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

Set Health, Fitness & Weight Goals That Work With Your Brain & Body

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on January 8, 2018 / Body Image, dieting, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Lifestyle, Mindset, Personal Growth, Wellness Coaching

Set Health, Fitness & Weight Goals That Work With Your Brain & Body Keep you brain in mind when you set health and weight related goals – otherwise they’ll end up as empty promises! Forget resolutions and set meaningful health and fitness goals instead! It will make a world of difference to how you approach change, and take action towards your goals. The KEY is in using the principles of neuroscience so you can create change in a way that your brain will become familiar with by conscious, consistent and intentional action! Get a pen and paper and commit

Goodbye Louise Hay… Queen of Affirmations

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on August 31, 2017 / Holistic Health

Goodbye Louise Hay… Queen of Affirmations And Thank You. This morning I woke early for a 4am masterclass with the chairman of the National & International Council of Psychotherapists in the UK. As the masterclass was starting I read about the passing – transition – of the Queen of affirmations, Louise Hay, at the age of 90 years. My heart skipped a beat… Louise Hay’s transpersonal and metaphysical counselling work has touched the lives of countless people around the world – including me. If you’ve seen the tributes all over social media today, you may note in the comments about how many

{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

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 –

Healthy Chocolate Panforte Recipe

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on December 23, 2016 / Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Nutrition, Raw Chocolate Making

Healthy Chocolate Panforte Recipe Perfect for Christmas! Panforte is traditionally an Italian cake containing fruit and nuts. So more or less, it’s kind of like a fruitcake – dense, moist, fruity. It originated in the Tuscan city of Siena somewhere around the thirteenth century. Here I’ve made a healthy version that doesn’t miss out on any of the traditional flavours, certainly has the dense quality but with a lighter feel in the tummy. My healthy christmas panforte recipe is also gluten free, dairy free and refined sugar free. It’s the perfect healthy recipe for christmas! There’s minimal liquid sweetener

Don’t Diet this Christmas, Do This Instead

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on December 9, 2016 / Body Image, Confidence, dieting, Eating Disorders, Eating Psychology, Emotional Eating, Food

Instead of Dieting, Bingeing or Restricting this Christmas Try a New Approach… It’s that time of year again when many of us freak out at the abundant supply of festive food that is often on our “forbidden/bad/diet says no” list. Because I have no intention of losing my mind dieting for the next two weeks just so I can let loose on Christmas Day, my lead up is mostly calm, relaxed and peaceful. (I say mostly because I can’t control everything.. and it relieves a lot of unnecessary pressure when you realise that.) Your Christmas can be calm, relaxed and peaceful

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

Bloating, Pain and Parasites – Become your own best health advocate

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on June 20, 2016 / Eating Disorders, Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Medicinal Nutrition, Mental-Health, Nutrition

Bloating, Pain, Hospitals and Parasites Become Your Own Best Health Advocate If you follow me on my Facebook page you’ll know that last Wednesday I was woken in the early hours with EXCRUCIATING lower right, abdominal pain followed by vomiting bile. I was taken to hospital and drugged up on morphine, asked to pee in a jar, fill up with fluid for a couple of ultrasounds, then drink a litre of dye and be injected with contrast for a CT scan. The suspects – kidneys, ovaries and appendix – were all clear, but not before they offered to call a surgeon to cut me

Almond Toffee Chocolate Bark Recipe

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on May 20, 2016 / Food, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition, Raw Chocolate Making

Almond Toffee Chocolate Bark Recipe This clean eating recipe needs little introduction. I love almonds, I love raw honey and I love dark chocolate. Why not put them all together?! So what it’s made with natural raw honey, and I boil it first. It’s still a natural food that is made with love. It’s a super easy recipe that’s simple, yet certainly not plain! The children loved it so I started teaching them how to make this simple toffee and how it reminded me of toffee apples – of which the children have never tried. So you never know, we may make them

Best Ever Deluxe Cashew Brownie Recipe

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on May 16, 2016 / Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition

Best Ever Brownie! This my friends, was a conscious effort in creating a decadent, soft and absolutely melt in your mouth, soft and gooey brownie to serve with cream and loved ones. Cooking with real whole foods has been a wonderful way for me to indulge when I feel like it and without the guilt. It’s also been a wonderful introduction for the children to learn how much better making and eating real whole foods can be over the packaged, processed and white sugar-laden options. They love this brownie and they know when they’ve had enough, without feeling deprived or feeding a sugar

{Podcast} How to Increase Nutrition in the Modern Day Diet

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on April 13, 2016 / dieting, Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Medicinal Nutrition, Nutrition, PODCAST

MINDBODYFOOD PODCAST This week Daniel Biernoff joins me on the Mind-Body-Food Podcast talking about REAL food nutrition in our busy modern lifestyles. Daniel is a fully qualified naturopath, nutritionist and herbalist with over 15 years of clinical experience working with people from all walks of life. He is a firm believer that our modern diet – full of nutritionally depleted foods and chemical additives – is making us sick and that our bodies can heal themselves from almost any health problem with the right nutrition and supplement support. An open and highly educational look into food and the modern diet,

Apple Chia Seed Chocolate Crumble

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on March 28, 2016 / Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition

APPLE CHIA SEED CHOCOLATE CRUMBLE What to do with apples when you’ve got plenty? Make apple pie or crumble of course! We had two full bags of apples that we picked fresh from the orchard on our day trip to Stanthorpe over the easter long weekend. What else would I do with them but create something absolutely, delightfully scrumptious with them, and make sure that the recipe is made with healthy whole food and nutrient dense ingredients. It’s also dairy free, gluten free and naturally sweetened with medjool dates and a touch of raw honey. Aside from the coconut milk, which

Sweet Chai Cheesecake with Hidden Blueberries GF, DF

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on March 10, 2016 / Food, Healthy Eating, Nutrition

Sweet Chai Cheesecake with Hidden Blueberries Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Refined Sugar Free I’ve been teasing you all with this one for quite some time and now I’m just GIVING it to you! Raw (vegan) cheesecakes are one of the best ways to enjoy a nutrient dense dessert for people who are dairy free, gluten free and prefer to be refined sugar free. I’ve perfected this recipe with a little trial and error and it sure is a crowd pleaser – it’s my favourite nut cheesecake recipe! Plus it’s packed with nutrients and truly satisfying on so many levels. Please make and

Are Food Rules Ruining Your Social Life

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on January 29, 2016 / dieting, Eating Disorders, Emotional Eating, Food, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Mindset

How to Let Go of Food Rules How many times a day do you tell yourself, “I can’t have that”? And what happens when you tell yourself you can’t have something?….. It’s like talking to a child: you either focus on it and want it more, question and barter with yourself until you’re worn out and give in, or just eat it in an act of defiance anyway. If dieting has become a way of life for you then it’s highly probable all those guidelines and restrictions have left some lingering do’s and don’ts that are tangled up in your negative self-talk and

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