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Rachel Hunter

Fairy god-mother of your body image and relationship with food, here to unravel and unwind years of diet culture, binge and restricting and self-flagellation aka 6 am spin classes. Movement and food to support who you want to be, not who you should be

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Are simple and easy the same thing?

Hello Reader, It's Eating Disorder Awareness Week. And if we're really real, the health and fitness industry is rife with eating disorders and disordered eating. It's grim. I'm talking just about other coaches and PT's here... And there are lots of coaches who are leaving people worse off than how they found them, not necessarily on purpose, but ignorance is not a good enough excuse. Negligence is still a form of abuse, and it's just that simple. But I'll save my professional rants for...

Hello Reader, I hope you are EXCEPTIONAL this fine Friday. We had about 36 hours of sunshine this week in the UK, so happy days. Until February 12th, it had rained every single day of 2026, lovely. Anyway. I did something that made me really uncomfortable this week. And I got a massage. Doesn't sound like that should be something that made me that uncomfortable. (nothing to do with the masseuse, Emma was phenomenal, that call is coming from inside the house) If you're local to Berkhamsted,...

Hello Reader, I hope you're exceptional today. Reaching out for support can feel intimidating, but what is really stopping you from clicking the inquiry button? Like really, really, underneath all that intellectualizing (calling myself out there) You're right, nothing, secure my 1:1 spot NOW How do you know if it's a bad time to sign up for coaching? It would financially ruin you, then no, now is not the right time. You don't have a stable living situation, biblical-type life and death...

Hello Reader, I hope you are having a spectacular Friday. 1:1 Coaching spots close February 15th- only four spots left mes amis, MAKE HASTE Nab your spot here As stated previously, I have been rewatching Mad Men, and now I am sitting in the lounge of The Standard Hotel in London, and it's a 70’s dreamscape. delicous I love it. I'm having a great day. Anyway, enough about me. I used to have a really hard time explaining what it is that I do. And now I think I’ve gotten it down to an art. We...

Hello Reader, Mon petit pois, I thought I scheduled this newsletter for Friday. Surprise to me that it never went out!! Oopsie daisy... I am going to be changing up the format of this newsletter! You have learned lots, you are always learning, and where is the line between learning and doing? As a serial learner and intellectualizer myself, I'd rather read about how good it is to go for a walk than go for a walk, BUT only one of them is going to give me the benefit... So we need to start...

Hello Reader, Mon petit pois, I have bravely risen from the depths of the great October cold of 2025. I am mostly glad that all of my teeth haven't fallen out due to the sheer number of cough drops I've consumed, and don't even get me started on the clattering my liver took from paracetamol... We rise. On with the email... "Omg, I, Rach, I just really admire your confidence." It is meant with such nice intentions, and I recognise that. I really do. HOWEVER, I hate it... Part of it is my own...

Hello Reader, I hope you are having a wonderful Friday, a bit dreary here in the UK, but I'm honestly excited to start hibernating... Is tracking calories bad for you?? We've seen both arguments for and against spouted on the internet back and forth at nauseum. So naturally, I want to throw my hat in the ring. Ha, just kidding, I take a fairly nuanced take. Put that on my gravestone. The question is not if it's BAD. Nothing is entirely good or bad, she says as if she's philosopher Yoda now....

Hello Reader, I hope you are magnificent today, my little pumpkin spice, oat milk latte with extra pumpkin, extra shot, and extra pumpkin cold foam. I had good feedback on the sugar muffin nomenclature from last week, but I wanted it to be weirder. So here we are. Anyway, on with the email: I know I've been open about feeling 'meh' in our little newsletters. You'll be pleased to know that I do have people I speak to in my life, and I'm not holding you hostage in some parasocial-reverse...

Hello Reader, Happy Friday, my sweet. I should probably be less honest, but SCREW IT. SO I'm in Canada for five whole lucious weeks. I'm extremely fortunate to be here. I love that I can work while I'm here and spend time enjoying the outdoors, as well as seeing my friends and family. You know what they say, a change is as good as a rest. And as much as we want everything to be perfect all the time, contrast provides clarity. Changing my routine and environment has provided clarity about how...

Hello Reader, I hope you are having a spectacular Friday. Marvelous, wonderous, everything and more! A very (unusually) quick one from me. We cannot control the beauty standards. We can't control how the media picks women's bodies apart limb from limb. Too tall, too small, too fat, too thin, too old, too young, trying too hard, not trying hard enough. And it is maddening. I'm not here as a societal messaging apologist... It is deranged...You're right. But. And it's a big but. We can't stop...