acceptance

Those of us trying to get pregnant can fall prey to people and programs with promises that we’ll conceive if we follow their diet or lifestyle plan. Follow this diet, …

In this blog, I share how I wove our story of coming to a place of accepting a life without children into the novel The Tears of a Woman. The …

We can feel like the distance between the body we have and the body we want is an impassable canyon with snapping crocodiles below. But it is a false illusion …

Joyful Eating is my food and nutrition philosophy, underpinning my books and approach as a nutritionist, writer and recipe developer. The Food Philosophy of Joyful Eating The philosophy of Joyful …

The media are warning of the risk of gaining weight during lockdown. However, concerning yourself with your weight at this time is not beneficial for your health. Allow me to …

I wrote this blog on how events can open up emotional wounds and lead to emotional eating when we first went into COVID-19 lockdown in New Zealand in 2020. It …

Are you afraid you’d ‘let yourself go’ and gain weight if you accepted your body and stopped dieting? At the beginning of each year, we’re exposed to many messages telling …

Although the practice of gratitude shifts our focus from the negative to the positive in our lives, it differs from acceptance. Acceptance can shift our focus to what is in …

I want to share with you my journey to accepting my childlessness, which was not by choice. I hope that what I share helps those of you facing the same …

Children intuitively know what and how to eat. Yet we lose the curiosity and intuition with food by adulthood due to external labels and diet rules. Children interact with the …

Where did she come from? How did she get here? She is not who you want to be seen with. How will people look at you? What will they think? …

We may resist support for many reasons based on our beliefs and past experiences. Keep looking for those health professionals that ‘get’ you. Recently, I was talking to someone about …