Jamie Milne Training: Be Careful What You Say to Yourself (...Because You Are Listening): 4 Tips for More Positive Self-Talk and Less Limiting Self-Beliefs.

Author of ‘Rich Dad, Poor Dad’ Robert Kiyosaki famously quotes, "It’s not what comes out of your mouth that determines your life, it's what you whisper to yourself that has the most power".

There is a little voice that pops up in your head from time to time, when you’re about to try something new or you’ve just gone through a breakup or you f$&ked up royally at work.

These private conversations you have with yourself can be either a powerful stepping stone or a major obstacle to reaching your goals.

Staying positive, thinking positive, ‘faking it till you make it’ is so much easier said than done, agree!

We all want to be happy, none of us want to bitch and moan about everything, and we sure as hell wish we didn't care what other people thought, or said about us.

“You see what "Emma" commented on your FB post this morning?”

“.....What! When? Sorry what she write?”

*Scroll, scroll, scroll. Swipe, swipe…*

And as your eyes read and marinade on the comment, the little voice of limiting self-worth, belief and esteem whispers sweet caress in your head...

"…Well what Emma wrote is true, you are an XYZ, and you are selfish, self-absorbed, a bad parent, terrible with money, or whatever the case maybe".

We get so used to hearing our own narrations that it’s easy to ignore the messages that we’re sending ourselves.

Every now and then take note of what you’re thinking about and recognise that just because you think something, doesn’t mean it’s true. 

Our thought processes are often exaggerated, blown out and well out of proportion.

Here's a challenge for a day, or even this coming week: 

Communicate with yourself how you would speak to your best friend, or a person of key influence you just met.

Be honest but also treat yourself equally as kind as you’d treat a friend or someone you just met. Why?

Because you’re worth it.

Treat yourself, just as you treat others.

4 TIPS FOR POSITIVE SELF TALK:

1. Force the f$&en rainbow:

Life isn't all rainbows unicorns and glitter, sometimes it's stormy, there's no glitter, and your late on your Telstra account!

‘Force the rainbow’, and make it an optimistic situation. It's all about perception, you can choose to be in the glitterless storm, or you can force a f$&en rainbow.

2. Turn off your F$&KEN Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Pinterest, Tinder, Grinder.

There is no other sure fire way to inject self-doubt into your head then being at the mercy of (notifications, dings, alerts, etc)

Have a break. The sun will rise still tomorrow whether you’re up to see it, or in bed scrolling!)

3. Shower Power!

My favourite! 

We would all agree we need to shower 1-3 times daily.

This is a perfect trigger to remind us it's mantra time.

As you lather that organic pomegranate and peach soap into those difficult to find spaces we can speak to ourselves with a powerful and profound "I am Statements":

I AM patient

I AM Positive 

1 AM Persistent 

I AM abundant 

1 AM Honest

4: Dial a friend.

Seriously make the call.

One of your friends whose not Switzerland, and their not the "devil’s advocate"

Their your true friend. They say good things behind your back, and bad things to your face.

Jamie

Jamie Milne Training

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Jessica Leigh Yoga: How Strengthening Through Yoga Can Reflect Positively on Your Life

Have you ever noticed how capable you feel after a good workout? Admittedly, there may be a little touch of ‘jelly legs’ or the shakes (or inability to sit down or stand up without groaning). But there is also this sense of achievement and being capable. This sense only grows stronger with consistency of practice too. I’m convinced this is about more than just endorphins.

In yoga, I feel like it’s important sometimes to remind students of the big, fat giant metaphor our practice of yoga really is. How we show up on the mat reflects directly on how we handle ourselves in the ‘real world’. 

During our yoga practice, if we are able to approach each pose, stretch or transition with compassion towards where our body is at and capable of in any given moment, that automatically starts to form a neural pattern of how we treat ourselves at any point in the day.
It’s literally a matter of practice.

If you use your yoga practice as a way to flow through a series of strengthening poses with the breath, eventually your body will experience more strength and expression in your practice. When you have that gradual feeling of the body becoming stronger in a grounded way that comes through a yoga practice, you find yourself walking through your day feeling capable of more. Your ability to believe in yourself grows exponentially, as your confidence in your body’s strength grows. When we believe in ourselves from this sense of embodiment rather than outside image, our mental health takes leaps and bounds for the better.

