This week I provided an expert comment for Grazia exploring why “We Need To Talk About How Damaging TikTok’s ‘What I Eat In A Day’ Videos Can Be” Read the full article here: https://graziadaily.co.uk/beauty-hair/wellness/tiktok-what-i-eat-in-a-day-disordered-eating-anorexia-eating-disorders/ Comparing what you eat to others on the internet is unhelpful, especially if it is making you feel bad around food […]

Often when you tell someone that you have an eating disorder then they don’t know how to respond. And that’s after you have got over the mental hurdles of telling someone!  Society has made speaking about mental health difficulties a taboo for too long. I feel like this has only been reinforced by people showing […]

In episode 36 of the Just Eat Normally Podcast, I speak to Dr Lara Zibarras is a psychologist and food freedom coach. Lara helps women develop a healthy and happy relationship with food, without guilt or emotional eating. She is the founder of the Health Mindset Matters program which helps women discover the science and […]

“Only girls get eating disorders”. NOT TRUE! Research suggests 25 per cent of those with a diagnosed eating disorder are male. There are likely to be more men struggling with an eating disorder than the statistics suggest, perhaps because men don’t identify what is happening to them, or they feel like they can’t come forward […]

I’m thrilled to have contributed to this great article by @priyankaajoshi for GLAMOUR magazine UK exploring what it’s like to suffer from exercise addition. The article shares different experiences of exercise addition, looks at the risk factors, how it can be maintained, how you might recognise if you’re struggling with exercise addiction and what action you can take! I […]

This week I am speaking to Alli Spotts-De Lazzer, author of MeaningFULL: 23 Life-Changing Stories of Conquering Dieting, Weight, and Body Image Issues. She has so much wisdom to share from her own experience of dieting and eating disorder recovery and work as a Professional Clinical Counselor, Certified Eating Disorders Specialist.   JUST EAT NORMALLY […]

Find me commenting on positive and negative motivation, plus how to have a healthy relationship with fitness accounts on social media in this interesting article by Chloe Gray in Stylist Magazine online. Read the full article here: https://www.stylist.co.uk/fitness-health/workouts/social-media-increases-negative-exercise-motivation/618345

New bite-sized episode of the Just Eat Normally Podcast sharing a few things to think about if you’re looking for a private therapist to help support your recovery from an eating disorder.  I’ve also outlined the main points if you scroll down on this post.   Please remember that this podcast shares opinions and information, […]

I was recently quoted in the introduction to a piece in Women’s Health US online that shared 15 journal apps to try. How journaling can be helpful Tracker style journals are useful to record and review progress over time. With busy lives, it can be hard to remember what we were doing, thinking or feeling yesterday, let […]

I was so honoured to be on the Make an Impact Podcast from Creative Impact Co. I’ve been a member of Creative Impact Co since the end of 2015 or early 2016 (can’t remember exactly as it was a long time ago!) when they went by the name of Health Bloggers Community. At the time, […]