Gyms are losing up to 50% memberships that have subscribed within the same year and its considered that up to 95% of diets fail With these alarming statistics it’s worth considering a sustainable approach to maintaining good health. When looking at our health, it’s important to see this through a balanced lense, that is […]
Feel the Fear and DO It Anyway!
You close your eyes, you get that sinking feeling that comes with the anxiety of change and a knowing that you’re about to go outside of your comfort zone… You see the thing is, this is the pain point that most people stop at. It’s fundamentally what disables them, and prevents them from achieving their […]
The Importance of Female Bonding to Health
Harvard Medical School found in a study that the more friends a woman had, the less likely she was to develop physical impairments while aging and the more likely she was to lead a joyful life. Our origins as social creatures (while the hunters went out to hunt) meant coming together to share responsibilities which, […]
How do we adapt our health to different cultural environments?
I have fond memories of my childhood vacations: family meals over a big table full of tapas, sangria flowing freely and those long hot summer nights. This is because my family’s happy-place was Spain, and with this came a different culture. So now as an adult reflecting back after most of my life spent in […]
How to notice your self sabotage?
Why would anyone want to sabotage themselves for the things that create happiness? Well, it turns out that this is a common trait on the way to achieving long terms goals. Typically it’s based on our fears or limiting beliefs that we have created over time. The most common self-sabotage I see in my profession […]
Resistance or Surrender – how do you overcome the challenge?
Surrender: to stop resisting to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority? This is the Google definition of surrender so it must be right, hey? Now, I’m not on a battlefield so maybe you’re like me and asking how can we surrender to what feels like the biggest challenges, or burdens on our […]
I drank only coconut water for 11 days!
The buzz words “Intermittent Fasting” are becoming very familiar, but what about “Autophagy”? Auto coming from the word “self” and phagein “to eat”. This is literally the process that happens in the body when fasting occurs and cells are broken down and therefore regeneration of newer cells occur. I had been benefiting from intermittent […]
What I learned from my customers nutrition journey
As a child, I would walk into the house and would head directly to the kitchen. I’d fumble in the fridge, eat anything simmering in a pot and then rustle together something from leftovers. So I was clearly destined to be a foodie. Those of you who consider yourself a ‘foodie’ will know that […]
How to tap directly into your personal source of energy
It wasn’t so long ago that I remember being in a yoga class where the teacher decided that the first 5 minutes of class would be focused on breathing. When I say breathing I won’t underestimate the difference from what my body was used to; i.e. a full inhalation expanding my ribs and allowing […]