Nourish and Nurture: Creating Healthy Resilient People Before Crisis Hits

In this episode I talk about my struggles with weight loss and how I noticed the need for qualified mental health and behaviour change support when trying to lose weight and in keeping it off.

I walk your through the ways in which the Food & Mood Freedom Academy is unlike any weight loss programme you have ever done, because it has been created by a mental health and behaviour change specialist...helping you tackle deeper issues that are sabotaging your efforts to live a full and healthy life.

Find out all about the Academy for yourself, why it is different, how it gets you the results you are looking for and deserve, and how it actually works.

If you are interested to learn more check out www.emotionalregulationcoaching.com.

And as always drop any questions you might have after watching this episode.

Coach Sarah x

My name is Sarah Lacey and I am an emotional regulation coach, CBT Counsellor in the NHS and an award-winning Nutritionist. My ultimate driver is to show women how to de-stress their way to weight loss and supercharge energy and self-esteem, minimizing emotional eating and other forms of self-sabotage which can affect work, productivity and relationships. The results I get are both transformative and sustainable.

In this my first ever podcast (eek!) I share a bits about my life, my struggles with weight loss, mental health and how I became a coach, doing what I love.

I share why my approach to weight loss and well-being means an end to dieting for good and is an open door to food and mood freedom.

As a Psychotherapist for over 18 years I know the impact thoughts and emotions have on our behaviours (eating and beyond) and that is why I combined my psychological expertise with nutrition coaching to provide the missing expert input that PTs (and most other Nutritionists) do not possess. My training and experience means that I can offer therapeutic input to quash unhelpful thoughts, sensations and behaviours to optimise an individual's mental, emotional and physical health.

I spent my early twenties making poor food choices and undereating, or opted for all the quick weight loss 'fixes', if there was a fat burner on offer I was there! Overtraining? 100%. Emotional eating - all. the. time. I had been able to mask my unhealthy relationship with my body and with food right up to when I became pregnant for the first time, but from then on all the cracks started to show. I could not regulate myself due to feeling pretty bloody traumatised after my eldest son's birth, the adjustment reaction was very real and I spiralled into the exhaustion funnel and full on anxiety and depression...then came Graves disease with Hyperthyroid Eye Disease. By this point I was very overweight, my self-esteem was in bits all the while I was breastfeeding and back working all over Northern Ireland as an NHS CBT Practitioner. It was cr-ay-zee!

So eventually I realised that I was caught in a vicious cycle of learned self-helplessness and that, actually, I DID have the power to control my life choices, and definitely my eating habits! I did it for me first and foremost but I also wanted to be a healthier and happier version of me for my boys and my family and friends. It was a slower than anticipated process but with the support of my coach I dropped 55lbs and achieved confidence in my body and my strength of character. I was able to continue to breastfeed my sons, work multiple jobs and beat anxiety, depression and Grave's disease.

I realised that no other PTs or qualified nutritionists were placing emotional regulation and behaviour change as a primary focus for weight loss and I knew that with my 18 years mental health experience that I could combine it and nutrition coaching to make lasting mental and physical changes in womens' lives.

So for the next few years I became qualified as a Nutritionist before founding Nourish & Nurture in March 2020 (fab timing, right?).

How I can support you:

- Food & Mood Freedom Academy my 90 day course teaching individuals all the nutrition, mood and mindset hacks they need to optimize their health and well-being. www.emotionalregulationcoaching.com

- Macros, Mood & Mindset Reset: my intensive 1:1 90 day Mentoring package.

- Seminars: in person and online. I have been asked to host education and wellness seminars in the local community, in local gyms and I am a regular guest speaker for the fabulous Matt Boyles, the UK's leading GBTQ+ health and fitness coach.

I am determined to help as many individuals as possible to lose unwanted weight, beat emotional eating and supercharge their self-esteem by prioritizing their mental health in order to optimize their physical health and enjoy feeling energized, leaner and super confident.

I hope you enjoy this short intro. Drop me any questions below.

Coach Sarah x