6 Months Sugar Free – What Freedom Looks Like
Six months ago I realised with not a small amount of fear and self loathing that I was completely and utterly addicted to sugar. I was the person who always […]
The Luxury of Laziness – Refreshing your Mindset in Challenging Times
There’s no doubt that we are living in challenging times. Routines, small issues and things we take for granted are all disturbed when something like the current Covid-19 pandemic arises. […]
How my sub conscious brain really doesn’t want me to have a six pack
Have you ever self sabotaged? I ask this because I caught myself beginning a process of self sabotage this week. I didn’t even notice I was doing it at first. […]
Transforming the Body – Finding patience for the long game
I am a results oriented person. I love to get results, to achieve, to tick boxes and all of those lovely things. I am also a bit of a contradiction. […]
Benefits of the 21 Day Exercise Challenge and What I’m Doing Next
So, the 21 Day Exercise Challenge is over and I have to say, it wasn’t overly challenging. Because I focused on building habits rather than getting buff I made sure […]
In Lean and in Life, start with a work standard
Yesterday, I attended a short webinar by Lean Frontiers and the TWI Institute entitled “An Introduction to Standardized Work and the 5 Levels“. This webinar is free so if you’re […]
Reflections and Humility – Why I share the ups and downs of my self improvement journey so candidly
This morning I received an unexpected but pleasant surprise. A reader who had just come across my work through an online magazine I write for contacted me out of the blue. […]
New Habits, Fatigue and Perspective
So this is Day 5 of my 21 Day Exercise Plan. It was also my fifth day back at work after a three week holiday and boy am I tired! […]
The 21 Day Exercise Plan – Time to Form Some New Habits
The first step in the Year of Transformation is to get into some serious shape. Now I don’t mean reasonably active, not too shabby kind of shape. I mean, fantastic, […]
100 Days Sugar Free and the Year of Transformation
If someone had told me a year ago that I would celebrate the holidays without indulging in a single sugary treat I would never have believed them. I mean, my […]
Intentional Living – What I’ve learned in 30 Days without Sugar
Thirty days went by so fast, I feel like it was all too easy. But it actually wasn’t that easy. It just feels that way now I’m over the worst […]
Intentional Living – The Sugar Free Experiment
It’s no secret that I love sugar in all it’s forms. I have posted many times about my long term and tempestuous relationship with cookies. Sugar is my substitute and […]
Intentional Living – When more Grit is what you need
When I was younger I had more of everything you need to face a challenge. More energy, more time and more idealism. Nothing was insurmountable and everything was an exciting […]
Intentional Living – Exciting challenges make boredom bearable
So, despite whinging about boring super slow progress in my previous post, I am still pretty motivated about what I am trying to achieve in the long term. If you’ve […]
Intentional Living – Progress is really boring
Progress is so boring. Almost three weeks into my latest focus on intentional living I am steadily pushing the flywheel, one microscopic movement at a time. It’s agonisingly slow, not […]
Personal Flywheel Series – Two actions for moving forwards when you’ve been crushed by your own Flywheel
Earlier in the year I started working on my personal Flywheel journey. You can read about it here. Since then I’ve had a number of set-backs both in health and […]
