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Do you care what size you are? I mean, do you care about the number? I remember noticing that my mother would cut the labels out of her clothing - and it wasn't due to sensory overload. It was because she didn't want a constant reminder of the size she was wearing (a size she didn't like). I picked...

  Sometimes clients are surprised when I tell them that I eat chocolate almost every day. There is often a misperception, that if you give yourself unconditional permission to eat whatever you want, whenever you want it, you won't want it any more. And if you don't want it, you won't it eat...

A few months ago, I wrote a blog recommending you ask yourself one simple question before you eat: 'Do I need nourishment or nurturing?' (I invite you to re/read it, it's a good one, if I say so myself!) The thing is, what if you find yourself standing in front of the kitchen cupboard/fridge, and you...

  My daughter who is now 18, is on the autistic spectrum. When she was about 7, I put her on a very restrictive diet - in the hope that keeping her off gluten, dairy and sugar would help her. Added to this, I was deeply embedded in black and white thinking about foods: I believed that sugar,...

In an earlier post, I wrote about how you might benefit from a mindful meditation practice - particularly when it comes to food and eating. There are a few common pitfalls to sustaining a meditation practice that I thought I would address. These got in my way when I attempted meditation many times...