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Mindful Eating 101

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on November 21, 2014 / dieting, Eating Disorders, Food, Health & Fitness, Holistic Health, Mental-Health, Mindset, Nutrition

Mindful Eating Tips Having lived through 18 years of Bulimia Nervosa, I’m certainly no stranger to the “stuff it in before you realise how much you’re eating” habit. I wouldn’t even taste my food for fear of being too slow that someone might actually see me eating! We don’t just eat fast and mindless because of food or body issues, there are so many people in this fast paced world who are simply running on empty. They are “go, go, go” people with so much to do, but never enough time to do it in. This couldn’t be more true

Do You Love or Hate Your Body?

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on November 5, 2014 / Body Image, Confidence, dieting, Emotional Eating, Health & Fitness, Lifestyle, Mindset, Wellness Coaching

Summer Body-Love/Hate It’s certainly been warming up in the great south east. Makes me think about humid days, cool dresses and wearing a bathing suit in public… Does that thought fill your head with dread? As a child I loved summer. The adolescent me however, was struck with fear about what it represented. If you wanted to swim in the local pool or frolic on the beach, it meant baring your body beautiful and being on display – something I was definitely not comfortable with back then. It was enough to make me stop eating or take up marathon running!

This is my Beautiful 40 year old Body

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on October 3, 2014 / Body Image, Confidence, dieting, Eating Disorders, Fat Loss, Health & Fitness, Holistic Health, Hormone Balancing, Inner-Strength, Lifestyle, Mental-Health, Mindset, Personal Growth, Self-Care, Wellness Coaching

My Beautiful 40 Year Old Body For those of you wondering how my knee is healing after surgery in June, it’s been slow, especially as a secondary injury was initially overlooked. Over the years my body has faced tremendous abuse; physical, emotional and self-inflicted. I’ve been hard on myself and pushed my body to breaking point many times with several broken bones, tears and surgeries. Throughout many stressful years my weight struggled to settle because of the severe restriction, starvation and binge/purge episodes I put it through for 18 years. My hormones, metabolism and digestion broke down several times. I

How to Slow Down, Take Stock and Enjoy Life More

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on August 28, 2014 / Confidence, Holistic Health, Lifestyle, Meditation, Mental-Health, Personal Growth, Positive change, Self-Care, Self-Esteem

Slow Down, Do More Do you feel like you’re always on the run trying to get ‘stuff’ done? Always feeling a little behind, like there’s no time to catch up? Do you regularly feel or have thoughts that you’re overwhelmed, stressed, rushed and hurried, and never have time for yourself? In our modern fast-paced world, life balance is a major problem that we all struggle to maintain. I’m certainly no exception to this. There are just so many things I want to do, experience, create and share but there never seems enough time for all of it. I know many of

How to Create Healthy Personal Boundaries

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on August 24, 2014 / Confidence, Health & Fitness, Holistic Health, Mental-Health, Mindset, Personal Growth, Positive change, Wellness Coaching

Creating Healthy Boundaries Imagine you KNOW that you’re the most important person in your life…. You wake up with energy and can’t wait to get going! You look in the mirror and love what you see! You make time to calm your mind, move your body and feed your soul – every day. You love yourself – and it shows with every thought you think, word you speak, and food choice you make. If you don’t immediately and whole-heartedly believe YOU are the most worthy and deserving person in your life, then time to reassess why, and where the bulk of your

Eating Psychology Conference 2014

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on July 3, 2014 / Body Image, Confidence, Eating Disorders, Emotional Eating, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition, Nutrition & Weight Loss, Positive Thinking & Affirmations

FREE Eating Psychology Online Conference Obesity, overeating, body image concerns, emotional challenges with food, and diet-related health issues have permeated our society, culture and mindsets. We’ve become the most unhealthy and unhappy we’ve ever been! Throughout my own recovery a huge A-ha! moment was realising that even though I was trying my hardest to watch what I ate and eat “healthy” food, my constant dogmatic, rigid and restrictive thinking was placing so much stress and imbalance within my body that it was impossible for me to find a healthy balance and weight. My digestive fire was just a glimmer of

Let go of Anger and Find Inner Peace

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on June 26, 2014 / Confidence, Emotional Eating, Holistic Health, Inner-Strength, Mental-Health, Mindset, Personal Growth, Positive change