Not only that, the practice of this strengthening and breathing helps us more easily counter situations we perceive as stressful. If you practice the ability to still breathe during a challenging pose or while you’ve come to complete stillness frequently enough, even if the mind is going all over the place, eventually your body will more easily remember how to breathe when you encounter stressful situations in your life, whether it’s at work, at home, or otherwise. This allows us to get through those stressful moments without taking on board as much of the stuff that weighs us down and keeps us feeling heavy and negative. It allows us to respond to things instead of react, which has an unsurprising carry on effect of positively influencing those closest to us. 

What we practice in our time on the mat in yoga, we carry our lessons with us into our lives. We get the chance to feel what it’s like to live with more confidence and compassion, and share the feelings that come along with that with others in our homes and communities.

Jess Jasch
Jessica Leigh Yoga
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Pauls Body Enginnering: Training in Winter

Ever heard of the saying ‘Summer Bodies are made in Winter’?

It’s a very common marketing campaign but also very true. Winter is the optimal time to get to the gym or go for that regular run or walk when many others don’t.

Why don’t we train more during Winter?

• Its cold
• Its wet
• Its windy
• Its dark earlier

Where’s the incentive to get up early and exercise with those negatives in our face everyday?

Well truth be told this is the perfect time and those are the perfect reasons to get up and train and find that motivation.
By putting in the time and commitment throughout the months of winter you are well on your way to earning that Summer body you so desire or achieving your fitness goals by the end of the year.

Need more incentive to train through Winter?

1. The gyms are usually much quieter therefore you can get through your session faster as you are not waiting for equipment
2. Believe it or not the body can actually burn more calories when cold and active
3. Training throughout Winter helps fight off the cold and flu season
4. You are getting yourself well and truly ready for summer by giving yourself a three month headstart
5. Winter is a higher period to put on weight as many people resort to comfort food when its cold, however it determined and committed to your goals you can still maintain a healthy lifestyle and kae the necessary improvement during this period.

Its easier said then done right?

Absolutely!  So how do you overcome this?

Set yourself some goals. Look ahead to the end of the year. Perhaps you are going on a holiday? Perhaps you have a big family reunion at Christmas time you want to look good for?

The point is to set a realistic obtainable goal that you can aim towards and that will keep you motivated through Winter. Once you start to see those changes and even more when others start to see those changes you are more motivated then ever to keep pushing.

Research suggests that it can take up to 21 days to form a new habit. If using the gym is your new habit then commit to at least 21 days and see how you feel.

The more consistent your training, the better your sleep.

The better your sleep, the more energy you have.

The more energy you have the more likely you are to train more often and make the commitment to get up early in winter to do so and stick to your goal.

Exercising in Winter doesn’t have to be hard. If you can commit to short term goals that will achieve your long term objective then the incentive to train is ready and waiting.

Paul Hooper
Personal Trainer/Fitness Teacher/Owner
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Accelerate Health and Performance: Fat Shaming and Skinny Shaming Isn't a Thing... You're Probably Just a Jerk

WARNING: This is a bit of a rant that brewed for a while and reared its ugly head so it was updated accordingly. There are some rude words throughout. I, personally, feel it is warranted. I don’t mean to offend but punches will not be pulled.

Yesterday morning my friend, client and the big cheese of Sunny Coast Health & Fitness, Kylie, witnessed two women behaving absolutely abhorrently, ridiculing another female who was busting her arse climbing Mount Coolum. Suffice to say there was fitness and size differences between the two culprits and their victim.

These two people thought they were within their rights to take photos of this lady and openly laugh at her...because she was out and about doing her best. Trying to better improve her health and fitness, trying to change her circumstance, trying to go about living her life. When Kylie told me what had gone down I saw....whatever colour is beyond red.
I can’t fucking stand this shit and I knew I had to dig out this blog and revive it two years after its original release.

I’m going to throw something out there and it’s going to piss some people off…I don’t care one bit. Sadly, it needs to be said far too often. Here and now, I’m going to be one who says it, again. If you don’t like what I have to say then there’s a good chance that you’re probably guilty of exactly what I’m talking about – have a good hard look at yourself and sort your shit out. I mean no offence I just think what you’re doing is really shit and you’re only bringing more shit upon yourself as a result of your nastiness.

Stop Categorising Being An Arsehole Into Names Like ‘Fat Shaming’ And ‘Skinny Shaming’.

