by Rebecca Swanton | Jan 9, 2019 | Business, confidence, Health, motivation, perfectionism, positivity, self esteem, stress, Well being
Psst, guess what? I quite often feel guilty or like I’m not doing something I should be doing if I am relaxed or taking time out for myself. This type of ‘stress = success’ thinking could be a result of working solo in a micro-business. Or it could be the result of...
by Rebecca Swanton | Jan 3, 2019 | Caffeine withdrawal, Health, Nutrition, Well being
Yes I’ve been broken (headed) Blue since the day we parted, Why why, did I have to let you go? Coffee coffee, now I really know, My, my, I could never let you go. (Thanks ABBA for the inspo!) I’ve had a steady relationship with coffee for years. Not the dependant or...
by Rebecca Swanton | Jan 11, 2018 | Exercise, humidity, personal training, Racing, Running, training, Uncategorized
Anyone else been struggling to run in the stifling morning humidity currently blanketing our region? Oh. My. Goodness. At first I thought I’d just eaten too many fruit mince pies and had too many morning sleep-ins. Perhaps I was just a little dusty after Christmas....
by Rebecca Swanton | Sep 5, 2017 | confidence, Exercise, Health, motivation, Obesity, positivity, training, Well being
What’s your view of exercise? Do you think of it as therapy or is it closer to torture? Or does the line waver and blur a little between the two? At what point does exercise go from being a form of therapy to a form of torture? We’ve all heard the phrase you can’t...
by Rebecca Swanton | Jun 7, 2017 | confidence, personal training, Pregnancy and exercise, training
One year post-baby and how’s training going? Well, 13 months actually and I’m starting to make progress. Pregnancy was easy, birth was hard and getting back to fitness has come with a great deal of patience and frustration. I’m not as strong or as fit as I was but I’m...
