Becoming a Peaceful Eater

Do you often find yourself feeling anxious about food and eating? If you do, you probably have many questions swirling around in your head: What “should” I be eating? How much should I be eating? When should I be eating? Is it “healthy enough”? We live in a culture that turns eating...

Something you might want to consider as you leave behind diets and step into curiosity about your eating behaviours, is something I've come to call 'points of vulnerability.' What are 'points of vulnerability'? If you've become curious about how you eat, why you eat (when you're not hungry) and what...

Do you tell yourself that you're your own worst enemy? I hear that a lot, and in fact I used to say it myself, often. But I don't anymore, because I have another way of thinking about it. When you're telling yourself that you're your own worst enemy, what you're likely meaning is that you say you...

Many people who have a problematic relationship with food, are 'nice.' Too nice in fact. Are you one of them? Perhaps you could do with a lesson in de-nicing yourself. Are you too nice? Do you make sure everyone else is ok before you take care of your own needs - if you have any energy left, that is....

Have you ever thought about the connection between self-compassion and finding peace with food and your body? Most people who come to me for help, are usually full of self-loathing. Every now and again someone with a healthy level of self-compassion walks through the door, but it's rare. That used...

Our culture doesn't make it easy to exist in a body that is othered. What I mean by 'othered' is a body that is seen to be outside of the norm, different from the dominant body, and/ or a body that is seen to be undesirable in some way. An othered body could be stigmatised due to size, gender identity,...