How to Set Healthy Boundaries and Build Your Self-Esteem

By on September 12, 2016   /   Holistic Health, Inner-Strength, Lifestyle, Mental-Health, Mindset, Personal Growth, Positive change, Positive Psychology  
How to Set Healthy Boundaries and Build Your Self-Esteem

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,

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Break Free of Fearing Food

By on August 1, 2016   /   Body Image, dieting, Eating Disorders, Eating Psychology, Emotional Eating  
Break Free of Fearing Food

Break FREE of Fearing Food   Going out to eat used to always be an anxiety-inducing routine of worrying what I’d wear to hide my body, who would be there scrutinising my body, and what food was on the menu that would put fat on my body. I’d study the menu prior to arriving so it would reduce the panic time in front of my friends, delaying everyone’s orders. The extra eyes on me only fuelled my anxiety and generally resulted in me ordering something I didn’t really want so that I’d spend the entire time waiting for the dish, worrying about if I made

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5 Steps to Manage Stress + Live Facebook Workshop

By on July 27, 2016   /   Health & Fitness, Holistic Health, Lifestyle, Mental-Health, Mindset, Self-Care, Stress Management  
5 Steps to Manage Stress + Live Facebook Workshop

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

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5 Limiting Beliefs Holding Your Mind Hostage

By 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

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

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How to Tap into the Power of I AM

By on July 6, 2016   /   Benefits of Meditation, Gratitude, Health & Fitness, Holistic Health, Lifestyle, Meditation, Mental-Health, Mindset, Personal Growth, Positive Thinking & Affirmations  
How to Tap into the Power of I AM

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

By on June 20, 2016   /   Eating Disorders, Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Medicinal Nutrition, Mental-Health, Nutrition  
Bloating, Pain and Parasites - Become your own best health advocate

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

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{Podcast} Transformation, Truth & How to Live in the Now

By on May 30, 2016   /   Benefits of Meditation, Body Image, Confidence, Holistic Health, Meditation, Mental-Health, Nutrition, Personal Growth, PODCAST  
{Podcast} Transformation, Truth & How to Live in the Now

MINDBODYFOOD PODCAST   This week I bring you an inspiring, insightful and delightful conversation about truth, transformation and self-acceptance through yoga, meditation and living in the NOW. The lovely and wise Michelle Hemming is a mother of two beautiful children. She’s also a yoga teacher, lawyer and holistic living enthusiast. Michelle joined me in the studio for a chat about her journey back to wellness. We discussed the last two years and how she deliberately set out to reclaim herself, heal her attachment to past experiences, and the lessons and teachings she’s learned along the way. We talk about: what it means to live consciously how

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Almond Toffee Chocolate Bark Recipe

By on May 20, 2016   /   Food, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition, Raw Chocolate Making  
Almond Toffee Chocolate Bark Recipe

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

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Manage Stress with Meditation

By on May 20, 2016   /   Benefits of Meditation, Gratitude, Holistic Health, Lifestyle, Meditation, Mental-Health, Mindset  
Manage Stress with Meditation

Manage Stress with Meditation   You’ve probably heard a lot of positive things about Meditation like it’s great for stress, heart issues, sleeping, mindful eating, weight control, concentration, healing etc., but maybe you’ve thought: I don’t know where to start I don’t have time for meditation I’m not interested in any religion I’ve tried it before but it didn’t stick, or the style didn’t suit me I don’t know if I’m doing it right [Tweet “There are a lot of reasons why people are discovering meditation but the biggest one is stress.”] I often have new clients and students contact me for medical reasons: “I have

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Best Ever Deluxe Cashew Brownie Recipe

By on May 16, 2016   /   Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition  
Best Ever Deluxe Cashew Brownie Recipe

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

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{Podcast} Bust Through Your Mental Blocks + Body Confidence Meditation

By on April 29, 2016   /   Benefits of Meditation, Body Image, Confidence, dieting, Eating Disorders, Emotional Eating, Health & Fitness, Holistic Health, Meditation, Mental-Health, Mindset, Personal Growth, PODCAST, Positive change  
{Podcast} Bust Through Your Mental Blocks + Body Confidence Meditation

MINDBODYFOOD PODCAST   Do you struggle with self-sabotaging beliefs? Do you get so far on your health and wellness journey, start to see positive changes, feel like you’re actually making progress and starting to feel more energy, more positivity and even a glimpse of self-love… And then all of a sudden….. something happens that triggers your subconscious mind and you come to a screaming holt, reverting back to old habits of thinking, feeling and behaving?! Maybe you find yourself focusing back on your food: restricting again, cutting foods out.. At the end of the day you might find yourself hungry, but

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

By on April 13, 2016   /   dieting, Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Medicinal Nutrition, Nutrition, PODCAST  
{Podcast} How to Increase Nutrition in the Modern Day Diet

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,

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{Podcast} Self-Care, Cancer & Making Friends with Guilt

By on April 9, 2016   /   Holistic Health, Hormone Balancing, Lifestyle, Mindset, Personal Growth, PODCAST, Positive change, Self-Care, Self-Esteem, Stress Management, Wellness Coaching  
{Podcast} Self-Care, Cancer & Making Friends with Guilt

NEW MINDBODYFOOD PODCAST SERIES I have an inspiring and awesome new free resource for you, in the form of my brand new MindBodyFood Podcast series. An easily downloadable audio mp3 interview and meditations series you can listen to on the go. Hormones and Self-Care are huge topics for many women, so first up is an honest, practical and very inspiring self-care journey that started with a shock thyroid cancer diagnosis at 23, forcing a high-achieving, people-pleasing music teacher to reassess her life choices and start making herself and her health a priority. This meant learning to make friends with guilt and stop feeling resentful when

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Apple Chia Seed Chocolate Crumble

By on March 28, 2016   /   Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition  
Apple Chia Seed Chocolate Crumble

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

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Sweet Chai Cheesecake with Hidden Blueberries GF, DF

By on March 10, 2016   /   Food, Healthy Eating, Nutrition  
Sweet Chai Cheesecake with Hidden Blueberries GF, DF

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

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