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Wednesday Aug 15, 2018
Wednesday Aug 15, 2018
Have you ever just felt utterly stuck? Not sure what direction to go in, what to do with your life and how to actually find out what it is that you want?
Well, this week I have the lovely Anna May Terry joining us and she shares with us her amazing story of getting unstuck, figuring out what she wanted and the keys steps she took to find out.
From working in petrol stations to doing a Ph.D. in psychology to setting up a profitable business, traveling the world and shifting her mindset, we dive into some juicy topics.
Things like:
- The importance of self-development
- How journalling can be a powerful tool to help you move forward
- The importance of mindset in order to create what you want
- How she went one step at a time
- What to do when you're stuck around what you actually want
Resources mentioned
- Free Range Humans book
- Tom Barret Leadership Coach - for Network Marketing
- Mindset support - Episode 18: You are not your thoughts
- Join the Beat the Bloat Challenge here
Want to join me in my final 5-day coaching challenge of 2018?
Then click below to join the Beat the Bloat Challenge - starting 24th August with tons of free recipes, meal plan, resources and giveaways!!
>> Join the Beat the Bloat Challenge HERE <<
Tuesday Aug 07, 2018
Tuesday Aug 07, 2018
Over the past few weeks, I have had lots of people telling me they are pregnant! A lot of them being previous clients where this was a 'goal' we were heading for and it made me realise two important things:
1. I love it when I get emails from clients who say they are up the duff! (I am such an elegant writer aren't I?!)
2. I am actually super passionate about preconception care - despite the fact that is not really a 'thing' in our culture.
So this week on the podcast I am sharing with you my five pillars of preconception care BUT even if you're done having babies are never planning on having them, you could also call this podcast
The 5 pillars of strong and healthy women!
because what we are talking about here in optimising fertility and being fertile is the sign of a healthy woman - whether or not she wants to produce little sproglets. Fertility is just a sign of health - so these are great foundations for every woman who wants to feel GOOD.
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In this episode I talk more about:
- Why you shouldn't feel guilty if you've NEVER done any of these things
- Why what you put on your skin matters
- Why its time to change your cleaning products
- Creating healthy 'defaults' before getting pregnant
- Why I believe 3-9 months of intentional preconception care can help couples avoid a LOT of fertility stress and intervention
- Why I dislike Pregnacare supplements and think folic acid is a waste of time for most women
- The technology I used to track and regulate my period
- The main nutrients to get tested before conception
It's a jam-packed episode! Make sure you share it with any friends who you think it will help
Resources
- Here is one of the prenatals I've used (the other 2 I've used aren't available on Amazon and are only available through my practitioner only site)
- Join the Beat the Bloat Challenge HERE
- Listen to Ep 07 to here why I think I got pregnant so quickly
- The app I used to track my periods HERE
Got questions? Then let me know in the comments below
Wednesday Aug 01, 2018
Wednesday Aug 01, 2018
Have you found yourself stuck in certain habits or behaviours around your health that you KNOW are unhelpful or even destructive....but you just keep doing them?
Literally like a hamster on a wheel. Of trying something new, failing to keep up with it (because it's super restrictive or you're just being plain MEAN to yourself!) and then you end up at square one, feeling like you are a failure.
This sort of cycle can be super toxic and lead to a really disordered approach to food and your body. Well, this was the case for me. I never ended up with a full-blown eating disorder (thank goodness) but my mind was obsessed with food, tracking it, tracking my weight, my points/syns etc. I was exhausted thinking about food all the time.
And the reality I experience and that I see in SO many of my one to one clients is that this vicious cycle, this disorder eating pattern is often driven by our core beliefs. So this week we have core beliefs expert Megan to help us SHIFT our beliefs so that we can start to make changes that ACTUALLY last.
Megan is a Business Mindset Strategist and she came on the show to help us look at how these things called core beliefs can impact our behaviour. She shares with us how we can shift can begin to shift our beliefs so that we can actually create that beautiful healthy life we truly WANT.
Resources
- Click here to take the Quiz!
- Subscribe via iTunes here
- Listen to more of my own health journey here
Wednesday Jul 25, 2018
Wednesday Jul 25, 2018
So HOW can you begin to like and even LOVE your belly? How can you love it from a mindset body positive perspective but ALSO from a help it to heal, be less bloated, large or smaller?
In this week's podcast, I talk more about the 4 strategies I use in the Flourish Academy that help women love their bellies more. In BOTH their mindset and in terms of how they feel physically. Cos it's hard to love a sore, bloated, painful belly or a belly that just feels 'foreign' to you.
Aaannnnnd I talk more about my thoughts on the potential downfalls of the body positivity movement and that women really can have both a healthy body at a healthy weight of their choosing. But I also get down to the nitty-gritty practical stuff too and outline the 4 principles HOW you can love your belly more.
