What kind of nutrition issues do you commonly work with? A wide range of issues are amenable to coaching - common presentations are: Healthy eating basics – what is in your fridge and store cupboard? Do you use your freezer? What are your cooking skills? How do you shop? Sometimes people overlook these basics when trying to eat well. Self-care – there is a lot about self-care in the media, and my experience is that there is a greater need to walk the walk. Often overwhelm and reactive self-indulgence get confused with self-care. This is the classic “because I am worth it” self-talk that soothes but ignores the underlying issue. Knowing what to eat in the noisy and conflicting world of social media and nutrition – taking a look at what and how you eat with some idea of your background, symptom picture and ideals to give you some guidance as to what steps to take. Wanting to improve the quality of your diet – you may want to reduce sugar intake, give up certain foods or try a particular dietary approach. We can appraise how realistic this is for your current lifestyle and capacity. There may be steps that need to be taken before launching into something new. There might just be a couple of tweaks to ensure that nutritional balance is maintained. Assistance with vegetarian or vegan eating – cutting out major food groups is not something to be done casually. How do you ensure that you are meeting your nutritional needs within your time and money budget as well as your cooking skills. Digestive disorders and digestive wellness - Gut Health is central to Good Health. How efficient is your digestion? Do you have symptoms of heartburn, bloating, sluggish digestion, pain, constipation, diarrhoea? Coaching is usually paired with visceral osteopathy for improving your gut function. Weight issues – I work with long-term weight issues that have been a source of difficulty and repeated cycles of failure more than short-term weight goals. I can also work with those who wish to gain weight. Appetite Sensitivity Training – often when there is a history of difficulty around food intake such as chronic dieting, we can dysregulate our system of metabolic regulation. Getting that back involves taking various steps to get our gut, brain, liver, blood sugar regulation and appetite signals back on track. It is not uncommon for these natural signals to have become over-ridden with well-intentioned diets and eating plans that we do not even know how to tune into these signals anymore. Visceral osteopathy is also useful (though not essential) with this regard. Disordered eating – I am not qualified to take on clients with active eating disorders, and should I suspect that this may be part of your presentation then I will refer you on to professionals who have the level of training to manage this particular issue. However, many of us sit in the grey area where there is a struggle to get basics right. There are many strategies to finally step off the endless repetitive cycle of diminishing returns that so many dietary attempts lead into.