Stop Dieting, Start Living
When Dieting Takes Over From Living Being on a diet is like forcing your real life body to squeeze into a Barbie and Ken sized dollhouse. Not a great fit if you really want to feel at ho ...
Body Hate, Dieting & the Scales: Audio Interview
Body Hate, Dieting & the Scales Audio Interview Thank you Robyn Patton Intuitive Nourishment who interviewed me recently about body hate, dieting, the scales & vulnerability. Time for s ...
Overcome Negative Body Image
Overcome Negative Body-Image Here's how just one of many clients did it! Sometimes in my coaching practice I need to get down into the pit with a client... really sit down in the mud with them and w ...
Body Image, Acceptance and the Dreaded Scales
Body Image and the Dreaded Scales So after I shared my previous Vulnerability post today THIS happened...... Warning - Real and honest body talk here after they made me get on the scales... We ...
I Felt Like a Fat Failure
VULNERABILITY ALERT... (spoiler, I'm not perfect) Yesterday I felt like a fat, inauthentic, hypocritical failure. I know I've gotten into some bad habits this year as I've struggled to balance a gro ...
Is Being Healthy Your Obsession?
I really dislike labels. I especially dislike labelling the way we eat, the way we look, and the way we behave. “I eat clean. I am fat. I am a perfectionist.” Why do we need to make judgement in ...
Stop Controlling Food
Who's in Control? You or Food? QUESTION for you: Why are you so afraid to let go of controlling your food? Is the answer something like, "Because I'll put on weight!" So you're afraid of putting ...
Let Go of Control
Let Go of Control & Be Yourself A client came to see me with a desperate sense of her life being out of control, specifically, her obsessive thoughts about food, eating, and her body. She had ...
Release Emotional Pain with This Simple Practice
A Simple Energy Practice to Release Emotional Pain Ho’oponopono (pronounced “hoh-OH-pohno-pohno) is an ancient Hawaiian system of healing, problem solving and transformation. In Hawaiian, Ho ...
A Retreat is Good for the Soul
Retreating is Good for the Soul Years ago during a study course, an assessment task required me to take a full day nature retreat and spend some quality time with myself. Although appeal ...
Who’s In Your Head? How to Change Negative Self-Talk
Who's In Your Head? How Negative Beliefs Are Formed [Get your FREE Meditation MP3 here! Whether you've had a tough, stressed out week or you've been feeling more positive and keeping on top of you ...
The Easiest Way to Exercise
Easiest Way to Exercise? Just Move Your Body I’m grateful to report that our family of four (including one fully fledged teenager and one on the cusp) managed to survive six nights away tog ...
Is Living to Work Working For You?
Live to Work or Work to Live? Today I'm packing and making some nutrient dense foods to take with us for the road trip tomorrow. I was thinking about making my: Berry Delicious Health Bars S ...
Solitude & Self-Care in a Busy World
Daily Self-Care and Solitude As our lives get busier and time is harder to juggle, the first thing to slide is usually our own self-care. Even though I'm in a helping profession often reminding my c ...
Is Self-Worth Found In the ‘Perfect’ Sized Jeans?
Is Self-Worth Found In the 'Perfect' Sized Jeans? During a little spring clean of my denim jeans drawer last week I was inspired to create a video for my YouTube Channel and bare my bedroom clean-out ...