Dec 23, 2021 | Psychology
It is amazing to work in a job which has the potential for healing, but in our zeal to help we sometimes lose track of what it may be costing us, emotionally and energetically. Putting your own oxygen mask on before trying to help anyone else with theirs is a...
Dec 17, 2021 | Uncategorised
Charles Dickens’ Christmas Carol was the book that persuaded me at the tender age of eleven that books without pictures could be magical. The miserly money-lender who brings misery to the lives of those he encounters is a great antihero and I enjoy...
Nov 28, 2021 | Achieving permanent weight loss, changing eating habits, Keep the weight off, Lose weight without changing your lifestyle, Maintaining your new weight, Psychology, Real life story, Stop yo-yo dieting
The million-dollar question in weight loss – even more than how you lose the weight in the first place – is how you keep it off. Approaching her 40th birthday, Maya had undertaken to lose a stone. As a seasoned dieter, she anticipated it being hard work but this...
Sep 12, 2021 | Change your relationship with food, Get control of your eating, Keep the weight off, Overcoming barriers to weight loss
Chocolate, cheese or crisps? What’s the hardest food for your clients to resist? When I ask fellow professionals what would most benefit their work with weight loss clients, it’s overcoming cravings that tops the list. There’s a growing body of psychological research...
Aug 19, 2021 | Achieving permanent weight loss, changing eating habits, lockdown, Psychology
Did you gain weight during lockdown? If you gained weight during lockdown you may be on a mission to lose it again now that things have returned to something more normal. While it may seem obvious to look for a diet to get you there, overhauling how you eat may be...
Apr 24, 2021 | Uncategorised
How to nip chocolate cravings in the bud Whatever diet you’re trying to follow, if chocolate is your weakness, you’re likely to find yourself fighting the urge to eat it at times. And that may happen whether your diet includes your favourite treats, or tells you to...
Feb 10, 2021 | Uncategorised
New research on Time-Restricted Eating You’re familiar with the 5:2 diet which has been around for a while now. It’s a form of Intermittent Fasting (IF) where you fast for two days a week to regulate your overall food intake. Intermittent Fasting can take any form –...
Jan 26, 2021 | Achieving permanent weight loss, Build your weight loss confidence, Change your relationship with food, changing eating habits, Feel better about yourself, Get control of your eating, lockdown, Lose weight without changing your lifestyle, Maintaining your new weight, Overcoming barriers to weight loss, Psychology, Stop yo-yo dieting
As lockdowns continue to try and curb transmission of Covid19, the pressure we’re under may show in our eating patterns. My blog this week is on a situation I often hear from clients, which is that they struggle with their eating much more in the evenings than...
Jan 18, 2021 | Feel better about yourself, Psychology, Stop yo-yo dieting
Body image Positive body image isn’t simply the absence of negative feelings about your body. It’s influenced by appreciation of the function as well as appearance of your body, being aware of your body’s needs and being able to deal with appearance-related messages...
Dec 23, 2020 | Uncategorised
Dear fellow professionals, It has taken me days to put fingers to keyboard in a final newsletter of 2020. What I want to tell you about is forward-thinking, an exciting new training course developed from work by Plymouth University which will start in the new year. I...
