Hi, I'm Josie.

I'm a certified nutrition and eating psychology coach, passionate about helping women understand and improve their relationship with food, nourish themselves well and feel better in themselves.

My philosophy is simple: Nourish well. Enjoy food. Feel good.

I believe good nutrition should make life better, not more complicated. That eating well should be enjoyable, practical and grounded in good science, without endless food rules, unnecessary restrictions or the feeling that you're constantly getting something wrong.

But I haven't always felt this way about food.

How I got here

In a previous life, I worked long hours in a demanding corporate career. I was often burnt out, arriving home at 8pm to an empty fridge, wondering what on earth to eat and feeling completely overwhelmed.

At the same time, I was also caught in the revolving door of slimming clubs and restrictive diets. Like so many women, I knew plenty about dieting, but surprisingly little about nutrition.

Eventually, I realised that something needed to change.

My own complicated relationship with food led me to study nutrition and eating psychology, and to fundamentally rethink everything I'd learnt about eating, weight and health.

What started as a personal journey became a professional passion, and ultimately The Mindful Cook.#

Why The Mindful Cook?

To me, being mindful about food isn't about eating perfectly, following rigid rules or scrutinising every mouthful.

It's about understanding food, making informed choices, cooking with intention and eating with awareness.

It's also about discovering just how much of a difference good nutrition can make to how you feel, particularly in midlife, when nourishing your body well becomes increasingly important.

I want women to feel excited about food and what it can do for their health and wellbeing. To have the knowledge to make informed choices, the confidence to trust those choices and the flexibility to enjoy eating without guilt or overthinking.

The more you understand about food, the less you need to overthink it.

That's what being a Mindful Cook means to me.

To give women the knowledge to nourish themselves well, the confidence to make their own choices and the freedom to enjoy food without overthinking it.

I'm a certified nutrition coach with a distinction in Eating Psychology Coaching. I've also completed Applying Intuitive Eating and Non-Diet Approaches in Practice with the London School of Intuitive Eating, and studied Food and Mood: Improving Mental Health Through Diet and Nutrition with Deakin University.