🎙️The importance of health and fitness during divorce and separation🎙️
Life, love and the law, a podcast by Stowe Family Law
When you’re going through a stressful life event, keeping up with your workout schedule, eating well, or even just getting outside for a walk can feel overwhelming. But it’s so important for your mental and physical wellbeing to include activity, movement and good nutrition in your day-to-day.
In this episode of Life, love and the law, Alana Ellis, personal trainer and nutritional coach, explains the value of exercise even when you really don’t feel like it. She talks about lowering the bar, not expecting too much of yourself, and taking small steps.
00:25 Introductions
01:55 The impact of stress on the body
03:21 Fight or flight vs rest and digest physical and emotional states
04:57 How important is sleep and how can you improve your sleep
08:22 Supplementing with magnesium and how it can help support good sleep
09:57 How can meditation support the nervous system?
11:53 What are the main obstacles for people when it comes to healthy food routines?
13:14 The impact of stress on relationships with food
14:36 What can replace food as an emotional coping mechanism?
15:28 Easy wins when it comes to health and fitness
16:50 The value of exercise in building up your energy bucket, not depleting it
18:20 Debunking the all or nothing mindset when it comes to exercise
23:45 Finding the motivation to exercise especially when you’re stressed
25:15 Lowering the barrier to entry with exercise
27:17 Divorce and separation to do list vs exercise and wellbeing
30:13 Top tip for health and fitness during divorce and separation
Useful links
Why emotional wellbeing matters during divorce https://www.stowefamilylaw.co.uk/stowe-support/why-emotional-well-being-matters-during-divorce-and-how-it-affects-legal-outcomes/
Looking after your mental health through divorce https://www.stowefamilylaw.co.uk/stowe-support/looking-after-your-mental-health-during-divorce/
The first steps to divorce https://youtu.be/p6ZWYK7zXN0?si=eh0aaj6K_r2nykE5
Avoiding the top divorce mistakes https://open.spotify.com/episode/0miHzVWzorsoj2QH5XOgi6
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