Have you ever had that feeling, when you know you've had enough food, digested enough calories, and yet you still feel compelled to eat more? You might even still feel hungry? And the food you want to eat isn't an apple, or some carrot sticks. You want the fatty, sugary, carbohydrate-laden foods. If that sounds familiar, then chances are you're at the mercy of some pretty powerful processes that have started in the brain and now affect what's going on in your body. In simple

Here's a surprisingly powerful and proven technique to lift your spirits immediately.

Think about all the things in our life we are taught about or have user manuals for. Most of us were taught how to drive a car and how to operate a computer. When we get a new appliance or device, it generally comes with a user guide so we can learn how to use it. And yet the tool we use all day every day to operate our entire lives - our brain – does not come with a user manual. Luckily there have been some great advances in neuroscience and neuroimaging in the last 40 or

Imagine if you fully understood why anxiety has taken control and why you think, feel and behave the way you do. Imagine if you understood how you could get back in control once and for all. Imagine if the solution was inside you all the time. Imagine you'd found someone who would coach you to access the solution yourself. How would you feel? "From the very first session, Fiona helped me stop feeling like I was in helpless freefall with my anxiety. I felt so much more in cont

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A lot of clients come to me for help with their relationship with food and eating. Regardless of whether they want to lose weight or not, the common factor is that they want to get back in control of what they eat and when they eat it. The other common factor is that they have battles in their head about over-eating, or making the 'wrong' choices. This battle is frustrating and baffling and causes a lot of negative self-talk. That's because intellectually we know what is

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Part of maintaining good mental health is to nurture a positive mindset. But when you're feeling low and struggling with depression and...