Imitation and Weight Loss

In NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) we use a term called ‘Modeling’ for imitating the actions of someone who has already achieved what you want to achieve. It works well in therapy; if someone wants to be more confident as a public speaker for example,...

Do You Want What You Think You Want?

This blog runs along the same theme as last week’s, it’s about being very honest with yourself about why you want to lose weight and why you have not achieved that goal up to now. In the past when I have run one of my workshops, usually the group I am with...

Why Motivation Matters

Do you really know what motivation is? Have you ever looked at someone who seems highly motivated and said “My friend gets up at 5.30 every morning to go to the gym, she’s so motivated – she loves it! Says she couldn’t get by without this daily ritual!” But take a...

You CAN Stop Emotional Eating

When you put something in your mouth that you think tastes good, but you know is hurting you, how do you override that and still do it? Losing weight and stopping smoking both require the ability to delete certain truths, otherwise your unconscious would make the...

Don’t Stop and Think – Just Stop!

Every day it’s estimated we have around of 50,000 thoughts, which is around 2083 per hour, or around 35 thoughts per minute. That’s a lot of thinking! This steady flow of internal information serves as a thick filter between our thoughts and feelings, our head and...