When clients come to me they are often under the impression that if they lose weight that they will be automatically be more healthy. Often they have absorbed this information from news reports, magazines, health professionals and well meaning friends and relatives. But did you know that study after study has shown that people with […]
What makes you binge eat?
What sends you running to the biscuit tin? 🍪 Stressful day at work, problems with your kids, arguments with your other half? ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I started eating emotionally after a traumatic incident where the police told me it was my fault (I was drunk), I was ostracised by people I knew, who blamed me, the ‘victim’ (not […]
Your eating habits have nothing to do with food
When I look at the social media feeds of the large slimming companies in the UK, I notice that it’s largely focused on food, which, if you didn’t know by now, isn’t really the reason that most of us are overweight. 😱 Our problems with food stem from the way we feel about ourselves. Food’s a […]
3 myths you’ve been told about ‘normal eating’
Normal eating habits… do you even remember what that means? In fact I’m not sure that ‘normal eating’ really exists but I do know that there’s a hell of a lot of disordered eating going on, even if you don’t have an actual eating disorder. I prefer to look at what constitutes a healthy relationship […]
You need to stop dieting for your daughter, niece, granddaughter and all the little girls that know you.
I don’t often post stuff about what our daughters are seeing because I don’t want to make you feel more guilty than you probably do already but I feel really strongly about how the ‘diet’ and ‘wellness’ industries are still manipulating our daughters under the guise of ‘body confidence’. 😡 ❓Have you checked your daughter’s Instagram […]
6 1/2 Things that self care is not
Anyone fed up of hearing about self care yet? I am a huge advocate of it but I really think it gets a bad press and I’m writing this in the hope that I can shed new light on it as well as encouraging you to get involved if you’re not already. So, here’s six […]
Does intuitive eating work?
One of the most frequently asked questions I hear from my Beautiful Swans is this one, “Yes, but Rachel, does intuitive eating work?” And I have to say that my response is always “that depends”. You see, I’m often working with women whose whole adult life up to now has been based on the idea […]
How to change your relationship with food
✔️I could sit here and tell you that all you need to be happy is a smaller jeans size and a better diet. ✔️I could tell you that all you need to solve all your problems is to eat less and move more. ✔️I could give you a meal plan, tell you to stick to […]