You are sitting in at doctor’s office, feeling dead-tired. You can barely muster the energy to sit upright and you're wondering how you'll make it through the day. You’ve been dragging yourself through your life for months, waking up just as exhausted as when your head hit the pillow, desperately hoping your doctor will finally give you an answer.

You're calling into the office, your doctor smiles;"Good news! Your bloodwork is completely normal. Everything looks perfect. You’re probably just a little stressed, how about you try to get some more sleep."

Your heart sinks. Instead of feeling relieved, you feel utterly defeated.  Why don't they have the answer?

Click here to read more

The “neurobiological nexus” describes interactions between the brain, the body, and behaviour. It is used to describe how physiological and neurological systems shape human thoughts, emotions, and actions.

Why is this an important movement in modern health research? Because when it comes to modern (allopathic) medicine, the body has been broken up into parts and aren’t considered as ‘interactive’ with each other. When something goes wrong, they only look at one system – the brain, the gut, the liver as examples. They think of the body like a car. 

Click here to read more

‘Holistic health’ is quite the buzz word these days, but what does it mean? As someone who offers holistic health coaching, I’ll share the concept from my eyes, as I see it.

‘Holistic’ when referring to medicine describes the treatment of the whole person, taking into account mental and social factors, rather than just the symptoms of an illness.

So that’s pretty straight-forward. Holistic health coaching is about supporting someone to a place of health, considering all factors – physical, emotional, mental and spiritual.

Click here to read more

If you’ve ever genuinely understood why something isn’t working for you, and still found yourself repeating the same pattern, you’re not alone! This was my life until a few short years ago. 

The mismatch between mindset work and noticeable change is one of the biggest frustrations people experience in personal growth and health work. You do the mindset work. You know the underlying beliefs. You may even be able to explain the pattern clearly. And yet your behaviour, reaction, or symptom returns anyways.

This is often where we blame ourselves:
I must not be trying hard enough.
I must be self‑sabotaging.
I must need another tool.

But very often, the issue isn’t motivation or insight.

It’s that the work has stayed in the mind, while the pattern is being held in the body.

Click here to read more

You hear about stress all the time, and you may have been told that stress impacts your emotional and physical health – but what the hell is it??

Stress is an acute response by the body when faced with a threat – be it physical, emotional, chemical, or spiritual. The body responds by activating what is called the sympathetic nervous system. This response prepares you to fight, or flee.  

When the danger passes, we return to a parasympathetic state, which is where we rest, digest, heal and rejuvenate. This is the opposite arm of the autonomic nervous system, and this operates below the level of conscious awareness, meaning, you don’t have any control over it. 

In celebration of my 40th birthday, I’ve reflected on all things I’ve learned, experienced, and mastered which have lead me to achieve exceptional holistic health and wellbeing.

This include all areas of health – physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual.

Muscle is often recommended for appearance, performance, and bone density, but the holistic health benefits of building muscle extend far beyond this goal.

This is something I teach with my clients and one of the reasons why I've stuck with weight training myself for such a long time now, wondering for years why it was so 'empowering' - well, finally the science is catching up. 

Beyond aesthetics, building and maintaining muscle influences metabolism, hormonal balance, nervous system function, and long-term physical resilience. When viewed holistically, muscle is less an optional goal and more a foundational piece of long-term health.

Much of the conversation around eating, fat loss, and consistency assumes that we are able to accurately interpret body signals. Hunger, fullness, energy levels, and emotional states are assumed to be accessible and suggested to be used as a reliable guides for behaviour around food.

In reality, this is often not the case, and this is why so many women get stuck. 

When it comes to our relationship with food, eating behaviour is often limited to discipline, consistency, and adherence to a plan. Success is associated with control, while inconsistency is interpreted as a ‘lack of willpower’ - and this is where we get stuck. 

For many people, the experience of eating does not conform to this model. It is common to move between periods of structure and planning, to moments of impulsivity, emotional eating, or disengagement. These shifts can be confusing and overwhelming, particularly when they seem to contradict your goals or values.

Internal Family Systems (IFS), a psychological model developed by Richard Schwartz, offers a more nuanced way of understanding this dynamic. Rather than viewing the mind as a single, unified voice, IFS suggests that it is composed of multiple 'parts,' each with its own perspective, emotional experience, and intention. These parts interact with one another and can influence behaviour in different ways at different times.

For me personally, I’ve found the parts model of behaviour more helpful than any other kind of structure when it comes to lasting change, and it’s something my clients quite quickly understand and find transformative, especially when it comes to food. 

Meditation is one of those very beneficial activities that most people avoid doing because they ‘can’t do it’. It’s actually really easy, but I also struggled when I started. In this post I want to share with you the power of meditation for health and healing, because it was pivotal in my own path back to health.

I want to show you how, and why you should try it out, so you can reap the rewards sooner than later. 

We will start with the why, then I will share with you the how you can harness the power of meditation.