Introduction Positive affirmations have become a popular tool in self-development, therapy-adjacent spaces, and the health and fitness world. You are often encouraged to stand in front of a mirror and repeat phrases such as “ I love my body ,” “ I am confident ,” or “ I am disciplined ,” with the promise that saying these words often enough will eventually make them true. For some people, this approach feels uplifting. For others, it feels hollow, frustrating, contradictory o

Body Confidence Starts With Trust, Not Weight Loss When people talk about body confidence, the conversation usually ends up in the same place. Weight loss. Appearance. Before and after photos. But that is not where real confidence comes from. In fact, the word confidence  itself points us in a very different direction. As a self-confessed word nerd and a coach, I recently looked into where the word comes from. What I found reframed how I think about body confidence entirely,

T’was the early hours of this morning, and I rose up out of my bed, slowly, like a Zombie rising out of the grave to ‘trick and treat’. I’d an early morning online session, but the spirits of Halloween began to cause tech issues for me, and I couldn’t get into the session. ‘Great start to the day’.. .. I said. ‘Here's to crappy’. Luckily I snapped myself out of that way of thinking…and demanded myself to be more optimistic. Anyhoo, I had another session at 8.45 am, and flew d

A mind exercise to help you improve your mental health, and relationship with exercise and nutrition. Yesterday while on a call with a...