Becoming a Peaceful Eater:

Where Do I Want to Invest My Energy?

Where Do I Want to Invest My Energy?

No matter how much work we do on our relationships with food and our bodies, since we live in a diet culture that values thin bodies, I think it's unrealistic to think you'll forever be free of negative thoughts about your body (until we eradicate diet and beauty culture!). Our environment is set...

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Escaping the Dieting Trap:

If You Think You Need to Go on a Diet, Think Again!

If You Think You Need to Go on a Diet, Think Again!

The media is peppered with stories about the o-word* - in fact - it's often referred to as the o-word epidemic - as if it's a fast spreading virus! We're bombarded with statistics about it -  how many of us 'have' it (as if it was a contracted disease), the higher risk of diseases that higher weight...

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Becoming a Peaceful Eater:

Make Peace with Food: How to Take the Next Doable Step

When you're suffering, sometimes the process of healing can seem like a huge mountain to climb, especially when you're still mired in the dysfunctional behaviours and there seems to be very little if any progress. Today I'm going to teach you about something that isn't rocket science. But applying...

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Health Beyond Weight:

The O-Word Is the Second Preventable Cause of Cancer After Smoking. Is It True? Is It Helpful?

Cancer Research UK is in the news again with another of their stigmatising campaigns.  Last year they launched a national campaign on the connection between ‘obesity’ and cancer. Billboards all over the country featured a game of hangman. Remember this? This year, the campaign is drawing...

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Health Beyond Weight:

Comment on The Telegraph’s ‘Overweight and proud, but is the game finally up for ‘fat-fluencers’?’

Comment on The Telegraph's 'Overweight and proud, but is the game finally up for ‘fat-fluencers’?'

Three prominent fat activists were recently interviewed by a reporter from The Telegraph newspaper, a conservative-leaning daily broadsheet here in the UK (conservative with a small c though some would say with a capital C). Let me introduce you to these three inspiring women: Amy Pence-Brown is the...

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