Are you stressing yourself fat?
If you think that being stressed means you’re burning more energy – you’re wrong. Stress affects us in a variety of negative ways, and one of these is that you…
How to make your new habits sustainable
You have just started your new life. Healthy eating according to a strict schedule, exercise, and no sweets or snacks at the weekend. Instead, you’re sitting on the sofa with…
New habits? What you can expect when you change your lifestyle
Changes in lifestyle are much more foreseeable than you might think since all behavioural change goes through the same stages. Regardless of whether you are to start exercising, switch to…
Setting goals and the power of the mind
I bought that cupboard (in the photo) destined for my dream house while I was still living in a modern flat with no thoughts at all about moving. I saw…
A goal without a plan is only a dream
Setting goals for oneself is something of a hot topic, training goals, diet goals and personal development. I can only agree with my experience as a conversational therapist, PT, and area manager. It’s essential to have a clear plan…
Important things about your health that your gut is trying to tell you
We’d rather not talk about stools, but the fact is that gut function is very important for our overall well-being and what we ‘leave behind’ says a lot about our…
Practical tips for reducing stress
Stress is the same thing as anxiety or fear – it’s a threat that signals fight or flight. Our survival system, built in from time immemorial, kicks in: a biological…
Cast off the mantle of victimhood and put on the winner’s jacket
The expression ‘mantle of victimhood’ refers to a person who sees themselves as a victim in a way that is over the top for the situation they are in. Someone…
How to know whether your behaviour is self-sabotaging
Hand on heart, are you someone who never allows yourself to succeed? Who throws a spanner in the works of everything you do, time after time, destroying or postponing important…