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Letting go of the all or nothing approach to health

Jodie - Healthy Balance Fitness — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 22:28:29 +0000

How letting go of extreme health approaches will improve your health and life The Western World has become used to excess. We swing between both ends of the extremes: Restrictive diets to punish ourselves for a stretch of non-hungry...

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Things you should quit this year (Sugar is not one of them!)

Jodie - Healthy Balance Fitness — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 22:54:08 +0000

The top 5 things you should quit to improve your wellness New Year brings a renewed focus on health goals, and unfortunately so many people feel like they need to quit foods to achieve improved wellness. Over the past few...

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Self-compassion for better health

Jodie - Healthy Balance Fitness — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 08:24:19 +0000

The trap of investing your self worth in your fitness regime So many people place incredible pressure on themselves to perform the ‘perfect’ healthy lifestyle. They continuously strive for the ‘right’ exercise regime, the ‘right’ eating, and the ‘perfect’ body....

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Comparing ourselves to others’ highlight reel

Jodie - Healthy Balance Fitness — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 02:20:16 +0000

Is it time to let go of comparing your behind-the-scenes to someone else’s highlight reel? Have you ever flicked through your Instagram or Facebook feed and felt like everyone is kicking more goals, enjoying more success, having more fun, doing...

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Improve your relationship with exercise

Jodie - Healthy Balance Fitness — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 01:17:47 +0000

Could you improve your relationship with exercise? If you: feel guilty when you take a day or two off exercise even when you’re injured, ill or fatigued push yourself to do exercise you hate feel that movement is all about...

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Key to happiness and health is not in extreme ‘solutions’

Jodie - Healthy Balance Fitness — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 04:35:47 +0000

What extremes could you let go of to feel happier, healthier and more calm? Our culture’s approach to life swings between vast extremes. Instagram is a perfect example of such extremes. There’s photos of coveted milkshakes piled high with pastries skewered...

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Why do you promote moderation?

Jodie - Healthy Balance Fitness — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 02:42:23 +0000

Moderation is not a dirty word As the co-founder of The Moderation Movement, and the director of Healthy Balance Fitness, it’s not surprising that I’m all about finding our own best balance! Who would have thought that the concept of...

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Don’t assume I want to lose weight – Health At Every Size

Jodie - Healthy Balance Fitness — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 07:11:50 +0000

An important story from one of our clients, Dee. Do you make assumptions about people’s health, fitness or their goals based on their appearance? We often discuss that without a doubt, we cannot determine a person’s health by their size or...

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Tips to heal your relationship with exercise

Jodie - Healthy Balance Fitness — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 05:16:28 +0000

How to improve the way you feel about exercise Many people have a complicated relationship with moving their bodies. You might dread physical activity and avoid it, or you might thrash yourself with hard workouts and feel guilty whenever you have...

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Why you should stop weighing yourself and how

Jodie - Healthy Balance Fitness — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 02:46:43 +0000

The two steps you need to take to be free of the pressure to weigh a certain number Many people have an ideal weight that they strive towards. It’s so common to have a magic number in your head that symbolises the...

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