Q&A Videos

Fri 13th Nov 2020

In this episode I answered questions about:

• How to let go of food guilt
• Whether counting calories can cause binge eating
• Whether a focus on weight loss is compatible with Peaceful Eating

Wed 4th Nov 2020

In this episode:

• How do you get dressed, do your make-up and hair etc. without exacerbating poor body image?
• Should you eat breakfast? What do you do if you aren’t hungry?

Wed 28th Oct 2020

In this episode, I answer questions about:

• comparing your body postively or negatively to others
• whether using portion control is a good strategy for noticing fullness
• what to do about weight loss that might come about as a natural consequence of intuitive eating
• having forbidden foods in the house

Wed 16th Sep 2020

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

•  How to be mentally satisfied with what you’re eating when you’re physically full.
• How to eat mindfully and intuitively when on holiday.
• If it’s ok to eat by the clock.
• The difference between giving yourself permission to eat everything, and cravings.
• And how to take your first steps away from diet culture.

Wed 9th Sep 2020

When you’re still stuck in diet mentality, it’s easy to turn intuitive eating and mindful eating into another diet. How do you stop doing that? I answer that question in this Q&A replay…

I also talk about:

• how Intuitive Eating ISN’T free-for-all eating
• how comparing yourself is a path to misery
• how Intuitive and Mindful eating are the ‘middle way’

Wed 26th Aug 2020

Ever wonder what’s going on when you feel the urge for a jammy biscuit as you’re passing Gregg’s but you’re not hungry?

And what about how to handle things when the people around you are talking about diets or their latest weight loss attempts?

Have you ever been in the position of being refused insurance because of your weight?

I answered these questions in this Q&A video! Plus one about how to get more joy and pleasure from food 🙂.

Wed 19th Aug 2020

Have you ever struggled with ‘trigger foods’? What about labeling foods as ‘good’ or ‘bad’?

How do you eat foods you have been conditioned to believe are bad, without feeling guilty?

Black and white thinking is a tricky customer – how can you live more in the grey?

I answered these questions in this Q&A video.

Wed 12th Aug 2020

If you’ve experimented with mindful eating, have you noticed how you sometimes turn it into a new set of rules?

And what about the new government policy to have calories on menus in restaurants!? Freaking you out a bit?

And what about health??? How do you practise health-promoting behaviours without triggering the dieting mindset?

I answer all these questions in this week’s Q&A! Enjoy it 🙂

Thu 6th Aug 2020

How does one persevere with recovery in the face of constant diet culture exposure? How can I eat mindfully in social situations? What should you do if your partner brings ‘trigger foods’ into the house? How can I make it not about the weight?

I answered these questions in this Q&A video.

Tue 28th Jul 2020

• How do you stop repeating the family history of eating in secret?
• How do you respond to the UK government’s new strategy of encouraging the public to lose weight to protect against poorer Covid-19 outcomes?

Find out the answers to these questions in this Q&A replay.