self-care routines
- tend to put their own health and well-being last once life becomes busy or stressful
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want structure and support without something rigid or extreme
This not a good fit for those needing support for moderate to severe depression or anxiety, where a therapy-based approach would be more appropriate.
Structure & support
This work is more active and structured than traditional therapy.
It has a unique emphasis on:
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clear goals and direction
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concrete, realistic next steps
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ongoing accountability
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adjusting quickly when something isn’t working
You won’t be left trying to figure this out on your own. Between sessions, support is provided through daily structured accountability—either through a coaching dyad or by working with an accountability partner in your own life.
Medication & GLP-1s
GLP-1 medications can be a game changer for many women—but without behavioral change, the underlying patterns often remain untouched. GLP-1 medications may reduce appetite and food noise, but many of the eating patterns, emotional and situational triggers, consistency struggles, and self-care habits that contribute to the cycle of losing and regaining weight can still remain in place without meaningful behavioral change.
Coaching without GLP-1 medication
For some women, this coaching is a good fit because they are looking for a non-medication-based approach to weight loss, emotional eating, and long-term consistency.
You may not be interested in GLP-1 medication, may not be able to access it, may have had a difficult experience with it, or may simply want to focus on the behavioral side of change. In this work, the focus is on building sustainable habits, reducing food noise, strengthening follow-through, and creating a steadier relationship with food over time.
Coaching while using GLP-1 medication
For women who are using medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, or Zepbound, coaching can support the behavioral and mindset changes that medication alone may not address.
This work can help you build eating structure, respond to old patterns, maintain consistency, and strengthen habits that support long-term weight management — especially if your goal is not only to lose weight, but to feel more steady, capable, and in control around food.
Medication decisions should always be made with your prescribing medical provider. Coaching does not replace medical care, nutrition counseling, or therapy when those supports are needed.
IMPORTANT NOTE
Coaching is not therapy and is not a substitute for therapy when deeper emotional or mental health support is needed.
If you reach out, we can talk together about whether coaching or therapy would be the better fit.
Format options
Depending on fit and availability, coaching may be offered as:
- individual coaching
- coaching dyads or triads (2-3 people working together)
- weekly or every other week sessions
Sessions are focused on strategy, pattern work, and adjustment. Individual coaching includes brief weekday accountability email check-ins designed to support consistency, momentum, follow-through, and problem-solving between sessions. Accountability between sessions is also built into the coaching dyad or triad format, or by working with an accountability partner of your choice in your own life.
We can determine the best format during consultation.
Fee information is available here → Fees
A Different Approach to Weight Loss & Emotional Eating
If you’re tired of starting over and losing momentum, this work offers a more steady, supported path forward.
You don’t need another plan to follow perfectly.
You need a way to stay consistent — even when motivation fluctuates.
This is a space to build that.
Looking for therapy instead?
If you’re wanting to explore the emotional, relational, or deeper patterns connected to eating, you can Learn more about Emotional Eating Therapy
