Helpful Blogs

Ariana Grande has asked people not to comment on her body. I agree. I have always believed that commenting on people's bodies - positively or negatively - is problematic. It reinforces the idea that bodies are something we are entitled to observe, evaluate and discuss. Even comments intended...

Recently, a conversation with a client got me thinking about freedom. She was reflecting on how freeing it had felt to spend time in spaces where people were less constrained by mainstream expectations about how they should look, behave or present themselves. What struck me was that the freedom...

Sometimes the hardest moments in healing our relationship with food come when things are actually getting better. Recently, a client and I were reflecting on how much had changed since we started working together. When we first met, food took up a huge amount of space in her life. Bingeing felt...

We hear a lot about self-care these days, but the version we get sold is usually very neat and marketable. It looks like quiet meditation spaces, candles, or taking a long bath (and there is nothing wrong with any of those!). But the actual reality of practising self-care is often incredibly inconvenient...

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...