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Ailsa Hichens
Jan 123 min read
Did you quit your New Year's menopause Resolution already?
Having personal goals is absolutely essential if you want to achieve anything in life. You do it in work and would dream of not setting...
Ailsa Hichens
Nov 22, 20236 min read
This is how gratitude can improve your menopause symptoms
Feeling grateful is more than a nice feeling. The more you feel grateful, the luckier you feel and the happier you are. The science is...
Ailsa Hichens
Apr 2, 20233 min read
How to stop the Easter binge
Overwhelmed by chocolate and not sure whether you can make moderate choices? This is what you need to know.
Ailsa Hichens
Mar 20, 20233 min read
Celebrate the non-scale victories, not just the numbers
Have you ever heard of Non-Scale Victories? It’s often shortened to NSV. You’ll find a lot of talk about this if you hang out on social...
Ailsa Hichens
Dec 17, 20223 min read
Good health begins as a thought
Achieving long-term health and energy is a balancing act. Quite simply, what you put into your mind may have as much of an impact as the...
Ailsa Hichens
Nov 26, 20224 min read
Is winter making you SAD?
Even though winter has a lot going for it – woolly hats, hot chocolate, curling up with a book, thick socks, a log fire and other things...
Ailsa Hichens
Oct 7, 20223 min read
This is why your diet is doomed to fail
Most women I know – and certainly every single one of the women I work with in my nutrition clinic – have done countless diets by the...
Ailsa Hichens
Sep 24, 202211 min read
Is being healthy-ish good enough over 40?
Here's the thing: perimenopause brings all kinds of woes, from that extra tyre round the middle to sleepless nights, sweats and chills...
Ailsa Hichens
Sep 2, 20225 min read
What IS your happy weight?
Everyone has a happy weight. It’s not based on any medical measures or charts like Body Mass Index and nor does it necessarily relate to...
Ailsa Hichens
Jun 19, 20225 min read
How to have the best summer EVER
Summer is a funny old time - and this one (yet again) is no different. But it is what it is and don't let it be your excuse to let all...
Ailsa Hichens
Mar 19, 20225 min read
How to be happy and lucky – and revolutionise your health
How is it that some people are so damn lucky? And happy. Nothing seems to go wrong for them. In fact, everything seems to go so right....
Ailsa Hichens
Jan 8, 20226 min read
How to get your diet back on track after the holidays
The holidays – whether Christmas or otherwise – can end up being a bit of a free for all. Even the best of intentions to stick to a...
Ailsa Hichens
Jan 1, 20224 min read
How to stick to New Year resolutions
Leap into the New Year with real resolutions – and make them stick On 1 January across the world, millions of us make lofty promises to...
Ailsa Hichens
Dec 11, 20214 min read
Is festive FOMO sabotaging your diet?
Hey, would you like to come to this place, spend the evening at that place, have a mince pie, sausage roll, egg nog, mulled wine, taste...
Ailsa Hichens
Nov 28, 20214 min read
The downside to weight loss
This might be a familiar scenario. You’ve been doing really well with what you’re eating and drinking. You’ve maybe been more consistent...
Ailsa Hichens
Nov 20, 20212 min read
How to disappear bad food habits
If you're struggling with your weight, I'm betting that you have got some bad food habits going on. It's not just the knowledge of WHAT...
Ailsa Hichens
Oct 15, 20213 min read
How to eat what you want and stay slim
Anyone else here going through the hideous process of online dating? I’m told it should be fun, but more frequently it’s excruciating....
Ailsa Hichens
Aug 28, 20214 min read
Tame your hunger hormone
There are many different reasons you get hungry, some of them habit, some hedonistic and others hormonal. There's something you can do...
Ailsa Hichens
Jun 18, 20215 min read
What do my cravings mean?
Have you ever felt compelled to eat a chocolate bar or 'heard' the cake whispering your name? Ever wondered what cravings really reveal...
Ailsa Hichens
Jun 11, 20212 min read
Where did your relationship with food come from?
Not happy with your relationship with food? Some of it is chemical. Sugary snacks and high carb meals mean you'll crave more of the same....
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