How long did it take you to answer that question?

Did you instantly know if you were happy, sad or mad, or a variant of one of those? We have 100s of feelings and emotions to choose from (note that consider feelings and emotions to be the same thing), but some of us are very unaware of our feeli...

This is part two of two-part blog post. Check out part one posted yesterday.

Life is made up of the internal and the external. The thoughts in your brain create the reality in your life. You need to start organising your mind before you start organising your life; otherwise, the changes will onl...

Is it time for a spring clean?

I love packing away the winter coats, hats, gloves and scarves to make way for summer clothes. Not only does it lighten my draws and make space in my cupboards, I feel mentally lighter too.

This is part one of two-part blog post. Today I am writing about spring cl...

I haven’t written and posted a blog post for the past three days and I feel a bit gutted about it.

I really wanted to meet the goal I set myself of writing and posting for the 40 days of Lent. And well life got in the way, just like life does.

It’s been interesting to observe myself go throu...

Emotional childhood occurs when we don’t take responsibility for managing our feelings.

Most of us act from a place of emotional childhood at certain times in our lives, often emotional childhood shows itself in our relationships, but it can also appear in relation to how we are eating when we a...

Understanding how your brain affects your thoughts, your emotions, and your ability to act is a huge ‘must do’ if you want to live your best life.

In simplified terms, you have two parts to your brain. Your prefrontal cortex can make all your dreams come true. It can decide ahead of time, create...

When you invest in a life coach you are investing in yourself. That is, if you are investing in a life, health and weight coach, you’re investing in your physical and mental wellness.

What possible better investment could you make?

Of all the things you can do in your life, of all the things...

Yesterday I wrote about how stepping on the scales to weigh yourself can be an opportunity to observe your thinking, and the feeling your thoughts create.

Today I would like to stick with focusing on thinking and look more closely at thoughts vs. facts or as I call them, circumstances.

Recog...

I am feeling plagued by overwhelm today.

Overwhelm is an emotion. I have quite a few thoughts that frequently generate the feeling of overwhelm in me.

For me it’s usually associated with thoughts about having too much to do and not enough time to get it done. These thoughts usually relate to...

Chances are that if you have been struggling to lose weight for a while you are familiar with experiencing an array of emotions when you get on the scales. I can remember the anticipation of a slimming club weigh in. In fact, I would only go when I lost weight because I felt such shame if I had gain...