April 2014 – Viki Thondley | Mind Body Food | Depression, Stress, Eating Disorders

Taking Action Creates Wonderful Opportunites

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on April 17, 2014 / Benefits of Meditation, Confidence, Holistic Health, Passion & Purpose, Personal Growth, Positive change

Believe In Yourself Last Friday I received a phone call telling me I’d been nominated for The Chronicle Trilby Misso Community Hero Award… and I was AWARDED it!!! I was so surprised, much humbled, and deeply grateful to have my work recognised within my own community. This surprise news was quite timely, as recently I have overcome some long-held limiting beliefs and significantly invested in myself and my business by enrolling in Entrepreneurial Business School. I had wanted to do it for the last three years but always found excuses and reasons as to why I couldn’t or shouldn’t. (Not good enough syndrome).

Do You Feel Safe in Your Body?

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on April 14, 2014 / Body Image, Emotional Eating, Fat Loss, Holistic Health, Hormone Balancing, Mental-Health, Mindset, Nutrition & Weight Loss, Stress Management, Wellness Coaching

That weighty feeling Who’s been on a “diet” before – lost weight, regained weight and done the whole thing over again? I’ve tried numerous diets over the years and a few methods I made up myself. But nothing ever truly worked until I learned to listen to my thoughts and understand what my beliefs and fears were saying to me unconsciously, continuing to trigger my fat storing hormones. What’s the difference between losing weight and regaining, and losing weight and staying there? It’s our emotional, mental and spiritual experience of whether we feel “safe” at a lower weight and comfortable

FREE ONLINE SCREENING “Lose the Stress, Lose the Weight”

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on April 8, 2014 / Emotional Eating, Fat Loss, Holistic Health, Hormone Balancing, Meditation, Mental-Health, Mindset, Nutrition & Weight Loss, Stress Management

Lose the Stress, Loss the Weight It’s here! The online world premiere of Jon Gabriel’s newest documentary film, so I wanted to be sure you didn’t miss out: Watch Now! World Premiere of Tapping for Weight Loss (online for 10 days!)* “Lose the Stress, Lose the Weight,” is a powerful film created by Carol Look, Jon Gabriel and 12 remarkable (and brave) volunteers who are struggling with stress-related weight gain. In my professional and personal experience, stress is the #1 issue we all need to work on to achieve weight loss and well-being long term, so I can’t think of a more effective approach than learning stress management tools you can do at home (alongside

How to Stress Less & Love Yourself More

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on April 6, 2014 / Confidence, Eating Disorders, Emotional Eating, Fat Loss, Holistic Health, Hormone Balancing, Mindset, Self-Esteem, Stress Management, Wellness Coaching

Stress & Release We are such creatures of taking everything personally and feeling the weight of hurt and pain, rejection or worth. I love Anthony Hopkins philosophy that it’s none of my business what other’s think of me. The problem is I didn’t know that as a teenager and took EVERYTHING personally. Until a few years ago, well into my thirties, my mind and body was filled with the anguish of thinking I wasn’t good enough, pretty enough, and especially not thin enough… I ended up spending the majority of my life creating my own internal stress and contributing to my

Lose the Stress and Lose the Weight

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on April 4, 2014 / Body Image, Eating Disorders, Emotional Eating, Fat Loss, Food, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Hormone Balancing, Mental-Health, Stress Management

Mind-Body Weight Loss If you’re stressed out, worried, fearful or lonely, the impact on your health is immediate and the hormonal imbalances created are the same imbalances that cause food cravings, which also lead to weight gain. This stress, tension and fear might be a demanding job, a hectic family life, an abusive spouse or any of the millions of emotional challenges we all face in life—but the biochemical result is the same. Your hormones become imbalanced, your food cravings increase, and you’ll very likely gain weight. As time goes on, your cortisol levels rise, your blood sugar sky-rockets, your

Healthy Raw Chocolate Workshop in Toowoomba!

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on April 3, 2014 / Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Nutrition, Raw Chocolate Making, Workshops

Easter is Coming! For real. I remember walking around the local supermarkets in January seeing chocolate eggs and Easter bunnies already lining the shelves, right alongside the leftover Christmas chocolates…. Now that Easter is really coming, it’s time to get educated about what chocolate actually is, and how you can make the most of its’ naturally occurring nutritional benefits before roasting and processing destroys most of them. easy personal loan bad credit So here I am pleased to announce that the 3 hour Easy Chocolate Delights workshop has been updated and now offered in the MindBodyFood Kitchen at Highfields. This means reduced cost, smaller