How to Put into Practice What I Teach You!

I write these blogs to teach you ‘stuff’ that will be helpful for you, both in terms of losing weight, AND so you can learn how your brain works and understand that you’re able to change things if you have … Read More

Slow Thinking for Fast Weight Loss

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A common mistake that people make when they want to achieve a particular goal is opting for the quickest way of getting there. Sometimes quick is good – if you’re a sprinter for example, then the fastest possible time is … Read More

Look what a month of eating processed foods did to me!

I have always taught in my Placebo Diet that what you eat chemically influences how you think and feel.  May 18th in the Daily Mail Online, Dr Chris van Tulleken documented his one-month experiment of overeating, and the shocking results on both his body and … Read More

Is Stress Making You Fat?

De-stressing is a very important component of weight loss.  Unfortunately, in the western world we experience so many different stress triggers that the body never really turns them off. We become anxious, fearful and feel like we have no control … Read More

Every Thought Counts

So, you know that your thoughts are incredibly powerful things. You have been walking around with this loaded gun full of negative rubber bullets – probably firing at yourself more than anyone else. If you thought you were firing blanks, … Read More

How to Break Bad Diet Habits for Good

WHEN it comes to how we eat, we are creatures of habit and many of our habits – especially our bad ones – are created without us realising. If you want to break a bad habit the key is to … Read More

Control Your Hunger Hormones

There are two big players when it comes to the drive to eat: as with all body signals there’s one hormone to turn it on and one to turn it off, and the balance of the two determine the overall … Read More

Your Home is Your Body

There is a very special and unique part of you, perhaps deep, deep within, that was created before you came into physical life – long before you took your first breath. Maybe you refer to this part of you as … Read More

Fat in Your Diet Versus Fat on Your Body

Even still today, some diets and weight loss regimes promote eliminating almost all fat from the diet. As a trained nutritionist I have always had huge concerns about people restricting it too much and was always encouraging my clients to … Read More

12 Steps to Self Care

I saw this post on social media recently and it’s wonderful advice. What struck me the most out of these twelve steps, all valuable was number 5 – this has been the cornerstone of my work for so many years. … Read More