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From Concert Crowds to Kitchen Workouts: What These 3 Moments Taught Me About Health, Resilience, and Connection Aug 15, 2025

Last weekend, I stood in a sea of strangers at the Oasis reunion gig and for the first time in as long as I can remember, I felt completely present. The energy, the voices singing in unison, the shared joy… it reminded me how deeply we crave connection.

That night, I didn’t think about my to-do lis...

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Beyond Jabs, Gyms and Guilt: What Real Health Coaching Looks Like Aug 04, 2025

 

Everywhere I look, I’m seeing ads for weight loss injections.
Every other headline talks about obesity, hormone shifts, or another 'miracle' fix for the modern body.
And in the middle of all that noise?

There are people, real people, feeling broken, ashamed, and overwhelmed.
People who’ve been d...

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Strong at 70: How to Build Strength, Health and Confidence for the Long Run Jul 31, 2025

You don’t have to be a bodybuilder to want strength.

You just need to want to stay independent, active, and pain-free as you age.

Longevity isn’t about living longer. It’s about living better... with the energy, clarity and freedom to enjoy your life.

And that starts now.

The Truth About Aging (...

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Health Inequality Is Real, But It Doesn't Have To Be Inevitable Jul 29, 2025

In Scotland alone, there’s a 20-year difference in healthy life expectancy between the most and least deprived areas.

That means where you live; your postcode; could literally determine how long you live, and how well you live.

This is health inequality. And it’s unacceptable.

Let’s Talk About Wh...

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Don’t Wait for a Health Scare; Why Prevention Needs to Be the New Priority Jul 26, 2025

Most people wait until something goes wrong before they act.

But what if that approach; the wait-until-it’s-urgent model is costing you years of vitality?

In public health, we call this reactive care.

But in my world? Prevention is everything.

Why Prevention Fails in the Mainstream System 

Here...

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When “Just Walk More” Isn’t Enough: The Case for Personalised Coaching in Complex Health Jul 22, 2025

If you’ve ever been told to “just move more”, “try walking daily”, or “cut back on sugar and you’ll feel better,” you’re not alone... and you’re not wrong for feeling dismissed.

These blanket suggestions don’t account for chronic illness.

They don’t factor in joint pain.

They don’t acknowledge th...

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You Don't Get A Second Chance At Prevention Jul 14, 2025

This past week, I have sat at my Grandad’s bedside as he recovered from a heart attack. That stillness, that quiet hum of monitors, really got me thinking...

🫀 Chronic illness doesn’t show up overnight.
Heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes; they creep in, one small choice at a time.

What this lo...

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The Wake Up Call from Mid Life Jun 30, 2025

Maybe I need to make these blog posts more frequent than weekly because there's a lot to get through. Here goes...

If you’d told me a year ago that I’d be running my business differently, showing up more boldly, and rethinking almost everything I believed about health and success; I wouldn’t have b...

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Why I Resisted The Pause and How It Changed Everything Jun 24, 2025

I didn’t want to stop. Not really. Not properly.

Even when life gave me every reason to pause, I resisted.
Because pausing felt like failure.

When my partner’s business was defrauded, it flipped both of our lives upside down. I stepped in to help him hold things together, thinking it would be temp...

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Welcome! Jun 23, 2025

For a long time, I believed showing up online meant staying visible at all costs.
Be consistent. Be professional. Be polished. Be everywhere.
So I tried. And for a while, it worked...sort of.

But somewhere along the way, I stopped hearing myself.
My business became a machine of “shoulds”  and I sta...

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