WeightMatters

WeightMatters Our mission is to transform your relationship with weight, food, eating and your body.

WeightMatters provides counselling therapy and nutrition for people who struggle with weight, food, eating, and their body.

✨ MEET THE TEAM ✨Patience is one of our Integrative Psychotherapists 💚Patience has over 15 years of experience supportin...
04/06/2026

✨ MEET THE TEAM ✨

Patience is one of our Integrative Psychotherapists 💚

Patience has over 15 years of experience supporting clients through life’s emotional, relational, and psychological challenges.

She supports clients with:

→ Anxiety & depression
→ Trauma & emotional distress
→ Relationships & intimacy
→ Grief & bereavement
→ Disordered eating & body image
→ Executive stress & burnout
→ Identity & life transitions

Her therapy style is warm, compassionate, creative, and collaborative, helping clients feel supported, empowered, and truly understood.

“You don’t need to be in crisis to seek mental health support - it’s part of ongoing wellbeing and self-care.”

03/06/2026

A lot of people hear “longevity” and think it means complicated routines or expensive supplements.

But healthy ageing usually comes down to something much simpler: consistency with the basics.

The foundations that make the biggest difference:

✅ good sleep (and regular sleep times)
✅ daily movement (walking counts - strength helps even more)
✅ fresh air and daylight
✅ nourishing food most of the time
✅ safe relationships, laughter, and support

Those aren’t small things - they’re the habits that help your body recover, stay resilient, and feel better for longer.

If you’d like support building a plan that fits your real life, HealthMatters Group is here. Explore our services and book a friendly discovery call.

01/06/2026

Happy Pride Month 🌈

Pride is a celebration - and also a reminder that everyone deserves to feel safe being themselves.

Inclusion isn’t a big public statement. It’s the everyday choices:

• not assuming someone’s gender or relationship
• using the language someone asks for
• speaking up when “banter” becomes harmful
• making space for different identities, families, and needs

Many people spend years editing themselves to avoid judgement. That’s not “being sensitive” - that’s self-protection.

This month, let’s choose curiosity over assumptions, and acceptance over comparison. Because belonging isn’t a “nice extra” - it supports mental health.

From all of us at HealthMatters Group: Happy Pride 💛

29/05/2026

💜 As we come to the end Action on Stroke Month Sue, our Nutritional Therapist and Functional Medicine Practitioner, explains that many of the risk factors for a stroke are modifiable 💜

Research suggests that factors such as smoking, physical inactivity, poor diet, chronic stress, excess alcohol intake, poor sleep, and blood pressure can all play a major role in long-term stroke risk.

In this video, Sue talks about how nutritional therapy and lifestyle medicine can help support:

✔️ Blood sugar balance
✔️ Vascular health
✔️ Inflammation
✔️ Nervous system regulation
✔️ Sustainable lifestyle change

The important message is this: small changes can make a meaningful difference over time.

Whether it’s walking more regularly, improving nutrition, reducing smoking or alcohol intake, prioritising sleep, or managing stress more proactively, small, modifiable, and preventative health measures matter.

✨ MEET THE TEAM ✨Dr Natascha Van Zyl is a Health Psychologist & Lifestyle Medicine Specialist Dr Van Zyl supports people...
28/05/2026

✨ MEET THE TEAM ✨

Dr Natascha Van Zyl is a Health Psychologist & Lifestyle Medicine Specialist

Dr Van Zyl supports people navigating:

→ Anxiety & depression
→ Chronic health conditions
→ Trauma & stress
→ Obesity & bariatric care
→ Hormonal transitions & women’s health
→ Addiction & emotional wellbeing

Health challenges are rarely “just physical” or “just psychological”. The relationship between mind and body is deeply connected, and meaningful change often requires support for both.

Her approach combines psychology, lifestyle medicine, mindfulness, and compassionate, personalised care to help clients feel less stuck and more connected to themselves again.

At the heart of her work is a simple belief: lasting change happens when people feel understood, empowered, and supported without judgement.

