A look back over my 2018 project "A Life A Day" as well as what the future holds for the initiative.

Steve Parke was a first for me. The first guest that messaged me asking to be on the podcasts, usually I'm the one chasing down guests!

He told me about his approach to training and about how he and his wife run a training service that incorporates not just training for the body, but the mind too.

They put a huge emphasis on intuitive training and ample recovery and this was something that I just loved!

You Are Not Weak

You are not weak

The journey is just difficult

And someone, somewhere told you that it "should" be easy.

And when it wasn't you believed that the problem was you.

You said "why can't I do this?"

Or maybe even "what's wrong with me"

But the problem was never you

The journey is just difficult

When we ask "why can't" then we see only problems

But when we ask "how could" then the solutions emerge

Solutions that emerge from your mind

A mind that is strong, that is resourceful

You were never weak,

you were just tricked to think you were

You were asking the wrong questions

and as a result getting the wrong answers

The journey is difficult, yes it is true

But you are formidable

And there's nothing you can't do

I recently had the honour of being invited onto Scott Baptie's Food For Fitness Podcast. This was super cool for me as Scott was another one of my main sources of information coming into the industry!

I've been getting some great feedback from his audience which made me wonder if I covered some topics in here that I may have missed in my own shows.

Particularly the stuff about motivation I believe this is the first time I've spoken publicly about.

Some of the highlights from the show according to Scott and his team are:

Dave’s motivation to take his health seriously and really take action

How Dave does his mission to help 365 people for free in 2018

How this project has helped Dave’s self-esteem

If knowledge is not the power, then what is?

What is a mindset and ways for you to shape that

The impact of social media on mindset

The concept of negativity bias in our brain

Filter followers, filter negativity

How to get yourself to be more motivated

Focusing on the slingshot vs boomerang

The power of putting yourself first

You'll recognise Sam Tyrer from a past episode of the podcast, where he talked about Change Talks; his amazing project taking mental health education into schools.

But Sam also takes these projects elsewhere and is committed to helping change things when it comes to men's mental health.

With that in mind he got the four of us together to have a discussion about where we see the current state and what needs to change.

Male or female this is a vital piece of content as we all move to help increase empathy and understanding and eliminating the stigma.

So if you've been with me a while you will know that I like external leverage when attempting something big.

This one is all about how I plan to lose 16kg between November and April before I run the Manchester Marathon.

And to do this I want a disgusting forfeit that I have to complete in the unlikely event that I fail.

So if you want a hand in making sure that the forfeit is as grim as possible... then drop me a message and let's get your suggestion in the mix!

In this episode I talk about how to make our decision about more than just the immediate.

By looking at the long term repercussions of negative habits and the long term benefit of positive ones we can help ourselves to make better choices today.

Each of these choices take us closer to our goals with baby steps that may seem small at the time but add up to something huge!

Meditation...

It's a word that can inspire or turn off half of any audience. But that's because it's something we have a preconceived notion of that limits it to a very narrow practice.

In this episode I talk all about how meditation can be found in many different places.

Eating disorders (particularly binge eating, comfort eating and bulimia) have played a big role in my coaching this year.

As a general rule if I find myself coaching a specific subject a lot then I try to make content for the other people who haven't come forward with it.

This episode outlines my 4 step process that I take with most (but not all) eating disorder clients.

If you want some more personalised help or feel you benefit from some accountability please reach out.

It's been a while since we've had a guest but we have an awesome one here for you!

Nicola Buckley is a Head and Heart coach. A former high flying coroporate badass woman, who now helps other high flying corporate badass women maintain their badassery (my word, not hers and it's total liegit English!)

She is the founder of the StrongHer You programme, podcast, academy and ever other branch you cna imagine and she inspires woman daily with her wonderful combination of compassion and "noggin knowledge".

Nothing else to say execept ENJOY!