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The body of self-care
Have you ever wanted to free yourself from the disempowering pressure and constant self-criticism of needing to have the ‘perfect body’? This is one woman’s account of how she reclaimed herself from the clutches of bulimia.
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Overeating – a dysfunctional relationship with food
Overeating, binge eating and see-sawing weight gain – a little or a lot – is an all too familiar battlefield. You can’t give up food … so what can you do?
Behaviour, Eating disorder, Over eating, Psychology, Losing weight, Healthy diet
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Why do we overeat?
Do you ever overeat when lonely … as a reward after a challenging day … or for comfort? Here is an insightful exploration into why we overeat.
Over eating, Bloating, Body awareness, Emotions, Feelings, Eating disorder, Obesity
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Are we killing ourselves with food?
We are tantalised, stuffed and satiated to the point where it simply isn’t working! So what is it about our relationship with food that has become so complicated?
Food industry, Over eating, Obesity, Healthy diet, Eating disorder
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Emotional eating: what’s fuelling our food choices?
What is really triggering us to buy the foods that we do and to reach for the fridge or cupboard door?
Behaviour, Eating disorder, Over eating, Emotions, Stress, Weight-loss
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Portion distortion: lost track of how much to eat?
Should we be asking: why have we lost track of how much to eat?
Obesity, Weight-loss, Well-being, Body awareness, Eating disorder
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Breaking up with food
Forget the diet plan! Breaking up with food asks us to look at the pain under the comfort-seeking eating patterns we desperately cling to and see what happens.
Weight-loss, Chocolate, Emotions, Self-esteem, Eating disorder
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From sex worker to a return to sacredness
At the age of 17 I found myself inside a brothel. You may be surprised to know that this was not due to a dramatic story of childhood abuse or neglect . . . I was simply lost . . .
Sex, Self-worth, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Empowerment, Sacredness, Shift work
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Evolutionary diet
Many get criticised, judged and looked down upon due to being overweight, there’s a stigma and a lack of understanding, however is it possible that these things actually contribute to the global issue of obesity?
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Eating disorder or disordered eating?
Labelling and addressing eating disorders alone can limit healing and does not address the epidemic that humanity experiences called disordered eating. Would we see things differently if we reverse the words of eating disorder and addressed instead our disordered eating?
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Eat to not feel
A personal experience of what it means to eat to not feel what is really going on, and how to stop emotional eating.
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Eating patterns and comfort eating
Why do we eat? How does our drive to eat affect our relationship with food and our eating patterns? See how to change patterns of comfort eating by using a simple connection tool.
Connection, Addiction, Gentle breath, Gentleness, Eating disorder
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Dieting. Are you a weekday angel and weekend devil?
When it comes to dieting and eating for wellbeing, find out why you are stuck oscillating from being an Angel Monday to Friday and a Devil on the weekend.
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Self acceptance – the path to changing overeating
Many of us spend our lives lost to ourselves until we finally arrive at the knowing that love is not ‘out there’, it’s within us and that no amount of food is enough to fill the ‘perpetual hunger’ for love.
Vitality, Feelings, Body awareness, Awareness, Eating disorder, Healthy living
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Obesity, food and fasting
Food and Obesity are connected but not in the way one may expect.
Domestic violence, Hurt, Obesity, Parenting, Eating disorder
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How do we break the cycle of our ill-eating habits?
Food cravings, poor eating habits? Is it a lack of willpower? Time to get honest about food.
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Hiding food, hiding myself to re-discovering me
Many of us can relate to eating in secret and hiding food. But what are we really hiding?
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Body image disorder
A healthy body image means you feel good about the way you look, but increased numbers of eating disorders suggest not many people feel this way. What’s going on?
