My goal is to equip you with the knowledge and tools you need to succeed in the long run.

The concept of boosting immunity just doesn’t add up scientifically for me. Attempting to boost the cells of your immune system is especially complicated because there are so many different kinds of cells in the immune system that respond to so many different microbes in so many ways.

It is crucial that every individual man/women spends time in parasympathetic dominance. But perhaps the most demanding times are leading into winter (where are resistance to bugs needs to be top notch), in heavy training and high perceived stress periods and in peri-menopause and menopause, because these are predominantly times that invite the body to hang in survival mode. If we stay situated in this survival mode over extended periods of time, eventually disease ensues, exercise gains are difficult, hormonal benefits are lost, abdominal weight can creep up as the natural healing mechanisms of the body are not able to engage fully.

In order to want to make changes, we have to experience the “new”.

I get so many enquiries about how to reduce stress and is stress causing my excess midsection fat?

Beans are touted to raise your Bacteroidetes.  If you can’t digest beans, that’s likely a sign that you have too few Bacteroidetes, so start very slowly on the training of your bacteria to digest beans.

Have you ever looked at someone with a six pack or killer legs or a sculpted rear and convinced yourself that you would be happy once you arrived there? Whilst drawing that conclusion, have you thought about what it might take, what sacrifices you may need to make to get there? Is it a priority over other things in you current life?

It is a cliche but it is also the truth.  If we live in the absolute focus of an end goal achievement, we run the risk of getting sidetracked, neglecting other important areas of our whole happiness, loosing momentum and perhaps even giving up …

Part of my role as a Nutritional Coach, for many people is to help them figure out how to bridge the gap between knowing and doing!

It seems to be that the most common and practical approach is to skip breakfast and begin eating at around 12 or 1pm and then allowing yourself an eating window up to 8pm.  This is socially acceptable and doable, as we can still join people socially for a black coffee or a clear tea before 12 midday and pretty much go un-noticed.  We can then show up for dinner with the family or socially with friends and often fit this in our homemade protocol.  But is it the healthiest, most beneficial or only way to tackle today’s over-fed issues.

The returns of Intermittent fasting on both myself and those I see in my female clients, has allowed me to observe the complexities and cryptic nature of this tool, specific to the female sex.  I have personally experienced metabolic distress, energetic wakefulness at the wrong times, and a negative jolt to my adrenal system.  Many other women report to me that intermittent fasting causes sleeplessness, anxiety, and irregular periods, among many other symptoms of hormone imbalance, and an unhealthy relationship with food.  But I don’t see these things being mentioned in the blogosphere, ever?  

We all get in our own way at times. If you’re feeling stuck and not sure how to move forward, I’m here to offer you a hand to get out of your own way and achieve the success you desire and deserve!