I choose to work with Denise because I was stuck in a binge eating and body dissatisfaction cycle. Over the 1:1 coaching the biggest and most impactful change was being able to understand my behaviour and reactions to situations and learning to show myself compassion and kindness. I learned how to sit with uncomfortable feelings and am now at the stage where I almost welcome them in. Now a couple months after our work I feel much more in control of everything.

I came with the goal of feeling in control of how I eat, and left feeling more in control of my life in general. The things that had stuck with me are self kindness, knowing how to nourish my body and mind.

But also being able to recognise when my body or mind has a need and being able to meet it myself. I no longer look externally to make myself feel better. I know I have the tools within. This work wasn’t as Denise puts it…a straight line, self reflection and changes are always challenging.

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However this time It's been absolutely worth putting the work in. To be here, where I truly believe it's ok not to be perfect feels good. Perfect is a limit you place on yourself.

And when I think of my goal, my reason for working with Denise, I achieved my goal and much more than I could have imagined. The programme gave me such a sense of empowerment and helped me realise my unlocked potential. My quality of life overall has massively improved, I reaped so many benefits I wouldn't have even considered prior to starting.

If you are sitting here wondering if you should invest in yourself, my advice is to go Face your fears. If you're afraid you'll be told to restrict or that your current way of life will be criticised - it won't be the case. Denise won't ask you to stop or take anything away and will instead ask how you can give yourself more..

  

At the end of our final session I was overcome with emotion when I had to say goodbye and could hardly get any words out! The reason for this is because I honestly feel like a different person now than that person I was in our first session. I asked for your help as I was binge eating and no matter how hard I tried I couldn't get it under control by myself.

I wanted to learn how to change my relationship with food, to become an intuitive eater and feel calm about what I eat. I can clearly see now why I could not and never would have managed on my own as I needed to view things from a whole different angle.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything you taught me and for all the information and tools you have given me to go forward. I honestly feel like I have just come out of therapy and every aspect of my life is better thanks to our sessions.

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Also, thank you for your guidance on feeding my fussy son and knowing what to say when my daughter talks about her growing body negatively. It amazes me how much we worked through in such a short space of time.

Thank you for doing what you do and being so fabulous! I Honestly I feel like no matter what life throws at me I won't go back to how it was because of all I learned with you. My intuitive eating is going well now. It doesn't seem like such hard work any more.

  

At the start of the programme I was in a very bad place binge eating and having no control over it which was leading to weight gain and resentment. When I heard about Denise and her approach I felt drawn to her for some reason and that’s how we started working together.

The biggest thing I learned and still continues to help me since we finished is the ability to question myself. I used to go on autopilot all the time and just did things for the sake of doing them or because that is what I always did. Now I look to change some of the way I do things.

Denise taught me how my brain works and I still find the visualisation of the chimp in my head really helpful. I can acknowledge when he starts jumping up and down and know how to calm him down. I notice that I also feel more compassion for myself which I didn't before this. I make food choices now on what will satisfy me more than what I feel I should be eating.

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The programme was tough because you had to delve deep inside. There was a fear associated with doing that for me anyway. But when I took the step I was able to lose my thoughts of perfection. We don't live in a perfect world and we will never be perfect. So you have a bad day, you don't dwell on it, it's in the past and you move on. You don't make it turn into a bad week, bad month. Every meal is a new opportunity.

I wanted to stop binge eating but I achieved a different goal. The posts shifted through the programme and now I have self compassion. If I fall off the wagon so to speak I kiss my hand and I get back up. The goal I reached was self compassion because obstacles will always come in our way and we are not perfect.

For anyone thinking about this It is probably the best gift you could give yourself. When we have peace in our minds it makes life so much easier.