It’ the 21st Century for fucks sake!? It’s not about fat or skinny it’s about people. You’re a person, he’s a person, and she’s a person...not a fat person, not a skinny person...a person.
STOP sharing photos online with sayings like…

“Real men want something to hold onto, not a stick”

“Skinny girls look good in clothes. Curvy girls look better naked.”

“Slim girls look good in clothes. Fit girls look good naked.”

FUCK OFF. It is nobody’s right to ridicule anyone for their appearance. ANYONE!

And the insane thing is that people now think that it’s ok to ‘skinny shame’ people because ‘fat’ people have been the victims for so long.

For FAR too long overweight people were the victims of horrible insensitivity. In TV and Movies they still are. It’s WRONG…but if you think that gives you the right to turn the tables on ‘skinny’ people, I’ve got news for you...Making someone else feel shit about themselves doesn’t undo all the horrible things that have been said to you and it won’t stop the chances of it happening in the future. It just makes you an arsehole too.

Meghan Trainor is a prime example of just how far we’ve gone wrong on this front. Her recorded company should be ashamed of recording her bullshit if they weren’t too bust counting $100 bills.

This is not empowering. This is just as degrading as a slim woman calling you “fat”. Don’t be a hypocrite. Being proud of yourself does not require questioning someone else’s worth. It only shows that you really don’t value yourself all that highly at all.

Is this ok because it’s guy? Fuck no. He’s still a person!

Skinny girls are beautiful too. Beauty is an opinion, not a defined any specific quality. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Some men are attracted to curvy women. Some aren’t. That’s ok. Some are attracted to women with no curves. Some aren’t. That’s ok too. What isn’t ok is for you to make someone feel less attractive because they don’t have the same body shape as you. What isn’t ok is when you to imply that someone is less of a man for the woman that he is attracted to
.

And this…when you’re using a horrible disease like Anorexia Nervosa to make yourself feel better…why not go to a kids cancer ward and poke fun at them too?

I’m not defined by my size and shape and I’m not defined by the size and shape of the woman I am attracted to. In part, I am defined by the woman I married. I’m happy to say that she is an incredible woman. Her qualities as a person stretch far beyond her physical appearance. Her size and shape is not the reason I married her…to me she’s a total babe but that is not why I married her. She is a kind, caring, compassionate woman who is an amazing mother. If she was a size 4 or a size 40 she would still be all those things.

But it’s not just Women who need to stop hammering each other in this way. Women need to ease up on Men, Men need to ease up on Women and Men need to ease up on other Men. 

I can’t grow a beard and I don’t want tattoos. I still have a penis though. I’m as much of a man as this guy…

And don’t for one second sit there and say ‘Oh...he’s a Personal Trainer, it’s easy for him.’ You haven’t got a clue! As a Personal Trainer I’m held to the highest and most bullshit of all aesthetic standards!
“When you see a Personal Trainer who needs a Personal Trainer”
Ever heard or read that? I’ve had it said to me and written about me.
My job as a Personal Trainer is to provide that training programs and nutritional guidance to my clients to achieve their goals...nothing more.
I’m not a model, I’m not a body builder, I’m not professional athlete.
I’m a guy with a burning desire to help people live a happy and fulfilling life with the understanding of the human body I was blessed with and worked my arse off to develop.

I could look like this guy...that doesn’t impact my ability to be a great (and modest) trainer with a large client base of very happy, healthy men and women of all ages, shapes, sizes and needs.
It’s 2017. It’s time that we stop defining what a “real man” is and what a “real woman” is and start letting people define themselves by the sort of man and woman they choose to be and the actions they are responsible for.

I truly hope the two arseholes that Kylie encountered read this. I truly hope they feel like jerks. They acted like jerks. But they can change, they can learn and they can never do it again. They can leave that identity behind and bring value to their world in the future.

To the victim of this hideous bullshit...I hope you read this too. MAD PROPS TO YOU SISTER! Congratulations on doing something good for you and your world! You’re welcome in my gym anytime! Hell, I’d love to just buy you a cup of coffee and have a chat...I really like coffee. But please, don’t be disheartened. The arseholes of the world are outnumbered...the majority of us love you and are behind you all the way!

To all men and women…
Our self-worth and character is defined by what we contribute to the lives of the people around us and to the world – not what we look like or the size of our pants. 
So do you contribute puppies, memes and ice cold beers to the lives of the people around you or shins kicked on towballs, bindy eyes and paper cuts?

