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S1, Ep #4: Getting to know your inner child

S1, Ep #4: Getting to know your inner child

This episode is all about your inner child - what it is, why it matters, and how you can start to connect with your inner child. In a nutshell: - The inner child is a personification of the beliefs, fears, memories, traumas, stories and experiences you are holding...

S1, Ep #3: How you talk to yourself matters

S1, Ep #3: How you talk to yourself matters

In this episode, I chat about your inner voice - why it matters, and how you can start to change the way you talk to yourself on a daily basis. How to change the way you talk to yourself: 1. Become AWARE.   Listen to your inner voice, notice what you say to yourself...

What body positivity is for me:

You might think that “body positive” means being totally okay with your appearance 100% of the time, but it’s not like that. You might think as a body image coach I have it all figured out and nothing phases me, but it’s not like that. It’s like this. We went to the...

You can break the body-hate cycle

Imagine your daughter avoiding going out with friends because she doesn’t like the way she looks. Imagine your daughter at the beach, covered up, not swimming, because she doesn’t want to be seen in bathers. Imagine your daughter counting every calorie she eats and...

You wouldn’t recognise me now

If you knew me in my teens and early 20s, you probably wouldn’t recognise me now. Not because my appearance has changed so much, but because of how free I am now. Back then, I used to hide my body, avoid the beach, cancel plans because I felt ‘too fat’. Even though I...

The truth is…

I'm here to tell you the truth, and here it is: 1. You turn to food when you're feeling emotional because you don't know how to cope with your emotions in any other way. When you're able to sit with your emotions, you'll no longer feel the need to numb them with food....

I used to think it was my fault

When I was struggling with food cravings, emotional eating + body image, I would search online for answers. Constantly. And all I found was blame + shame. I needed more willpower. I needed to be stronger in restricting foods. Failed diets were my fault. The only think...

Diets are tempting, right?

Diets are tempting because they promise a quick fix, and that sounds good to all of us. But they don't work, definitely not in the long-term. It's easy for people who have never struggled with food cravings to tell you to ignore them, distract yourself by going for a...

Why new year resolutions don’t work

You wanna know why New Years Resolutions don't last? Cause they're based on willpower + motivation. Your goal to stop snacking after dinner is based on having the willpower to say no. Your goal to lose 15kg is based on having the willpower to change your eating...

I don’t do quick fixes

I don’t do quick fixes I don’t do diets or meal plans I don’t do restriction or calorie counting I don’t do ‘good’ and ‘bad’ labels for food And I sure as hell don’t do body hate Here’s what I do: Freeing yourself from cravings by understanding your body + giving it...