Life Coaching

You cant eat an elephant in one bite

Ok… Hopefully, by now you have taken the time to sit and at least ponder the idea of what it is that you’d like to achieve. You’ve listed your goal(s), and also made a comparable list of the things you would like to leave behind. And no, I don’t mean your mother-in-law! Even though you have conceived a goal and have realized the value it will bring, you still need to be practical about it and ask yourself a few questions: A common reason that people do not reach their objective, is …

The mouse in the bathtub

This morning I was woken by a strange noise at around 5 am. Being the mum of two young children I naturally assumed that it was one of them so I waited a good ten minutes to see if they would settle themself- after all, they weren’t crying. The noise didn’t stop, so I went to investigate, armed to put them back into bed. Instead, to my surprise, I found a small mouse had fallen into the bathtub and was scampering around trying to get out! Now, this little guy had been …

Because sometimes you should focus on yourself, too

We live in a time full of information, one click on the internet, and everything you ever wanted to know is at your fingertips. But with all this “instant- info”‘ we seem to be struggling to “find the time” to look after ourselves as well. Statistically, we are the fattest nation, with some of the highest levels of diabetes, heart disease, and cancers in the world. How can this be so if we are also one of the most educated ?? Surely Knowledge is Power, right? I think the term “knowledge is …

Step outside of your comfort zone!

With the New Year now in full swing, I am starting to ponder the things I would like to achieve in 2014: my goals. Whilst I think that New Years Resolutions have their place, personally, I prefer to use the transitory time to reflect on “the year that was”, and focus on the areas I’d like to improve on. Play to your Strengths, and Strengthen your Weaknesses, Words I live by. We all have dreams… At one point or another we look at others and their achievements, and “wish that we could …

Food + Exercise + Mindset = Happiness

At the risk of sounding like the Sheldon Cooper of the Naturopathic world, today I want to talk a little about the Chemistry of our emotions and mood… (One of my absolute favorite topics, so forgive me when I keep on talking… lol.) Mental health is by far one of the largest “issues” I see in the clinic, yet I still feel like most of us are only scratching the surface on how to correct it. The current medical model of “antidepressant” medications is dying a fast death, with the next …

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Motivation alone will not allow you to achieve your goals!!!!

I used to think that it was a motivation that got you to achieve your goals… That the sparks of excitement would power me through to achieving glorious things! I thought it was the motivation that kept you going when times got tough and motivation was that kick up the ass that you needed to get through. But what happens when you lose motivation?? One of two things happen. The first option is that you fall into a heap, everything turns to shit & you end up back at square one, or worse, …

Hibernation Mode; Keeping your focus during the colder months

Is it just me, or has Mother Nature just turned out the lights?! I have a feeling this Winter is going to be a cold one. During the colder, darker months, most of us like to slip into a hibernation-like mode; Clothes become bulkier and can hide those few extra kilos; motivation to move diminishes and your inclination to eat “whatever” is on the rise. A large number of us also become victims to what has been named “Seasonal Affective Disorder”, otherwise known as “The Winter Blues”. We isolate ourselves and …

Too much is just as bad as too little.

As one of the great founders of Nature-based Medicine, Hippocrates, once said “Dosis Facit Venemon”. Translated, this literally means ‘The Dosage is the Poison’… Yes.. too much of anything (or too little) will kill you. I know this might seem like a no-brainer comment to most of you, but one of the most common things I come across in clinic, is the notion that if you take an extra vitamin pill here or there, then you get an ‘extra’ result. With the massive influx of over-the-counter supplements available, combined with …

Are you a rebel at heart?

Raise your hand if you are a habitual self-sabotager?!? Are you always destroying all the hard work you did, maybe on a healthy eating regime? Or having all of those ‘good days’, only to think “stuff it, I deserve a reward for that!!”…. Well, did you know that the part of your brain which is responsible for this rebellion vs reward, is the reptilian part of our brain called the Amygdala. (it is called the Reptilian part, because it is the oldest part of our brain, or the first part …

18Jun

Break free from food stress

Last week I had two wonderful people come into the clinic who had been following certain dietary paradigms for a number of years, respectively. One had been vegan, the other had done keto. Both were ready to give it the shove because they felt like it hadn’t been working for them. I can’t tell you how proud I was of these two for having the courage to do this – after spending a long while submersing themselves into each way of living, they were extremely knowledgeable and well-researched, and could …