Nourish and Nurture: Creating Healthy Resilient People Before Crisis Hits

Today's guest is busy working mum and CBT practitioner, Judith Porter. Judith also specialises in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-i) so that makes her pretty much an expert on evidence-based therapy for resolving Insomnia, thereby giving people their sanity and lives back again. In this episode we talk about Common barriers to getting a good night's sleep Sleep myths The effe...

In this episode I wanted to discuss a common theme I see and have experienced myself - unrealistic expectations of fat loss. It is only natural given the various factors that influence our expectations for progress, but we do need to manage those expectations. Join me as I look as why this is a thing and what can done about it... Feel free to listen and share if you have enjoyed this. To find out...

Monitoring scale weight can be helpful, sure, but we need to consider the pros and cons as well as alternative measures of successful fat loss. In today's episode I ponder how to take a balanced, more realistic view of fat loss and to rethink our ways of measuring progress in our weight loss and well-being goals. If you are interested in my style of coaching and want to find out more pop over to m...

Super excited to be joined by Mindfulness expert Caroline Stewart of Mindfulness N.I. , an accredited CBT Practitioner and Clinical Supervisor. Mindfulness practice is a crucial component to lasting mental and physical health and something I have learned from Caroline directly. In this episode Caroline shares... What Mindfulness IS and is not Key features and benefits of Mindfulness The neuroscien...

This episode looks at health, financial and emotional costs of Stress. It is super important to consider these costs as Stress will always derail our best efforts in fat loss, health, in work performance, relationships and in other areas of life. This is my specialty - stress management and fat loss - by combining psychological coaching and nutrition coaching to show you HOW to actually reduce str...

Here I talk about CBT (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy) and why it is such a useful mood and mindset tool for your weight loss and wellbeing toolkit! Learn about the specific ways CBT and Mindfulness will boost your mindset and help you change negative thoughts and behaviours so that you can be aware of and combat self-sabotage. AND how you can target and reduce Stress using CBT techniques to prevent...

I had a great chat with Nuala Mullan from Pinkx Fitness, Portglenone. Find out why Pinkx Fitness is the gym to be at especially if you are living in or near the Portglenone area! Check out how Personal trainers stay motivated and get lasting results. And why it is so useful to have a Coach - re-education about 'good' and 'bad' foods; how to get stronger and fitter, how to eat anyth...

In this episode we dive into why the stress of succeeding in achieving fat loss as quickly as possible can create an unhelpful fear of 'failing' at fat loss. While it is common and quite natural that you want results asap, we all know that deep down we cannot expect results for work have yet to put in... In today' podcast I share some mood and mindset strategies that can help you commi...

This episode explains the biological and psychological reasons we tend to self-sabotage. You are not broken or lacking in self-control, self-sabotage is NORMAL and how the brain is hard-wired. But we need to understand it to manage it. Find out why we self-sabotage and the strategies I teach clients to minimise it, so that they can achieve lasting weight loss and well-being. To join the Nourish &a...

In this episode we talk about the factors that make fat loss less straightforward than we might first have thought... How I help my clients (and myself) navigate those factors... And how to achieve successful fat loss. To apply to the Food & Mood Freedom Academy check out www.emotionalregulationcoaching.com and for details on 1:1 coaching with me check out www.nourishandnurtu.re/services .

Welcome to Episode 10! In this episode I am joined by female health expert Brenda Hardy of Health Connects in Portglenone, Northern Ireland. Brenda founded this charity with the purpose of providing education, support and treatment for common issues women face at various stages of their life and health. We talk about morning routines, stress management, societal pressures on women...how we can imp...

A short and sweet summary of why you really need to attend to mood management in order to maximise your fat loss success. We need to manage our emotions before they manage us...so often when trying to lose weight we get derailed because of how we feel and being unable to reduce anxiety, stress, overwhelm. In fact we often avoid or suppress how we feel...usually through various forms of self-sabota...

In this episode I am joined by the excellent Alan Ladd of The Running Rules , where we discuss marathon prep, mindset hacks he employs and shares with his clients to supercharge consistency and common barriers to weight loss from his unique coaching perspective. Highlights of this episode: Your WHY and unexpected catalysts related to it Building Consistency & Confidence Motivation for long ter...

How Sleep is HUGE for weight loss and weight management...and for Mood management (and therefore emotional/mindless eating) Why its so tough to get Sleep Implement strategies to increase the likelihood of you going to bed AND getting a decent night's kip As a Counsellor, CBT Practitioner of 18 years AND as as an award-winning Nutrition Coach, I can coach you psychologically and nutritionally s...

Aside from overeating calories... Emotional eating... Not expending enough energy via NEAT or training... Or lacking effective stress management tools... The REAL barrier is your own mindset around change ...specifically self-limiting beliefs around your ability to change, a programme that will bring about that change (ie weight loss and all the mental and physical health benefits that brings). On...

In today's episode I am joined by the fabulous Steffie Murray, Scotland's 4th strongest Strongwoman talking through: - Mindset in training and when competing - Motivation & Depression - "Rage Reps" (it's a thing!) - Surviving trauma & the effects of unexpressed emotions - Covid & Mental Health - How a champion handles a difficult training session Check out everyth...

This episode covers Worry - it's nature and effects on thoughts, emotions and behaviours. Worry is a bit of a sneaky thing in that it can be disguised as strategizing, planning or simply 'what if'ing and we rarely spot we are doing it, or even count the costs. Here I break down worry its sub-types and the strategies you can employ to manage it more effectively to reduce distress and th...

- What Cognitive behaviour therapy is. - What aspects of our mood and mindset it serves to help. - The importance of spotting patterns that could be impacting on your eating, work or relational behaviours. As a CBT Practitioner of 18 years I wanted to describe what CBT is and how it can help you in terms of understanding and managing mood, mindset and behaviours that might not be serving you. I ta...

In this episode I talk about my struggles with weight loss and how I noticed the need for qualified mental health and behaviour change support when trying to lose weight and in keeping it off. I walk your through the ways in which the Food & Mood Freedom Academy is unlike any weight loss programme you have ever done, because it has been created by a mental health and behaviour change specialis...

My name is Sarah Lacey and I am an emotional regulation coach, CBT Counsellor in the NHS and an award-winning Nutritionist. My ultimate driver is to show women how to de-stress their way to weight loss and supercharge energy and self-esteem, minimizing emotional eating and other forms of self-sabotage which can affect work, productivity and relationships. The results I get are both transformative...