Blog posts

It feels like a hard sell to say that I’ll help people feel better in their bodies, but I won’t help them to lose weight. So why do I feel this way so strongly, and what’s the answer?

This exercise is designed to help you reflect on your core values.

I’ve been reflecting on how holidays, while joyous, can sometimes get in the way of the good health habits we put in place - but that this can change when we take a more intuitive approach.

“I’m fine as long as there are no snacks in the house or around me. If they’re there, I eat them. Once I open a packet of biscuits/chocolate/crisps, I end up finishing them. Once I’ve started being naughty, I might as well carry on”.

Big goals are helpful, but the nature of them is really important.

Some top tips from a great book on sustainable behaviour change.

Flexibility in behaviour change has come up a lot in the reading I’ve been doing over the last couple of weeks. Some propose that the key to success in making health behaviour changes is to have plans and goals which are flexible, rather than rigid - that can adapt to whatever life throws at you. But is “flexible restraint” still just the same old restraint that we’re used to, just dressed up in a fancy coat? All or nothing approaches and the “f*ck it” effect Those of you fol

Some reflections on a great conference.

This week I’d like to share initial musings on this question, which I’ll be working to answer over the next few weeks.

Thoughts on behavioural science, and intuitive approaches to eating and exercise (and how they intersect)

I am working to create a paradigm of behaviour change that works for fat, disabled people.