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Becoming a Peaceful Eater, Body Image & Self-Compassion:

The Hair We’re Not Supposed to Have

My mother is 89 and has dementia. For much of her life, she cared about her appearance. Her hair mattered. The way she presented herself mattered. Like many women of her generation, grooming was part of how she moved through the world. Now, some of those things have faded from her awareness. She...

Becoming a Peaceful Eater, Escaping the Dieting Trap, Health Beyond Weight:

What Changed for Me About Summer Holidays

For years my calendar was marked by periods of bingeing and restricting. We had Christmas, then the months after Christmas were spent repairing the "damage" of Christmas bingeing and unattuned eating, which really just meant getting the number on the scale back down to where I could tolerate it. Then...

Becoming a Peaceful Eater, Escaping the Dieting Trap, Food Freedom & Trust:

Permission Slips

A couple of days ago my grocery delivery was over an hour late. When the driver finally arrived, I asked how he was doing. It was brutal out there even at 10 am, and they were running significantly behind after a warehouse fridge breakdown knocked everything out of kilter.. He said his office had...

Becoming a Peaceful Eater:

My Dad left us this week

I want to update you, because many of you wrote to me after the last post about the cookies and the hospital bed and the fall. So many of you related, not only to the part about the cookies, but to the part about ageing, dying parents, the strange guises of dementia and the messiness of it all. It was...

Becoming a Peaceful Eater:

Yesterday I ate 4 big chocolate chip cookies in the car on the way home from a god-awful day.

Yesterday I ate 4 big chocolate chip cookies in the car on the way home from a god-awful day. My Dad is at the end of his life. Last weekend the hospital bed arrived, and my siblings and I rearranged their whole flat so that my parents could still be together. Our mother has dementia. My Dad has been...

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Hi, I'm Vania.

I'm passionate about helping you break free from the exhausting cycle of yo-yo dieting, body shame, overeating, bingeing, and emotional eating.

For decades, I was at war with my body and food. It wasn't until I found an approach which didn't involve strict rules, diets and a focus on weight, that my relationship with food and my body transformed into one of ease and peace. There’s a lightness in living when food no longer holds power over your thoughts. If you're seeking that kind of freedom — where food becomes simple and life feels full — I’d love to walk that journey with you.

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“Working with Vania has helped me make the shift from black and white perfectionistic thinking that was keeping me stuck in the dieting mindset, to living a life where thoughts of what I should or should not be eating hardly ever enter my head. I feel at peace with food and with my body and this is freedom from a struggle that I had been living with for decades. Thank you.” — Catherine —
“Vania is an undiscovered gem, with a magical combination of knowledge, intelligence, empathy and humour. If you struggle to feel relaxed around food or to feel anything but hatred for your body, then talk to Vania.” — C.E. —
“My first session with Vania felt like someone opened a door and let a draft of cool mountain air into my claustrophobic existence. She immediately understood me. We’ve talked about it all! With humor and love and miraculous attention to detail, Vania lovingly and astutely becomes a mirror for me to see myself clearly.” — Jen L. —
“Vania has helped me do something I never thought possible – let go of a lifetime of body angst and find peace with myself, at whatever size. I can’t recommend Vania enough – the work we have done has changed my life, no exaggeration.” — Anna Stout —
“When I first contacted Vania, I was lost. Overwhelmed by self-doubt and stuck in an intense binge-restrict cycle, I felt like I had nowhere to turn and no-one to talk to... Working with Vania has been life-changing. And I know that sounds hyperbolic but there is really no other way to describe the night and day comparison between my life now and before we started working together.” — Brittany —
“When I came to Vania my bingeing was out of control... I knew dieting wasn’t the answer but I couldn’t find a balance between all or nothing... If you can, if you are prepared to really commit, then I would wholeheartedly recommend Vania’s method.” — Fiona P. —
“I have had body image issues and have been dieting for over 20 years. I was utterly unhappy, ashamed of myself, had no self esteem and I ended up in a destructive cycle of starving, bingeing and purging. My work with Vania started around a year ago and the difference between where I was then and how I am now is nothing short of miraculous.” — Nicola Newman —
“Vania is a gift. Please work with her. You will never, ever be sorry.” — Arlene Brennan —
“You are simply the best. With your help I have found my way out of ED, emotional eating AND I have found mindfulness, meditation and overall love for my own body and self. Thank you for doing this for me. It has taken a long, long time but all the work, commitment and patience bring the results :-).” — Carolina Diana Rossi —
“I am pleased to say that I have been binge-free for some months now and I very rarely have any thoughts where I put myself down for not doing as I ‘should’ have.” — Noorie Waheed —
“If you would like to be more at peace with food and yourself, I have absolutely no hesitation in recommending Vania’s expertise. She truly is an amazing person to work with and I consider myself so lucky to have found her.” — A.H. —
“Vania has since supported me on my journey to develop the self love and respect that my life was missing... I never thought that I could escape that vicious binge cycle that I was caught in; it was all consuming – I am so grateful that I took that initial leap of faith.” — L.M. —
“I went to Vania because she showed up in my life at the right time, when I decided I had had enough. I was fed up with my obsession with weight, diets, and the never-ending roller-coaster of self-loathing that came with them as a bonus, that for over half of my life eroded any traces of self-respect and acceptance. Vania showed me in a kind, clear and encouraging way the path to live in the present moment and to self acceptance, which makes it possible to find a place within you where the chase for being thin never led you.” — Juli H. —
“I am practising mindful eating and it is working, I now nourish my body with food that sustains me and gives me joy and I no longer binge eat. The realization that I needed help to change was when the turnaround began. I couldn’t ask for a better coach than Vania, she is caring, compassionate and best of all I feel safe sharing all my feelings with her.” — L.A.L. —
“Before I met Vania I’d had a lifetime of eating emotionally, yo-yo dieting, always being conscious of food around me and how other people were eating and what they were eating; body conscious, and of comfort eating. Vania has helped me enormously become ‘peaceful’ around food and I feel really proud of the steps I’ve taken and the journey I’ve gone on and am continuing on. Vania has a lovely warm style, but is firm, she picks you up on things, and makes you question yourself, when appropriate, but always done in a nice way, coming from contribution and love.” — Anonymous —
“I found an ability to be honest with myself and approach my eating and my life with peace and respect. Vania is a wonderfully caring coach. She challenges and supports, and the tools she has to hand are incredibly valuable. You will find what works for you. But it’s not magic – you actually have to do the work.” — J.D.P. —
“In a mere 7 sessions, Vania has already enabled me to go places that 4 years of psychotherapy did not touch. I feel held, supported and safe. Nothing is too deep or daunting to touch. She is a warm, sensitive, mindful, humorous, insightful woman. I relish my sessions as I know each week some form of transformation will take place. Our work together is invaluable.” — G.W. —

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