Physical
Our bodies are incredibly intricate and created to work for the most part with little conscious thought from us. One thing we can do consciously is choose to fuel ourselves well in order to maintain and maximise our physical vitality. Good sleeping habits, healthy eating, and moving well are all important fuel for our bodies, replenish our energy and live in abundance.
Self-Care is Valuable for Being YOUR Best
Self-care is valuable, perhaps not for the reasons you have heard before. No doubt, the simple thought of reading something about self-care makes you squirm and switch off. Don’t go yet! I want to talk about something that is super important. What if I said that self-care matters EVEN more […]
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Why we leave the house without lunch (and how to lunch like a pro!)
Dear busy, big hearted professionals (I’m talking to YOU!), Do you ever leave the house without lunch? I’m not talking about the time you forgot it (that’s annoying too though!), I’m talking about that time when you stupidly decided there was time to make eggs, mushrooms and hash browns for […]
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5 Ways to Make Your Goals Irresistible
Ever had goal fatigue? Ever set some goals and not followed through? Here are 5 ways to make your goals irresistible. It’s time to get out of the failure repeat cycle and create some wins! 1. Keep it simple, stupid! (KISS) I know that when you read that you totally […]
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Why we get Goal Setting Fatigue (and How to Avoid it)
Prefer to listen? Check out my podcast… Have you ever had goal setting fatigue? That feeling you get when you set a new goal (or 6!) and then haven’t been able to complete it? Its frustrating. It can be totally discouraging. It can end with throwing the whole concept of […]
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Applying 2020 Vision for 2021 Goal Setting
Happy New Year! There have been a number of social media posts floating around over the past few weeks, all with the same sentiment: ‘New Year, new goals…how cliché.’ It seems many of us have goal setting fatigue. Many of us don’t want to do the ‘set new goals for […]
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Healthy Holiday Habits For Life
Let’s dig in and look at some simple strategies for creating healthy holiday habits that you can adopt for life. Living A Bespectacled Life is all about long term, positive change. This kind of change takes time, so you won’t find a magical solution or well marketed empty promise about […]
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What is a Bespectacled Life? Living on purpose…
In short: A Bespectacled Life is the act of putting on your life-spectacles and clearly seeing the next step forward to positive lasting change. It’s a call to live life on purpose… There are three main parts to living a bespectacled life: Living well across all domains of health: WHOLEistic […]
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Its time to put down our phones!
Prefer to listen? Check out my podcast on this topic (or find it in Apple Podcasts) I think its time we learned how to put down our phones. A friend shared a bunch of art on Facebook that really caught my attention. One image particularly stood out- it was a […]
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Can’t Sleep? Don’t worry, me neither, so I’m writing this blog instead…
Ah, for some beautiful sleep. Curled up in bed with a warm blanket and just drifting into a land of comfort and sweet dreams. “Dad…Mum? I can’t sleep.” Oh. My. #@!* goodness. Me either, for some unknown reason. Oh that’s right, you woke me up! AGAIN. Cue death stares and […]
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7 Ways to Get Motivated to Move More
Prefer to listen? Check out my podcast on this topic (or find it on Apple Podcasts) I’m not sure about you, but I have never been one of those people who love exercise. I never really played a team sport growing up. Despite living by the beach and having my […]
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What is Wellness Coaching?
Wellness Coaching is an emerging field in Lifestyle Medicine that I believe will become more mainstream as we begin to recognise the importance of taking charge of our own health. Most people are unaware and a little bit dubious when they hear the term “wellness coaching” so here is some […]
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