Now that I’m pregnant again, I’m revisiting my beauty cupboard and replacing items with more natural substitutes. This happened last pregnancy; while I do generally prefer to use natural beauty products on a regular basis, certain not-so-natural items tend to creep back into my daily routine if they’re particularly effective. However, something shifts in my …
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Modern life is crazy hectic no matter what way you look at it. It feels like everyone’s standard response to ‘How have you been lately?’ is ‘Busy’. There’s barely enough time to sit down for five seconds, let alone process what goes on in our heads. ‘Let be what is, let go what doesn’t serve …
Did you, or are you exercising during pregnancy? An article I recently read raised some valid points about something that has been particularly concerning to me lately – there are so many personal trainers and instructors in the fitness industry who claim to know how to train pregnant women (and postnatal women) without adequate knowledge. …
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Until my first pregnancy several years ago, I’d never really put much thought into all the chemicals and other nasties that can go into our beauty and cleaning products. With all the new research coming out potentially linking these chemicals to health issues later in life, it became a top priority to keep my body …
Father’s Day is approaching quickly on September 3 and what better way to honour a great dad than to cook him a great meal (or give him something decent to cook on the barbecue given springtime and the warmer weather are fast approaching too!). THE PRIZE: The Mad Butcher has generously provided a $20 voucher …
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Typically I prefer to buy natural health and beauty products anyway, but whenever I’m pregnant I make it a top priority to try and avoid chemical nasties in our home environment and the products I put on and into my body. Now that second baby is on its way, it’s time to restock my beauty …
Have you thought about signing up for an obstacle course event? If you enjoy a sense of adventure, variety in your training and potentially being pushed to your limits, they can be a great challenge. Tough Mudder is a mud run like no other; with no podiums, winners or clocks to race against, emphasis is …
My confession (+ workout inspiration and bump shot!): So tomorrow I’m 18 weeks pregnant and although I’m a personal trainer I’ve only used my gym membership once in about the last three months. Fatigue, working, toddler wrangling and nausea just made it the too hard basket (because in the first trimester I got ‘morning’ sickness …
We tend to place so much focus on the physical when it comes to health and wellness: how we look, our appearance, what we wear, the foods we eat. What we think and say is also incredibly important. How positive are your thoughts and words? Towards others? Towards yourself? Living in the moment Give everyone, …
I’ve been to The Food Show a number of times in the past – always for work though. This was the first year I could go and just enjoy myself while taking a few snapshots, so with a friend and our toddlers in tow, we checked out the preview day on Thursday 27 July. If …
Having recently done a comprehensive review of the new Fitbit Alta HR, I’m pretty well versed on what Fitbits are all about and how useful they are when it comes to increasing awareness of our daily health and wellness habits. Fitbit provided me with their Fitbit Blaze to put it through its paces for a …
I can’t remember the last time I went to the circus. For that matter I’m not entirely sure I’ve ever actually been to a circus show. So when I was offered tickets to the opening night of Weber Bros Circus’ latest show Adrenaline I jumped at the chance to go. This also happened to coincide …
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