Do you remember watching Maxwell Smart as a kids and thinking it's crazy that he's talking into his phone on his wristwatch?

Or the Jetson's and having hovercraft cars in the sky?

All this plus more is coming down the pipe and I'm so excitable about some technology that I've been exposed to in the health field.

I'm a biohacker and my interest is lifelong health and longevity.

The things I'm biohacking will also interest people who suffer from chronic disease and those that are high performance athletes.

Very interested in what's to come...

When you are up against the wall and things are not going your way... what's that little voice in your saying?

When you are saying things that some from the heart and you are honest in what you are saying... how do you gauge the response of the other person?

If you are giving advice that's unpopular... how do you push forward with what you believe is true?

These are scenarios I live through every day as you can imagine a lot of people come from different backgrounds and problems and sometimes the best way I can help someone is to tell them the truth.

Regardless of what my inner voice is trying to tell me!

It snowed in my little village town of Gisborne!

It was a surprise to see on a Sunday morning and my kids were so excited - we all were!

Despite the snowflakes I still carry on with my weekly effort for 3 min ice baths every Sunday.

Just because it snowed doesn't mean I should pump the brakes!

Very interested in getting a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner certification to compliment my primary Physiotherapy field.

My frustration is that A LOT of people are suffering from this silent disease.

Which one?

Nutritional deficiencies... more to come!

I have been strongly considering the clinical program offered by Chris Kresser called the ADAPT Practitioner Training course to help chronic disease sufferers.

It is something I am investigating further and I'll keep you in the loop with how it pans out!

My belief is that nutrition is a big leverage point for lifelong health and I'm willing to return back to some training to upskill myself and offer more help to the community.

Watch this space...

Imagine rolling into work on Monday and a 'catastrophe' has happened.

You may have forgot your tools at home, you may not have access to important paperwork, invoices haven't been met that you were relying on... the list can go on!

Well, on this particular Monday we had internet. Our whole practice, information, taking billings, making appointments etc. relies on the internet.

Instead of sulking and pointing fingers Aarvi and I made do with what we had available and drew upon our own resources and initiatives.

How often have you been thrown a curve ball and how have you honestly dealt with setback?

Having the energy to draw on to deal with problems and setbacks is a superpower that you shouldn't look down on and continue to improve!

Building on from my last podcast I talk about cold therapy.

I've chosen to go with cryotherapy at the moment because it's most convenient for my time.

I believe there is benefit in heat therapy too!

Steam and red light saunas - of the two I prefer red light for more reasons we'll explore in the future.

For now, the body responds to extreme temperatures pretty well for a short period of time and in the process can produce cold/hot shock proteins which gives us more resilience!

You may think it's crazy to consider doing ice baths during the coldest months in the year but I look at it as a challenge to improve myself!

It's been a task to mentally overcome the cold by starting with 10 sec cold showers then progressing to 30 sec ultimately having 1-2 min cold showers without too much trouble. 

That took me over a year to progress.

I've now started weekly ice baths on Sundays for 3 mins.

It's being documented and I like the fact that the whole family is in on the adventure too... more to come!

My 4yo daughter Emelina has a known nut allergy.

We forgot all about since it's been over a year since her last reaction (which was moderate and while we were overseas).

Long story short she was given an anti-histamine to manage the inflammatory response and over time the reaction settled.

I will be using my learnings from the ADAPT Practitioner training to assist my daughter with the underlying cause of her allergy and build towards a lifelong remedy.

More to come...

Have you thought about how the conventional medical models works when you have more then once pain problems or symptom?

You are managed with each individual symptom and can often be referred to individual specialists.

For example you might have joint pain, headaches, skin problems and blood problems.

In this example you may be sent to 4 x different specialists - rheumtologist, neurologist, dermatologist and endocrinologist!

What if you were to take a step back and seek out the primary cause for all the symptoms you feel?

That's where the holistic approach can help!

More to come...