Most of us busy women are working on creating better balance in our lives. The problem is that our definition of balance means 9 times out of 10 we are destined to fail. By re-framing our concept of balance and working with (not against) the different seasons of our lives we can start to break … Continue reading Episode #18: Striving For Balance Will Only Make You Miserable
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Women are possibly the loneliest they've ever been during motherhood yet mums were never meant to do this alone. Throughout history mothers have looked to each other and previous generations of women for support, advice and just another pair of hands - all things that are severely lacking in our modern Western lifestyle. This episode … Continue reading Episode #12: Mums Were Never Meant To Do This Alone
Kelly talks through her choice to make a big life change and leave her career as a veterinarian after working hard for 10 years. Whilst the question has come up many times, particularly from colleagues who are also finding themselves burnt out in the veterinary industry, the answer to how to leave your job or … Continue reading Episode #7: The ONE Question You Need To Ask Yourself Before Making A Big Life Change (How I Left My Veterinary Career)
The endless pursuit of energy is pretty pointless if all your effort is going into filling up a leaking bucket. In this episode Kelly explains the other (less spoken of) side to the advice of 'filling up your cup first'. Professional Women & Working Mums: Grab my FREE Burnout Recovery Guide.
This is a post I wrote some time ago for my gym's blog. I've re-posted it here because the majority of women will experience back pain at some time in their lives and for many it's deeply rooted in their stress response... Sounds interesting hey? When we're chronically stressed, we tense up quite literally leading … Continue reading How I Kicked Chronic Lower Back Pain to the Curb
Why does having a regular period matter? Well you might think that unless you're looking to fall pregnant it doesn't. However a lot happens in that monthly cycle that influences our health. For example, did you know that period health affects the health of our hair and even our bone density? There are 3 things … Continue reading Hormone Series: Menstruation
Professional Women & Working Mums: Grab my FREE Burnout Recovery Guide. Oh the B word. I'm not a fan. Busy to me implies that there is too much going on for anything to receive quality attention. And I would hazard a guess that if you're putting your hand up and admitting that you are too … Continue reading 3 Secrets To Nailing Your Diet When You’re Busy
Sorry... what?! ... Hyper means elevated or more than usual. Palatable is how agreeable a food is to our palates, basically how tasty we find it. Put them together and you've got what the food industry might call a recipe for (financial) success. The more palatable a food is, the more we're likely to eat … Continue reading Hyper-palatablity
Luckily there are a lot of natural ways that you can improve your gut health. Let's break it down into 3 steps. Step 1 - Ditch the junk. It’s always best to start with removing the causes of poor gut health aka triggers of gut inflammation - and that means cutting out the junk. Eliminate … Continue reading 3 Steps to Improving Gut Health
Hippocrates said, “All disease begins in the gut.” More and more research shows that our gut (digestive system) has a bigger role to play in the development of many modern day diseases. And we're not just talking about heartburn and IBS. We're talking about all kinds of issues like inflammation, allergies, pain, mood disorders, auto-immune … Continue reading Gut Health