Konrad van Staden: Jungian Analyst & Clinical Psychologist

Konrad van Staden: Jungian Analyst & Clinical Psychologist Passionate about transforming lives by bridging the unconscious and Self.

Author of My Fat Head: The Psychology of Weight Loss
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My mother's anxiety became mine: Intergenerational transmission of stress and stress-eating.You absorbed her cortisol ba...
20/02/2026

My mother's anxiety became mine: Intergenerational transmission of stress and stress-eating.

You absorbed her cortisol baseline. Her coping mechanism became yours.

You're not weak. You inherited her nervous system. Now you're healing it.

👉 "My Fat Head" breaks intergenerational patterns. On sale now:
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Create weekend rhythm: meal planning, protein goals, limit alcohol, maintain movement.Weekends are part of your LIFE now...
19/02/2026

Create weekend rhythm: meal planning, protein goals, limit alcohol, maintain movement.

Weekends are part of your LIFE now, not breaks from a diet. 7-day consistency = success.

👉 "My Fat Head" teaches 7-day living. Link in bio.

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Sacrifice: Transformation demands you give up something you value. Are you willing?Real sacrifice = releasing control, c...
18/02/2026

Sacrifice: Transformation demands you give up something you value. Are you willing?

Real sacrifice = releasing control, certainty, comfort, the known, without guarantee of what comes next.

You can't become new while clinging to the old.

The leap is terrifying. But this is how soul work operates. Faith over certainty.

👉 "My Fat Head" prepares you for the sacrifice. Link in bio.

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You learned your needs are shameful. So you hide them.You eat in secret because expressing need feels dangerous.But secr...
17/02/2026

You learned your needs are shameful. So you hide them.
You eat in secret because expressing need feels dangerous.
But secret eating creates more shame. Which creates more hiding. Which creates more shame.
The cure is bringing eating into the light. Your needs aren't shameful. They're human.

👉 Break the shame cycle with "My Fat Head." Link in bio.

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Genetics loaded the gun. Trauma pulled the trigger. The food industry handed you bullets.None of that is your fault.But ...
16/02/2026

Genetics loaded the gun. Trauma pulled the trigger. The food industry handed you bullets.

None of that is your fault.

But here's the hard truth: it IS your responsibility.

Not because you deserve blame, but because you deserve FREEDOM.

And freedom requires claiming your power.

You didn't choose your childhood. Your genes. Your zip code. The obesogenic world you were born into.

But you CAN choose what you do NOW.

Compassion for the past. Agency for the future. Both.

👉 "My Fat Head" holds both truths. Link in bio.

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Shadow work asks: What is your weight protecting you from?For many of my patients:* Sexual attention after abuse* Intima...
13/02/2026

Shadow work asks: What is your weight protecting you from?

For many of my patients:
* Sexual attention after abuse
* Intimacy and vulnerability
* Being visible and having expectations
* Looking like you did when the trauma happened

Your weight served a purpose. It kept you safe.
But what protected you once may now imprison you.

The question isn't "Why can't I lose weight?" It's "What would terrify me if I did?"
Answer that. Then you can finally let it go.

👉 Shadow work guide in "My Fat Head." Link in bio.

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"Nice girls don't get angry."So you swallowed it. For decades.And your body? Your body has been storing what your voice ...
12/02/2026

"Nice girls don't get angry."

So you swallowed it. For decades.

And your body? Your body has been storing what your voice won't speak.
Unexpressed anger doesn't disappear. It manifests.
As tension. As pain. As weight.

You can't diet away stored rage. You have to let it OUT.

Scream into pillows. Write rage letters (don't send them). Set boundaries. Say no.
Your body is holding what you won't express. Give it permission to release.
👉 Learn the release work in "My Fat Head." Link in bio.

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Diets fail because they fight biology.Your body interprets restriction as famine. So it:* Slows your metabolism (surviva...
11/02/2026

Diets fail because they fight biology.

Your body interprets restriction as famine. So it:
* Slows your metabolism (survival mode)
* Increases hunger hormones (ghrelin spikes)
* Decreases satiety hormones (leptin drops)
* Makes you obsessed with food (scarcity programming)

You're not failing the diet. The diet is failing BIOLOGY.

What works? Surgery + GLP-1s + psychology.

Because you can't willpower your way out of evolutionary survival programming.

Stop fighting biology. Work WITH it.

👉 "My Fat Head" shows you how. Link in bio.

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Your nervous system learned something in infancy: distress + food = safety.Every time you cried and got a bottle, your b...
10/02/2026

Your nervous system learned something in infancy: distress + food = safety.

Every time you cried and got a bottle, your brain wired: discomfort = eat.

That's not a character flaw. That's conditioning.

And now, 40 years later, when you're anxious, lonely, or sad, your body remembers the solution.
Eat.

Not because you're weak. Because your nervous system is doing exactly what it was trained to do.
The cure isn't more willpower. It's rewiring the association.

👉 Get the roadmap in "My Fat Head." Link in bio.

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That's the problem no one talks about.I've watched thousands of bariatric patients lose 100+ pounds and still reach for ...
09/02/2026

That's the problem no one talks about.

I've watched thousands of bariatric patients lose 100+ pounds and still reach for size 3XL. Still turn sideways through doorways. Still apologize for taking up space.

Your body transformed in 12 months. Your brain? It's still living in the old you.

This isn't vanity. This is neuroscience. Your self-concept updates SLOWLY, years behind your body.
And if you don't address this lag? You'll sabotage to return to the familiar.

The work isn't just losing weight. It's losing the identity of "the fat person."
That's harder than any diet.

👉 "My Fat Head" teaches you how. Link in bio.

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Word is spreading…”Obesity is not your fault, but it must become your responsibility”
01/02/2026

Word is spreading…”Obesity is not your fault, but it must become your responsibility”

My therapist asked me to bring my dreams to therapy.Dreams reveal unconscious patterns. Recurring food/eating dreams are...
30/01/2026

My therapist asked me to bring my dreams to therapy.

Dreams reveal unconscious patterns. Recurring food/eating dreams are your psyche trying to communicate something your conscious mind hasn't understood. The refrigerator often symbolises the unconscious, the mother, or inner nourishment. Eating without tasting suggests dissociation or searching for emotional fulfilment through physical means. Your dreams are diagnostic tools. Write them down. Explore their symbolism. Your unconscious knows what your conscious mind is avoiding. Listen to your dreams. They're telling your truth.

Konrad van Staden, author of My Fat Head: The Psychology of Weight Loss

On sale now:
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