A COMPREHENSIVE OUTLINE OF YOUR PERSONALISED PLAN AND THE PROCESSES BEHIND IT

MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL MINDSET MANAGEMENT

• COACHING – Coaching is the process of helping someone find the path between where they are now and where they want to be – and setting realistic and achieving milestones to obtain their goal.

• CONVERSATIONAL HYPNOSIS – Hypnosis (also known as Hypnotherapy) is purely an altered state of awareness, where you turn inwards, away from the outside world. This allows for enhanced focus and concentration on a deep subconscious level (which means without any conscious awareness or input). Where you will gain more clarity and understanding as to what is really driving your lack of confidence and self-belief (the root cause) – rather than what you consciously think and believe it is. So, that you can start to look at it from another perspective, and start to challenge it, change it, keep it, or get rid of it completely. This is done conversationally – where no formal trance per se is carried out, but just us having a conversation.

• NLP (Neuro Linguistics Programming) – NLP helps you to look at, understand, and change those unhelpful and limiting repetitive, habitual, behavioural, and predictable ways in which you personally think, feel, act, and behave in certain situations.

STRESS MANAGEMENT

• STRESS MANAGEMENT – Managing your stress levels more effectively, will help you to think, feel, and behave like you are more in control of your life.

Managing your stress CAN also help to physically reduce the size of your belly a little (but – it is not going to be a magic wand or miracle worker!). This is because the way your stress hormone Cortisol plays a part in the distribution of belly fat in the abdominal area in times of stress. This is why it is sometimes called a Stress Belly.

Stress Management will teach you a variety of strategies and techniques to help you recognise your own personal stressors, and how to recognise your personal self-defeating behaviours / maladaptive coping mechanisms and practices, which have been a contributor to your bigger belly confidence problem.

Listed below are some of the more common ones:

• Eating too much or not enough
• Drinking too much alcohol
• Smoking or vaping too much
• Taking prescription, over the counter, or recreational drugs or medication
• Spending too much money or too little money
• Buying things that you do not need or want
• Spending too much time online/on the internet
• Spending too much time watching TV
• Engaging in too much, not enough, or having promiscuous sexual activity
• Over exercising

By learning what your personal stressors are and how you can deal with your stress much more effectively, this will help you to feel much more confident and self-assured about yourself, your abilities, and your capabilities. Managing your stress more effectively will also help you to deal with adversity and setbacks much more efficiently in the long-term.

HORMONE MANAGEMENT

• HORMONE MANAGEMENT – Your hormones are chemical messengers that coordinate different functions in your body by carrying messages through your blood to your organs, skin, muscles, and other tissues. These signals tell your body what to do and when to do it.

There are several important hormones that we will look at: Cortisol (the stress hormone), Insulin (the blood sugar hormone), Serotonin (the happy hormone), Dopamine (the reward / motivation hormone), Estrogen (the female reproductive hormone), and Vitamin D (the sunshine vitamin/hormone).

Understanding the roles of these hormones, and how they all work together, and by you managing them more effectively, is one of the best things that will help you to think, and feel, better about yourself.

SLEEP MANAGEMENT

• SLEEP MANAGEMENT – Getting a good night’s restful and restorative sleep is very underrated but is vital to every aspect of your overall health and wellbeing. And is a really important part of your plan.

Another key factor is poor sleep is linked to disharmony between the hormone Cortisol (the stress hormone) and Melatonin (the sleep hormone) and can cause lots of unwanted side effects on the way you think, feel, and behave.

Getting a good night’s sleep also helps to regulate your appetite and is also really good for your skin – and who doesn’t want to look and feel more youthful. Not matter how old you are!

Plus, getting a good night’s sleep will also make you look and feel better, by feeling more refreshed, more alert, and focused and will help to improve your mood and outlook on life.

DIET AND NUTRITION

• DIET = Diet refers to the types of food and drink you consume on a daily basis.

It also relates to the mental and physical circumstances connected to eating.

• NUTRITION = Nutrition refers to nourishment and is the process of the body utilising the food and drinks you consume for growth, metabolism and repair of tissues and cells. Food provides these essential substances called nutrients, which are made up of: water, protein, carbohydrates, protein, vitamins, and minerals.