Pllluuuussss I let you in on a little secret discount and announce the official opening of the Flourish Academy! My new 4-week online program that helps you create one happier, flatter and more joyful belly and LIFE. Which is currently at an early bird 50% discount - click here to find out more
Resources mentioned
- Ep 13 - Should you go gluten-free?
- Ep 20 - The Belly Love Methodology
- Join the Flourish Academy HERE
Wednesday Jul 18, 2018
Wednesday Jul 18, 2018
The BIGGEST mistake we can make when we start to take action on making healthier more healing food choices is this.
We focus on all the things we 'shouldn't' eat. We focus on all the foods we'll be missing. We focus on lack. We think about all the things we aren't allowed and its this focus, this mindset that can totally bugger up our attempts. It basically ensures that we see short-term results because who wants to live a life filled with lack long term? No one.
So this week I share with you one of the fundamental principles I use with all my clients and members and community - EATING MORE. The foods that we focus on eating more not, so that instead of thinking about what NOT to eat we instead focus on ADDING in more of certain foods. And what you find is that in doing this you slowly crowd out the less than awesome foods. In this episode I hit on:
- why we need to make a mindset shift if we want to see lasting results
- the 4 foods to eat more of and ADD into our days
- what that looks like for my own meals
- how much you want to be eating
I also invite you to join me in my Belly Love Workshop - where I am diving deep more into this principle and 3 others that are part of my signature process that ensure you see results that LAST.
>> Click here to join the Belly Love Workshop <<
Resources mentioned
- The Belly Love Method (Ep 20)
- 5 myths around fat
- Join my free training workshop here
Wednesday Jul 11, 2018
Wednesday Jul 11, 2018
One of the most common complaints I hear my community make is that their partner is not very supportive. And while I this can easily be used as an excuse to play the victim (no victims here I am afraid) I know it can also be really hard if you have a whiney partner or flatmate complaining about eating broccoli or someone who just brings home Dairy Milk x4 times a week to 'cheer you up' when you're actually trying to create new emotional coping strategies that don't include Cadburys....
So this week I am chatting to my hubster of 6 years, Joe, and we are talking about how the heck you can get your partner (or family members, flatmates or friends) on board with your health aims/changes/goals.
And this is really important - choosing to create a healthy life take COURAGE. And we don't often acknowledge it. What I talk about here is NOT normal (I hope one day it will be). Taking radical responsibility for your health for the food, you're eating, for you're choices is still quite a radical act. Which is why we need EN-COURAGEMENT, the gift of courage, and ideally we can find that gift in our home.
So how can we make that happen? In this episode, Joe and I talk about
- Why envisioning your partner is important
- The importance of sharing your WHY ...not just complaining
- Why you need to give your partner time and grace if you have a history of yo-yo dieting....as they have had to deal with your emotional breakdowns over the years!
- The easy changes you can make without even telling them
- The 3 actions and ways to get your partner on board ASAP
>> Click here to complete the Gut Goddess Quiz - your FREE online Health Assessment!! <<
Resources mentioned
- The Gut Goddess Quiz - complete the
- Food Inc documentary or That Sugar Film - both available on Netflix or Amazon Prime
- Why Selfish is the not Selfless - listen here
- Want some tasty sweet treat recipe to help 'convert' your family then click here to download your free natural sweetener recipe eguide
Wednesday Jul 04, 2018
Wednesday Jul 04, 2018
There was a HUGE part of me that didn't want to address this topic on the podcast. I mean money is a pretty hot topic. SO much room for becoming defensive and weird about it.
But I knew it needed to be done because often this is still a big area that many of us (me included) can act really powerless around it. Like we are a victim of the numbers we have or earn. It's even similar to how we can become victims to that number on the scale or jeans too. And it could be getting in the way of you feeling awesome.
So in this episode, I talk about money, what it is and the time verse money resources spectrum. How health in itself is an amazing resource that require some investment, often of either time and or money or both and why our lack of understanding this, keeps us trapped for 1,5 or 10 years feeling bloated, fatigued and crappy.
This isn't about how to handle your finances by any means , this podcast is to find out if you main area of self-sabotage when it come to your health revolves around the stories we have about money......
JUICY stuff is it not?
So I may make you feel uncomfortable, might tread on your toes but know I share this because it has been and is so deeply my own journey. And its work I have to do regularly in regards to the stories I tell myself around money on a day to day basis.
Questions I ask you in the podcast (they will make more sense once you've listened!)
- Where are you on the TIME ------ MONEY spectrum?
- Have you lost hope when it comes to your health?
- Do you know you're worth it?
Resources
- Find out what kind of Gut Goddess you are with my FREE Health Assessment Quiz HERE
- The Sweet Treat Collection Recipe eBook HERE
- Selfish is the new selfless - listen to this episode here
Wednesday Jun 27, 2018
Wednesday Jun 27, 2018
This week we hit on 3 ESSENTIAL areas of health that could be affecting you ...without you even knowing about it!
