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Your Body is Listening to Every Thought You Think

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on February 24, 2017 / Body Image, dieting, Eating Disorders, Eating Psychology, Holistic Health, Mental-Health, Mindset, Personal Growth, Wellness Coaching

Your Body is Listening to Every Thought You Think One of my favourite pieces of wisdom is: What we think, we create. Literally. Because of my therapeutic holistic approach I spend a lot of time educating my students and clients about epigenetics, neuroscience and neurobiology. We have over 50 trillion cells within our bodies, each one listening intently to the reaction and response of our thinking, as a consequence of our perception. Every cell absorbs this perception – positive or negative, safe or stressful – and will either shrink or expand as a consequence of our thoughts and feelings, whereby creating an internal

{Podcast} How Dieting Works Against Your Body & What You Can Do to Work With it

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on February 24, 2017 / Body Image, dieting, Eating Disorders, Eating Psychology, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Mindset, Nutrition, PODCAST, Wellness Coaching

How Dieting Works Against Your Body and What You Can Do to Work With it Have you been doing EVERYTHING “right” but your body doesn’t seem like it’s doing what you want? Don’t lose faith in it, learn to trust it again so your body can learn to trust YOU again! It’s an interesting concept that most people don’t even consider – that your body might lose trust with you after all your efforts to make it weigh less and feel healthier. The thing is most of these efforts are done without consulting the body. Instead of turning inward, asking

{Podcast} The Cost of Staying Stuck

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on February 10, 2017 / Body Image, Confidence, dieting, Eating Disorders, Eating Psychology, Emotional Eating, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Mindset, Personal Growth, PODCAST, Positive change, Positive Psychology, Wellness Coaching

The Cost of Staying Stuck If you’ve ever tried to reach out for help but at the last minute retreated back into the safety and comfort of what you know – even though it might be painful or uncomfortable – have you ever thought about how much it costs you to stay there? The nature of human behaviour is that we want change, but often are unwilling to do the changing! When I receive an enquiry from someone, they usually send it at a time when they can’t take it anymore. When the pain is too intense, when the discomfort

Design Your Ideal Morning to Create Your Ideal Life

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on January 30, 2017 / Health & Fitness, Holistic Health, Lifestyle, Mental-Health, Mindset, Personal Growth, Self-Care

Design Your Ideal Morning, Create Your Ideal Life Many motivation masters and psychologist agree that how you start your morning will set you up for your day ahead. With all the recent focus on starting a fresh year, I think it’s more important to focus on one day at a time, keeping your overall goals in mind, but giving your power and attention to the current moment and asking yourself, What one thing can I think about/do differently today? Putting a little thought into how you’d ideally like to be starting your day, will help you align the focus, energy

{Podcast Video} Abuse and Body Image – Emerging from Past Pain

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on January 20, 2017 / Body Image, Confidence, dieting, Eating Disorders, Eating Psychology, Emotional Eating, Holistic Health, Mental-Health, Personal Growth, PODCAST

PODCAST: Abuse and Body Image Emerge from Past Pain & Reclaim Your Life There are many different types of abuse. It can come from the self or it can come from others but all forms of abuse are painful. What happens when the abuse from another turns into excessive abuse towards yourself in the form of punishing, destructive and sabotaging exercise and eating behaviours? In this brand new podcast video I invited Elena Terziyska from EAT Nutrition to talk – for the first time in public – about her experience of remembering her childhood sexual abuse and how that fuelled her body

Dieting Danger – Food Can’t Fix Feelings

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on January 13, 2017 / dieting, Eating Disorders, Eating Psychology, Emotional Eating, Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Mental-Health, Mindset, Nutrition, Personal Growth, Wellness Coaching

DIETING DANGER – Food Can’t Fix Feelings Have you ever been on a diet? If you’re here at MindBodyFood, you most probably have! In fact, there’s bound to be many of you who have never got OFF the diet wagon because you’re still struggling to feel comfortable in your body (instead of ashamed). Have you recently committed yourself to a ‘new’ diet for the New Year? We so often fall into the trap of believing that if we can control our food and change the way we look, we just might be able to control how we feel. NEWS FLASH –

3 Steps to Embrace Your Body Now

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on November 21, 2016 / Body Image, Confidence, dieting, Eating Psychology, Emotional Eating, Holistic Health, Self-Care, Wellness Coaching

Embrace Your Body in 3 Steps, NOW Ready to embrace your body, dump the hate and stop punishing it with endless diets and negative self-talk? Recently I attended the first Toowoomba screening of the new documentary, EMBRACE by Taryn Brumfitt. Hundreds of women, men and children have attended in our region, but after watching, feeling inspired, shedding tears and finding hope… now what? It’s opened a huge pandoras box for so many women who are now wondering, well just HOW do I embrace my body? What do I do? Our bodies are nobody else’s business, yet we constantly allow ourselves to be distracted by comparison,

3 Keys to Cultivate Self-Love {Podcast}

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on November 19, 2016 / dieting, Gratitude, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Lifestyle, Nutrition, PODCAST, Positive change

3 Keys to Cultivate Self-Love PODCAST EPISODE We all need a little help in how to cultivate self-love, gratitude and a positive mindset. So earlier this week I shared an inspiring talk with Nicole Coggiola, Health & Lifestyle Coach over at the Nourished Goddess. I’ve discovered I really enjoy connecting with like-minded souls around the world and sharing interesting conversations and stories that speak my language. This one dives a little deeper into the importance of the mind and gratitude when making healthy lifestyle changes. Aspects that can’t be ignored when creating inner transformation for outer change. It’s all about being a

