Food Freedom & Trust

A woman messaged me recently. She'd been dieting for thirty years. She'd tried lifting all restrictions, read the Lindo Bacon book, paid a small fortune to a coach who told her to release all restrictions. She gained weight, felt out of control, and ended up dieting again to lose it. She wanted to know...

“You don’t think your way into a new kind of living. You live your way into a new kind of thinking.” – Henri Nouwen Most women I work with have spent years - sometimes decades - treating their body as the source of the problem. Too big. Too undisciplined. Too much. The body is what needs to...

For many people, the idea of letting go of weight or size goals doesn’t feel liberating. It feels frightening. Even when dieting has caused harm. Even when food feels exhausting. Even when they no longer want their body to be a project. This fear is often misunderstood - by professionals...

Many people don’t realise this, but a lot of the distress they feel around food isn’t actually about food at all. It’s about morality. Somewhere along the way, eating became something you could do well or badly. Foods were sorted into hierarchies. Choices were given moral weight. And your...

The holiday season often comes with a whirlwind of activity, food, and socialising. Now that things have quieted down, it’s a chance to pause and notice how you truly feel - physically, mentally, and emotionally. Rather than jumping straight into resolutions or rigid plans, consider tuning into...

We often talk about listening to hunger and fullness cues as though it’s simple - as though we just need to “tune in.” But for many people, especially those with a history of dieting, trauma, or inconsistent caregiving, hunger and fullness can actually feel unsafe. Learning to eat intuitively...