I'm laughing as I write this post. Why? The irony. Total and utter irony. You see, I never intended to become involved in a network marketing company. Never. As in, avoided anything that even slightly resembled selling, party plans, with the exception of a few plastic type items that burp when you seal the lids! Until now. So as a long-term avoider and network (or multi-level) market eye-rolling skeptic, I reckon I'm pretty qualified to have an opinion on this topic... I

Last week I wrote about emotional eating; the five trigger categories that make us raid the fridge or paw the bikkie barrel whether we're hungry or not. I also added a downloadable worksheet to help you play along at home. Today I'm tapping into the psychological category from my own point of view. You might identify with this too if you feel drawn towards food when you're in pain or overly tired. Perhaps you skip meals and/or rely on coffee to get you through and then get

There are so very many things I love about living in Melbourne. The food. The sport. The seasons. Today, it feels like the seasons are changing. Spring is in the air. The sun is higher. The daylight lingers longer. Warmer weather is coming. How wonderful. So as I put tonight's slow-cooked meal in the oven, it kind of feels like this will be the last of the year. I'm happy-sad about that. There's nothing better on a freezing, grey Melbourne Sunday arvo than getting a

I'm a true emotional eater in every sense of the word. Stressed = eat. Excited = eat. Anxious = eat. When I was studying the Nutrition units in my Health Coaching qual, there was a great section on emotions and triggers behind your eating choices. And when you break it down, there's 5 main trigger categories that narrow down our why. Our pull towards foods that don't necessarily serve our goals. Over the next week or so I'm going to talk more about each of these triggers