Q&A Videos

Tue 22nd Dec 2020

Find out the answers to these questions in this week’s Q&A

• How do you make peace with wasting food?
• What does eating with attunement mean?
• How can you think differently about weight gain over the holidays?
• What to talk to your dietitian about if you’re no longer dieting.
• Is eating breakfast important?

Thu 17th Dec 2020

Have you ever wondered:

• How do you eat sweet foods without being compulsive about it?
• What should you do if you have a food rule about sugar?
• How do you know if you’re eating too much of something?
• What to do about the food rule ‘don’t eat fast’?

Thu 10th Dec 2020

• What to do when you’re eating ice cream mindlessly every night
• How to prepare responses to family members who bring up difficult memories over the holidays
• What I mean when I suggest you ‘let go of attachment to the outcome.’

These questions and one more were answered this week!

Fri 4th Dec 2020

This week I answered questions about:

• How to become more attuned to your body (and yourself)
• What some terms mean (that I use in the Peaceful Eating Over the Holidays course)
• How to not become frazzled with all the doing over the holiday period
• How to eat peacefully if you are following a medically prescribed diet that restricts some of your favourite foods.

Fri 27th Nov 2020

Do you worry that Intuitive Eating or Peaceful Eating will make you gain weight?

I answered this in this episode of my Q&A series.

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’