Are you there? Are you looking to live forever? Are you looking to be the healthiest version of you? It’s kind of a funny one, this quest for wellness and it's a trap that many of us fall into. I’m going to start with a story reminding you of where I’ve come from. A twenty-something [...]
One of the questions I get asked quite a lot as an anti-diet coach is, “What about my health if I don’t follow the diet plan?” For example, here’s how a typical opening session with a new client goes: Coach: Hi my name is Denise, and I am a non-diet, weight inclusive nutrition coach. [...]
Scientific studies are confirming, though relatively earlier in its research, the concept of “The Four Bodies”. What is clear is that there is a positive association with tending to each of the four bodies with health behaviours and subjective wellbeing. So, what are the four bodies we need to be aware of? Firstly, there’s the [...]
Have you ever thought of your body as a sum of four parts? Have you ever thought about yourself existing in four bodies? This is the concept that I want you to think about for the month of December. 2021 has been another challenging year, a year full of turmoil where as you adjust to [...]
If you were to describe Christmas in 10 words, what comes to mind? Santa. Fun. Decorations. Jolly. Joy. Giving. Gifts. Family. Friends. Food. But when you think of the new year, the words associated with this time paint a very different picture. It’s all about ‘new year, new me’. Better work it off. Veganuary. Better [...]
I love to work with fellow moms, helping them to choose healthy habits over restrictions every day. I feel it’s a really important part of my job, and here’s why. Every time we look in the mirror and say, “I need to work out more before I can eat the cake”, and our children walk [...]
Intuitive eating, at its most basic level, is all about just eating when you're hungry and stopping when you're full. But in reality, it is far more than just eating to satisfy hunger or recognising fullness. In fact, it's a really nuanced topic. It’s not white, it's not black, and there's a lot of grey [...]
What I'm learning more about, and really learning in myself and in the people that I work with, is that when it comes to what our hearts truly desire we're thinking about lots of different aspects of our lives. So we're thinking about our connection, we're thinking about our health and our happiness, but we're [...]
Following on from my last blog where I shared how ‘you are not what you eat’, in this blog I want to share with you three different health promoting behaviours, that you can implement and build on for yourself to grow your own knowledge and learning around, to see if focusing on these behaviours, rather [...]
The term “you are what you eat” gets banded around a lot, but however casually it is used, the meaning behind it can actually be quite harmful and leads to the misconception that our health is solely down to the food we eat and how much of it we consume. Weight loss does not equal [...]
