When we were kids we always went to Southern Ireland for our holidays. One day we got lost somewhere in Connemara, my exasperated father hailed an old man who was leaning on his stationary bike watching the world go by. He asked him the best way to our destination. The old man paused, looked at [...]

As soon as you declare yourself on a diet it is similar to declaring war with yourself. The war of I want to eat -v- I mustn’t eat.
When you mentally berate and put yourself down you are less likely to want to eat healthily and wisely. What you say to yourself reveals your [...]

You might want to lose weight fast, but do you want the inevitable consequences that follow? That is more fat, less muscle and an even bigger fight to lose the inches again?
If you’ve been trying to lose weight and feel that it’s a never ending struggle then read on.
Buried Emotions
There is usually a simple truth [...]

Do you find yourself eating food when you’re not even hungry? Then feeling guilty about eating and decide you may as well eat some more?
This is the typical eating loop of someone trapped by their eating habits and feeling unable to lose weight.
Whilst there will always be times when we eat without stopping [...]

In today’s stressful and frenetic workplace job burnout is an increasingly common phenomenon. But while most of us expect some job stress, how can you tell when you’ve lost the ability to manage the sources of that stress and when they’re leading to a more serious reaction - job burnout?
This is a response to work [...]