There’s this old joke you might’ve heard: 

A man is stranded on the roof of his house during a flood. He prays to God to save him. 

A boat comes by. He says no, God will save me. 

A helicopter comes by. He says no, God will save me. 

The floodwaters rise, the man drowns, and when he gets to the pearly gates, he asks, “God, why didn’t you save me?” 

God replies, “I tried. I sent you a boat and a helicopter!” 

It’s funny. But it’s also uncomfortably close to how most of us live. 

Every day, in one way or another, we quietly say to ourselves: “I’ll be happy when…” 

  🔶When I lose the weight. 

  🔶When I find the right partner. 

  🔶When I get the career break, the house, the car, the travel. 

It’s like standing on a platform, waiting for the one train that we’ve decided will take us to “happy.” 

Meanwhile, trains to happy pass by every hour on the hour. But because they don’t look like the exact destination we’ve pinned our hopes on, we let them roll r...

They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. 

Dieting is a very particular brand of insanity. 

I never thought I was doing the same thing over and over, because technically I wasn’t.  

Each time I went on a diet, it was a different plan. High protein one time, food combining the next. A personal trainer here, Pilates there. Atkins, Zone, raw food, blood type, juice cleanse… the list went on. 

But no matter the diet, the end result was always the same. 

Insanity. And me feeling like I was stuck on what I came to call the hamster wheel from hell. 

But Why? 

I’d plan, prepare, shop, and cook my “good” meals. But by the time dinner rolled around, I didn’t even want them. My cravings were pulling me somewhere else entirely. 

Still, I’d eat the “good” meal because it was what I was supposed to have if I wanted to lose weight. Then I’d go grazing through all the “allowable” foods nearby (protein ...

We’ve been sold the idea that health should be easy, fast, and effortless. 

That’s why “lite and easy” dinners, magic shakes, powders, and pills rake in billions….because we all want the dream without the effort, I know I did. 

If there’s one thing I’ve learned after 25 years caught in the cycle of losing weight, regaining it, and starting over again, it’s this: 

• The food you eat is the first domino in a chain of events that shapes everything else. 
• It’s not just about your waistline. It’s about how you feel, think, and act for the rest of the day. 
• The right foods can fuel you. The wrong ones can derail you by triggering mood swings, brain fog, stress, cravings, restless sleep, and a cascade of health problems, from allergies to heart disease. 

Why Food Is So Damn Tricky 

We’re swimming in an environment designed to make eating well feel like a steeplechase—one hurdle after another: 

• Fast food on every corner. 
• Home delivery in minutes. 
• Advertising that...

 
I’m often asked why I don’t talk about food. I mean, I’m all about weight loss—shouldn’t I be talking about food? 

In my opinion, food is very simple. Yes, we need to make changes to what we eat and how we prepare it, but food is only one piece of the puzzle. 

Despite the overwhelming amount of contradictory advice and eating styles out there, healthy eating—and eating in a way that supports long-term weight loss—is actually pretty simple. Not always easy, mind you… but we’ll talk more about that later. 

Honestly, what I eat day to day is pretty similar—as it is for most people. There’s nothing particularly exciting or “Instagrammable” about it. 

I’ve got no desire to invent mouth-watering gourmet meals. The whole point of Dietless Living® was to forget about food and focus on living. 

Every diet I was ever on made food the centre of the universe: 

• What I could and couldn’t eat 
  
• Weighing, measuring, and counting carbs, protein, fibre, and fats 
  
• When to eat,...

Here we are in fabulous July. 

That strange little month where half the year has slipped past… and the pressure starts to creep in. 

The goals you set in January are staring back at you, half-finished or untouched.

Maybe you’re tempted to reboot, refocus, or make up for lost time right now?

But what if you changed your perspective from “Crap, I thought I would be much further along by now!” to “”This is a relay not a race, let me expand my vision out further and build on what I’ve already accomplished” 

Most people will spend the next 2 months trying to get some traction. Then they will get to September, realise that really, they only have 2 more months until the compounding effects of Christmas starts to be seen in their diary and they will pick up their pace and try to get 6 months of tasks done in 2. They’ll then lose all momentum in December, only to start over again in January…. why is it the same every year. 