She’s Coming OFF her Anti-Depressant Medication

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on November 7, 2016 / Confidence, Holistic Health, Medicinal Nutrition, Meditation, Mental-Health, Mindset, Personal Growth, Positive change, Stress Management

She’s Coming OFF her Anti-Depressant Medication! Here’s How…. For those of you experiencing depression, anxiety, isolation or low self-esteem, I want to share this story with you to provide hope for a future you might not yet be able to imagine possible… Last week after teaching a postgraduate course on Autonomic Nervous System Reprogramming to my MindBodyFood Institute Advanced Diploma students, I received this totally unexpected gift of appreciation. The student who gave it to me came to this work after working with me on her self-doubt, insecurities and personal fulfillment. She wanted to feel happier, healthier and create a sense

How Chronic Stress Impacts Your Long-Term Health [Audio Interview]

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on October 19, 2016 / Holistic Health, Lifestyle, Mental-Health, Mindset, Personal Growth, PODCAST, Self-Care, Stress Management

Chronic Stress Impacts Your Long-Term Health AUDIO INTERVIEW w/ Alison Palmer Let’s talk about stress and how chronic stress impacts your long-term health. This year I’ve given multiple audio and video interviews and appeared on several (all different) online summits. It’s so great to connect with like-minded people in different parts of the world and talk about various topics that I love, and help people work through every day, both professionally and personally. We never stop helping others do we?! Stress is always a major topic of conversation, and a big reason why people want to learn meditation and relaxation tools.

{Podcast} Rewrite Your Life Story with Chris O’Hearn

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on September 14, 2016 / Holistic Health, Mental-Health, Mindset, Personal Growth, PODCAST, Positive Thinking & Affirmations

MINDBODYFOOD PODCAST How to Rewrite Your Life Story! We all have that one story that we like to tell ourselves or others from our youth. A defining moment that may have felt unfair, painful, hurtful, justified. We’ve often told this story (what may feel like) a thousand times, and maybe that “fish” has gotten bigger every time you tell it! Where do the stories we tell ourselves come from? What decides if we react or respond in any situation? What holds our values and beliefs, and creates our feelings and behaviours? THE THOUGHTS IN OUR MIND. I’m sure you’ve heard that the

How to Set Healthy Boundaries and Build Your Self-Esteem

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on September 12, 2016 / Holistic Health, Inner-Strength, Lifestyle, Mental-Health, Mindset, Personal Growth, Positive change, Positive Psychology

Need Help Setting Healthy Personal Boundaries? If you feel uncomfortable with someone else in your space, if you’re feeling angry when other’s won’t listen, or when other’s continue to mistreat you or behave in inappropriate ways, then you may need to step up and start getting clear about your personal boundaries. Healthy boundaries are necessary to protect all areas of your life. For example: Material boundaries determine whether you give or lend things, such as your money, car, clothes or books. Physical boundaries help you determine who may touch you and under what circumstances. Mental boundaries apply to your thoughts, values,

5 Steps to Manage Stress + Live Facebook Workshop

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on July 27, 2016 / Health & Fitness, Holistic Health, Lifestyle, Mental-Health, Mindset, Self-Care, Stress Management

5 Steps to Manage Stress Recently I hosted the first of many Live Facebook Video Workshops – this one on Steps to Manage Stress. Learning to better manage stress in our lives is a 5 step process. Here are the steps and some tools to help you: 1/ Develop an understanding of how stress affects us physiologically and psychologically. • Stress Management Diary • Understanding self • Paying attention to self-talk 2/ Learn to recognise the symptoms of stress within our bodies. • Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercise (PMRE) • Meditation and Mindfulness • Self-awareness 3/ Understand what our

5 Limiting Beliefs Holding Your Mind Hostage

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on July 27, 2016 / Body Image, dieting, Eating Psychology, Emotional Eating, Fat Loss, Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Mental-Health, Mindset, Nutrition, Personal Growth, Wellness Coaching

5 Limiting Beliefs Holding Your Mind Hostage When I started MindBodyFood my main driver was to make a difference in the lives of women who struggled with liking themselves, accepting their bodies and were using food as a means of control, punishment or comfort in managing stressful thoughts and emotions. Think BINGE EATING, EMOTIONAL EATING, STRESS EATING. What I’ve realised over the years is that nearly EVERYONE in their lifetime struggles with five core underlying and limiting beliefs that they’re either: Not good enough Not smart enough Not worthy enough Don’t deserve it Can’t do it UNDERNEATH their body and

How to Tap into the Power of I AM

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on July 6, 2016 / Benefits of Meditation, Gratitude, Health & Fitness, Holistic Health, Lifestyle, Meditation, Mental-Health, Mindset, Personal Growth, Positive Thinking & Affirmations

THE POWER OF I AM How to tap into the infinite power of these two simple words I love the teachings of Louise Hay and the late Dr Wayne Dyer, who often talked about the significance of the words I AM and how we use them. When I’m teaching my clients or students about the subconscious mind and conditioned thinking, I emphasise the importance of how much power these two little words can have over our entire wellbeing. Read the next two lines and take note of how each makes you feel… I am a good person who is kind, thoughtful and caring

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