Mental performance, motivation and behaviour change
Most people set fitness goals wrong. Not because they aim too high — though that happens — but because they set outcome goals with no plan for the process, and then treat a missed week as evidence that the goal is out of reach. Here’s a more useful approach. The problem with outcome goals “Lose…
Most people approach health goals the wrong way around. They decide what they want to achieve — lose 10 kilograms, run a half marathon, fit into old jeans — and then try to build habits that get them there. They focus on the outcome and hope the behaviour follows. The problem is that the identity…
James Clear has a line that I keep coming back to: “You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.” It’s one of those sentences that sounds good on a motivational poster but is actually really, really true. Most people fail at their health goals not…
Stress is one of those things that can quietly erode your health, your sleep, your relationships and your training before you even realise it’s happening. Over 25 years of coaching I’ve tried a lot of approaches. These four are the ones I keep coming back to — for myself and for every client I work…
If you’ve started a health journey more than once — lost some weight, built some momentum, then found yourself back at square one — you’re not weak and you’re not broken. You’re hitting one of the oldest survival mechanisms in the human brain. Here’s what’s actually happening, and how to finally get out of the…
A few years ago I stumbled onto something that sounds almost too simple to be worth doing. Five minutes a day, a pen and paper, morning and night. It changed more about how I experience daily life than almost anything else I’ve tried in 25 years of coaching. This is the 5-minute journal method —…
“A problem is only a problem if you choose to see it as a problem.” I love this quote from Robin Sharma as it highlights the importance of mindset. If the focus is on the problems and challenges you are facing, then that becomes your reality. If the focus is on the solution, then that…
Children have never failed to imitate their parents.” I am paraphrasing from a Janet Lansbury blog but it speaks so powerfully to the work we are doing in our online program Hero. We are all about role modelling healthy habits so our children grow up happy, healthy and empowered to take action when it comes…
These last few weeks I have been deeply reflecting on change. My clients who want to change and who are not willing to let go of that are the ones who make it happen. Decisiveness is crucial. There will always be countless distractions trying to take your focus. I am so committed to my health,…
The biggest and hardest lesson is that our family and friends will be inspired more by our actions and examples rather than small talk, education or career path. I see in my own life how being a living example of Hero is what matters most. I always thought that my family and friends would love…