by Annie | Mar 20, 2024 | Emotional eating, mind-body, nutrition
If you describe yourself as an ’emotional eater’, know that using food to counter unpleasant emotions or situations is very common. You might be eating as your only pleasure or due to other emotions ranging from boredom to using food as a reward.Emotional...
by Annie | Mar 11, 2024 | mind-body, Mindset, positive psychology
Valuing heath-unhealthy. Quite the oxymoron.With the right mix of a need for control and perfectionism, being a health-conscious parent like I am can be very harmful indeed. The following is a true story (hint, it’s my story after my first was born).I had...
by Annie | Feb 19, 2024 | mind-body, positive psychology
The minute my first daughter was born, I felt like my heart doubled in size. Awe, a heavy weight of responsibility and so much love all mixed together. The transition from woman to mum was almost violent. Its intensity surprised me no matter how prepared I thought I...
by Annie | Feb 13, 2024 | Emotional eating, mind-body, nutrition, positive psychology, Uncategorized
It’s the end of a long day. The children are finally asleep. Phew. A few minutes later, the box of cookies/chocolate bar/ice-cream/candy have disappeared, and feelings of guilt, shame and negative self-talk have sunk in. Does this sound familiar? Do you identify...
by Annie | Feb 6, 2024 | mind-body, positive psychology
Anybody who’s ever had young children knows that February is one of the most difficult months. One person in the family gets sick and then it’s a domino effect. (I’m usually the last one to get sick, hooray). Last week, I took my eldest to a birthday...
by Annie | Jan 29, 2024 | energy, mind-body, Mindset
The other day I was talking to a client of mine, a woman in her 50s. We were going through her history, looking at it decade by decade, putting together the pieces of the beautiful puzzle that had been her life until then. ‘My 30s? Oh, I don’t know. They...
