Loving Your Sacred Vessel

It's so frustrating when you sabotage your own progress with your weight loss isn't it? Why might you do this and what strategies can you use to step out of your own way? I believe our inner Saboteur shows up and intervenes when we are straying too far out of our comfort zone. The Saboteur is one of your survival archetypes, we all have one, and it wants you to stay safe. Loving Your Sacred Vessel...

Janet has been doing my Sacred Vessel Programme from the beginning and watching her transformation has been so rewarding for me. She tells me how she feels now and why this is an approach she'd recommend to other women who have struggled with their body image, food and yo-yo dieting. As I recorded this interview we are about to start another Loving Your Sacred Vessel Programme, so if you&apos...

Perhaps you turn to food when you are not physically hungry. You aren't alone if you do this, it is really common. It's often called 'comfort eating' but I think a better description would be 'discomfort eating' as it is an attempt to suppress an uncomfortable feeling. It may work briefly as a tactic for a momentary fix, but it tends to lead to more unhappiness long t...

Humans haven't changed a lot genetically since the 70s, so why were most people a healthy weight when I was growing up? Now people in the healthy weight range are in the minority. Around two thirds of us fall into the overweight or obese categories. 70s people weren't running on willpower to stay slim and we haven't lost all our moral fibre over the decades!  There are lots of facto...

In this second episode of Loving Your Sacred Vessel I share one of the key Aha! moments I experienced at the start of my own Sacred Vessel weight loss journey. It was a realisation that has underpinned the holistic approach I formulated to losing my excess weight in a kind and sustainable way that respected and cared for my body. This is how I work with other women in my Loving Your Sacred Vessel ...

In this episode I'll be talking about diets. I'll be sharing some of my own diet history and my frustration as each successive diet became less effective and my weight increased over time. I'm asking if you have a similar history of weight loss and weight gain. It may be time to ponder your dieting history and think about all the conflicting advice you have followed over the years....

If you are ready for a kind, holistic and sustainable approach to losing weight and gaining greater respect, appreciation and love for your body you’re in the right place.  Host Lauren D'Silva will be sharing many of the methods she uses with her clients and participants on her Loving Your Sacred Vessel Programme. You can expect practical exercises, questions for reflection and self-enquiry,...