Mitchell Knight
Accelerate Health and Performance
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Jamie Milne Training: Make Discomfort Your Friend

TEAM UP WITH DISCOMFORT & IT WILL FACILITATE POSITIVE CHANGE!

Over the last week I've been constructing an impending goal setting seminar, "IT'S YOUR FUCKEN LIFE". 

I will be presenting this to 100 people at JMT (we only have 70 tickets remaining). One of those 100 people will go home on the night with up to $2500

Besides the overwhelming eagerness and delirium to deliver it's ZEAL, something dawned on me. We are born, we do some stuff,  and then we fucken die!

Has anyone for any brief moment addressed the quality of their "Inner Circle" the friends we keep, the business we provide, the job we do, our current state of or our health or lack of?

Many of us live as though we have forever, like we're Peter Pan, like we never have to concern ourselves with growing old, being unwell and frail, being stuck in a SHIT marriage. Life's not going by THAT fast, SAID NO ONE EVER!

When did we lose the ability and  freedom to explore the possibility of a life without limits? Think back to when you were a kid, what was it you wanted to be? Marine Biologist? Astronaut? Superman, Supermodel?

As children we automatically act towards a pursuit of goals, immediately outside of what we can obtain instantly! Without even a consideration our dreams wouldn't come true! I don't know about you but I jumped off many a roof top, shitty beach towel sheathed around my neck, socks pulled up to my ears, and some old family members belt lassoed around my guts expecting to fly...........Just like Superman!

Seems to be the storyline of my life... And then we do some stuff, and then we get old, and then life alters our perception of  our dreams.

If we are but some of the fortunate few who don't check out early we may find ourselves sitting slumped in a plastic outdoor furniture chair covered in encrusted mould,  watching local ducks bounce along the waterway wishing we had a shot at being an astronaut again.

Oh SHIT! I didn't even get close to using all my stuff! I assumed I had forever, I wasn't going to die, be frail, be lonely. I didn't even ask the girl of my dreams to marry me. FUCK! Here I am 85 sitting, wishing, hoping, praying, that there is something more for me. More then ducks bouncing, Jenga playing, Sudoko. Saturdays with my 90+ year old aged community!

See my opinion is that we avoid discomfort, and naturally so, discomfort hurts. Telling your boss to stick his job up his arse and that his control freakish ways will no longer effect your life. Getting your health back on track by going to the gym 3 times a week and jogging in the mornings, it hurts, your muscles hurt, there's discomfort. Declining the afternoon boutique beer with friends, because you know you can't stop at 2, and that if you indulge you'll be singing along to Cold Chisel's Kah San at 11pm.

This is embracing discomfort, this is making discomfort your playmate, your associate and your friend.

Thomas Jefferson stated in 1776, and I quote.
"Nothing Can Stop The Man With The Right Mental Attitude From Achieving His Goal:  And Nothing On Earth Can Help The Man with the wrong mental attitude"
In 2017 not much has changed!

So please don't waste any more time, life goes by so so quick, I'm sure you would agree with me. Nothing is certain and nothing is for keeps, write some stuff down, dream some big dreams! 
Imagine your life without limits, without your own self limiting beliefs, allow yourself the chance to be the YOUNG you again, dirty old beach towel for a cape, socks pulled up etc, don't put yourself in a shoe box and leap the fuck off the garage roof SUPERMAN!

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Jamie Milne
Strength and Conditioning coach

MAB PT & Adventures: You Are Worth It

Who finds themselves thinking ‘if only’? 

If only I was taller, slimmer, fitter, healthier, earned more money, looked like the girl on the front cover of your favourite magazine. If only I had her legs or if only I could run as fast as him, if only I didn’t have a bad knee or whatever it is.  The thing is, we all compare ourselves to others. Everyone can find someone they think is ideal, but dealing with this feeling of ‘if only’ can be a completely different story.

Stop Comparing yourself! 

There is only one you in this whole entire world and guess what?  That makes you pretty freaking special.  There is no better person in this world that can be better at being you than you can.  Comparison really is a thief of joy. 

The most wonderful thing about being you is that you have a choice.  You can either choose to live a life comparing yourself and being robbed of joy or you can get all your ‘if only’s’, put them in a great big bag and drop kick them out of your life.

You are amazing just the way you are.  Right now…… Amazing!

