Monthly Archives: April 2020

Exercise is the best Medicine Part 2: The Struggle is Real

When I began writing my last post, it started out as kind of a tribute to my parents; how they got me into training and eating healthy at an early age, and how I grew to be so passionate about the importance of exercise. But as I continued to write, the story took on a life of its own and tuned in to something completely different. I don’t think I …

Exercise is the Best Medicine: Struggles with Body Image

I originally started writing this article weeks ago, to talk about my passion for health and fitness and how great exercise is for your mental heath, especially in stressful times like these; But as I wrote, the story took on a life of its own and turned into something completely different. I didn’t really think I struggled that much with my relationship with food or body image until I started …

Thoughts Become Things

On average, humans have 48.6 thoughts per minute. That adds up to 70,000 thoughts per day! The crazy thing is, many of us aren’t even aware of the majority of what we are thinking. We remain completely identified with our minds. It is only when we start to become still, that we begin to notice the incessant chatter taking place in the background of our awareness; narrating and labelling everything …

Sometimes it’s ok to Feel Like a Bag of Shit

UUUUUAAAGGHH I feel so unmotivated today. Little bit of anxiety as well. Which I deserve, considering I drank all of the things on Saturday and woke up face down on my bathroom floor wearing one clown shoe, a fuzzy jacket and sunglasses. . I plan to cure this 2 day hangover with fresh air, a run, yoga and good food. I am usually quite a positive person, but there are …