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A letter to you, wherever you woke up today. Maybe you're reading this still in bed. Maybe you're already standing in the kitchen, eyeing whatever's left in the chocolate bowl, wondering whether last night counts as a binge and what that says about you. I want to talk to you about that feeling....

Most of the women I work with already know. They know that dieting doesn't work long term. They know the research. They've lived the cycle enough times to be able to map it out: the restriction, the hunger, the cravings, the eventual loss of control, the shame, the starting over. They could draw it...

I want to ask you something, and I'd like you to really sit with it before you answer. When you imagine yourself thinner - what do you see? Not just the body. The life. Where are you? What are you wearing? How do you feel walking into a room? What are you doing that you're not doing now? Most women,...

There is a river in Scotland I should have swum in. I can picture it perfectly. Our daughters were seven and ten. We had stopped along a road - no one around for miles - beside a river that was black and clear and cold and utterly beautiful. My husband and our girls stripped off without hesitation...

Imagine starting every single day carrying a rucksack you never get to put down. It’s a constant, invisible weight that follows you into every room, every meal, every social occasion, every quiet moment before sleep. That's what it's like to live in a body you've learned to loathe. And here's...