Trying to change your habits, you may be surprised to meet our “inner child”. In the middle of learning to live without old habits, our toddler selves might be pouting, saying “No! Mine!”, kicking our heels on the oor, and whining. Waaaaaah! I wanna cookie! Or maybe our adolescent selves might be wanting to rebel, break rules, or shock imaginary parents who are, like, totally boring and stupid and don’t understand anything. This sucks! You can't tell me what to do! I'm eating

I first wrote this article at the start of the year, but it applies to any time of the year. I say this as the start of the year is the most common time of the year for people to decide to make changes to their health. I also write this while I live in the Northern Hemisphere. A time of year that is in the middle of winter, when not a lot of things are happening. The Christmas holidays are over and the daily routine of going to work and spending weekends around home kicks in.

If your unwanted habits are a chain, it's time to break the links. The Food Chain Have you ever overeaten, then checked back into reality wondering what the heck happened? Like it seemed like that bag of cookies blindsided you and drove off, leaving you in a pile of crumbs. Did anyone catch the license plate of that sugar truck? It's common. How do those mindless, uncontrolled events happen? Think of unwanted autopilot and overeating like that last link in a chain. It might s

If you use these 4 strategies with every meal, I guarantee you'll have an amazing physical transformation this year... 1) Pay attention to the cooking method The way a meal is cooked determines how many calories, how much added fat, and the number of nutrients that survive. This simple factor will make or break your weight loss goal. Avoid foods prepared like this: · Fried and battered · Processed and packaged · Doused with cream sauce · Sauteed Choose foods that are prepared

I have found that the easiest client to coach is one that doesn’t already have perceived ideas about what it takes to be healthy. In previous coaching articles I have written how important it is to have a ‘growth mindset’ compared to a ‘fixed mindset’, when it comes to changing what you currently have to something better. A growth mindset allows you to take on board new ideas and attempt challenges you might have thought impossible to overcome. A growth mindset is one that se

One of the most common misconceptions in the world of health and fitness is should everyone looking to improve physically, lift weights? Misconceptions can be 'If I lift weights won't I just bulk up?', 'Don't light weights more reps, tone muscles, where heavy weights and less reps, builds muscles?' Both are wrong and right. It all depends on what you want to achieve. But lifting weights is more than just toning or building your muscles. There are countless number of other ben

One of the most common misconceptions in the world of health and fitness is should everyone looking to improve physically, lift weights? Misconceptions can be 'If I lift weights won't I just bulk up?', 'Don't light weights more reps, tone muscles, where heavy weights and less reps, builds muscles?' Both are wrong and right. It all depends on what you want to achieve. But lifting weights is more than just toning or building your muscles. There are countless number of other ben

One secret to a lean and healthy body: Paying attention. What's going on right now? In this moment, What are you doing? What are you thinking? How are you feeling? What's around you? Maybe it's not clear. Maybe you're trying to answer an email while listening to music or talking on the phone, or driving (please, no). Maybe you're trying to multi-task and juggle all the demands on your attention all at once. The brain is constantly making decisions. Most of them are automatic