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Meet Hillary Smith 💚Hillary is an Integrative Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor at HealthMatters Group, supporting...
21/05/2026

Meet Hillary Smith 💚

Hillary is an Integrative Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor at HealthMatters Group, supporting clients with anxiety, disordered eating, binge eating, bulimia, and the emotional impact of chronic illness.

Her approach is calm, collaborative, and tailored to the individual, working collaboratively alongside clients.

One client described working with Hillary as:

“Feeling understood without judgement… for the first time in a long time, I feel more hopeful about the future.”

Seeking support can feel like a big step, but the right therapeutic relationship can make all the difference.

16/05/2026

Most people don’t need more pressure to “push through”.
They need better recovery. 💚

For Mental Health Awareness Week, James, the CEO and founder of The HealthMatters Group, shares 5 practical ways to support your mental wellbeing and recovery during stressful, busy, or emotionally draining periods:

✔️ Reframing stress as a signal, not a personal flaw
✔️ Move gently and consistently, instead of focusing on intensity
✔️ Support steadier energy and mood through nutrition
✔️ Build small nervous system "pause" moments into your day
✔️ Ask for support earlier than you think you need it

Small, sustainable habits can make a real difference to how your mind and body cope under pressure.

And if you’re struggling, you do not have to wait until you’ve completely “hit the wall” before reaching out for support.

The HealthMatters Group team is here to help you move forward with compassionate, personalised care.

This National Women’s Health Awareness Week, we wanted to share some of the most common challenges we see affecting wome...
15/05/2026

This National Women’s Health Awareness Week, we wanted to share some of the most common challenges we see affecting women’s health.

From hormonal changes and autoimmune conditions to heart disease, chronic stress, burnout, and conditions that take years to diagnose, many women are carrying far more than people realise.

Too often, symptoms are minimised, normalised, or dismissed as “just stress” or “just hormones”.

Women’s health is complex and deeply interconnected.

Physical health, emotional well-being, sleep, stress, nutrition, and hormonal health all influence one another, which is why we take an integrated approach at the HealthMatters Group, always looking at the bigger picture and leaning on our multi-disciplinary team where it's needed.

Swipe to explore:

→ Hormonal health across different life stages
→ Autoimmune disease in women
→ Heart disease awareness
→ Complex female conditions
→ The impact of balancing careers, caregiving, and chronic stress

✨ Meet Christine Everley ✨Christine is the Clinical Lead for Anorexia at HealthMatters Group, as well as a Person-Centre...
14/05/2026

✨ Meet Christine Everley ✨

Christine is the Clinical Lead for Anorexia at HealthMatters Group, as well as a Person-Centred & CBT Counsellor and Clinical Supervisor.

She supports individuals experiencing anorexia and complex mental health difficulties linked to eating presentations, offering compassionate, personalised care that recognises every person’s experience is unique.

Christine also has experience supporting people affected by:
→ Anxiety
→ OCD
→ Stress
→ Infertility
→ Cancer diagnoses and related emotional challenges

One of the things Christine values most is helping clients, and often their families and loved ones, feel supported during difficult periods in life.

At the HealthMatters Group, we believe meaningful support starts with truly understanding the individual behind the struggle.

13/05/2026

This Mental Health Awareness Week, here’s your reminder not to wait until you’re completely overwhelmed before taking your mental health seriously. 💚

We’re sharing 5 simple, practical ways to support your mental wellbeing when life feels busy or emotionally heavy:

✔️ Create one stabilising daily anchor
✔️ Focus on the specific pressure point, not self-judgement
✔️ Reach out for small moments of connection
✔️ Protect your sleep and evenings
✔️ Complete one small task at a time

Mental health support doesn’t always start with huge changes. Often, it begins with small steps repeated consistently.

And if you’re struggling, please remember - you don’t have to navigate it alone.

Our team at HealthMatters Group offers compassionate, evidence-based support across therapy, nutrition, health coaching, and integrated wellbeing care.

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