Helpful Blogs

With diet culture screaming from the rooftops about what, when and how much to eat, we can completely lose touch with our own appetites, preferences and sense of satisfaction. When you've internalised so many messages about what's healthy and good for you (and what will control your weight) and what's...

Unless you've been hiding under a rock (all power to you if you have been?) or you're not living in the UK, you'll be aware that the government recently announced plans to get the nation to lose weight, because allegedly, being at a higher weight puts those who contract Covid-19 at greater risk of serious...

Here we are in this weird time of Covid-19 Lockdown. For sure we're not all experiencing it in the same way. Some of us are facing extreme, tangible hardship and loss and I don't want to minimise that. What I do want to do is to use our shared experience during this time to draw some parallels between...

Somehow we have an expectation that once we make the decision to never diet again, to drop diet mentality, make peace with food, start meditating, and take better care of ourselves - the journey will be smooth. When there's a blip it means there's something wrong - that you're doing something wrong or...

The holiday season is about to begin. Christmas decorations are already in the shops (seriously!) - thankfully I haven't yet heard any Christmas jingles. I actually love Christmas carols, just not for months on end. The holiday season can be a fraught time for many people. It's busy. There's a lot...