I am a mother from New Zealand. I have no relevant work experience or nutritional qualifications (I have degrees in completely unrelated fields). What I do have, however, is almost two decades of personal experience being entangled in what can only be described as a dietary nightmare, as well as the great and utter joy of being free of it. This website contains my own personal experience, in the hope that it helps you, too.

How anti-smoking guru Allen Carr saved me from obesity

Many years ago I read Allen Carr’s Easy Way to Quit Smoking (available from Amazon – it is one of the few books to retain a 5 star rating, with over 1,000 reviews). This might not sound especially surprising, until you realise that I have never smoked a cigarette in my life. Allen Carr’s book … Read more

How to stop binge eating: the idea that helped me break free

This website introduces the ideas that helped me stop binge eating and lose weight. It communicates a hypothesis that I’ve been developing for decades: a story of misguided biological signals, mistaken beliefs – and freedom. I have a long history of chronic dieting. I was a compulsive eater with severe episodes of binge eating disorder … Read more

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