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Breaking the Rules

A six week course supporting people to step away from restrictive beliefs and behaviours, and confidently embrace their perfectly imperfect selves.

Pause to examine restrictive beliefs and unhelpful behaviours that no longer serve you well

Explore ways to step out of autopilot and attune to your own needs, rather than being governed by shoulds & oughts

Develop a more playful attitude towards food, your wellbeing and a compassionate relationship with yourself

Emerge ready to embrace your perfectly imperfect self

This course is run jointly by Dr Natalie Chambers and Nutritional Therapist Marissa-Catherine Carrarini. Draw on our expertise in Counselling Psychology and Nutritional Therapy to break free from restrictive beliefs and behaviours.

The 6 week course will cover:

  • What is wellbeing? What does wellbeing mean to us and why is it important?

  • Unhelpful rules: what are they and how do they impact our emotional and physical wellbeing?

  • Tuning into ourselves: how to discern what we’re really feeling and what we really need

  • Moving beyond ‘shoulds’ and ‘oughts’: how to confidently and calmly meet our own needs

  • Self-criticism: What is it? How is it impacting us? How to develop greater self-compassion

“I would definitely recommend. I enjoyed the experience immensely and it really changed my perspective. I have taken a way lots of good tools to challenge all the rules I’ve listened to and believed most of my life.”

— SUMMER WORKSHOP FEEDBACK

“I knew it would be a really kind and safe space but I was nervous that I wouldn’t feel comfortable. But it really was a wonderful experience and Marissa and Natalie made it a warm and caring space and brought a lot of practical and relevant perspectives that helped challenge in a positive way.”

— GROUP WORKSHOP PARTICIPANT

It can be really helpful to know and understand how to identify a rule, particularly unhelpful or unhealthy rules. Here are three things to consider: 1. LANGUAGE: Unhelpful rules are usually rigid in nature, using absolute and excessive language to
How do I know if it’s a rule?! ⁠ ⁠ A major give away when it comes to identifying unhelpful rules is the language it is framed in. ⁠ ⁠ Unhelpful rules are generally rigid and excessive in nature, and the language we use tends to reflect that un
A major clue as to whether something is a rule, rather than just a ‘healthy standard’, are the emotions we experience if that rule is broken. Or sometimes, even just when we fear that the rule might be broken. ‘Rule-break’ sit
A fun challenge: ⁠ ⁠ Think of a food that you have “issues” with. Maybe you find this food “unhealthy” or “unsafe” in some way. Maybe it is a food that you often hear “criticised”. Maybe you have told y