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Have you ever thought about how much time and money you spend on your appearance? I don't know the numbers for everywhere in the world - and to be honest, I don't know how accurate the numbers I've found are. However - will you pause for a moment to consider, for example, if you have a morning...

Yep. I thought that would be interesting to you. It's not surprising. The world around us is continuously telling us our bodies need to be small(er) to be healthy and attractive. Thankfully, there seem to be small chinks of light in the fatphobic tunnel. The amazing work of the Health At Every...

Do you give yourself a hard time with 'if onlys'? If only I'd resisted the urge. If only I'd said yes to that invitation. If only I'd not binged. If only I hadn't gobbled that food down. If only I hadn't eaten that. If only I had eaten that, and not missed the opportunity! If only...

I wrote about insights that I'd had from Martin Seligman's Authentic Happiness here, and how I think they relate to issues with food and eating. Seligman says there are 2 key aspects to happiness in the present moment: pleasures (last week's post was all about that) which are short-lived experiences...

Several times a week I notice women judging themselves as ugly having seen a photograph of themselves.  It triggers diet mentality - and also binge eating (which are in a cause and effect relationship). It got me wondering... What does ugly mean? What does beautiful mean? How do we define...