- Ditching the dieting culture
- Thyroid issues and overcoming Hashimoto's
- Adrenal fatigue and overexercising.
Juicy - yes?! And this conversation is so jam-packed and juicy because, both myself and fellow nutrition health geek Lauren Gayfner - who also lives with a thyroid condition, adrenal fatigue and more.
In this week's episode, we talk about
- What to do when everything comes back 'normal' in blood tests
- Why is easy to let the dieting mentality leak into your 'real food' journey and tons more.
- How she fell off the wagon when she had kids and how she got her healthy groove back
- What she did after waking up crying every morning
- Being fobbed off around your health and what to do about it
- Ongoing adrenal fatigue - her story.
- Discovering her thyroid issue and how this impacts her life
Lauren is also a nutritional therapist and runs the Secret Kitchen Club and is a wealth of information when it comes to all things real food.
So if your sick of being tired, wondering if you have a thyroid issue, want to know more about 'adrenal fatigue' - then grab those earplugs and tune in!
Wondering why you feel so crap? To find out what on earth is happening in your body and to get a personalised health report on your unique symptoms. Take my quiz today by clicking the image below!
Helpful Resources
Wednesday Jun 20, 2018
Wednesday Jun 20, 2018
Have you ever felt confused about where to begin and what to actually DO in order to see some changes in your health? Ever been overwhelmed by all the 'good advice' out there and end up giving up and going back to old habits as it just too much to implement at once!
What you need is a ROADMAP. A clear structure and guidance of what the heck to actually focus on .... and what NOT to focus on. So after wracking my brain for the last 6 months, I have finally created a clear roadmap. Having distilled all my knowledge and experience with women down to the four pillars that will help you get to where you want to be and STOP being on and off a 'clean eating' wagon.
I have coined this roadmap as the 'Belly Love Methodology', four-pillar process that is going to help you see some result in your fabulous body- that actually last! I KNOW that the world of health and nutrition can be totally overwhelming and confusing - you can easily find 3 different articles that are going to tell your 3 contradictory things about how to support your IBS ..... So I wanted to add a BIG dose of CLARITY to everyone in my community be showing you the four most important things to consider if you are serious about feeling more awesome.
In this episode I talk about:
- what you gut has to do with your sex hormones and belly fat
- the reason diets don't work long-term
- the basic principles around what to actually eat
- why your mood and mental health depend on your gut
- why we ALL need to support our digestion whether or not we have digestive issues.
And if you are ready to sort out your belly, your relationship with food and create habits that are sticker than raw honey - the make sure you join me for my Beat the Bloat Challenge & Workshop!
Join the Workshop & 5-Day Challenge HERE
>> Kicks off Wednesday 27th June <<
I am going to be hosting an indepth training workshop and then following it up with a 5-day challenge to help you implement the things you need to do to see MASSIVE shifts in your body - ASAP!
Resources Mentioned
Wednesday Jun 13, 2018
Wednesday Jun 13, 2018
This is something that I just HAD to talk about. Sure its a bit of a messy, confusing, loaded topic but there was something in my spirit that said - this is the time to talk about this.
And when it comes to a weird and wonderful relationship with food, I could win a prize. I joined my first diet club when I was 11 years old and I share more about my 'dieting' journey and indoctrination to all things calories and 'weekly weigh-ins' in the podcast. It has taken me a good few years to unpick this programming for sure, but weight loss is a really important topic to look at. Mainly because it still really matters to some women and it does impact our health - to varying degrees - but its a damn confusing area isn't it!?
So in this episode, I am looking at
- My own journey and 'diet culture' indoctrination, that started at age 11
- Why our weight is not to blame for everything
- The toxic judgments we have in our culture about overweight people
- What is excess fat and what it does on the body
- The impact of weight on your health - how important is it?
- My views and hesitations about the body positivity movement...
- What to focus on if you do want to lose weight
- The 3 questions to ask yourself and the 3 things to 'track' if you want to lose weight (that have nothing to do with scales)
So click the box below to listen and stream from this page or subscribe via Itunes here
I also invite you to join me in my upcoming Beat the Bloat Workshop!!! In this free training and 5-day implementation challenge, I am going to share with you some new training of my 4 pillars to lasting health, a flatter belly and YOU feeling good! So if you're bloated and not in love with your belly (or energy hormones for that matter) then make sure you join me in the workshop.
There 3 different time slots that will suit you and the first workshop kicks off Wednesday 27th June at 8pm which will then be followed up by 5 days of online coaching to help you implement everything you learn in the workshop ;)
>> Sign up for the Beat the Bloat Workshop Here <<
Resources
- 5 Easy Tips for Healthy Weight Loss
- The 4 Reasons You’re Not Losing Weight!
- Is Your Thyroid Ruining Your Energy, Libido & Weight?