Vanessa Kredler Counselling & Psychotherapy

30/04/2026

A little bit of healing writing exploring surrender and building a relationship with Spirit - I don't personally know recovery without deep spiritual contact

There is a moment in every journey where the grip finally begins to loosen.

25/04/2026

Popping on to let you know that my Food Sober Fundamentals course is now available as a self-learning option. If you're just getting started on your journey or want to solidify your progress, this might be for you.

Find out more here: 👉
https://www.vanessakredler.com/courses/food-sober-fundamentals-on-demand-course

10/04/2026

I’ve decided to give Meta and Instagram a rest for a little while.

My true passion lies in lived-experience blogging—sharing the raw, honest journey of addiction and trauma recovery in a way that social media feeds just don’t allow for - at least for the moment. I'll post some of my blogs here.

If you’d like to keep reading, I’d love to have you join me on my website or Substack.

https://www.vanessakredler.com/blog
https://substack.com/

27/03/2026

your lived experience!
Science evolves. It is established, challenged, and revised over time and it deserves our respect.

But your lived and living experience is indisputable. It is real, valid, and always worth listening to. Both matter. And both can coexist. Your lived experience is your science.

www.vanessakredler.com

24/03/2026

Let’s pause for a check in. What is my emotional weather? How am I feeling right now?

Can I name one or two emotions that best describe my internal state?

What tells me that I’m feeling this way?

Where in my body is the feeling?

What sensations or tensions are present in my body?

What stories am I telling myself?

What is it like to spend a moment checking in with my body and mind?

I hope you found this internal weather check helpful, let me know in the comments.

19/03/2026

Mindful awareness is key in interrupting the mindless, automatic eating that often happens in addictive patterns.

Our senses can easily blur together, when I see or smell a food, the craving can feel instant, as if wanting and acting are the same thing.

But they aren’t. Over time, I’ve learned that I can decouple my senses: even if I smell food cues, I don’t have to respond by eating.

These days, I can walk past a bakery, enjoy the smell of fresh bread, and simply keep going. The cue is there, but the action doesn’t have to follow.

18/03/2026

One of the gems I’ve learned in recovery is the idea of top and bottom lines.

Bottom lines are the behaviours I absolutely want to avoid, the ones that pull me back into addiction or harm. Once I’ve crossed them, the addictive loop has re-awakened.

Top lines? Those are the positive actions that support my recovery, the things that keep me grounded and growing. It’s not just about saying ‘don’t do this.’ It’s about asking: what can I do instead? What fills me up, what moves me forward? So, bottom lines are non negotiables. They are clear limits.

Top lines are aspirational. This is my intention of how I grow beyond the addiction. Top and bottom lines give us clarity and choice.

12/03/2026

Pills and skills?

David Kessler, in Diet Drugs and Dopamine, highlights that GLP‑1 medications can play an important role in addressing food addiction, while learning new skills alongside them also matters.

He notes that medication can help reduce the biological drive, and behavioural skills can support longer‑term change.

I would add a deeper layer: internal emotional, somatic, spiritual, and mindset shifts often create the foundation that allows those behavioural skills to take root and become sustainable.

To learn more about healing visit
Vanessa Kredler Food Addiction Counsellor & Psychotherapist
www.vanessakredler.com

Looking for Food Addiction treatment? Our supportive therapy programs help you break free from unhealthy eating patterns, understand emotional eating triggers, and build a healthier relationship with food. Take the first step today.

12/03/2026

Today what’s on my mind is the concept of pills and skills.

David Kessler, in Diet Drugs and Dopamine, highlights that GLP‑1 medications can play an important role in addressing food addiction, while learning new skills alongside them also matters. He notes that medication can help reduce the biological drive, and behavioural skills can support longer‑term change.

I would add a deeper layer: internal emotional, somatic, spiritual, and mindset shifts often create the foundation that allows those behavioural skills to take root and become sustainable.

To learn more about recovery and starting your healing journey, visit www.vanessakredler.com

11/03/2026

We talk about ‘healing’ addiction like it’s something we can fix and be done with.

But my experience? Addiction is always with me. Even in recovery, I’m not cured. But I can transcend it, by accepting it, befriending it.

Accepting my biology, my wiring, my tendencies. Working with them, harnessing strengths, respecting limitations. That’s how we move forward, not by erasing addiction, but by learning to live beyond it.

Vanessa Kredler Food Addiction Counsellor & Psychotherapist
www.vanessakredler.com

06/03/2026

Inviting you to my substack, where I'm sharing my lived experience blogs and ponderings: This time, I'm sharing what parts of me come up around AI....

Like so many of us, I’ve been watching the acceleration of AI with a kind of stunned fascination and terror.