A few years ago I was asked to stand in the eyes of the public. This event was for a few hundred people, and the first time I felt validated and empowered to share my story. But that wasn’t the only feeling I had. My presentation was well practiced and perfect, and people were there […]
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Let me tell you a story. A story that lasted, well – let’s say about 10 years. (don’t worry, I’ll paraphrase, I know we’ve all got shit to do..) From the outside I was labeled as ‘dedicated, commitment and a real athlete’ People admired my dedication to my health. What they weren’t seeing was my […]
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The stress of school can be intense – the deadlines, the social pressure and really not knowing where your life is going. ‘What am I doing with with my life’ is probably something you’ve muttered to yourself a few times here and there. When the stress of life and the need to be in control […]
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As busy successful business women, we need to really take note of the relationship we have to food and our bodies. The nature of our personalities is to ‘do it all, be it all’ all the time. This constant need for over achievement and control can spin us into dysfunctional relationships with food and our […]
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Weddings. As beautiful and luxurious as they are, they are the danger zone for starting a vicious diet cycle that you can’t end for years afterwards. Women are almost expected to diet for their weddings, I have yet to come across a future bride that isn’t obsessing with ‘fitting into the dress’ (are they intentionally bought […]
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Is food becoming the most common drug? Yes – it’s socially acceptable, yet for some of us, it’s our default when it comes to coping with stress. It’s no different that an alcoholic using alcohol and a drug addict reaching for drugs. Now, we normally just talk lightly over the subject of using food as […]
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You think that ‘no one understands you’ or ‘it’s not that big of a deal’ …so you sweep it under the rug, suppress all emotion and pretend you’re ‘all good’ ‘ But you’re not, you’re fighting an internal battle. What am I talking about? Binge Eating. Binge eating is not normal behaviour. Binge eating is […]
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You are perfect. You are MORE than perfect. You are PERFECTLY IMPERFECT. Aren’t we all? What does perfect mean to you? AND if we are constantly searching for it, how do we know when we find it? How do we know when we have arrived? You’ll never arrive at your desired level of ‘perfect’ and […]
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Our diet and weight loss culture is a screwed up and convoluted paradigm which leaves us confused, frustrated and unsure of what we should be eating. There is no ease, flow or rhythm when it comes to diet trends. They are all based on the ‘all of nothing’ mentality. Restricting heavily, which then leads to […]
Read MoreAdaptations of popular diet restrictions are extremely prevalent in today’s world and the age of those switching is starting younger and younger. Those as young as 12 years old are now announcing they are either vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free or all of the above. I want to talk about something a little touchy, a subject which […]
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