There is one very important note to bring up, and that is what I offer is NOT a diet plan. Unless you have been living on the planet Mars all your life, you will know what constitutes a healthy and balanced diet. And we all know that having a healthy, well-balanced diet is essential for good, overall health and wellbeing. So, this part of the plan is all about you being mindful of what you are eating and drinking. And looking at what foods and drinks are going to be more helpful and beneficial in helping and supporting you in getting your mind, body, and hormones back into balance once again.

Many of my past and present ladies have used meal preparation delivery companies, to help them with meal planning and to help with portion control and the boredom factor (which a lot of us understand!) and finding different tasty and nutritious meals to cook week-in and week-out. With their chosen company introducing and delivering different types of healthy foods and menu ideas on a weekly, fortnightly, or monthly subscription basis, sent directly to their home or office. This can be an ideal solution for you if you feel it would be helpful and beneficial to your overall plan.

Also, a lot of my ladies have been to slimming Clubs whilst working with me. To help them keep on track in making healthier food choices and to give them some accountability for their actions vs consequences in the choices that they make. A lot of my ladies have also found it has given them a sense of belonging, being with like-minded people that understand what you are going through.

As long as what you do is helpful, healthy, and beneficial and you don’t think or expect it is going to be your magic wand then use it. At the end of the day, it is all down to you to do what works best for you. As this is another key component to help influence you about the way that you look and feel about yourself.

SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS

And this is one area that most people tend to overlook. But social relationships and social interaction is extremely powerful and can have both a positive and negative influence on eating behaviours, physical activity, weight status, and the way that we view ourselves and how and where we feel we fit in within our own societal hierarchy (or social group) and within society in general.

Evidence has shown that confident people are better at expressing their thoughts and feelings more easily, which can help them build stronger social relationships. Which in turn, helps them get more out of life and the opportunities that it presents.

A supportive, non-judgmental, caring, and empathetic spouse, romantic partner, family, friends, work colleagues, or even a Professional Therapist, can be a key source of support and guidance for you – to help you change the way that you think and feel about yourself. And to provide you with that all-round source of mental, emotional, and social health and wellbeing support and backing without any fear, blame, or judgement.

Interestingly, studies have shown that tackling social isolation could be more effective than healthy eating for treating obesity.

So, don’t underestimate the power of social connection in your belly confidence plan!

STYLISH DRESSING

For me, the most important thing is that I really hope that it it will help give you, coming from a bigger bellied woman myself, is the confidence (and courage) to step out of your comfort zone – and get out there and experiment with different shapes, colours, styles, textures, and accessories. Even if that means starting off buying yourself a pair of red knickers and building up from there! And to find your own personal style that you feel comfortable, confident and self-assured with – no matter how big your belly is!

I love this quote by Belgian fashion designer, Diane Von Furstenberg, and thinks it sums this up perfectly! – “Style is something that each of us already has, all we need to do is find it.”

Are you ready to find yours?

THE PROCESS

• To start the process, you go online through the dedicated link and book yourself a POWER HOUR – via my online calendar.
• Your POWER HOUR will be conducted online via video chat over Google Meet and will last 1-hour (60-minutes).
• An email reminder will be sent, confirming the time and day/date.
• The cost of the POWER HOUR is £150.00 (GBP), payable online via PAYPAL.

The idea behind your POWER HOUR is that it gives us both the opportunity to meet online and for you to talk openly and honestly about what is troubling you and the outcome that you want to achieve. I can then show you how I can help and guide you through your Personalised Professional Belly Confidence Plan and answer any questions you may have. This then gives us both the opportunity to see if we are a good fit and if we both feel that we can work together, without any further obligation on either side to take it any further.

If either one of us feels we are not right for each other, or you feel the plan is not what you are looking for, then you just walk away. It’s as simple as that. No pressure. No sales tactics. No being bombarded with emails. No being made to feel guilty because it was not what you were looking for.

However, if after your POWER HOUR, you do want us to continue working together, you will make a commitment and agree that you want it to happen. You will do this by making payment in full there and then, and we will then schedule in your very first session of your Belly Confidence Plan. At a mutual time and day to suit us both.

• You future Belly Confidence Plan sessions will be carried out over the following twelve (12) consecutive weeks via online video chat through Google Meet.
• Each session will once again be conducted online via video chat over Google Meet and will last 1-hour (60-minutes).
• The cost for your very own Belly Confidence Plan is £1,500.00 (GBP), payable online via STRIPE, PAYPAL, or ONLINE BANK TRANSFER.
• A payment plan can be discussed if necessary.