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Kim Shapira

Kim Shapira is a Los Angeles-based celebrity dietitian, nutritional therapist, author of This Is What You’re Really Hungry For, and founder of the Kim Shapira Method. Kim’s formal education includes a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from Tulane University and a Master’s degree in Human Metabolism and Clinical Nutrition from Boston University. For almost three decades, Kim has been helping people lose weight and keep it off both in her private practice, hospitals, sports clinics, addiction centers, and universities, and as a moderator or guest expert for Yahoo!, Just Jenny, Sky News, Vanity Fair, Pop Sugar, Podcasts, and more. She has applied her education by practicing Six Simple Rules. These Six Simple Rules help people journey into a normal relationship with food, which improves their confidence, their health, and their well-being. Kim believes, “Health is the goal, but people being triggered by life's storms knock them off their journey.” Kim helps people stay on the journey. When she's not helping her clients take back their relationship with food, she is a wife and mother of three children and three pups.

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I don't want you to have FOMO

Hey friends, I had the best time this week in Bookclub! Every second of it reminded me why I love doing this work, the honesty, the curiosity, the laughter. We have three more weeks and I couldn't be more excited. We covered so much, from understanding hunger to exploring how food can be fuel and why we think its fun. We dove into the wellness wheel, talked about practice over perfection, and most importantly, how to stay in the practice no matter what life throws at us. If you missed any...

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Hey there, I want to take a moment to say thank you. The stories you share… the feedback… the honesty… it matters more than you know. Not because it’s encouraging (although it is), but because it reflects something deeper, real change is happening. And it usually starts the same way. One moment. One shift in awareness. One quiet “aha” that changes the way you relate to food, your body, and yourself. Then something powerful happens next… That single moment doesn’t stay a moment. It becomes a...

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KIM SHAPIRA METHOD Hi Reader, Let’s be real. Most diets feel like a prison sentence where you’re just counting down the days until "good behavior" lets you out. We prefer a different approach. We call it The Essential. It’s all about daily non-negotiables like Protein Anchoring, which is just a fancy way of saying "fueling so you don't end up hangry at a vending machine." When you join any KSM membership this week for 20% off, you’re getting the tools to: Quiet the Noise: Stop the mental...

KIM SHAPIRA METHOD Hi Reader, Let’s be real. Most diets feel like a prison sentence where you’re just counting down the days until "good behavior" lets you out. We prefer a different approach. We call it The Essential. It’s all about daily non-negotiables like Protein Anchoring, which is just a fancy way of saying "fueling so you don't end up hangry at a vending machine." When you join any KSM membership this week for 20% off, you’re getting the tools to: Quiet the Noise: Stop the mental...

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Hi Reader, Pick your price:$150 | $300 | $550 | $700 JOIN THE RESET NOW Quick reminder, because this matters. The 8-Week Winter Reset is Pay What You Want, and this pricing ends tonight. Last fall, a woman joined one of my resets feeling “mostly fine.” She wasn’t binging. She wasn’t dieting. She just felt… disconnected. No trust. Constant food noise. Low energy. By week three she said: “I didn’t change everything I eat I changed how I listen. And suddenly food stopped running my life.” She...

Hey THERE, 📅 Tomorrow ⏰ 10 AM PT 🎥 Live + free https://www.kimshapiramethod.com/webinar You’re smart. You care about your health. You know what to eat. So why does food still feel like it has power over you? Why do stress days turn into emotional eating? Why does weight loss feel fragile instead of stable? Why do hormones, menopause, or a busy life seem to undo everything you “know”? Here’s the truth most wellness spaces won’t say out loud: This isn’t a willpower issue. It’s a regulation...

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Hey there friends, Quick question. Have you ever stood in your kitchen thinking, “I KNOW better… so why am I doing this again?” One of my clients recently said, “Kim, I can run a company, raise kids, manage chaos… but a bag of chips takes me down.” We laughed. Then we fixed it. Because this isn’t about willpower. It’s not about discipline. And it’s definitely not because you’re broken. It’s about patterns. Old ones. Automatic ones. Ones your nervous system learned years ago and keeps...

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Hey there, Let’s get real. You’ve tried diets. You’ve tried willpower. And still… you feel out of control around food. It’s frustrating. It’s exhausting. And it’s not your fault. And the January mindset is in full force. That’s why I created my FREE webinar: “Why You Still Feel Out of Control Around Food Even Though You Know Better” 📅 January 14 at 10 AM PST SAVE YOUR SEAT HERE: https://www.kimshapiramethod.com/webinar This is your chance to finally get off the struggle cycle. Here’s what...

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Happy New Year, FREE WEBINAR: JANUARY 14TH @10 PST SIGN UP HERE: https://www.kimshapiramethod.com/webinar I want to tell you something I don’t say often enough. Most of the people you see who look “free” around food? Who seem calm, steady, not at war with their bodies? They didn’t start confident. They didn’t start disciplined. They didn’t even start believing it would work for them. They started tired. Tired of thinking about food all day. Tired of being “good” and then feeling out of...

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Hey there, January 1 is barreling toward us. Happy New Year! And if you’re anything like the clients I talk to every day, you’re somewhere between hopeful and tired. Wanting change… but also craving relief. Ready for something to be different, without having to fight yourself to get there. That’s who I’ve been thinking about as this year comes to an end. Okay, and I’ve been thinking about you a lot as this new year starts. Not in a “new year, new you” way. More in a real life way. I was...

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Hi friend, FREE WEBINAR JANUARY 14 @10:00 a.m. pst. REGISTER HERE: https://www.kimshapiramethod.com/webinar If knowing what to do was enough… You’d already feel calm, confident, and in control around food. But that’s not what’s happening. You eat healthy. You understand nutrition. You’ve read the books, followed the experts, tried the plans. And yet… You still feel out of control around food. This isn’t a willpower issue. And it’s definitely not a personal failure. That’s exactly why I’m...