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Welcome to my blog
Dive into my blog, where I explore key themes related to Weight of Women, offering insights into body image, societal pressures, and the real impact of weight on women’s lives.
In the Debunking Diets section, I unpick popular weight-loss claims, critique diet culture, and provide evidence-based perspectives on why many diet plans don’t work as promised.
Discover practical Living Mindfully practices that can help you shift your focus from how you look to how you feel.
Get an exclusive look into the Behind the Book section, where I share personal stories, challenges, and the creative process of writing my book.
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Why Eating Together Matters
Eating isn't merely about filling our bellies—it's a social experience that reflects our relationships, cultural practices, and even our environment.
Sunshine salad
As the weather warms up, do we really eat more salad and is it as virtuous as all the diet plans claim?
Honouring the wisdom within
How can we tune into what our body need when we are bombarded with so many external influences?
Meditation preparation
Meditation sounds like a formal practice so how can we simply sit and be aware of our thoughts, without getting distracted by our spinning mind?
Fish for Life
Fish has lots of health benefits and is so versatile for incorporating into family meals
Hunger vs habit
Hunger is the body’s way of signalling that we need to eat, but how often do we feed ourselves out of habit rather than in response to a need for nutrients?
Guided body relaxation
Savasana or relaxation pose has many benefits for us physically and mentally
Eating up to go on a diet?
How many of overeat before we go on a diet and what fuels this ‘last supper’ mentality?
Yogic breathing
Learn to breathe more deeply using the full capacity of our lungs, can improve lung function, strengthen chest muscles and improve oxygen intake.
Making Calories Count
Calories reduce the value of food to a number but is eating more than the energy that it provides?
Pasta salad
Pasta salad is a great lunch for filling up different tummies at different times!
How to Feel Your Feelings
So often when we experience strong emotions, we let our mind take over. What happens when we shift to sensations in the body?
Love over Logic
We eat with our hearts but diet with our minds. Can our sensory satisfaction be curbed by logical limits?
Instant-ish oats
Overnight oats means thinking about breakfast the night before. So here’s a morning solution..
Progressive muscle relaxation
Bringing our awareness to different parts of the body helps us to focus on consciously releasing any tension in our muscles, to help us relax physically and mentally.
What I learnt from my dog about treats
Is something really a treat, if you eat it every day?