So much pressure is put on us to fit into a category, a label; what society says we should be like, look like, talk like, act like.. I say stuff the labels, the categories, the idea of the ‘perfect’ image (what is the perfect image anyway?)

Take a little time out to tell your family, friends, neighbours, the girl that has just started at the gym, your workmates, everyone that they are doing a great job, encourage them. A little positive reinforcement can be the difference between failure and success.  Be the change you want to see in the world.

 What if I told you, all those men and women out there, that it’s ok to be selfish, yep, that’s right, it’s actually healthy to put yourself first for a change.   What if I also told you that it is totally ok to have time just for you, to do WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO!! 

Shout out to all those mum and dads that are at home looking after their kids.  Leave the cleaning, don’t worry about folding those clothes, you are doing an amazing job.   Go outside and have time to do whatever it is you want to do because YOU DESERVE IT.

Shout out to everyone working their butts off in life.  You are doing an amazing job.  You deserve to do something just for you.  Find your fun, be happy.

What if I also told you that YOU ARE WORTH IT?  Personally I spend a lot of time training and not for one minute do I feel bad about that because it’s something that I love and it makes me happy.  I know that if I take the time to do things that make me happy, I am being  the best person I can be, I will be the best mum I can be, the best partner I can be and the best ME I can be. 

So don’t forget to:

• ·         Stop comparing yourself and embrace your amazingness
• ·         Find time to do whatever you want that makes you happy
• ·         Encourage others
• ·         Be the change you want to see in the world
• ·         Know that you are worth it
• ·         Be totally awesome

You are all awesome and deserve so much awesomeness in your life!

Amy Woods
MAB Personal Training and Adventures
Website: http://www.mabpersonaltraining.com.au/
Instagram: @mabptadventures
Email: amy@mabpersonaltraining.com.au 

JaycasFit Activewear (Ben): Grateful To Those Who Influenced My Life

With the first month of the New Year almost over, we’ve seen everyone putting up posts (us included), on “New Year New You” and how it is now time to kick ass, change your world etc. Change is great, but why can’t we be grateful for the life we have and the people who have influenced us to this point in our lives? ‘

Allow me to tell you something I learnt over the Christmas New Year period.

On Christmas eve there was a post put on Facebook about a lady who I went to school with way back in the 1980’s. She was a fun loving, easy going and fiercely protective of those who where lucky enough to call her a friend.  She was one of the only people who accepted Kathryn my girlfriend (now wife) into our group with no questions and always made her feel welcome.

This beautiful soul passed away on Christmas eve with her family around her (can not even imagine how this would feel), she had been fighting cancer for the last 3 years.

To be honest, I have not seen her since I was at college some 25 years ago. Although through the magic of social media have seen posts on what she was doing, not a very good friend on my behalf.  I can not sit here and think that I have any right to tell you about her life, her family, her husband, her kids or the amazing things she did since I saw her last, although many did through her Facebook posts.

These people who were closest to her and knew her best shared some of the things that she had inspired them to do in their lives, how she had influenced them for the better.

I do not know if they shared these stories with her before she passed away or not, but it got me thinking… Why do we wait to tell the people who positively influenced us in our lives when they pass away, through words we write or speak in reflection of them. I know I have done this myself.

This also got me thinking of the people who influenced me in my life, the people who helped me get through high school, like my best mate Dave, who on many occasions pointed me in better directions. 

Or the people you meet later in life, like a mentor of mine Matt, that took a risk on me and allowed me to see and believe in my strengths again. 

There is so many over the years, there is even some that at the time I considered negative experiences, yet if they did not happen my life would be so much different. An example of this was my parents getting divorced, awful at the time yet if this had not happened I would have never meet Kathryn, got married and had 2 beautiful kids.

Have I told the people who I feel have influenced my life? Not always. Although I have started telling them when I see them or feel I can express in words how grateful I am.

So my question is, have you told those people who influenced you to make your life better (both past and present) how grateful you are?

Have you expressed how they have impacted your journey?

If not, give it some thought.

Maybe its time to give thanks and gratitude.

Watch their eyes and face light up that they have made such an impact to another soul, which will light you up as well.

 

Remember it is your Fun Active Life.

Ben & Kathryn 
Jaycasfit – Inspire Greatness

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MAB Adventures & PT: The Power of Choice

Imagine what’s possible if you used your ‘Power of Choice’.

Can you relate to this scenario at all? 

