A Gutsy Philosophy and Approach
“Let me help you overcome the physical, emotional and mindset barriers in your way of a healthier relationship food, so you can eat and live with more ease, energy and enjoyment.”
Sarah Grant, Behavioural Eating Specialist
What if the secret to A PEACEFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD lies in your gut?
Gut health is now widely regarded as foundational to overall health - but a healthy relationship with food goes beyond what we put into our systems. Years in clinical practice have shown me that how, when, and why we eat profoundly impact our emotional wellbeing, self-esteem, and life satisfaction.
In a busy world flooded with diet culture and nutritional confusion, I see too many women giving away too much energy to worries about food, often losing touch with what their bodies truly need, and sacrificing the joy of eating along the way.
That’s why the significance of the Gut in my wellness philosophy extends beyond the workings of the gastrointestinal system, and encompasses the Gut as a source of intuition and inner wisdom. Learning to “follow your Gut” means tuning into your self (not another diet plan), and empowers you with the power and self-trust to navigate eating with more ease in the long run.
FIND PEACE THROUGH THE GUT REACTION METHOD™
The Gut Reaction Method™ is a unique approach to reconnecting with your health, and creating balance and alignment between mind, body and food, with your Gut as your compass.
Through my work with hundreds of clients over the past decade, I’ve developed a liberating approach to transforming eating habits and finding peace with food called The Gut Reaction Method™.
With your gut as your ‘compass’, my holistic framework provides an illuminating lens and roadmap through which to understand and affect positive change in ‘Seven Dynamics of a Healthy Relationship with Food and Your Body’.
It is a tried and tested approach and coaching process that has empowered many of my clients to break free from unhealthy patterns, and get on a nourishing path towards a life filled with more vitality and more physical, mental and emotional freedom around food and their bodies.
Nourish your Gut
Due to my own challenges with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), I have a special interest in the role our unique digestive systems play in our physical and mental health, mood and emotions.
As digestive function is the primary supporter of all other physical systems in the body, it is my belief that a healthy Gut is a core foundation of health and wellbeing, as well as disease prevention.
"The GI system is the primary gateway by which the external environment interacts with the body” - Tom Sult, 2006"
Furthermore, a burgeoning body of scientific research into the gut microbiome - the complex microbial ecosystem living inside the gastrointestinal tract - is closely linked with many dimensions of health from immunity to metabolism to mood and mental wellbeing.
Even if you don’t have a digestive condition to manage, respecting your Gut is a cornerstone of wellness. My supportive approach to nutrition nurtures this naturally.
Trust your Gut
The Gut is now widely acknowledged as our 'second brain' as the extraordinary gut-brain connection (a two-way communication axis) becomes better understood in Western science, and researchers have determined that the enteric nervous system in the Gut is constantly providing information to our brains regarding our general health and our nutritional needs.
Emotions like shame, anger and fear can often be felt in the Gut, and can also affect our capacity for digestion.
When we tune-in to our ‘gut feelings’ we discover they hold a lot wisdom about our true needs.
If you are ready to break away from all the noise of diet culture, prescribed eating plans or nutritional overwhelm, and to and navigate food with freedom and ease, then you need to unlock your Gut intuition around food and eating.
My approach draws heavily on an evidence-based eating self-care framework called Intuitive Eating and aims to reacquaint you with your inner compass so you can better hear, trust, respond to and learn from the messages your own body is giving you, enabling healthful behaviours to flourish naturally and sustainably.