Q&A Videos

Fri 11th Jun 2021

This week I’m answering questions on:

🍕 Whether it’s ok to use weight loss as a motivator to eat healthily and exercise
🍕 If you can lose weight while being an intuitive eater
🍕 What to do about the struggle with wanting to eat lots of sweet foods while practising intuitive eating
🍕 How to get curious about your eating

Fri 28th May 2021

In this Q&A I answer questions on:

🍦 cravings and oral satisfaction
🍦 feeling safer when thinner and this derailing attempts at Intuitive Eating
🍦 recognising fullness and what to do with helicopter family members who comment on your eating
🍦 the role of competing for food in a big family, in adult eating patterns
🍦 the difference between binge eating and emotional eating
🍦 the binge eating and emotional eating masterclasses

Fri 14th May 2021

In this episode, I answer questions on:

🍩 An unfortunate incident of health trolling at a garage
🍩 Whether mindful eating and intuitive eating are the same thing
🍩 Pre-diabetes and counting carbs
🍩 Body image
🍩 Hunger and fullness cues
🍩 Whether to be more careful with eating in menopause
🍩 Whether it’s ok to pursue weight loss for ‘good’ reasons
🍩 How to get started on your peaceful eating journey

Fri 30th Apr 2021

This week I answer questions on:

🍪 What to do for stress relief instead of bingeing
🍪 What to do if you struggle to plan meals and cook
🍪 How to know if you’re ready to let go of dieting
🍪 How to stop other people’s unhealthy relationship to food from affecting you

Fri 16th Apr 2021

In this Q&A video, I answer questions about:

🍭 Wanting to lose weight before starting the peaceful eating process
🍭 Where to begin with making peace with food
🍭 The relationship between weight and health
🍭 How to let go of the shame of being in a bigger body
🍭 How to make peace with your body when you’re uncomfortable in your skin
🍭 What to do when your nearest and dearest are so invested in diet culture
🍭 What to do about compulsive eating and the urge to binge
🍭 How mental restriction can drive compulsive eating

Fri 26th Mar 2021

🍩 Do people have different sensitivities and responses to hunger?
🍩 What do you do if you’re full enough but you’re still enjoying the food?
🍩 Is it safe to diet once you’ve made peace with food?
🍩 What can we do about the urge to buy sweet things?

I answered these questions in this Q&A video.

Fri 26th Feb 2021

In this special episode of my weekly Q&A, I answered questions posed by participants in my free event From Dieting Rollercoaster to Peaceful Eating.

Themes covered include:

* the connection between weight and health
* restricting foods for health reasons
* body image concerns
* eating out with friends
* 12-step programmes
* whether or not to weigh yourself
* how to respond to people who comment on your eating/ body

and more…

Thu 18th Feb 2021

In this Q&A video, I answered questions about:

🍓 Whether weight set point lowers once you’re eating intuitively
🍓 Why distracting yourself from eating the foods you want to eat doesn’t work
🍓 How to think differently about your belly (or any other body part you struggle with)
🍓 Whether it’s ok to pursue weight loss if it’s affecting your mobility
🍓 My response on intuitive eating not being for everyone

Fri 12th Feb 2021

Fri 5th Feb 2021

This week I answer questions about:

• Carbs and being pre-diabetic.
• How to best help patients in a healthcare setting (when they say they’re dieting/ trying to lose weight).
• Whether addiction to carbs and sugar is real.
• And what to do when you’re getting older, still want to lose weight, think you’re addicted to sugar and REALLY want to make peace with your body.