Category: Performance
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Lessons learnt in Siena – Preparation is key
This week we’re looking at how to best prepare for your holiday. Many people, including myself, often find the lead-up to a holiday quite stressful for various reasons. There’s finalising the travel plans, packing, leaving your home in order and tying up loose...
Lessons learnt in Siena – The power of presence
I recently went on holiday to Siena in Italy, and if you’ve followed me for a while now, you’ll know that I often share my insights or ‘lessons learned’ whilst on holiday. For me, holidays can be a brilliant opportunity for insights and reflection as you’re out...
How to build lasting, healthy habits
In last week’s blog post, I started the conversation about why people fail to sustain new habits. If you missed it, you can find it here before reading this post, as I always think it’s best to understand the ‘why’, before getting to the ‘how’. In this post,...
Why most people fail to create new habits
Creating and maintaining new habits can be a real challenge for many of us. In my coaching practice, I often find that helping people to establish sustainable habits is just as important as helping them reach their goals. It's about transforming these habits...
How I manage my stress
In last week’s post, I introduced the concept of the ‘Stress Cycle’ – what I believe is one of the most important ways we can successfully navigate the modern-day world. The key is in breaking the constant of chronic stress, with intentional forced moments of...
The Stress Cycle – the best tool for managing stress
Last week, I identified chronic stress as being a big, if not the biggest, threat to our wellbeing in our busy, modern lives. Understanding why we struggle is key because it helps us take responsibility for our challenges and enables us to pre-empt and navigate...
Chronic stress – a modern-day companion
Stress is an unavoidable aspect of modern life, affecting each of us to varying degrees. Whether we're dealing with the constant pressures of daily life or facing unexpected challenges, like the loss of a loved one or a sudden job loss, stress is an intrinsic...
Take back control & disconnect from work to find more balance
Mentally disconnecting from work is not as easy as just ‘not thinking about work’. I get that. This is why we have been exploring not only what mentally disconnecting means and why it is important, but also how it can affect our day-to-day lives, such as...
Mentally Disconnecting from Work
In our fast-paced world of modern work, the boundary between professional and personal life often blurs, leaving many hardworking people struggling with being unable to mentally disconnect from work. The relentless demands of emails, deadlines, and constant...
How to detox in a healthy, balanced way
So far this month we’ve explored why we need to detox and then the typical results people experience during and after a detox. In this post, our focus shifts to the essential aspect of how you undertake a healthy detox. I'm emphasising the term 'healthy' as...
What results can I expect through doing a detox?
This month's question comes from Varun: Hi Kate, I’ve always been interested in detoxes but never tried one. I read your post last week and I understand in principle that we come into contact with lots of toxins in our modern lives which can impact our overall...
Do we really need to detox?
Happy 2024! As we embrace the new year, full of potential and promise, it’s a time when many people embark on some kind of health kick. Whether it’s a new diet, fitness regime, fast, detox, or going alcohol-free, everyone feels inspired to improve their health...
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The secret to your success is hidden in your daily routines
More specifically, it's your morning routine or lack of, that truly sets the tone for the rest of your day: your health, mood, focus, energy and overall productivity. Which is why I've created this free 12-page guide to help you design your own custom morning routine so that you can be at your best every day.