Opportunity of Change
“Coaching with compassion targets positive emotional attractors in the brain and the session becomes about hope for the future, possibilities, dreams, optimism for the future, a sense of joy and physiological arousal of the parasympathetic nervous system.”
The opportunities of health, fitness and exercise
My apologies for being offline the last fortnight but in that time I have been lucky enough to attend the 2011 Touch Football World Cup in Edinburgh Scotland as an athlete in the Masters section of the tournament. While being a busy time preparing for and being part of the tournament, the long flight to and from Scotland gave me time to reflect on the opportunities health, fitness and exercise have given me.
Blueprint for behaviour change in practice
In previous posts I have looked at finding your reason for change and spent time on what this means. Once we have our reason how do we act upon it?
Beating the breakfast blues with dietitian Ruth Logan
This weeks blog taps into the thoughts of Ruth Logan Dietitian one of the allied health professionals at Willows Health and Lifestyle Centre about giving us direction on the best way to start our eating day.
We are emotional beings
“Today I am going to beat the me of yesterday” – Gary Bertwistle
What have you done today to make yourself feel proud?
This is a pretty challenging question to ask yourself before you put your head on the pillow each night.
Gratitude
“What if we chose, every day, to be truly grateful for what we have and what is around us? Hailey Bartholomew did, and it changed her life.”
Avoid the winter hibernation trap
Yes, it is going to get colder; yes, it is going to get darker and no, our goals have not changed – or have they?
Your plan for life!
We have all been down the planning road to change:
Has the plan worked? How will this time be different?
Find your reason for change!
What is the biggest mistake people make in relation to their health and wellbeing?