bodybelief JOURNAL

It’s a really long time ago, but it feels like yesterday. It hurts like hell, but makes me smile. It makes me immensely proud to have got to where I am today without her, even though I wish she was still around. I’m talking about my mum. She died today, 37 years ago, when I […]

I am a qualified health coach, but that’s not the reason why. Ever since I started coaching 10 years ago, it became apparent that as women, we’re more tangled up with our bodies than our male counterparts. When our bodies feel good, in flow, and fully functioning, we’re more successful, have more fun, more confidence […]

I love a good statistic, I can geek out with the best of them given half a chance, but the picture they paint is only as good as the open mind that’s holding the brush. The latest ONS (Office for National Statistics) report states that despite divorce being at a 50+year low, women aged between […]

I’m studious, I love to ‘think’ my way out. I’ve been doing it for a really long time, and with every challenge follows exhaustion, mainly of the brain type. I always say I’ve got such a big capacity to cope – why has it taken me so long to see that’s the very reason I’ve […]

If you ever get that sluggish feeling more times you’d care to mention or you’re yawning post 3pm wondering how long until bed, this one’s for you. I am a certified health coach, but I have no food imagination and I’m a pretty lousy cook. My family will testify to all of that. What I […]

I am what you’d say an extroverted introvert. Everyone thinks I’m as yellow energy (Insights genius) as they come, yet I’m far from it. Back in my corporate days it felt like we were personality tested every other week, of course they were interesting, but not actually effective. If they were, there’d be no need […]

Would he kiss my back or slam the hotel door behind him? Baring my naked body, for the first time like this, was terrifying.

It’d be shallow of me to suggest it was all in the sheets, sleep can feel like the most complex of activities if you’re experiencing stress, menopausal symptoms or life challenges. But there are things you can do to help your body switch off when the lights go out. What do I know, you may […]

Thirty seconds to impress. It used to make me want to take the stairs. Not any more now I’ve got a structure I can follow, even when put on the spot. Using less words has a bigger impact. It creates clarity, certainty and confidence and that’s just what the person you’re pitching to is thinking […]

“The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years.”  Deepak Chopra I often thought my business was built on my recovery from breast cancer in my early forty’s. It was the reason why I took the plunge into entrepreneurialism when most were thinking […]