Brushing symptoms of stress off
In my opinion stress causes the most disruption to our health and wellbeing and whilst it is really hard to avoid some stressors in our lifestyle, we don’t always realise what many of our stressors are or that they even are a bigger underlying problem. That is because...
All disease begins in the gut
“All disease begins in the gut” – this is a quote attributed to the Ancient Greek physician Hippocrates nearly 2500 years ago and he was on to something. In our gut there are trillions of bacteria that make up the gut microbiome, which: Aid digestion Remove toxins...
I Blamed The Full Moon!
I’m going to be really honest, as much as I blamed the full moon for my recent funk the truth is; I’d let my routine slip which had an impact on my actions, my decisions and my energy. My mood was low, my ‘get up and go’ had ‘got up and gone’ and I was just going...
Women’s Wellbeing Online Bootcamp
So many women struggle with the same frustrations around inch loss resistance, hormonal imbalances, poor sleep and exhaustion. Wonderful women repeat the same behaviours but hope for a different outcome, or feel overwhelmed and uncertain about what actual action to...
A Peak Inside The Members Club
I have heard the same frustrations around inch loss resistance, hormonal imbalances, poor sleep and exhaustion (amongst other things) from so many women again and again and so setting up a monthly wellness membership has been my intention for a long time. I wanted to...
Scales Are For Fish
If these past few weeks of physical distancing, home schooling, being furloughed and just generally being out of routine are causing your eating and drinking habits to 'alter' then you are not alone. The first 5 weeks of lock-down felt like a holiday to me and that...
If my PE teacher’s could see me now
It’s almost been seven weeks since I emailed my clients to tell them that I was giving up teaching classes. To date that was one of the hardest emails I’ve had to write. In my heart and in my gut I knew a long time ago that this was the right decision but teaching...
Everything is better when we dance!
On 31st August 2016 I hung up my Zumba pants. I had been teaching the Latin inspired workout for over 6 years, in village and school halls, the gym where my fitness journey began, my own studio, even at the local army barracks - what a day that was!! I had shaken and...
Building an online wellness membership wasn’t prophetic
6 weeks ago I announced I was hanging up my trainers and moving away from face to face community fitness classes in one fixed area and building an online wellness membership. A week later Covid-19 made itself known in the UK and social distancing measures were put in...
2 Weeks Off and I Became An Impostor!
Today has been my first day back at work after two weeks on annual leave. I was fortunate enough to spend nine days in Portugal and had an amazing time but 14 days away from work came with a collection of emotions. I haven’t taken that much time off mid year since I...