by Vania Phitidis | Feb 11, 2020 | Blog

Does this sound like you? Have you ever thought 'I just want to eat like a normal person!'? I had two conversations in two days about being a 'normal eater.'  One person said she was 'trying to eat like a normal person.' I asked what that meant. She said 'normal meal-times; normal portions;...

by Vania Phitidis | Jan 28, 2020 | Blog

Bingeing and feeling out of control around food can be a very painful and distressing thing to experience - physically and emotionally. Most people who come to me for help feel a lot of shame around their binge eating behaviour. They think it's their fault. They think it means something about what...

by Vania Phitidis | Jan 22, 2020 | Blog

Do you weigh yourself? How often? Do you have a ritual - like making sure you go to the toilet first, taking off all your clothing, and doing it at the same time of the day, so you can get as accurate (or low) a reading as possible? When you stand on the scale, are you mean to yourself? If...

by Vania Phitidis | Nov 14, 2019 | Blog

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...

by Vania Phitidis | Nov 6, 2019 | Blog

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...