The Jessica Cooke Podcast

In this episode, I chat with Niamh Orbinski, a certified nutritionist, intuitive eating counsellor, and yoga teacher. Niamh’s book, "No Apologies: Ditch Diet Culture and Rebuild Your Relationship with Food," is a must-read.

If you’ve ever struggled with body image or your relationship with food, this episode is a must for you. If you’re constantly getting on the weighing scales, dieting, leaving out food groups, or counting calorie...

Over the past couple of years, I've learned so much about getting fit and healthy, about stress, boundaries, relationships and so much more.

I've made many mistakes, learned numerous lessons, and also had many successes.

In this episode, I'm doing a deep dive into all those lessons learned that I hope will help you on your journey.

Join me in this episode as I share my best tips and strategies from my own experience and from coachi...

We often think of weight gain as the primary negative impact of overeating and comfort drinking. 

However, have you stopped to consider how much these habits are really holding you back?

When I was unhealthy, all I could think about was weight loss and feeling good in my clothes. This focus held me back significantly.

It prevented me from seeing the bigger picture and from noticing all the other negative consequences that overeatin...

Do you often feel stressed out? 

Cortisol is a stress hormone with many important functions. However, when we are stressed out all of the time, cortisol has a really negative impact on our bodies and our minds.

In today’s podcast episode, I share with you my story of stress and how my health suffered so much from the pressure of juggling work and family life. I chat to you about  the science behind cortisol and what it’s doing to...

Do you often feel anxious and overwhelmed? Struggling under the pressures of family life and your career? For many years, everything in my life looked great from the outside.

I had a thriving successful women’s only gym, two small kids and a beautiful home. However, I was dying inside from the pressure of it all.

I would wake up every morning with a feeling of dread and anxiety. It felt in those moments like I’d take a deep breath ...

It was great to chat with Fiona Brennan of the Positive Habit on this week's podcast episode. Fiona’s book, 'Sleep Well: 8 Habits to Help You Fall Asleep, Stay Asleep, and Wake Up Refreshed,' has recently topped the book charts!

Fiona shares so many tips and strategies for thriving in your life and also getting a great night's sleep. Click play and let’s dive in.

All information on Fiona's services is available on www.thepositiv...

How do you know when your mindset is holding you back? What drives you to overeat, to skip workouts, to stop taking healthy action? When you figure this out, you can make big leaps forward in progress.

The solution to getting fit and healthy is not in the tracker apps. I believe all that stuff does is give you disordered eating and make you obsessed. What if you've been looking in the wrong places all this time? What if it's not y...

Do you track your food or count your calories?

It's my belief that counting calories causes disordered eating, and a study in PubMed USA has shown that 75% of people surveyed using food tracking apps agree.

In today's episode, I share with you 5 reasons why I believe you need to stop counting calories and share with you things to do instead so you can become fit and break free from the unhealthy habits holding you back!

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Have you ever felt like you're stuck, unable to break free from an unhealthy habit that's holding you back? I've been there too. It's only with hindsight, having gone through it and come out the other end, that I realised I need to make a few mindset shifts in order for me to be successful with this.

In today's episode, I'll share with you 5 barriers that might be preventing you from breaking free from those unhealthy habits. Clic...

I’m so excited to introduce you to my guest on the show today, Alana Kirk, who is a certified coach, best-selling author and motivational speaker. Alana is chatting to me today about how to get out of survival mode and into thriving mode.

As The Midlife Coach, she empowers women to thrive in, not just survive midlife, which today is a decades long stage from our 30's to our 60's.   She supports women to find clarity, confidence and...

Are you feeling a bit stuck with your diet and exercise routines? Well, you're not alone! Sometimes it can feel like we're going around in circles, doing the same things over and over again without seeing much progress. But guess what? There's a solution! And it starts with making some changes.

We're going to talk about all the tweaks and adjustments you might need to make to your fitness and food habits as you get older. What to d...

Do you struggle to implement healthy habits?  I'm currently  focusing on getting rid of my  phone outside of work hours, and I'm reminding myself of a really terrific method called the Slight Edge Method. The Slight Edge Method helps you look at habit building in a really simple way and if you’re anything like me, you excel when things are broken down into simple steps.

In today's episode, I share with you how this Slight Edge Meth...

In this podcast episode, I'm diving into something really important: getting healthy by understanding yourself better. It's like figuring out why you do what you do and how that can help you break free from the unhealthy habits holding you back.

For many years, I was so focused on trying harder and doing more, I never once took a step back and figured out what was driving me and why I was going around in loops. This episode may sav...

Have you been trying to get healthy by focusing on your food? 🥗 I really struggled with my fitness and health for many years, and one of the reasons I stayed so stuck for so long was because I thought the solution was to be found somewhere in nutrition. 🤔 The answer isn’t to be found by focusing solely on food. 🍽️ In today’s episode, I chat with you about the common problems I see in weight loss programs and why I recommend you ...