This week I’m talking about why having more zip, zazz and pazing in our day not only makes us feel good but is actually a match to the health we want to enjoy.  

What does having more energy in your energy tank feel like? It feels good doesn’t it? Those days when you wake up and you’re just “on”. The sun seems brighter, the world seems happier, and life just feels easier. 

We spend so much time thinking and worrying about our weight that the whole “living and enjoying a great life” part gets put on hold. 

But when we start living and enjoying ourselves, when we’re out having fun in our life, we switch over to using another part of our brain and we start making healthier, happier choices for ourselves naturally.  

Because when we feel good, we want to keep feeling good. 

We all need more living in our life, so lets get started: 

1. Make a list of 5 things that would make your happy heart sing this year. 
2. Close your eyes and think about the joy of being there, enjoying each one of those thin...

This week we’re talking about the mystery of habit relapse and what we can do to prevent it.  

I never thought I’d be able to change my bad habits. I’d been told more than once that I had “an addictive personality”, low self-esteem and self-worth, and that the reason I kept failing to change was because I “self-sabotaged” (presumably because I had low self-esteem and low self-worth).   

The reality is I didn’t understand the mechanisms of this amazing body and mind.  

I wasn’t self-sabotaging, I was relapsing into old habits.  

And I kept relapsing because that’s what our non-conscious mind and body are constantly pushing to return to, and I couldn’t win a fight that I didn’t understand.  

To break-free from the cycle we need to: 

     a.) Develop an understanding of this part of ourselves  

     b.) Build our knowledge of what to do to develop long-term habit change  

     c.) Implement the knowledge and build the skill that leads to the sustainable change we want 

It’s not rocket science...

This week we’re talking about creating meaningful and sustainable change through the power of small adjustments.

Our biggest obstacles to losing weight and gaining health are the ones we have that stop us even getting started.

There’s always seems to be something in our way, something that “When I get past this, then I will have time to focus on me”.

Every year is full of celebrations, challenges and changes, all culminating at the end of the year with the daddy of all stresses, Christmas.

That’s why New Year’s Resolutions are so popular right; this is the time when we think we can take a minute to focus on ourselves before the cycle starts again.

But Why Do We Think We Have To Wait?

Because unless you’re experiencing one of those rare moments where the switch in our mind is triggered and turned “on” – you know that switch, the one that propels us into action like we just sat on a thumb tack? The one that gives us unwavering will power, energy and vitality and making changes seems ...

This week I'm talking about how easy it is to change your health and fitness with just one small 2 min adjustment to how you think about exercise.

Well, it's another New Years Eve on the horizon and opportunity to make a New Years Resolution that you can stick to using the power of marginal gains.

We think that getting regular exercise that makes a difference to our health has to be big blocks of time spent at the gym several days a week.

I remember when I decided that that really didn't work for me - at all!

So I made my own rules up about how and what exercise I would focus on.

Lucky for me, I do love exercise, but I get bored easy and I really didn't like having to go to the gym. I needed something that would fit into my hectic life and make me happy.

So I came up with my two-minute rule. I know, two minutes is nothing right? And people often say to me, "Well, two minutes isn't going to make you skinny is it?!"

But I disagree.

When I decided on my 2 minute rule, I was still worki...

I might have watched too much Gavin & Stacey recently, but I have to say, time off is lush isn't it? 🥰

#dietlessliving #katiegordon #gavinandstacey #timeoff #happydays #relaxing #southbank #burleighbeach

This week I’m talking about the concepts and misguided ideas that we have about what constitutes good health. 

I’m a great observer of people, and I’m lucky to live in the city where there is so many to observe.  

I see beautiful slender people, totally buff people, well dressed successful looking people, and I often catch myself thinking; “Don’t they look the picture of success, health and happiness”.  

And I think that because really that’s what we’ve been lead to think success, health and happiness looks like; slender and fashionable.

But what is health? 

• Is it the totally buff man or woman coming out of the gym and lighting up a cigarette or sucking on a vape?  
• Is it having the correct BMI even though you have no muscle mass or tone because you don’t work the muscles in your body? 
• Is it living an all organic lifestyle but still bitching, moaning and complaining about other people, politics and life? 
• Is it living the perfect keto life and working out ever...

I’m not a skinny Minnie, but I got rid of about 20+kg in weight in 2011 and I’ve remained at my current body size ever since…because I finally worked out what causes it.  

I know that sounds funny, stupid even to say I didn’t know what caused me to put on weight…clearly it was the amount of calories I was consuming, but what I mean is, I didn’t know what caused the frenzy on eating. And I can tell you, no one else knows what causes it either, because if they did, we wouldn’t have the problems we have. 

I don’t have a degree in nutrition, psychology or fitness. 

But sometimes, actions and results speak louder than degrees. 

In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.  

Theory that hasn’t been applied is just that, theory. 

But theory that has been applied, tested and collated, that is knowledge.  

And everything that I teach is something I learned (theory), then applied it, and applied it, and applied it, and applied it, and in some cases, altered it, applied it a...

It's not just about what you do for your body, but also what you do for yourself psychologically, neurologically, socially, emotionally, and spiritually.

It’s a way of living that’s based on the principle that it’s not what we do, but how we do it.

Happiness, playfulness, and relaxation are important to our well-being, they help us overcome obstacles in ways that impact positively on our weight, health, and well-being.

When we’re happy, we’re more likely to take on challenges and risks without worrying about the consequences.

Being playful can help us to feel less overwhelmed because it helps us to focus on the present moment and find a way to enjoy it.

Feeling physically, emotionally, and mentally relaxed means we’re more capable of conscious control of our emotional responses which leads to more positive reactions in our day-to-day life, creating more enjoyable experiences which in turn leads to better health habits and sleep.

Happiness, playfulness, and relaxation provide us w...

An early morning walk through the Roma Street Parklands is always such a delight for the senses. 🥰🥰🥰 It's so easy to feel good walking among flowers and the smell of early morning dew.

#overcomingobstacles #dietlessliving #katiegordon #6simplesteps #resilience #happiness #playfulness #personalhealthleadership #relaxation #positivementalattitude #healthylife #weightloss #goals #holistichealth #confidence #lovelife #romastreetgardens #flowers #spring #brisbane

Did you know you’re non-conscious eating habits, patterns and behaviours are an accumulation of every time you’ve eaten food throughout your entire life?

They’re a collection of every set eating time you’ve had:  

• At home
• At pre-school & school
• Every job you’ve ever had
• Every time you’ve filled gaps in your day with food or beverages
• And indeed every stage of your personal private life
• Every time you’ve self-soothed with food or beverages
• Every time you have experienced an emotional connection to a specific food or time for eating food

Those connections aren’t just psychological, their biological and neurological as well.

Our whole mind and body are wired to fire in certain ways, in certain conditions to get us to do certain things that we taught it to do.

Our brain and body are mimicking, learning machines that learn, code and store information, patterns and experiences through our emotions.

How much coding and wiring you have connected to food and beve...