Stop The Spiral: 90-min one-to-one session

Understand why you feel trapped in a binge-restrict cycle, and take the first steps toward feeling safer around food.

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You tell yourself you’ll be “good” today. You’ll eat less, stay in control, and avoid bingeing. For a while, it works. You feel focused, maybe even calm, like you’ve finally found a way to stay on track.

But then the day throws something at you - stress at work, a tense conversation, or just the sight of a tempting snack. And on top of that, you’re carrying a long list of rules about what and when you should eat. You skip breakfast, nibble lightly at lunch, and hope to hold out until dinner, thinking this will give you control.

What happens next is familiar. Hunger, cravings, and tension grow louder. The very strategies you’re relying on (restriction, rules, “holding out”) add to the pressure, rather than taking it away. What started as an attempt to manage your eating quickly spirals into the thing you were trying to avoid: a loss of control that feels automatic, leaving you frustrated and ashamed. You try to reset, tighten the rules, promise yourself tomorrow will be different… but the cycle repeats.

It’s easy to blame yourself, to think you lack willpower or discipline. But this isn’t weakness. Your nervous system is simply reacting to perceived threat. Your body is doing exactly what it’s built to do - protect you

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The truth is, the problem isn’t your “triggers” or your willpower, it’s how your body has learned to respond.

Years of restrictions, dietary rules, and anxiety about food have put your nervous system on high alert, so that even small things can set off a downward spiral.

This is where my approach is different. We don’t start by policing food or resisting cravings. We work from the ground up: helping your body feel safe again, easing that constant state of tension, and rebuilding trust in your instincts around food. Together, we look at how restriction, fear, and unpredictability have shaped your responses, and begin to change them.

In a focused 90-minute session, you’ll start to see why the cycle keeps repeating and leave with personalised steps to reduce reactivity, calm anxiety, and regain a sense of agency - not through rigid rules, but through understanding and safety.

During this intensive one-on-one session we will…

1) UNDERSTAND WHAT'S ACTUALLY DRIVING THE CYCLE

Not triggers to manage or avoid, but the underlying pattern of restriction and reactivity that keeps the cycle going. You'll finally see why it keeps happening, and why it has nothing to do with willpower or weakness.


2) SEE HOW YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM IS RUNNING THE SHOW

Your body has learned to expect scarcity. Years of food rules, restriction, and unpredictability have taught your nervous system that food can't be trusted to be there. What looks like loss of control is your body's intelligent response to that experience.


3) UNDERSTAND THE PATTERN WITHOUT GUILT OR SHAME

but in your bones, something shifts. The guilt eases. And for the first time, change feels possible.


4) LEAVE WITH CONCRETE STEPS TO HELP YOUR BODY FEEL SAFER

Not strategies for resisting cravings or managing triggers, but personalized, concrete steps to start reducing the body’s reactivity from the ground up.

A person holding a bowl of quinoa salad with cherry tomatoes, cucumber slices, microgreens, a poached egg, and slices of baguette.
A wooden table setting featuring a salad bowl, a glass of water, a small pitcher of dressing, salt and pepper shakers, a fork, a clipboard with a menu, and a basket of French fries with condiments on the side.
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Does this sound like you?

⟶ You feel powerless once cravings hit, like you have no control over what or how much you eat.

⟶ You constantly swing between restricting and losing control of food, and it’s exhausting.

⟶ You beat yourself up after bingeing, feeling guilt, shame, or frustration, and promise “tomorrow will be different.”

⟶ You can’t pinpoint why it keeps happening, and every attempt to stop feels like a failure.

⟶ You’re desperate for relief but unsure how to interrupt the cycle without giving up control entirely.

This 90-minute session is designed to help you…

→ Take the first real step toward a freer, more present life where you aren’t controlled by restricting and bingeing.

→ Spend less mental energy obsessing over food, leaving room for work, hobbies, and relationships

→ Spend less mental energy worrying about food, so you have more time for work, hobbies, and relationships.

→ Begin to loosen the grip of shame and panic, making room for meals, social events, and spontaneity without the stress

The details

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I’ve been where you are, caught in the cycle of restricting, then losing control, feeling exhausted, frustrated, and ashamed.

I know what it’s like to let food and guilt run your day while life passes by. With over a decade of experience as a therapist, plus training in Intuitive Eating, ACT, and nervous system regulation, I help women uncover what’s really driving their patterns, and take the first steps to interrupt them

In just 90 minutes, we’ll pinpoint what’s really driving your binge/restrict cycle and map out personalised steps you can take immediately. You’ll leave with a deeper understanding, a sense of calm, and a concrete plan to start interrupting the spiral.

Thank you for your interest!

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