How do I maintain motivation with exercise?
My experience with exercise hasn’t always been a positive one. I can tell you I wasn’t consistent with regular exercise until I was in my mid-twenties. Even then, and now, I fall into periods of being motivated, and then not motivated. This is natural and can be...
What is your mindset when it comes to your fitness, weight or wellbeing goals?
Are you someone that is motivated to exercise for a while and then stops? Do you join a gym, then quit after a month? To then join another gym and quit that one too? Do you make sweeping statements like, “I’m never eating chocolate again” or “I’m never drinking...
Because everyone deserves better mental health
I have always been very transparent about my mental health with clients and friends. It is much more acceptable to be open about this topic these days and the support networks/organisations being created to help people with mental health issues is fantastic. The NHS...
How would the online Strength in health & habits course work for me?
Have you ever thought that your activity levels or eating habits are causing you problems mentally or physically? Do you feel tired, weak, pained, unproductive and unmotivated? Or do you find the gym a scary and intimidating place because you have no idea what you’re...
Am I unknowingly eating something that is affecting my mental health?
This blog is about my journey of going gluten free and why I chose to do it. After a previous entry about how quitting caffeine helped alleviate my anxiety, I felt it was only fitting to write about how going gluten free helped my depression. It came upon me by...
What are some of the biggest mistakes people make when embarking on a fitness journey?
A collection of things that I wish I had known when I was starting out with exercise. There will probably be a part two to this, there are so many things I could list! Doing the same tired routine over and over again. The most common thing I get asked is, “why am I...
How quitting coffee helped cure my anxiety.
I was a coffee addict. I LOVE it. The taste. The smell. The whole process of going to a coffee shop and sitting in a sunny window, watching the world go by. Using it as a positive means to be productive. Using it as a social anchor. But I got to a point when I was...
Why do we let our weight define us and our progress?
This is a serious topic and I’m writing it as a person who was an absolute slave to the scales. So much so, that they’ve made me cry on numerous occasions. And I’ve now come to realise how silly that was. I used to weigh myself when I got out of bed, again after...
Why we shouldn’t be pressurising ourselves to lose weight in quarantine.
I’m not quite sure what day it is to be honest. I didn’t even know it was April until about the 7th. Weeks and soon months will be drifting by and we are at home in quarantine due to the horrendous outbreak of coronavirus. My Partner and I haven’t been anywhere in...