Well, here’s an idea for you to try. 

Inste...

Here we are in fabulous July. 

That strange little month where half the year has slipped past… and the pressure starts to creep in. 

The goals you set in January are staring back at you, half-finished or untouched.

Maybe you’re tempted to reboot, refocus, or make up for lost time right now?

But what if you changed your perspective from “Crap, I thought I would be much further along by now!” to “”This is a relay not a race, let me expand my vision out further and build on what I’ve already accomplished” 

Most people will spend the next 2 months trying to get some traction. Then they will get to September, realise that really, they only have 2 more months until the compounding effects of Christmas starts to be seen in their diary and they will pick up their pace and try to get 6 months of tasks done in 2. They’ll then lose all momentum in December, only to start over again in January…. why is it the same every year. 

Well, here’s an idea for you to try. 

Oh, how I love a winter's day. It truly makes my happy heart sing.  

But most people don’t feel the same as I do, they feel it’s too dark, too cold, and too much temptation to stay glued to the couch. 

But what I love about winter is it can be one of the most powerful seasons for personal growth. 

Not because you do more, but because you can think more. 

When we lean into the slower pace, we can start to notice things: 

• Like how a crisp morning walk makes you feel alive 
  
  
• How moving your body, even gently, warms up your mood just as much as your muscles 
  
  
• And how a cool evening walk settles you down faster than a glass of wine 

So this winter, instead of trying to push through it, what if you collaborated with it? 

Here are a few small, mighty ideas: 

• Start your day with light: open blinds and step outside for 5 minutes and breathe in the aromas of a winter morning 
  
• Warm up to move: play your favourite song and dance while still in your PJ’s 
  
• Pla...

I was in my 40s, working full time, running a household and doing the do that every “respectable 40 year old” does. Getting pulled in every direction and believing that was how it should be. 

I was knackered and felt like I was being tossed around in a washing machine most days. 

I really wanted to do things on the weekend, you know, start a hobby, see friends, stay connected but instead my weekends were taken up with all of lifes admin and recovering from the week and preparing for the next one.  

It’s sad when what we’re looking forward to on the weekend is sleeping and watching TV!  

I was really struggling to live the life I wanted to live and feeling the pinch that I was actually middle aged now! Crikey, where did that time go!? 

I thought if I could just lose the weight for a final time, if I could get that burden off my shoulders then I would have a shot at the rest and then I could be happy! 

The problem was I had already tried everything to reach tha...

I used to think I just had a discipline problem. 

I could do hard things in every other area of life, but when it came to cravings and food, I’d fold pretty fast!  

One minute I was committed, the next minute I’d be in the pantry with a handful of something I’d already told myself I wasn’t going to eat. 

And it wasn’t about being hungry, not at all, it was like something inside me had not only taken the wheel, but had locked me in the boot and I was powerless to do anything until they’d had their fun and handed the keys back to me. 

This is the part no one talks about, right? This is where our shame lives and we don’t want to admit it, but this inside battle, it's normal!  

“Until you make the unconscious conscious,

it will direct your life  and you will call it fate.” 

Carl Jung 

The Battle Within 

As Jimmy Barnes said so beautifully in one of his songs, “You can’t win a fight you don’t understand.”  

It took me 25 years to fully understand what th...

Still trying to lose weight? 

It’s difficult to navigate the emotional and practical realities of changing long-held behaviours - and the resistance that comes with that change, both from others and from yourself. 

It’s also difficult to comprehend how people often respond when you do, and why backslides happen. 

This is deeply important to someone struggling with weight loss, health, and getting their life in order - because this is the missing piece most weight loss advice completely ignores. 

Here’s what no one tells you about change (that you really need to know) 

Real change isn’t about food. It’s about identity.

When we try to lose weight, we usually start by changing what we do — what we’re eating, our exercise routines, and our habits. 

But we rarely expect the social resistance that shows up when we start changing who we are becoming. 

Friends, family, co-workers - often unconsciously - pull you back into your old self. 

Because that suits t...