Episode 20: If Diets Don't Work, What Does?

Today I'm joined by guest Hayley Perkins to talk about diet culture, and why it's about addressing the root cause of your food issues. "Hi, I’m Hayley - a trained and established therapist. For two decades, I've supported people in understanding and reshaping their relationship with food and their bodies. I am the founder of "A Different Path" therapeutic programme, it’s a programme that blends two decades of my personal experiences and professional training. It’s an impactful therapeutic programme that achieves results. Combining psychotherapy, hypnotherapy, and behaviour change techniques to deliver you a personalised treatment. Our food relationship is complexed, it’s never as easy as eat less and exercise, so dieting alone is never going to really fix what’s at the root. I’ve struggled with my weight and disordered eating since being a kid and one of the hardest challenges I’ve had over the years is breaking those ties to dieting and diet culture. It’s hard to let go of something we’ve been investing in for years RIGHT? It’s hard to let go of something that’s familiar. But diet culture is part of the problem, not part of the solution. Proper long term healing instead of another quick fix. The results achieved through my personalised 1:1 therapy are far-reaching and impactful. I exclusively work one-on-one (online or in person) and I focus on forging deep, lasting connections that extend beyond our therapy session."