Let go of Anger, Find Inner Peace When I was a teenager – angry, in denial, resentful and heavy hearted – my reality was believing I was the victim of mistreatment and neglect. I had no sense of personal responsibility, control or conviction. I simply modelled the coping skills of those who raised me. I learnt how to get angry, yell, scream, blame, over-react, sulk, lash out and quickly ignore matters that were too emotional to feel. After each blow up, things would go back to normal – quickly forgotten, as if they never happened. This frustrated me so much when I was left

Reflections on Food Addiction From a Recovered Former Addict

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on May 23, 2014 / Food

Food Addiction & Recovery Yesterday I was making some Dark and Milk Raw Chocolate for the gift boxes at this Saturday’s Raw and Healthy Easy Chocolate Delights workshop while watching my eating psychology videos. It got me thinking about how much my relationship to food, my body, sugar and eating has changed over the years from the tormented and distressed fear of weight gain, endless restriction, obsession and confusion I lived with in every waking moment…. I had no respect for hunger, fulfilment, boundaries, needs, nourishment or awareness. I really didn’t know what the hell I was doing back then because

I Miss My Mother on Mother’s Day But I Remember What She Taught Me

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on May 11, 2014 / Confidence, Inner-Strength, Mental-Health, Mindset, Personal Growth, Self-Care, Self-Esteem

I Remember, on Mother’s Day Many of you who have met me in person know that I lost my Mother to Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma when I was 24. And even though nearly 16 years have passed, her influence on my life still permeates each and every day. My mother was a most wonderfully warm woman, who never thought twice about helping anyone. She was generous and thoughtful, quick to laugh and smile, and she was always ready with a helping hand, and a soothing rock-me-gently cuddle. One of her greatest disappointments was knowing she would not see her daughters mature into mothers, and her grand-children be born

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

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

Take positive steps forward and climb mountains of fitness

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on March 9, 2014 / Health & Fitness, Holistic Health, Mental-Health, Nutrition & Weight Loss, Wellness Coaching

Move it or lose it This morning we challenged our fitness climbing Tabletop Mountain, on the Toowoomba range, for the fourth time in a week. spokeconsulting.com/statistics/loans for unemployment benefits Last Saturday morning. Wednesday morning. Friday morning. And today – Sunday morning – the first time with the children. Last Saturday’s effort was the second time we’d ever climbed this local historic mountain. The first time we climbed it in 2011 was memorable, and not just because we left the water in the car! Rather because: 1. We took the children (slow & dramatic!) 2. It was before Beloveds knee surgery when his

The Most Important Message You’ll Read Today

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on March 1, 2014 / Body Image, Confidence, Health & Fitness, Holistic Health, Meditation, Mental-Health, Mindset, Positive Psychology, Self-Care, Self-Esteem, Wellness Coaching

The Inside Job Do you ever look in the mirror and make a point of finding something positive about yourself – instead of only seeing the bits you don’t like and want to change? So many people wait for the right moment or circumstance before they allow themselves to be happy: “When I’m thin, I’ll be happy. After I’m married, I’ll be happy. When I’m driving that car, working in that job, feel like I deserve it… then I’ll be happy.” How would you like to: > look in the mirror and love your reflection? > feel positive about yourself and your life?

Transform your mind, body and life for wellness

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on February 12, 2014 / Body Image, Confidence, Eating Disorders, Emotional Eating, Holistic Health, Hormone Balancing, Medicinal Nutrition, Mental-Health, Mindset, Personal Growth, Positive change, Positive Psychology, Self-Care, Wellness Coaching

From Medication to Freedom! How my Achieving Your Wellness coaching program has helped my client move from medication to freedom. I have an intelligent, insightful and attractive young client who came to meet and work with me late last year in 2013. At only 18 she had spent years on anti-depressants suffering low moods, unhappiness, isolation and body image concerns that bordered on disordered eating. Her dreams of travel, true happiness, connection and vibrant health were being hindered by limiting beliefs and unhealthy habits and behaviours. She came to me with a desperate need to combat the life she had created for herself and turn

Women’s Wellness & Meditation Retreat Sneak Peek + Q & A with Viki

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on February 9, 2014 / Confidence, Holistic Health, Meditation, Personal Growth, Self-Care, Wellness Coaching

Women’s Wellness I am very excited to announce that my first Women’s Wellness & Meditation Retreat is now confirmed and set for October 10th – 13th! This has been many years of dreams and hard work and now finally I can bring my life, work and personal experience all together in these 4 special days to share with you 🙂 To make it very easy to get a sense of the purpose, aim and intention of my Women’s Retreat, we recorded a short Q & A video, plus an even shorter personal tour video of the beautiful venue, Woodlands of Marburg.

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