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On Monday I talked about the psychological benefits of exercise. As a personal trainer it’s important that you understand these because besides losing weight and getting stronger these are [...]

Supporting people who are new to exercise is not as much about the exercise as it is the relationship, the support and how you communicate with your client. Part of that relationship, support and [...]

I’ve spent a lot of time talking about what is feels like to not accomplish something. We all know what that feels like; crappy! Today I want to talk a little bit about what it feels like [...]

If you are like me the phrase “New Years Resolutions” conjures up not so positive thoughts and feelings. It sounds kind of old school particularly because most of us are always resolving to do [...]

Are you one of the 16 million Americans who suffer from depression, or one of the approximately 32 million who experience anxiety or stress? It has been estimated that by the year 2020, [...]

If you are reading this you are probably struggling with exercise addiction, have searched for help and have struggled to find it. The statistics on my blog written about exercise addiction made [...]

If you were to look in the dictionary one of the definitions of habit states that it is an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary. Acquired means your [...]

Addiction and the brain Compulsive behaviors like compulsive shopping, pathological lying, shoplifting, gambling, overeating, over exercising or obsessions with sex can be trigger by genetic [...]

This is a two part blog series on exercise addiction. I’ve done a lot of work around people who deviate from exercise and now I am going to steer the conversation around people who are [...]

Over many years I have done work with a lot of different women. One of the things I am most passionate about is supporting women to success. Success meaning different things for each of them. [...]