Your motivated and pumped to get fit and healthy and then someone puts a piece of cake in front of you at morning tea at a work meeting. Or you say you are going to walk every morning and before you know it, you have missed three mornings. Before you know it, the motivation you had when you first started on your mission has depleted? Or you are feeling happy and amazing and then something challenges you and completing changes your mood?  If you relate to these or a similar scenario you are like majority of people, YEP truth!

The truth is Motivation doesn’t last, it fades, through helping men and women achieve greatness nearly 10 years has really taught me so much about being ‘Mindfit’. I believe we all need to focus on the Mind & Body to be the best we can be, what’s the point of getting fit and healthy ‘short term’? So the million dollar question……. How do you become Mindfit?

It all comes down to ‘Power of choice’

I am grateful I discovered the ‘Power of choice’ so I can share the tool that helps me on a daily basis to be the best I can be. To help you understand the power of choice I want to share how I discovered it. It was through challenges in life from as early at the age of 14, with a severe bicycle accident where I lacerated my liver nearly in ½ which ended with major surgery. Then more major surgery at the age of 25 from a bowel obstruction from adhesions from the scar tissue. I have also ended up in a hospital bed for 5 nights because I pushed my limits too far in a ½ marathon, the biggest challenge of all was when life didn’t turn out how I expected it to be. Thankfully that moment when I hit rock bottom was the moment of awareness that I could choose how I wanted to respond. I could of chose to be stuck in a pity party or I could of chose to get back up and create the life I wanted to live.

I chose to live a happy, healthy, active, adventurous life full of love, I chose to use ‘Power of Choice’ and how awesome I can share this amazing tool with you all. When you own, you create your reality by the choices you make you then open up the power within.

Mel’s 5 tips how to use ‘Power of choice’ within:

1.   Choose to see the gift in every situation, positive and negative  (there is always a gift). With my bike accident at such a young age, the gift was ‘life’ I got to appreciate my life so much more because I nearly lost it. With this tool, write down a list of any situation that is or has challenged you and look for the gifts, if you look hard enough you will find them and it will give you peace around that challenge.

2.   Choose the life you want to live, be clear on who you want to be. You may choose to be a happy healthy active person: write a list of what that means. What does being happy mean to you? What does being healthy mean to you? It is not about what it means to me or anyone else, it is what is means to you. Then write down a list of the opposite- who you don’t want to be, maybe a sad, unhealthy lazy person. When you are clear on who you want to be, its actually only one choice to make when you have options in front of you

3.   Choose to be clear on your 'why'. Write down your why you choose to live your life a certain way. When you have a big enough reason why, it helps when you have someone putting cake in front of you, or helps you stay strong when you have to adapt to challenges.

4.   What would love do? This is the biggest powerful tool ever. Choose to ask this question and it will lead you to the best option that serves you for the greatest good. Some mornings I will ask myself what would love do and some mornings I do need to rest because I have pushed myself too much the day before, or some mornings I trust my body needs to get outside and feel the sun on my face.

5.   Choose to trust it is what it is. The fact is, many things in life you cannot control, and if you can trust the things you cannot control, simply is what it is. It will give you peace in your inner being.

Start with these 5 tips and watch how your world changes, become aware of your inner peace and contentment and also become aware of the change that happens. Remember nothing ever stays the same, you either evolve or dissolve, I hope you choose to evolve and embrace the gift of Power Of Choice.

Mel x

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MAB Personal Training and Adventures: Introducing Amy Woods

Name: Amy Woods
Business: MAB Personal Training and Adventures
Age: 33 Years
Years In The Industry: 12 Months
Qualifications: Cert III & IV in Fitness
Interests: Lifting weights, cooking yummy food, art, being creative
What Makes Me Passionate About The Fitness Industry: Knowing that people can overcome depression, addiction, sickness and everything that goes with that through fitness and looking after their bodies. I love seeing someone working hard and achieving results, its amazingly rewarding in that respect.

Being a busy mum of 4 kids, I understand how hectic life can get some times. After getting everyone ready for school, doing the school run, cleaning up, washing, folding, working, cooking, somehow squeezing 25 hours out of a 24 hour day, I understand the last thing you think you have time for is exercise right?

Well think again. Everyone has the time to exercise it just needs to become a priority. Think of it like brushing your teeth, you wouldn’t go to bed without doing it because it keeps your teeth healthy, well guess what? Exercise is vital to keep our bodies healthy.

