Still Craving Chocolate? A few days on from Easter and who has vowed to return their chocolate consumption to more normal levels? What do Easter, Christmas and birthdays (not to mention Halloween!) all have in common? Yes, these are all times when our chocolate and sugar consumption can get, quite frankly, out of hand! It’s funny...Read More
Healthy Trends Despite the millions of books, magazine articles and podcasts on healthy, you could be forgiven for being more than a little confused about what healthy really is. Like anything else, health trends go in and out of fashion. What’s in favour one day can be rapidly out of favour the next. Take clean...Read More
Your own worst critic? ‘Stop Being so hard on yourself It’s not good for your health’ Last week the above words streamed through my earphones. I don’t know how many times I’ve found myself running to music and suddenly thought: these lyrics were made for me right now. On numerous occasions, the words I’ve heard in...Read More
The subject of health has been especially relevant to me over the last week as for various reasons, I have made quite a few visits to hospital (myself and family reasons – we are all fine!). I few things struck me here: 70 years on (it was the NHS’s 70th birthday recently), how fortunate we...Read More
A common problem that hinders people from making their desired changes is spending too much time in their heads. Let’s face it, we can talk ourselves out of almost anything if we want to! Spending too much time in your head can result in you playing all sorts of mind games with yourself leaving you...Read More
My busiest time for new signups is a few days away, once New Year is upon us. Suddenly the sight of chocolate and more chocolate is no longer appealing and the whole world is resolving to eat better, get fit and lose weight. This year has been different however with more enquiries in the month of...Read More
At first glance, many people will answer yes to this question. They eat a reasonable amount of fruit and vegetables (OK, most could do with eating a few more veggies) and a varied diet with a reasonable balance of food types. Therefore they have a reasonably healthy relationship with food – right? (Note overuse of...Read More
In my work as a Health & Well-Being Coach and Hypnotherapist, I find conditions such as stress, anxiety and depression relatively commonplace. I use a number of powerful techniques to help clients let go of issues causing them stress and anxiety to build a more positive and resourceful state of mind. There are varying views on...Read More
Lose Regain Repeat. Lose Regain Repeat. Lose Regain Repeat And Maintain Does this sound like a familiar pattern to you If you’re trying to lose weight, I suspect the answer is a clear YES. When I see clients for weight loss, the one thing they all have in common is that this is not the first...Read More
As I reflect on another busy year of helping clients, the one thing that stands out to me is the underlying desire of most of us to be quite simply, Happy and Healthy. Despite this common bottom line, my clients are a diverse mix: male and female, all ages and with a wide range of...Read More
