Join me live for 12 weeks to Confidence

Join me live for 12 weeks to Confidence

If you've been listening to season to of my podcast Outside the Square, you would have heard that our group program 12 weeks to Confidence is now open!

I'm so excited to be working with my amazing co-host Josephine in a live format where we will be able to support you and answer your questions live. We have so much fun recording our podcast, and I know that our first round of 12 Weeks to Confidence will be just as wonderful.

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Vlog Series: Episode 5 Ways to Elevate Your Meals

Vlog Series: Episode 5 Ways to Elevate Your Meals

When I think about my past eating experiences, I realised I only brought out the ‘good’ crystal glassware or that ‘special’ salad bowl when creating a meal for others, believing those things were ‘too good’ to be used for just me. I often ate on the couch watching TV, not really paying attention to my meals and could finish a meal within one or two ad breaks in the show.

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What the scale really says

What the scale really says

How often do you get on the scale? Have you ever stopped to ask what it is you're actually looking for when you stand on there?

It was just the other week when I found myself in a department store, lurking in the corner of the bathroom section and secretly weighing myself on a display model that I realised that something had gone awry and I needed to stop and listen to what was going on in my life.

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Getting 'back'

Getting 'back'

"I just want to get back to...":

  • the weight I was <insert time of life>

  • the diet that worked for a while that one time

  • the body I had when I was doing competitive exercise

  • my pre-baby weight

  • fitting back into that one pair of pants

"then I'll be happy and I won't diet any more and I will accept my body."

I hear so many versions of this desire to get ourselves, our diets and our bodies back to another time. But what do we do until then, do we just keep hating ourselves and telling ourselves that we're failures for not being where we once were?

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Simple Self Care at Home

Simple Self Care at Home

It’s been an unsettling and uncertain time for many of us as the globe shifts and changes during the Covid-19 pandemic. I’ve heard lots of worry and fears surfacing for many, and also hearing lots of people talking negatively about how little they are achieving during this time that we’re now all spending at home. To this, my response has been ‘try to have some self compassion’.

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A beautiful Spring cleanse

A beautiful Spring cleanse

The first time I did a juice cleanse was about 3 years ago. My motivation was clear as crystal - to lose weight, plain and simple. I believed that three days of drinking juice not only would get me to my goal weight, but would also change all my habits so that on the other end I would find it so simple to stick with eating only beautiful healthy green foods and maintaining my new weight would be a breeze. I struggled through, wishing I could eat almost the whole time, and while I enjoyed the juices, I realised that my expectations had really been rather askew.

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You are so much more than a number

You are so much more than a number

Why is it that when it comes to utility companies and other large service providers the common saying is 'don't treat me like a number', yet when it comes to the numbers on the scales and on our clothing we tend to reduce ourselves to a number. So much so that for many of us, when we see the number as higher than we deem acceptable, we are already telling ourselves that we're unworthy or setting an internal intention to have a bad day, but if that number is lower, we equate that to better and we have a spring in our step.

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Mother of food

Mother of food

Our relationship with food is a reflection of other relationships in our lives. It is these areas that become wonderful doorways for us to walk through to help us discover the things that can cause our discomfort around food, body image or weight. As women, one of the most impactful doorways to walk through for exploration is how our relationship with food is a mirror of our relationship with our mothers.

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The beach body

The beach body

Just a few years ago, I remember getting to the end of  Summer and thinking ‘oh I wish I had gone swimming’, having spent another Summer avoiding both the beach and the pool because I felt that I was too large, that I took up too much space, that my legs were not tanned enough, that everyone would be looking at me and disapproving. I was determined that I would only go again once my body was ‘good enough’ to be seen in swimmers in public. And I would regret it each Summer.

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