Confidence In my time as a therapist, I have not met a single person who isn’t impressive in some way. I really do believe we all bring something to the table. I know it…now you need to know it. The work we do in my private studio will bring out your confidence whether that is…
Emotional Eating may be the biggest contributor to weight issues for many people. It can lead to binge eating, lack of self-esteem and self-confidence and generally make people feel low as they are stuck in that negative behaviour. Feeling low causes them to eat and in turn that eating causes them to feel low. So the…
We operate through the subconscious mind the majority of time. In fact 95% of our actions and behaviours are unconscious. Will power is conscious mind. Conscious mind, conscious effort. This is why we struggle to use will power as a means of changing habits. Will power is hard work! Those unwanted habits and behaviours are stored…
How can we be motivated to do some things and not others. I’ve always felt that it is important to have something in life that gets us out of bed in the morning. When I worked in finance, I would say that my cycling was the reason I got up in the morning. Although…
If you saw my earlier blog post entitled “I Just Can’t Stop Eating” you will know that a childhood memory I have is that of my mum constantly on and off diets. She never did faddy diets. They were more akin to what I would call ‘near starvation’ diets. Eating lots less but not necessary the right foods.…
Our eating habits, and therefore our weight, can be the bane of our lives. I’m going to explore eating habits and behaviour over the next few blog posts. So why is our size that is so important to us? My first memory of any understanding of weight and size is my mum dieting throughout my childhood. Diets…
We are a nation of insomniacs. Health insurers, Aviva, reported that 67% (16 million) of adults in the UK report sleepless nights and 31% say they suffer with insomnia [2017]. Most of us experience some sleepless nights due to stress. As long as this is very short term there is no lingering impact on our…
Binge eating is not something only overweight people do. It’s also not something that just adults or just women do. It is something that can impact youngsters – girls and boys, women and men of all shapes and sizes. In my experience of helping clients to stop bingeing, it is an emotional issue which can come about for…
Anxiety happens because your subconscious mind wants to keep you safe. All of those symptoms you have such as clammy hands, shortness of breath, clouded thinking, digestive system shutting down and heart racing are part of your survival mechanism. So when that anxiety kicks in remind yourself, that your very protective subconscious is doing it’s…
Did you know that sometimes when people have a fear of heights or feel unstable crossing platforms such as getting on a train or tube, or with stairs that have gaps and other similar issues, this may be related to their primitive and postural reflexes. In particular the Tonic Labyrinthine Reflex (TLR) is linked to…