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Jacquie Whur MSc Psychology
Clinical Hypnotherapist, specialising in weight loss, anxiety & self esteem. Habit - Behaviour & Mindset Change

Take back control, banish sugar cravings, build a new relationship with food. Core You Hypnotherapy is about helping you to become the person that you want to be. It’s about helping you to find peace, calm, acceptance, change, happiness at your very Core. Along with being a Hypnotherapist, I am a lowcarb/keto Nutritional Advisor with Nutrition Network and an Ambassador with the Public Health Collaboration, working to change obesity, type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes with weight loss and diet changes. I have a full weight loss program. My aim is to help my clients not only lose weight but to change their relationship with food, change habits and behaviour and build self esteem.

21/12/2025

A large long-term study following nearly 28,000 adults over 25 years found that people who regularly ate full-fat cheese had a lower risk of developing dementia, including vascular dementia, compared with those who ate very little.

✔️ About 50 g of full-fat cheese per day was linked to a ~13% lower overall dementia risk ✔️ The risk of vascular dementia was even lower among regular full-fat cheese consumers ✔️ Low-fat dairy did not show the same protective association

And here’s an important piece many people miss 👇
 🦠 Cheese is also a fermented food.

Many traditionally made cheeses are fermented and contain beneficial compounds that support the gut microbiome. We know the gut and brain are closely connected through the gut–brain axis, and gut health plays a role in:
 • inflammation regulation • metabolic health • vascular health • brain signaling and cognition

So this may not be just about fat — it may be the combination of natural fats + fermentation + whole-food structure working together to support brain and vascular health.

⚠️ As always, this is observational research (correlation, not causation). But it continues to challenge the idea that full-fat foods are inherently harmful, the brain needs fat!

You only need to look at the understanding that babies and children must have full fat products for brain health. Our adult brains have the same requirements.

There’s no guilt about the cheese board in my house. I actively encourage all my clients to incorporate cheese into the end of an evening meal, to help the brain feel satisfied and to signal the end psychologically 🧀✨

20/12/2025

GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) is your brain’s calming neurotransmitter. Think of it as the brake pedal for an overactive mind.

When GABA is low, the brain stays in “on” mode 👇 • Anxiety • Overthinking • Trouble relaxing • Poor sleep • Emotional eating • Feeling wired but exhausted

What can LOWER GABA?
⚠️ Chronic stress ⚠️ Poor sleep ⚠️ Excess caffeine ⚠️ Alcohol (it boosts GABA short-term, but depletes it long-term) ⚠️ Blood sugar swings ⚠️ Ultra-processed foods ⚠️ Constant mental stimulation (screens, scrolling, noise)

How to SUPPORT GABA naturally
✨ Deep breathing (slow exhales are key) ✨ Magnesium (especially glycinate or threonate) ✨ Protein at meals (GABA is made from amino acids) ✨ Stable blood sugar ✨ Gentle movement (walking, yoga) ✨ Quality sleep routines ✨ Mind-body practices (hypnosis, meditation, nervous system work)

💡 Important:
 This isn’t about “forcing calm.” It’s about creating safety in the nervous system so the brain can finally quiet down.

When GABA rises… The mind softens. Cravings calm. And control feels effortless, not forced.

💬 Save this if your mind never switches off
 ❤️ Follow for nervous-system-based weight loss & stress support

12/12/2025

Research shows that golf helps to prevent/treat around 40 major chronic diseases, from heart disease to type 2 diabetes, stroke, some cancers, dementia and even depression!

✨ Moderate physical activity:
Walking the course improves circulation and controls blood sugar — all key to reducing chronic disease risk.
 🧠 Mental health boost:
Time outside & focused movement lowers stress hormones and supports cognitive health.
 💪 Strength & balance:
The swing uses rotation, coordination, and stabilizing muscles — exactly the stuff that keeps mobility strong later in life. This reduces fall risk and supports joint health.
 📈 Longevity:
A large study of over 300,000 golfers, found that on average golfers live 5 years longer than non-golfers. Even when accounting for age, s*x and socioeconomic status.

Researchers think golf’s health benefits go beyond “just going for a walk” because it’s holistic.

You’re not only moving — you’re building strength through the swing, challenging balance and coordination, spending hours outdoors in nature, and getting meaningful social connection.

Each of those elements is good for you on its own… but golf bundles them all together in one activity.

That combination is what many researchers believe drives the broader health impact, including the reduced risk across 40+ chronic diseases.

Golf isn’t just steps — it’s movement + strength + community + nature, all working at the same time.

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10/12/2025

I do practice eating slowly, but this did make me laugh, I think it’s impossible to eat peanut butter quickly 😂

Why does the speed of eating matter…

Because - Higher BMI is consistently correlated to fast eating, even when the quantities of food are accounted for. This shows that speed on its own is an individual factor. That said those that do eat fast tend to also eat more, as the body requires time to allow the hormonal signals of satiety to happen.

