In this Medicspot guest lecture, Suzanne Laurie — midlife coach, nutritional therapist, and emotional binge-eating specialist — explores how your beliefs about your body, your past experiences, and your self-image can silently shape the way you eat.
This is part two of our three-part Emotional Eating Series designed to complement safe, medically supervised weight-loss treatment with the mindset and behavioural change needed for long-term success.
What You’ll Learn
How emotional eating develops from deep-rooted beliefs and past experiences
Why body dissatisfaction often causes overeating — not the other way around
How trauma, teasing, and diet culture can distort body image from childhood onward Why GLP-1 medications can quiet hunger but can’t heal emotional triggers
How low self-worth fuels the cycle of comfort eating and guilt
What “self-sabotage” really means — and why it’s often self-protection, not failure How to move from body negativity to body neutrality using small, realistic mindset shifts
Tools and Strategies Covered
Suzanne shares simple, science-backed practices to help reframe your relationship with food and your body:
Reflection exercises to uncover where your body beliefs began
Rewriting belief loops to challenge the “I can’t change because…” mindset Body neutrality practices — respecting your body without forcing self-love
Daily gratitude and mindful awareness of what your body does for you
Social media and mirror hygiene — creating environments that build self-worth instead of comparison
Practical self-respect habits that make long-term change achievable
Why This Matters
GLP-1 treatments such as Mounjaro and Wegovy can be powerful tools for weight management, but they don’t address the emotional or psychological drivers of eating. True transformation happens when medically supervised care is combined with mindset, behaviour, and self-compassion work. Suzanne explains how emotional healing can make GLP-1 support more effective — and how rebuilding self-worth changes not just eating habits but confidence, energy, and quality of life.
About the Speaker
Suzanne Laurie is a midlife coach, nutritional therapist, positive psychology practitioner, and emotional binge-eating disorder specialist. She helps people break free from food guilt, body shame, and all-or-nothing dieting patterns. This talk is part of Medicspot’s Behavioural Change Programme, which includes weekly health-coach check-ins, motivational emails, and a supportive WhatsApp community to help you stay on track while building lasting healthy habits.