Create the life you want

Liberate yourself from mental and physical weight to create the life you want and deserve. 

Click below to try something new that actually works and start seeing results.

Create the life you want

Liberate yourself from mental and physical weight to create the life you want and deserve. 

Click below to try something new that actually works and start seeing results.

you are invited! join my 5-Day Master Course

Learn How To Break Up with Food & Create Your Own Joy

on February 26 to March 1, 2024 at 11am PT | via Zoom

If You Are Smart Enough To Make A Quilt, You Are Smart Enough To Lose Weight And Keep It Off Permanently.

Join us inside LOVE YOURSELF THIN today!

Is perfectionism holding you back? Take this quiz to discover how perfectionism is affecting you and what to do to overcome it.

Say goodbye to regretting your late night snacking and hello to all of the ways you can create your own comfort, joy, dopamine hit, and pleasure. Includes 5 steps to help correct a snacking problem.

Ready to up your doodling game? This YouTube series helps you dig deep and bring out the doodler in you. 31 days of doodle challenges to help you increase your doodle skills.

How do you stop procrastinating? Take this quiz to gauge your level of procrastination and to get a clear view of exactly when and how you're most likely to punt.

Not sure why you are always running out of time and feel like your life is never fully in your control? Take this quiz to learn more about how you can change.

Want to Lose Weight Now? Not Sure Where to Start?

This 5-day challenge will walk you through every step to weight loss. Warning: you will lose weight following these steps.

Click here to get on the email list to receive invites for each training where you can participate live, receive each customized handout, get the replays sent directly to your inbox!

meet dara

I'm an elementary school teacher turned long arm quilter and now a life coach specializing in weight loss

You will find Dara spending a lot of her day helping fellow quilters lose weight and create more joy in their lives as she uses her life coaching skills to help them. Not only does Dara liberate your free motion quilting skills but liberates your mind to create what you truly want. Dara is also the president of the perfection recovery program! If you find that you fall into the procrastinate, perfectionism and people pleasing trap – I totally get you and know how to help you 100%.

Dara is a certified life coach through the Life Coach School where she has her specialization in weight loss.

services

Here’s how you can work with me

Love Yourself Thin Lifetime program

Diets don’t work long term. Learn the long game with my process of loving yourself thin.

I empower quilters to help them create the life they really want.

LET'S WORK TOGETHER

Work with Dara

LOVE YOURSELF THIN LIFETIME PROGRAM

If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get the same results. It’s time to do something different. If you’re searching for a realistic weight loss solution that you can actually maintain… here it is.

ONE:ONE COACHING

I take a limited amount of one-on-one coaching clients so if you are feeling like you want more help with anything in life, don’t miss out on this!

QUILTING CLASSES

Want to quilt without stressing out and feeling overwhelmed? You are in the right place. There are 6 class options or you can join with your guild and sign up for one of the masterclasses. Let’s make our guilds healthier and more productive one class at a time and chase dreams together.

If you’re searching for a realistic weight loss solution that YOU CAN ACTUALLY MAINTAIN... here it is.

Love Yourself Thin Lifetime program

If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you always got.
It’s time to do something different.

THE PERFECT PROGRAM FOR YOU.

books

Ready for more help with quilting or weight loss? Read these.

Doodle School

 Daily doodle prompt challenges

Learn to stitch different shapes

Skill-building techniques

Easy-to-follow visual guides for each doodle design

Perfectionist Recovery

Perfectionist Recovery

3 MAIN SECTIONS WITHIN THE PROGRAM:

  Self-assessment and diagnosis

Tools for recovery

Group project

Walk Jog Run

A Free-Motion Quilting Workout

  Muscle-Memory-Building Exercises

Creative stitch designs

Unique skill-building projects

videos

Want to know you aren't broken? Watch these.

3 Steps to Creating the life you want

The three steps to creating the life you want – simple.  Want to get started on your journey?

5 Secrets of the weight loss industry

Do you feel like you do not have all of the information needed to be successful at losing weight? 

Afraid to tell people you are dieting

This is a video that explains the reasons we keep this battle to ourselves.

Are You Ready To Try Something Different?

You are all beautiful and deserve to live your life to the fullest.

Whether it is quilting, losing weight or both... I can help.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED, ALL IN ONE PLACE.