Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 17 minutes ago
"I looked healthy. I had the dream body. But I was so empty inside — I was always chasing the thing I never got."
Barbara Thompson spent over two decades in the world of bodybuilding, Jenny Craig, and marketing before she realised that looking healthy and actually being healthy are two very different things. In this conversation, Barbara shares how hitting rock bottom at 38 led her to therapy, food as medicine, and ultimately a complete reinvention of her life and career.
Barbara Thompson is a therapist and founder of Self Care Studio in Australia. She helps people reconnect with themselves and transform how they relate to themselves and others. From her private studio in Shellharbour, NSW and online with clients around the world, Barbara supports people who feel stuck in people pleasing, overthinking, stress and emotional overwhelm. Her work helps people understand who they truly are, reclaim their self trust and move through life with greater clarity, confidence and emotional freedom.
If you'd like to earn an Internationally Accredited Certificate in Nutrition like Barbara, go here: bit.ly/4mgz6SG
"I looked healthy. I had the dream body. But I was so empty inside — I was always chasing the thing I never got."
Barbara Thompson spent over two decades in the world of bodybuilding, Jenny Craig, and marketing before she realised that looking healthy and actually being healthy are two very different things. In this conversation, Barbara shares how hitting rock bottom at 38 led her to therapy, food as medicine, and ultimately a complete reinvention of her life and career.
Barbara Thompson is a therapist and founder of Self Care Studio in Australia. She helps people reconnect with themselves and transform how they relate to themselves and others. From her private studio in Shellharbour, NSW and online with clients around the world, Barbara supports people who feel stuck in people pleasing, overthinking, stress and emotional overwhelm. Her work helps people understand who they truly are, reclaim their self trust and move through life with greater clarity, confidence and emotional freedom.
If you'd like to earn an Internationally Accredited Certificate in Nutrition like Barbara, go here: bit.ly/4mgz6SG
