“Withyn is a space for curiosity, clarity, and gentle transformation. Born from my
own journey through obesity, grief, and self-discovery, it combines knowledge, small
steps, and real understanding to make lasting change possible — and surprisingly
joyful.”

Withyn was born out of my own years of struggling with weight, grief, self-doubt, and a kind of
hopelessness that settled far deeper than I ever expected.
For nearly a decade, I lived inside the fallout of losing an identity I had trusted — the professional
self I had worked so hard to become. When that fell away, it opened a seemingly bottomless pit of frustration, despair, and grief.

The judgment from the outside world didn’t help. The quiet daily humiliations so many people
living with obesity know all too well — the looks, the assumptions, the isolation — pulled me into
a spiral I couldn’t seem to stop. Diets failed. Willpower failed. Everything felt like it failed.
And then, in 2018, something shifted.

I realised that no quick fix would change my body — so I turned to understanding it. I read
relentlessly about obesity and its many dimensions. That knowledge guided my next steps,
helping me take action in a way that finally made sense — and that ultimately, more on the
sideline then anything else, slimmed me down for good.

What surprised me most was that it wasn’t a battle anymore. Once I understood what was
happening in my body and more importantly in my head and why, the journey became gentler
and far more joyful than I ever expected. Change didn’t feel heavy — it felt possible.
This is the spirit that shapes Withyn: a space where curiosity, knowledge, and small, steady
steps create transformations that are not just achievable, but genuinely uplifting.
And this is also why I feel so strongly about sharing it.
I know the grief, I know the shame people should never have been made to carry.
I know the loneliness, the confusion, and the exhaustion of trying everything and still feeling lost.
Withyn grew from the simple, human lessons I gathered along the way — and from a deep desire
to offer others the kind of clarity and care I so desperately needed myself.
Loneliness, depression, hopelessness and obesity are all expressions of an ever-widening void in
our modern world.

Learning to understand and tend to that void is where real change begins.
This approach has transformed my life, and I believe — with sincerity — that it can transform
yours as well.

Warmly,
Andrea
Founder of Withyn