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The number one obstacle people face when trying to make changes and achieve their best health is not willpower or resources or preparation- it is a lack of support. Everyone wants to get healthy and make better choices, but they need someone to hold them accountable and provide the right kind of support
A Functional Medicine certified Health Coach can help you do just that!
Reading Time: 6 minutesWhat I find to be a common obstacle in preventing many of my clients (and friends) from doing so is often a “lack of time”. Since regaining health and/or sustaining good health takes BOTH time and effort, not having enough time to take care of themselves is a major constraint for most women.
Reading Time: 7 minutesIn this post, I have decided to share with you some of the key interventions that I introduce early in my coaching sessions regarding how we should all be eating in order to ensure maximum absorption of nutrients. This is often the missing piece in terms of seeing the health outcomes that my clients have been seeking for many years. This is particularly true for those who have been struggling to lose weight in spite of being focussed on eating healthy and wholesome foods.
Reading Time: 6 minutesIntrinsic motivation is necessary for making sure that we take action on a consistent basis. This is because intrinsic motivation is based on personal values and self awareness that leads to enjoyment, satisfaction and interest in the action being taken.
Reading Time: 6 minutesIf we do not value ourselves and believe that we deserve to love and cherish ourselves, how can we ever take out the time for ourselves in our busy lives?
Reading Time: 5 minutesWe may not realise this, but true self care need not be an expensive or time-consuming affair, we can take care of ourselves in the smallest of ways, especially when it is the last thing on our mind.
Reading Time: 5 minutesBeing well and keeping well is then a community affair. This includes our families, our schools and colleges and finally our workplaces and society at large.
Reading Time: 8 minutesToo often we lose sight of the fact that it is only when we squelch the constant chatter of our outer world that we can truly start to hear what our inner world is trying to tell us or warn us about. Real self care starts the moment we start listening to ourselves and start taking steps to give ourselves what we truly need.
Reading Time: 7 minutesAs far as food is concerned, as we have become scared of saying NO to the things that are affecting our children’s health, in effect we are saying YES to processed and nutritionally depleted foods which will have long term impact on our children’s health