About Light Minds Collective

My Story

I grew up in Cheltenham, immersed in the dance industry. From a young age, I believed that my success, achievements and acceptance would come if I lost weight. This conditioning instilled deep-rooted shame because my body never conformed to that ideal. For years, I struggled with Orthorexia and negative body image, feeling that I was failing both as a dancer and as a person. 

My orthorexia went undiagnosed for seven years due to the lack of awareness around eating disorders and BMI within GP practices. Eating disorders are not a weight illness, but many don't get the support they deserve because they are measured on the BMI chart (by which time the eating disorder has usually taken hold).

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It wasn’t until my 30s that I began to realise that we can’t all achieve a thin body, and my difficulty with restriction wasn’t a sign of weak willpower. It was a sign that my body was trying to protect me. I also discovered that beauty is not confined to a specific size or shape, and that being a great dancer is about so much more than weight or appearance.

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Everyone deserves to feel confident in their skin and see their worth beyond their body. My mission is to help people eat and exercise intuitively whilst guiding them toward self-compassion and self-respect. My purpose is to educate and inspire others to see that their dress size or weight doesn’t define them—there’s so much more that shapes who we are, and it’s the least interesting thing about us.