In 2022-2023, the Australian Government spent $252 billion in 'health care'. Mind blowing! Yet one in two Australians (yes 50%), were estimated to have at least 1 of 8 chronic conditions such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, chronic back pain, asthma and arthritis. Over the past 50 years, there has been increasing levels of chronic … Continue reading Is your hunger for health making you sick?
Category: Behaviour
A Year in Reflection and Lessons for 2025
Taking a look back at the year that was can help us identify so many things. We can learn a lot about ourselves if we are willing to take a deeper look. We can be grateful of the lessons learnt, understand and identify our strengths, how we respond or react to certain situations and decide … Continue reading A Year in Reflection and Lessons for 2025
The ‘Spotlight Effect’: Does it hinder or help?
Does the Spotlight Effect affect us in a way that hinders or helps our personal happiness? Do you authentically live the true you all the time, regardless of any situation? Or do you feel you hold back in situations because of the fear of staring eyes? When you walk into a room, do you feel … Continue reading The ‘Spotlight Effect’: Does it hinder or help?
Forget resolutions. Intentions matter more.
The new year has arrived! Happy New Year 🥳. There is most likely a flurry of New Year's Resolutions about getting fit, losing weight or achieving other fitness related goals so I thought I would post something useful about exercise. Intentions vs resolutions. I thought about this during my last training session and decided that … Continue reading Forget resolutions. Intentions matter more.
Flexible Expectations
Do you ever have moments where you think 'why am I doing this? What is the point?'. Or perhaps you have had moments when you expected to achieve something, but you didn't. Did it impact your happiness because you thought you failed? As we move forward, we experience and learn new things changing us as … Continue reading Flexible Expectations
With health, be the tortoise.
How many times have you started a training program or a diet and within a few weeks (if you last that long), you give up? You're frustrated once again, annoyed with yourself for giving up and not seeing your goal through to the end. You want to commit but for some reason, your commitment just … Continue reading With health, be the tortoise.
A golden opportunity.
I learnt a very valuable lesson about the way opportunity presents itself recently that I want to share. Have you ever been in a position where you felt your work was no longer serving you and that the only option that seemed right was to quit your job? That you screamed to the universe 'I … Continue reading A golden opportunity.
I really want to do that, BUT… (are my habits getting in the way?)🤷♀️
Sound familiar? Do you hear yourself saying 'I really want to do that BUT...' and adding an excuse? I hear myself saying it from time to time especially when it comes to writing. My best guess is that we are all guilty of wanting to do things during our lifetime but we just don't get … Continue reading I really want to do that, BUT… (are my habits getting in the way?)🤷♀️
Break Free! From?…The Weight Loss Industry.
The weight loss industry is big business. In 2021, it is estimated that a whopping 70.3% of Australian adults aged 18 and over are either overweight or obese. With the Global Pandemic (COVID-19) now in its third year with no end in sight, that figure is bound to continue to rise. The reasons for this … Continue reading Break Free! From?…The Weight Loss Industry.
A New Year … Let’s enjoy the gift of time.
Patience is a virtue. Time is our friend. It's that time of year when we are looking ahead to the future, setting goals and wanting to fast track our health and fitness journey. January is a nice fresh start and we feel as though it is a great time to reset and start again. Each … Continue reading A New Year … Let’s enjoy the gift of time.
The Healthy Homosapien 