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Trying to lose weight is what’s making you gain weight

Trying to lose weight is what’s making you gain weight

I wrote a WhatsApp the other day to some colleagues, to share what I’m working on at the moment. I wrote it from the heart, and accidentally articulated what it is that I really care about: I’m on a mission to help people to make changes to their

Personal Values Exercise

Personal Values Exercise

When holidays stop being habit disruptors

When holidays stop being habit disruptors

I’m writing from a slightly grey London, dreaming about this time last week, when I was lying by a pool in Tenerife 😎 Now we’re back and the tan lines are already fading, I’ve been reflecting on how holidays, while joyous, can sometimes get in the way of

I can help you make health changes that stick

I can help you make health changes that stick

Would you like to be looking after your body, rather than fighting it? Want to make changes that last, rather than bouncing between periods of extreme changes and then nothing at all? I can help you to make sustainable changes, so that “healthy” is just a thing that you do,

Are you in the business of health behaviour change?

Are you in the business of health behaviour change?

Maybe you're a startup, looking to build a new product in the health space? Or maybe you're an established business, looking to expand your feature set and have more impact? Good news: I can help you to have more impact, and avoid wasting money and time

Help - I can’t stop eating the biscuits!

Help - I can’t stop eating the biscuits!

I hope you’re all either enjoying the sunshine or successfully keeping cool! Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been deep in doing research - interviewing people to understand their eating and exercise behaviour, and what makes it hard for them to change. I love this stuff: it

A little update from me

A little update from me

You might have noticed that these posts are getting a little less frequent - apologies for this! I’ve been very busy behind the scenes working on and thinking about what this work looks like beyond this little blog. I hugely appreciate you all following my journey, so I thought

Why your goal “to be more healthy” might not be as useful as you think

Why your goal “to be more healthy” might not be as useful as you think

Big goals are helpful, but the nature of them is really important I’m sure we’ve all set goals for our health behaviour - it might be to go for a walk every day, or to eat your 5 a day. Sometimes we meet them, sometimes we don’t.

Reflections on “The Joy Choice”

Reflections on “The Joy Choice”

Last week I finished reading The Joy Choice by Dr Michelle Segar - a book that claims to offer an alternative approach to health behaviour change, which is actually sustainable. I’ve been following Segar for a long time - she’s a behavioural scientist and health coach, who is

Is flexibility the key to lasting behaviour change, or is it just "restriction-lite"?

Is flexibility the key to lasting behaviour change, or is it just "restriction-lite"?

Flexibility in behaviour change has come up a lot in the reading I’ve been doing over the last couple of weeks. Some propose that the key to success in making health behaviour changes is to have plans and goals which are flexible, rather than rigid - that can adapt

Behaviour Change conference: connections, food for thought, and insights

Behaviour Change conference: connections, food for thought, and insights

Last week I was at the Behaviour Change conference in Lisbon - was an amazing couple of days (despite the persistent rain!), connecting with brilliant people, catching up with people I rarely see, and consuming lots of amazing presentations. Connections - the start of something exciting? The first day I

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Can we both listen to our bodies, and control our bodies, at the same time?

This week I’d like to share initial musings on this question, which I’ll be working to answer over the next few weeks. Controlling our bodies: self-regulation Many health behaviour change interventions are focussed on “self-regulation” - this is the process of actively controlling your behaviour, by suppressing urges,

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The what vs the how of changing health behaviour

I’m really grateful for the response to my first post on inclusive health behaviour change - both people working in this space, and friends and family, found that something about it resonated with them (which is exactly what I’d hoped!) Your feedback form responses (you can still complete

Inclusive health behaviour change

Inclusive health behaviour change

I want to operate in a paradigm of behaviour change that works for fat, disabled people. So much of popularised behaviour change is focused on weight loss or improving your body. But what if you just want to survive and thrive in your body, regardless of what it looks like?