Body Confidence Blog

“Once you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change”.

Letter to my body

"Dear body, We've had a strained relationship. I've hated you, I've punished you, I've deprived you of food, I've stuffed you with food or poisoned you with alcohol. I've been on self destruct mode hurting you every time someone hurts me as a coping mechanism. I've...

Different types of love and money

by Nicola Chan

So I've been asked to be a guest blogger over on fellow Snapchatter Karen @blissbakery blog site. It's all about love for the month of February. (Yankedoodlepaddy) When I think about LOVE as many of us do, I think about relationships first. Intimacy, sexual love and...

Becoming unapologetically me

by Nicola Chan

Hi, I’m Nicola Chan and I interview people on the radio (91.8 Hayes FM) so that they can share their stories to help people listening at home. I've always been inspired to do this. I've always been inspired by a story myself because stories, interviews and books have...

I came here to find myself

by Nicola Chan

The nighttime cool air hits my skin like a flood of emotion. I sit by the open window looking at the night sky. I breathe in the fresh air and feel contentment about the choices I've made since I was last here. I can still see Jason and I (a fellow student of the NLP...

Discipline in everything you do

by Nicola Chan

Discipline. You may think it's easier for someone to be disciplined in fitness if they were bought up doing martial arts? Maybe so... But if you are disciplined in fitness you can use the same strategy to be disciplined with your money/time/housework/studies. Anything...

Being a Teen Mum

by Nicola Chan

When given the label of a Teen Mum what you get is a casting of judgments about what type of a Mum you'll be. Almost from the very get-go. You are deemed a failure and you'll never amount to anything. You'll never have a job and you'll always rely on benefits. You'll...

Hump Day

by Nicola Chan

Butts 🍑 Apparently, Wednesday is national hump day so in light of this, here's a cheeky 😉post about Mindset. How many times have you heard yourself saying "I want to go for that job BUT I'm not good enough?" "I want to ask her out, BUT I'm sure she's...

This year of the dog was all about change

by Nicola Chan

2018 was the year of the dog on the Chinese calendar. It was my year that year as I was born in 1982 which means it's my prosperous and creative year of change. The time to take Action and start having fun in life. Two years before, after my friend and co-host of the...

Does your decision feel light or heavy?

by Nicola Chan

Does your decision feel light or heavy? I have felt guilty about letting go of my relationship especially because I thought it would last forever. I have felt like a failure. I failed at marriage...marriage is for life I thought. I once believed in something which I...