The Healthification Podcast

This weekend I caught up with a dear friend and her fiancee who I hadn’t seen for a couple of months. After a lovely evening I left feeling refreshed and grateful. It got me thinking about how vital it is to be selfish so far as who you spend your time with. Especially your free time. In todays show I’m ... READ MORE

As we speed towards the end of the year I feel like it’s a fab time to tie up a few loose ends. To tick a few boxes… kick some goals (as mum would say!) perhaps even cut the chain on a few things that are weighing you (and me!) down. Today: Your Someday List. Actually, regardless of what time of ... READ MORE

I’m not sure about you however when I get to the end of my day and especially the end of my week I’ve all but used up my deciding power. I don’t want to think about what to pull together for a tasty yet healthy meal. When effort needs to first be expended on deciding then the effort for cooking just sounds way too daunting. It’s these ... READ MORE

I have good and less good news for you today. The good news is it is 100% possible for festive season fun, fitness and body gain to co-exist. No matter where you’re travelling… what your schedule and who you’re hanging with there is zero need for you to be returning with extra luggage. Well not unwanted extra luggage that is. I should probably ... READ MORE

I seem to forget every year, just how stress inducing the silly season can be. It’s that one time of year when everything that could potentially be powerful fuel for gratitude… things like: the numerous party invites to juggle / the never-ending list of gifts to purchase / that killer dress you’re hoping to first find and then rock / that holiday you need ... READ MORE

Once you realize fat loss or Body Gain as I prefer is difficult, then it becomes simple. The actions you need to take might initially be difficult to stick with consistently, however they are simple. Todays show was inspired by a chat with a gym member who’s a chef. He was sharing how as he progress’s in his career he’s drawn to less complicated, more simple, high quality ... READ MORE

Before we power on with todays show (which is Part 2) on 3 Keys to: An Anti Goal Setting Approach To Your Ideal Year. I want to emphasize that by I.D.E.A.L I do not mean Perfect. Or Best. I mean Just-Right-Awesome for YOU… whatever just-right-awesome looks like to you. I’m sure one persons ideal involves sleeping in till 10am, playing hours of bridge before going out to dinner and theatre in ... READ MORE

I have a bit of a love:hate relationship with goals. On the one hand it can be pretty damn exciting hatching your huge, life changing goals. You’ve been there right? The fresh year planner or A3 calendar or perhaps a word doc you then print and laminate. However the brutal, disappointing truth is that for the majority of us, the biggest energy expenditure is in that first explosion of goal ... READ MORE

When humans started practicing personal hygiene life expectancy rose 50%. Things that we now take for granted like daily showers, doctors washing their hands and flushing toilets were not always common practice. Thankfully most of us now take our physical hygiene pretty seriously. But what about our: Emotional Hygiene I discovered this fascinating perspective on mindset via Guy Winch’s TED talk on: The Case for Emotional Hygiene. It made ... READ MORE

There’s a popular thread in a paid forum I’m part of right now titled: Is Social Media Evil? Of course the emotive title was well chosen to provoke discussion… which it certainly has. It got me thinking. Can you remember the last time you saw, read, heard something inspirational and immediately took action? Not just so far as social media. However we’ll use ... READ MORE

Today’s podcast is inspired (and I use that term loosely!) by a client who regularly struggles with Monday-i-tis. Each Monday as he drags himself into the gym he announces “It’s a blue Monday” which I don’t know exactly the meaning of however I’m pretty sure it doesn’t mean he’s focusing of any of the 3 key questions I’m going to frame todays show around. It’s my belief that Monday ... READ MORE

A couple of years ago the very click baitie headline How Cutting Carbs To Lose Weight Can Kill You circulated online. It is of course sensationalist rubbish. In fact if you were to believe the multitude of food & beverage warnings you’d find that we each narrowly escape death daily! The big food companies would have you believe their processed crap-o-la is the only way to ... READ MORE

Do you ever feel like you’re behind on life? Not quite where you thought you might – could – should be by now? Perhaps even far from it? It’s a conversation I’ve been having of late especially on my recent long weekend to the city I grew up, Wellington N.Z. Personally it’s a resounding Yes and if you can relate the comforting news for us ... READ MORE

I’m writing this mid flight on my way home from a super fab long weekend in Wellington, N.Z. visiting a dear friend from school days. I also met her gorgeous lil almost four year old girl for the first time. If you’ve spent any time with a youngster you’ll know today’s show on: Question Everything, is feeling especially timely. To ... READ MORE

Have you ever met someone who is naturally, effortlessly exceptional? As I study the people who most inspire me I’m noticing that rather than having unique ability they consciously make decisions and take steps that lead to exceptional. With that in mind, today let’s cover in 9 steps acronym style (and from the angle of Body Gain of course): How To Be The E.X.C.E.P.T.I.O.N. E.verything Counts. ... READ MORE