Positive thinking can often be delusional. Positive thinking allows us to believe that things are different than they really are and sleepwalk through life experiencing an altered state of reality. Positive thinking can blur the truth of how certain behaviours are impacting our lives and...
https://youtu.be/ycwsbBt-zSA Intuitive eating is great. To be able to eat what, when and how you like while achieving pure, radiant health is the stuff dreams are made of. Intuitive eating is having a big moment right now amongst instagram models and lifestyle gurus. But what if...
I’m not sure if this can work for me. I don’t know if I’m strong enough. I don’t think I can handle it. I don’t understand how you can do that. I really hope this works! It’s normal and natural to feel worried about taking on...
“Just a little bit won’t hurt, just this once. I’ll go back to my good habits tomorrow” - said every addict ever. Anyone who has used this line to justify their own bad behaviour already knows that it’s the top of a very steep and slippery...
I lost count a long time ago of the number of people who have completely cured their diabetes and ceased all related medication by following a Spud Fit Challenge. My favourite story was from Robert, who had lived with type 2 diabetes for over 30...
Today I’m answering a question from Linda. Linda has tried many times to lose weight and get control over her health but is always derailed by her environment. She’s got 3 growing teenage boys and a husband who have no interest at all in changing their...
Jen wrote to me during the week, she wants to stop bingeing, lose weight and change her life. She’s tried and failed more times than she can remember. She desperately wants to try again but is at the point where she’s not even sure she...
For me, self love is not about staring into the mirror and learning to appreciate what I see. It’s not repeating affirmations about how special and great I am. It’s not about treating myself to anything special because “I’m worth it” or because I “deserve...
Life is really just problem solving. We drink to solve the problem of thirst. We tell jokes to solve the problem of boredom. We earn money to solve the problem of bills. Every single decision we make in life is aimed at solving some sort of...
Geoffrey Ahern is a senior mental health clinician and educator who wants us to open up and start talking about our mental health issues as the first step in recovery. In his words - “Our society is pretty much programmed to create men who are...