Goodnight, sweet dreams

Last night, my Gran closed her eyes for the very last time. Good night, sweet dreams. Love you so very much xx

If you were an animal what kind of animal would you be?

I recently went on a seminar, I guess it was a personal development seminar, it was also a coaching seminar and that is one direction that I want to take my business in so thought it would be worthwhile.

It was a two and a half day 'free' seminar. I have to admit that the first evening was pretty confronting and I nearly didn't go back the next day. There were several reasons for this but one of them was if I am going to open up, do I want to do it publicly, in a room full of people and not only that but whole weekend was being filmed.

Another reason was, we were asked to introduce ourselves to others in the group - no problem with that - but not in any 'normal' kind of way. We had to think about the following question and introduce our selves as such with an explanation of why.

"If you were an animal, what kind of animal would you be and why?"

What? I just don't get this kind of stuff. Do you? Like, I have no idea. To me it sounds like the type of question my nine (now 12) year old son would ask.

My brain doesn't think like that. I don't have the luxury of time to think about stuff like that. Should I dare to let my mind wander from work or kids homework or laundry, it usually returns quite quickly to, what should we have for dinner tonight?

Does this mean that I can't be personally developed or that I just will not succeed as a coach? Do my clients really need me to ask that question to help them with their health and wellbeing?

I don't have the answers, maybe I need to do a seminar to help me come to terms with this seminar.

Water Babies

Water babies have arrived at our house.

We've had scoobies and pet rocks and we've had BFF necklaces but Water Babies? Are you serious?

I nearly died laughing when my friend was telling me about the latest craze her kids were following but low and behold, they arrived here today.

They feed them, everyday! They are looked after better than the real pets. They think they have babies. They swear they've seen one have a baby! OMG!

So, what are they?

This is what they are!!

Have your kids ever had this craze or an equally or more bizarre craze?

Volunteer Work

I recently saw a statistic that in 2010, just over 2 million people participated in some form of volunteer work in NSW. 

To me, that is a pretty impressive statistic, especially considering that the estimated population of NSW in 2010 was 7.2 million.

Perhaps society isn't that bad after all. Despite what the media tells us, there are some good people out there.


To date my volunteering has been quite minimal and based mostly around helping out at the kids schools or coaching/training their sports teams.

Do you or have you volunteered? Have you been on the receiving end of a volunteer?

Is the number of volunteers higher or lower than you imagined?

Turning 40

OMG, I just updated the little bio on this blog and realised that I am turning 40 next year?

Will I feel different?
Will my kids respect me more, less or just the same?
Will my ear hair get longer or is that just men?
Will I get to the UK next year?
Will I pay my mortgage off before I retire?
Will I get more time for myself?

What happened when you turned 40? Or, if you're not 40 yet, what do you think it will be like?

Ripping strapping tape from my butt

Ripping strapping tape from my butt and lower back is not my usual nor preferred start to the day.

After a 5 month break from running due to various injuries I ran the 4km Mothers Day Classic. It was the perfect day for a run and I am delighted to say that the run was a slow effortless jog. Those months of hill running and hill sprints had paid off - kinda, apart from the injuries!

However, I was a little tight in the glutes and hamstrings the following day and as such I really shouldn't have gone to an Ultimate gym class.

I got through the warm up and 2 sets of tabata workouts, alternate lunges and push ups, we did a little more running and then into the 3rd tabata session which was full abdominal sit ups, hands above the head to touching toes alternating those with body weight squats. Into the second round of squats I heard and felt a ripping/popping in my lower back, the pain referring right down into my coccyx.

A trip to the physio, some ultra sound and dry needling and a very attractive taping of my lower back and butt and I am now exercise free until at least the end of this week.

I have definitely learnt my lesson this time. It was also quite timely that Liz N wrote about leaving your ego at the door recently.

I need to and will start listening to my body and not to my head. My head wants to go faster, lift heavier, burn more calories, lose more weight. My body is quite clearly saying no, stop, listen to me.

Slack blogger

I always seem to rock up to blog and start with an apology for not being around. Guess what? This is no different.

I will start by saying "Happy New Year"!! I have not blogged at all this year. Well let's look on the bright side (cos I'm all for that these days, not that you'd know cos I don't blog!!) at least we're still in the first half of the year.

Why have I been away? Have I won the lottery and spent the last 6 months travelling the world? Sadly no. What am I saying? Not sadly. I have a great life, seriously I do, it's just very busy. Not that I'm complaining too much, just a little.

I am going to try and use this blog to find the 'real me'. Can you cope with that? I'm not sure how it will go, I could disappear again for 6 months but I hope not.

I'm also using it to try and get back into writing. I am trying to write for my business blog and the main issue I have with that is that sometimes I doubt my ability.

I see so many fantastic writers out there that I consider to be so much better at it than me. Why would anyone want my opinion?

But then I sometimes feel that way about my PT skills and business skills and other times I 'know' that I am really really good at what I do. I'm just different. Especially in relation to the fitness industry, I don't fit the norm, but that doesn't mean that there isn't a place for me. Does it.

OK, I have a client now and will have to sign off. I have not proofed this but I am just going to post anyway, this is practice right and if I don't post now I'll procrastinate and try and make it perfect and it will definitely be 6 months before you hear from me again.

So here goes. Have a great day and I hope to be back very soon. xx