24 Sep 2012 No Comments
Seasonal Affective Disorder, food cravings and some helpful hints It has been noticeable to me recently that the days are getting shorter, it’s darker in the mornings and gets darker earlier in the evening. British Summertime ends on the 28th October. The autumn and winter months used to have a huge impact on me [...]
by ani in emotional eating, self love Tags: Ani Richardson, depression, emotional eating, food, love yourself, mood, SAD
19 Sep 2012 No Comments
Do you believe that what happens in life stems mainly from your own ‘internal’ actions (self belief) or do you think that ‘external’ factors such as other people, fate or luck have more to do with life events? Researchers at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, Australia, have been looking to [...]
by ani in emotional eating, self love Tags: Ani, Ani Richardson, emotional eating, food, health, love yourself, self belief, wise self
17 Sep 2012 No Comments
When you are feeling a bit run down, or just downright ill, how do you take care of yourself? Do you rest, drink plenty of fluids, turn off the phone and computer OR do you carry on regardless, putting on a brave front, over-using painkillers and being ‘the trooper’? Perhaps you even use food [...]
by ani in emotional eating, self love Tags: Ani, Ani Richardson, ill, love yourself
17 Sep 2012 No Comments
Sometimes something happens to cause a powerful internal shift in our lives. Looking back on my life a few powerful occasions jump out. The end of a relationship and the loss of my riverside London home that I shared with the man. The fizzling out of a friendship that meant so much to me. My [...]
by ani in emotional eating, self love Tags: acceptance, Ani, Ani Richardson, emotional eating, love, love yourself, self love
04 Sep 2012 No Comments
Chocolate. Dark, milk, raw, organic. Chocolate. Yum. Raw, dark chocolate is something I really enjoy and savour. However there was a time that dark chocolate felt like my best friend. Eating the ‘black gold’ seemed to soothe my soul, chocolate was love. Or so I thought – until I would wake up from my daze [...]
by ani in emotional eating, self love Tags: Ani, Ani Richardson, chocolate, emotional eating, hug, love, love yourself, self love
31 Aug 2012 No Comments
If you truly loved yourself: *How would you talk to yourself? *What would you wear? *What would you do for relaxation? *What would you do for pleasure? *What events would you go to? *What events would you say ‘no’ to? *What would you choose to eat and drink? *What would your friends be [...]
by ani in emotional eating, self love Tags: acceptance, Ani, Ani Richardson, emotional eating, food, love, love yourself, peace, self love
28 Aug 2012 2 Comments
Emails, phone-calls, children, pets, partners, work, money, social life, friends, family….. anxiety and complete overwhelm?!!! Sometimes it feels like we cannot keep up with the pace, our list of things to do, people to keep happy and other commitments becomes out of hand. This is when we need to learn to STOP, BREATHE and remember [...]
by ani in comfort eating, emotional eating, self love Tags: Ani, Ani Richardson, anxiety, comfort eating, emotional eating, food, love, love yourself, self love, stress
23 Aug 2012 6 Comments
“You are such a good girl for eating everything on your plate” “If you don’t eat everything on that plate you won’t get any ice-cream” “It is bad to waste food, there are starving children in the world” “If you are a good girl mummy will buy you some chocolate” “Don’t be sad, don’t [...]
by ani in emotional eating, self love Tags: Ani, Ani Richardson, beliefs, comfort eating, emotional eating, food, love, love yourself, mindfulness
20 Aug 2012 4 Comments
Oh for the Love of your Divine Inner Goddess, I beseech you – throw away those damned bathroom scales!! I am totally on my knees begging you to take this action. What do you think those scales are going to tell you? That you are now worthy enough to wear what you want [...]
by ani in comfort eating, emotional eating, self love Tags: Ani, Ani Richardson, Divine, emotional eating, love, love yourself, self love, weigh
13 Aug 2012 2 Comments
Recently the wonderfully SASSY Lisa Clark wrote a blog post “What is a real woman” It got me thinking (dangerous, I know) about women, bodies, shapes and sizes, self love and emotional eating. Lisa called for comments on her facebook page about what a real woman was. I commented “The comparison game is one that [...]
by ani in emotional eating, self love Tags: Ani, Ani Richardson, emotional eating, love yourself, real woman, sassy, sassyology, self love, shape, size
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