GUEST BLOGGER: Kaye Vlachos (Soul 2 Soul Wellness)

I’m Kaye Vlachos, a positive mindset coach inspiring aspiring elite athletes here on the Sunshine Coast to live their dreams and help them get there with my heart-centred guidance and super inspirational "Athlete Empowerment" School Holiday Workshops.

What qualifies me to inspire the athlete in your family?
I have always been passionate about health & wellness.　
As a teenager & young adult, I was fortunate to play football (yes that’s right- soccer) & represented NSW/Australia during my 15 year sports career. My involvement in the world of elite sports, became the turning point for my journey into combining elite athlete ideals with a holistic approach to a well-rounded lifestyle.


I partner with elite athletes for a variety of outcomes, from improving their confidence to managing nerves & anxiety leading into competition. Elite athletes are under extreme pressure to perform consistently, so it is imperative I teach them how to balance their sporting, school & work　commitments effectively. Providing elite athletes with the knowledge on the benefits of fuelling their bodies combined with a positive vision for their performance, will enable them to consistently perform at their best during competition, in most cases blitzing it!

In the Level 1 "Athlete Empowerment" Workshop here in Currumundi, you can learn how to:
+ Master your Mindset
+ Peak Performance Tips
+ Visualization 4 Success
+ Fuelling your Body 4 Performance
+ Mind Relaxation Tools
+ How to Prepare 4 Competition

I share with you my rise to sporting success, how I managed to overcome the stumbling blocks which appeared from time to time and the amazing life I’ve created beyond football.

You may also be interested to know that I also run MOTIVATIONAL TEAM BONDING workshops for your sporting team & mentor athletes who prefer more personalised attention regarding a specific concern perhaps related to confidence or nerves via skype.
I’m not only your cheerleader, I will arm you action packed tools that you can start implementing immediately into your day to day life, to master your athletic pursuits & fast track you on your way to sporting success.


Some of my Soul2Soul Athlete’s who have worked with me privately & through my workshops have already achieved for themselves include –
+ International Representation – Football
+ International & Interstate Dance Scholarships – Ballet & Contemporary
+ National & State Representation – Calisthenics & Cross Country
+ National & State Championships Success – Calisthenics & Cross Country
+ Regional & Districts Representation – Rugby, Tennis, Surf Lifesaving, Athletics, Oztag, AFL, Football, Basketball, Netball & Gymnastics


If you’d love to keep in touch with me, please come & say hi on my social media tags below or send me an email if you’d like to come along to my upcoming workshop or work with me in my private coaching practice.

Kaye Vlachos

Instagram - @kayevlachos_soul2soulathlete

Facebook – kayevlachos_soul2soulathlete
Email - kaye@soul2soulwellness.com.au

Sunshine Coast Dietetics (Hannah): Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and FODMAPS

Accredited Practicing Dietitians are one of the most successful practitioners at relieving symptoms from Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). IBS is a chronic disease which can cause lower abdominal pain or discomfort, bloating, wind, alternating bowel habits (diarrhoea to constipation) and distention. The diagnosis of IBS if given by a medical practitioner once other investigations have revealed no abnormal pathologies. IBS affects one in seven Australians, and it can greatly impact your quality of life.

Some sufferers will state that they are anxious about travelling or going to new places where they can’t guarantee they know where the bathroom is, or that the pain is so debilitating that they need to take time off. To make it more difficult, there isn’t a clear cause of IBS, it is very individual as to what the triggers are. The main two candidates are usually stress/anxiety, a dietary intolerance, or a combination of these factors. The combination of dietary management and counselling offered by dietitians helps a lot of sufferers every day to get their lives back.

Unfortunately, there isn’t a cure or specific medication that helps to alleviate the condition. But this is where dietitians shine. Treatment options include increasing dietary fibre, reducing common gas producing foods, and establishing eating routines. However, a group of carbohydrates called FODMAPs are also strongly linked to symptoms of IBS, and a reduction in FODMAPs under the supervision of a dietitian has yielded many fantastic results.

FODMAP stands for Fermentable Oligosaccharides, Disaccharides, Monosaccharides and Polyols. They are a large group of dietary sugars that are found in lots of common foods such as dairy foods, fruits, vegetables, wheat containing products and sweetened products. The low FODMAP diet aims to reduce the total load of FODMAPs for a short period of time (2-6 weeks) at which point each FODMAP is reintroduced slowly to monitor your tolerance. This is best done with your dietitian so you get clear results. You may react to only one FODMAP, or a couple, or find that no one FODMAP is the cause, but rather too much is the issue.

Importantly, the low FODMAP diet is never meant to be followed long term as this can cause nutritional deficiencies. With your dietitian, you can find a balance that enables you to eliminate your symptoms, but still meet your nutrition requirements. Meaning you can live a healthier and happier life.


Hannah Roberton – Accredited Pracitising Dietitian
Sunshine Coast Dietitains
Facebook: www.facebook.com/SCDietetics
Snapchat: @dietitianlife