Life didn’t hand me lemons last week. It pelted me with ghost chillies. The kind that make your eyes water, take your breath away and make your heart pound a thousand times a minute. My granddaughter was admitted to hospital with encephalitis, which triggered her epileptic seizures. I was...
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When life hands you lemons 🍋…
When life hands you lemons Isn’t it strange how mindsets and motivations can change so drastically from one week to the next? Just last week I was talking about my determination to get rid of my winter rolls. But yesterday, everything was conspiring against me and the universe seemed...
My Spring – ready plan and Pilates
We’ve got six weeks left of winter. Six weeks to ensure those winter rolls don’t stick around as spring rolls! Well I do, at least. I’ve fallen into the winter trap of carbs and comfort food and it’s time to get my ass into gear. We all have different...
My Pilates Journey
I have a confession to make. I hated my first Pilates class. I only went because someone told me it would be good for my chronic back pain and that it would balance out all the high-impact aerobics and adrenalin-fuelled, joint-pumping exercising I was doing. I had been battling...
Encourage through pilates
Have you encouraged yourself today? I read a quote the other day that struck a few chords with me. Josh S. Hinds said: “Don’t be stingy with your encouragement. Your words can be a catalyst for untold change in the lives of others.” How many times have you heard,...
Who is the real you ?
Do you remember when you lost yourself? When you stopped knowing for sure who you really were and struggled to define your identity? And do you remember when you found yourself again? Or are you still searching? I believe that, at some stage, we all lose ‘the real me’....
Pride and Dedication
It was 7am on a Friday. It was 8 degrees outside but I couldn’t feel it. It was warm inside my car but I was annoyed at being stuck in traffic. With nothing else to do, I looked around and noticed two women on the side of the road....
How will you react to the button-pushers?
How will you react to the button-pushers? Have you ever felt like, just when things are going so well, someone or something comes along to push your buttons and test your patience, your willpower or your focus? I had a week like that, in both my personal life and...
Are you taking responsibility for your success?
Are you taking responsibility for your success? What does success look like to you? For me, it’s: * To be the best cyclist I can be; * To execute all Pilates exercises and classes perfectly; * To be the best mother I can be to my children; and *...
Health and fitness doesn’t happen by itself
It’s the 1st of May. Nearly halfway through the year! Now is a good time to check in on those goals we set in January. Are you still on track to reaching yours or do you, like me, need a kick up the butt to move forward? I see...