One of my simplest tips to help you to eat slower, is to adopt my following rule !

When the mouth is moving, whether it’s chewing or talking, then the hands stay still 🤲🍴
When the mouth is still, no longer chewing etc…only then do you start to prepare your next mouthful of food.

You can hold onto the cutlery, you don’t need to put it down, but you hold it still.

So only one thing move at a time, either the hands or the mouth.

Most fast eaters are busy preloading the fork, so that the minute they have swallowed the next mouthful is already in 😐

Have a go, see if it helps you to slow down. It also makes the act of eating more mindful, as you’re aware of what you are doing.

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09/12/2025

Your brain uses temperature, texture, and flavour as tools to regulate emotional states.

You’re not craving the food…
 You’re craving the neurochemical shift it gives you.

When you learn to regulate your emotions more effectively, the “food noise” naturally gets quieter.

Hypnosis helps by:

✨ Reducing stress in the nervous system.
✨ Reconnecting you to hunger + fullness cues.
✨ Retraining the insula to interpret signals correctly.
✨ regulating emotional impulses.

Helping you to feel in control again.
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04/12/2025

You can influence how you feel.
You have more control than you think.

Breathe slower → calm the amygdala and reduce cortisol.
 Move your body → boost dopamine. 
Go outside → lift serotonin.
 Connect with someone → increase oxytocin.

You’re not powerless. Your actions are medicine. 💕

01/12/2025

For those of you that know the wonders of magnesium, this is a great offer. I love this brand Nutrition Geek, I’ve just stocked up. If you haven’t yet brought magnesium into your daily life…now’s the time.
It is a miracle mineral and is involved in more than 300 reactions in your body. It helps with hormonal balance, anxiety, depression, sleep & migraines to name just a few of its benefits.
Also…what most people don’t realise is, if you take a Vit D3 supplement it needs to have K2 with it (you get this as a free gift), but you also need magnesium for it to be converted into an actionable form, and most people are depleted in magnesium through lifestyles that make a demand on the body, stress, poor sleep, processed food etc…

27/11/2025

In the words of The Body Keeps the Score, the body holds our history— and it also holds our healing.

19/11/2025

Most people don’t fail at weight loss because they’re weak.
 They fail because of something called the arrival fallacy — the belief that “once I reach my goal weight, everything in my life will change.

They think that once they lose the weight, that they’ll finally experience what they’ve been wanting…confidence, self esteem, self control. No more wanting food to comfort them,  Wanting in someway to feel different than they do right now.

We suffer the fallacy because we mistake wanting with the prediction of an emotional truth.

The brains dopamine system drives the wanting system, but it lies to you, it makes you believe that you will be more confident, happier, more relaxed, stress free etc once you’ve achieved…

It is a fallacy, because the relief you’re imagining doesn’t come from the goal. 
It instead, comes from the skills you build along the way.

You don’t stop wanting food because you hit a number on the scale — you stop wanting food because you learned how to handle emotions without it.

The “absence of want” comes from knowing how to meet your own needs in real time — not from arriving at a destination.

This is why so many people hit their goal and feel a weird emptiness afterward.
 Not because the goal wasn’t worth it — but because the brain over-promised the feeling of arrival.

So what’s the fix?

Stop making weight loss the finish line.
 Start making it an identity.

I’m a person who nourishes my body. I’m a person who moves consistently. I’m a person who cares for my future self. I’m a person who eats like someone who maintains a healthy weight.

These identities give you small, steady wins every day — not a single high that fades overnight.

And here’s the truth:
 Weight loss changes your body. But your habits, self-talk, and daily choices are what change your life.

If you’re on a weight-loss journey, don’t chase an arrival. Build a lifestyle that doesn’t need one.
You don’t need to become a new person.
 You just need to become a consistent one. 💛

11/11/2025

A new 2025 meta-analysis found that people with anxiety have significantly lower choline-containing compounds in their brain.

Choline is essential for making acetylcholine — the neurotransmitter that keeps your mood steady, your focus sharp, and your stress response calm.

You can boost it naturally through foods like eggs, salmon, liver, broccoli, cauliflower, soya beans or with supplements like
alpha-GPC.

Brain chemistry and emotional health are deeply connected.

05/11/2025

Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day? 🥣

YES.
 Because it can either set you up hormonally for the day ahead — or completely derail you.

But here’s the thing… It’s not about eating at a certain time.
 It’s about what you break your fast with.
👉 It must be protein.

That bowl of cereal or slice of toast with marmalade? 🙈 it’ll send your blood sugar soaring, leaving you battling cravings and willpower all day long.

Start your day with protein + healthy fats, and you’ll feel balanced, focused, and satisfied — no more mid-morning crashes or sugar hunts.

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