Category Archives: 1. Psychology of Weight
For those of you who like a good weight loss plan!
One thing I’m not too good at is detail – drives my wife nuts – because she wants the detail on my plans for a holiday/project/saving the world and I’m not Continue Reading →
Are Protective Beliefs holding you back from losing weight (or changing in some other way)?
There is a particular point in the weight loss journeys of my patients that fascinates me the most. Given it is almost universal, I’m surprised at how little is written Continue Reading →
Technology finally comes to the weight loss party!
It is not often that I see things come along in the technology space that are of real value in assisting weight loss, but this is way cool! Creating powerful Continue Reading →
The Importance of Feeling Sorry for Yourself – Organise your self-pity party now!
Let’s wander into some Compassion Focused Therapy as I have had a number of patients recently apologise along the lines, ‘I’m sorry, I know I shouldn’t be feeling sorry for Continue Reading →
The Best Talk on Self-Esteem I Have Come Across
Self-Image: Self-esteem Vs Self-Compassion This TEDx talk by Dr Kristen Neff is perhaps the best talk on the complex area of self-esteem that I have come across. I believe that Continue Reading →
The best study I have seen on exercise and weight loss
I was recently asked (again) by a journalist about the research into the power of exercise when it comes to weight loss, so I dug through my research files for Continue Reading →
Named must your fear be, before banish it you can
Yep, that’s Yoda. Okay, not the most recognised of psychological muses in the world, but there is a wisdom here. I never really got into Star Wars. It was just Continue Reading →
What to eat next? A much simpler question
I just had a patient telling me how when it came to working out what next to do in her life to make it more fulfilling, ‘What to eat next?’ Continue Reading →
Why Exercise? To lose weight? Nope – For cardiovascular fitness & for stress? Absolutely!
Why exercise indeed? Did you know that 20,400,000, people, on average, around the world ask this question each month? God Google tells us so and, given that he is the Continue Reading →
The Weight Loss Mindset – Non-Caloric Alternatives
A key pillar of the Weight Loss Mindset is dealing with the “I deserve some nice food” script. People I work with seem to be able to cleverly come up Continue Reading →