Getting up at 5am in the morning to train is not everybody’s cup of tea. It’s early, it’s cold, my bed is really comfy and quite frankly the desire to just curl up into a snug ball and fall back to sleep is incredible. So why then do I get up?

Because I have promised myself to make no excuses, I have made my ‘why’ stronger than my ‘why not’ and I just don’t have time to beat around the bush about it all. Just do it.

Sometimes the only time I have to train is in the middle of the day, outside, when my son is asleep. It’s stinking hot, I don’t have a home gym and I have limited room but I do it, because that is my time for me so I can be the best mum that I can be.

If, like me, you only have a small amount of time to train daily, try these tips:

• Do some high intensity training – eg 5 minutes of burpees.
• Go for a walk at night after dinner. Take the whole family.
• Find your fun, something you love doing and just do it.
• Get up 30 minutes earlier – even if it is cold or set aside 30 minutes each night for exercise.
• Exercise while your watching TV at night.
• Have heaps of sex – yep that’s right, it’s classed as exercise
• Make exercise a priority.

Remember that each and every one of you deserve to be happy and healthy. It is your right to take time out of your busy days and do something for yourself. Make exercise a priority. You are all awesome and deserve awesomeness in your life.


Amy Woods
MAB Personal Training and Adventures
Website: http://www.mabpersonaltraining.com.au/
Instagram: @mabptadventures
Email: amy@mabpersonaltraining.com.au 

GUEST BLOGGER: Lucy from The Wholistic Being

Every day in Australia, 7 people die by suicide. Every year mental illness affects 1 in every 20 people. (Both statistics are approximate)

When I read that I understand why mental illness is a worldwide health issue. However it also affects us closer to home with friends and family and those we know in our community. I am one of those people. I identify with/am recovering from/am living with/have/had, a mental illness for about 10 years of my life thus far.. I’m Lucy and I’m the founder of a small business; The Wholistic Being. It’s important to know before you read any further, that I whole-heartedly believe that everything happens for a reason. Good, bad, happy, sad, unreasonable, improbable, unforeseen and inconceivable; whatever it is I believe it serves some purpose to your life. I want to be clear that I do not always understand what the purpose is and I’m not sure I need to. When it really, really counts – you just know.

The Wholistic Being is the representation of my purpose. I have studied Drama and Education, but have a degree in Business Management. I have been unwell with depression and anxiety and now my career is focused on positive mental health, which is how my business came to be. The journey makes sense and has created my purpose as well as my passion.

The Wholistic Being is small business with a big purpose. Our aim is to partner together for positive mental health. Partner with community groups, families, work places, big organisations, small organisations and with individuals – to make positive mental health a priority. The Wholistic Being provides training to the fore-mentioned groups to break down the stigma and build knowledge around mental illness.
At present, we offer three courses; Mental Health First Aid (MHFA), safeTALK and Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST). MHFA is a two-day course that looks at depression, anxiety, psychosis and substance use and informs participants on how to deal with several different crises associated with these illnesses. This course is to mental health, what conventional first aid is to physical health. No prior knowledge is required for this course and it something I would encourage everyone to do. safeTALK is a 3.5 hour suicide-alertness workshop, about promoting awareness and creating a suicide-safer community. This is also an introductory course, which is also open to everyone. ASIST is a two day course which teaches participants a suicide intervention model that informs them how to intervene and prevent the immediate risk of suicide. This course is important for all those in caregiver roles (doctors, nurses, teachers, police, support workers, youth workers etc) but is based on the idea that everyone can make a difference in preventing suicide, so the more people who attend ASIST, the better.

When I was struggling in the midst of depression and anxiety, those close to me also had a difficult time as they didn’t know a lot about mental illness and had to learn quickly what worked and what didn’t. The reason I have based my business around MHFA, safeTALK and ASIST is because they offer relevant information and practical techniques and frameworks that can be applied in the real world.

I feel incredibly grateful to have found my passion and purpose, presenting to different and diverse groups. If you are interested in any of the courses we offer or would like to talk about how we could partner together for positive mental health, I would love to hear from you.

The Wholistic Being promotes positive wellbeing and we are very grateful to be associated with Sunny Coast Health and Fitness!

Want to find out more about The Wholistic Being?
Website: http://www.thewholisticbeing.com.au/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thewholisticbeing/
Email: lucy@thewholisticbeing.com.au