Updated 26 December 2022 It's that time of year again. Christmas carols blaring from the stores t

Updated 2 January 2023 As a Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner, my job is to help people identify th

In my first report on the 5th International Plant-Based Nutrition Healthcare Conference (PBNHC),

  In last week's Ask Robyn session, which I conduct monthly for members of my EmpowerEd

  As so often happens in my practice, in the last week or so the same topic of concern h

Ever tried to change? Difficult, isn't it? Most of my clients come to me knowing that they need to c

I don't know about you, but I'm at the stage in life where there just aren't that many THINGS that I

I often joke to clients that I can estimate the probability of them enjoying good health now, and re

Last week I gave a presentation on wholefood plant-based eating at an employee wellness event. A

As I mentioned in last week’s post, my family and I are touring California for 2 weeks before I at

OK, so you've been reading my articles for a little while. You've been thinking you really ought to

Are you battling addictive cravings for cigarettes, alcohol, coffee, sugar and other junk foods, or

After reading Gretchen Rubin's book The Four Tendencies last year, which lays out a conceptual frame

The emerging field of microbiome research offers fascinating, at times disturbing, but ultimately em

You've heard it so many times before, I'm sure. But just because it's a cliché, doesn't mean it isn

On Tuesday 12 April 2016, I had the enormous pleasure of attending the seminar 'How to Reverse Rheum

I've been hearing so many astoundingly stupid things that doctors and other health professionals (in

Have you ever been inspired to improve your eating habits after you read a book, watched a documenta

In last week's post, The process of getting happier, I mentioned the connection between building hea

As I discussed in last week's post, The one question you need to ask yourself if you want to get hea

I’m delighted to share an intimate and wide-ranging conversation with Andrew ‘Spud Fit’ Taylor

You already know how important exercise is for your physical health, right? A varied, balanced exerc

In Part 1 of this mini-series, we discussed cost-benefit analysis (CBA) and the cybernetic cycle, an

That's what one of my clients, whom I'll call Helen, said to me recently, only half-jokingly. We had

In the last couple of weeks I've had 2 very similar conversations with clients - one male and one fe

I get two types of response from my clients and program participants when I start talking about work

What am I talking about????? Being overweight is most definitely unsafe: it raises your risk of type

Serving on the expert panel at the Canberra premiere of the enlightening new documentary, What the H

What does indoor rock climbing have to do with overcoming health problems? Read on - or watch the vi

Yet another drug that medical researchers hoped would be a godsend for people at high risk of cardio

The term New Year's Resolution has come to mean 'a promise that you break a few days into the New Ye

Whenever I'm working on food cravings with either my private clients or participants in The LEAN Pro

In last week's post, Why New Year's resolutions fail… and what to do instead, to change your life

Updated 2 January 2023 As a Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner, my job is to help people identify th

As a Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner, my job is to help people understand the role that their food c

The human brain and body are both adapted to live in a very different world than the one we inhabit

Is wrestling with your 'Inner Saboteur' a regular part of your life? Just about everyone has experie

Updated 26 December 2022 It's that time of year again. Christmas carols blaring from the stores t

  A couple of weeks ago, a member of a Facebook support group that I belong to, for peop

By the time you read this, I'll be in San Francisco, one of my favourite cities in the world. My hus

As discussed in my article How to make an ‘obese brain'; just add saturated fat, researchers belie

That's how much weight the average Australian gains over the December-January festive season. It mig

No matter what health issues drive clients to seek out my help, at some stage we're going to end up

Recently I was asked by food blogger, home cook and photographer extraordinaire, Megan Young of Vegg

Recently I was asked by food blogger, home cook and photographer extraordinaire, Megan Young of Vegg

Weight loss. It's really simple in theory: just eat less and move more. But it's a little more compl

Food cravings - those bouts of intense, seemingly uncontrollable desire to get hold of and eat a par

One of the well-worn adages that I hear most frequently from people who are resisting making health-

  Conventional wisdom has it that 'a little of what you fancy does you good', and that '

  It's a truism that you should never try to change yourself to please somebody else. Pe

Downside of being a university student (again!): an endless stream of lectures, textbook and literat

That's a question that's preoccupied me since I graduated from naturopathic college and set up my ow

Updated 9 January 2023 New Year’s resolutions. Some people love them, some hate them; but one t

  Why do we humans do things that we know are bad for us, like smoking, eating junk food

In last week's post, I introduced you to John and Ashleigh, who both struggle with food cravings whe

In the previous post I gave you my top 5 reasons why living healthfully is so damn hard, and they're

Looking back on over 20 years of clinical practice as a naturopath and 17 as a counsellor, there’s

Many of the clients I see feel as if they are at war with food and with their bodies. Every day, the