How are you feeling? Energised and full of life or do you feel like you’re dragging yourself across the finish line of 2024?  

Have you been working like you don’t have a family, whilst being the best wife and mother like you don’t have a job, juggling it all and wearing yourself down to a nub in the process? 

How do we get ourselves in these crazy situations?  

Because we wanted a better life….. the problem is we’re not getting it because we’ve mis-managed our mental, emotional and physical energy but we keep applying the same strategy of work harder to pull us out of it.  

And if you’re like I was, all you can hear in your mind is George Jetson stuck on the treadmill that’s spinning faster than his legs can run, yelling out, “Jane! Stop this crazy thing!” 

The Science Behind Your Crazy Treadmill 

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A friend once shared a story about an injury that left him walking with a limp. Long after the pain was gone, he realized he was still limping—protecting himself from something that no longer existed. It was a lightbulb moment for him. He decided to change. 

It got me thinking: where in life are you still limping? 

• Emotionally: Avoiding tough conversations or holding back from love, connection, or adventure because fear of rejection feels safer than risking vulnerability. 
  
  
• Mentally: Trapped in self-doubt, overthinking every decision, or replaying the same old stories about why you can’t have or don’t deserve more. 
  
  
• Physically: Ignoring your body’s signals—pushing through exhaustion, aches, or stress—because it feels easier than pausing to face what might need to change. 
  
  
• Financially: Not asking for the promotion you’ve earned or hesitating to take charge of your...

We’ve talked about goals. We’ve talked about systems. Now it’s time to stop talking and start doing. 

If you’ve ever set a goal—lose weight, get fit, earn more money, fix your health—and felt the sting of coming up short, you already know this: goal setting isn’t goal attainment. 

If you’ve been missing the mark on achieving personal goals, over and over and over again, it’s you don’t have the tools, structure, or systems to make it happen. 

Trying harder, doing more, pushing harder, hustling longer—it's what we do, but that’s not the answer and even if you have success, chances are you’ll have sacrificed something important along the way – health, relationships, friendships, life enjoyment? 

Women’s Personal Health Leadership™ (WPHL) is how you redefine success through health-led life leadership. 

Women in...

What do you want?  

Do you want:  

A new job?  

To work for yourself? 

Get out of the house more? 

Be at home more?  

Renovate your home (or life)? 

To be in love? 

To be married? 

To be single? 

More money?  

More freedom?  

To travel?  

To relocate?  

More friends?  

More fun?  

Some satisfaction in your life?  

Less challenges?  

Do you want to be the boss?  

Do you want to retire?  

Do you a baby (another baby?)  

Play sport? 

Learn a language?  

What is it that you actually want?  

And more importantly, what is it that you don’t want!?! 

I have always been driven, I just didn’t always know where I was driving myself too!  

NO CLUE!  

When I was younger, I was driven, unfortunately...

Can we have an honest moment? I used to think that if I just tried hard enough, I’d crack the code. That if I read the right books, tried the right diet, or finally nailed the perfect plan, I’d figure it out. 

And for a while, that worked. Kind of. I mean, I was busy—I had lists, journals, and ideas coming out of my ears. I was trying things, learning, tweaking, but nothing really changed. I was still stuck in the same cycles, the same frustrations, the same place. 

I told myself I just needed to try harder. But honestly? It wasn’t about effort—it was about perspective. 

The Problem with Doing It All Yourself 

When you’re the one holding all the pieces, it’s easy to get lost in the mess. I didn’t realize how much time I was wasting trying to connect dots that weren’t meant to connect. I was trying harder, but I wasn’t moving...

Have you ever had one of those moments where you realize you’ve been looking the other way? I don’t mean physically—I mean when something in your life has been staring you down, but you’ve managed to sidestep it, just enough to get by. 

I’ve been there. When I was 20kg heavier, I became an expert at looking away. I’d only glance at mirrors from flattering angles, had a set of “safe” clothes that fit no matter what, and avoided cameras like the plague. It worked, mostly. Until it didn’t. 

The truth would creep up on me at the worst times. A photo I didn’t approve. A social event that couldn’t be avoided. The tight waistband of something I hadn’t worn in months. It wasn’t just the weight—I felt like my life was shrinking in other ways, too. My world shrank. I stopped saying yes to things. I stayed home, ate my feelings, and told myself...

This morning, as I sipped my coffee and watched the sunrise, I found myself reflecting on a journey that has been both the most challenging and rewarding experience of my life. I want to share a personal story with you—one that I hope resonates and perhaps even inspires you on your own path. 

You’ve been following me a long time and you know my story by now, how I spent over $100,000 over 25 years battling chronic health issues and weight, all of which defied my every attempt to correct.  

But really that was just chapter 1 of the story!  

This week, I’ve been so very excited to finally share with you what I’ve been working on over the last six months but really, it’s what I’ve been working towards since 2012! 

I had the idea to begin this in 2012, and started creating my first website and writing blogs in 2015, then launched Dietless...

For years, I’ve struggled with a behaviour that still has the potential to blindside me, leaving me reeling as I deal with the inevitable fallout.  

Despite all the work and therapy, I’ve done over the past 25 years, this behaviour feels like an indelible stain on my nervous system.

Even in moments when I should feel safe and supported, it can still pop up like a jack-in-the-box, impacting my relationships and sense of self.

Having looked after many rescue dogs in the past, my behaviour often reminds me of theirs—animals, despite living in a loving home, can still react with fear when triggered, causing them to bite those they love. I know I’m not alone in feeling this way.

Even though I’ve made tremendous progress, I feel like a failure and a fraud when this behavior reappears.

Here I am espousing Personal Health Leadership™, yet struggling to lead myself in these moments....

It’s a great time to be alive!  

Thanks’ to the tough, strong, courageous, collaborative, determined, resilient and committed women who pioneered the Women’s Liberation Movement in the 60’s – 70’s, they significantly improved the status and opportunities available to women today. 

50+ years later, we are living lifestyles that our mothers and grandmothers may not have even dreamed about in regards to enjoying fulfilling careers, following personal interests, and rising to C Suite levels.  

And therein lies the conundrum that often leads to women in the 40’s and 50’s walking away from careers they’ve worked so very hard to build.  

We were raised in the best of times for opportunities and choice, by women with strong family values of domesticity, modesty, nurturing, caregiving, and homemaking.  

I read somewhere a perfect way to describe the women from...

There is too much to do! My life is too busy, there’s just too many things to overcome, I can’t see how on earth I’ll ever be able to ditch this weight! I've got to have my freedom, it's all just too much, I just can’t get my head around it! 

DEALING WITH OVERWHELM  

It happens doesn’t it, we find ourselves looking at the scales and wondering how the heck did that happen? When did that number get so big? And how on earth are going to get it back down?  

It can be very overwhelming, but it can also be very empowering. 

Because it’s in those moments we wake up and decide enough is enough, it’s time to do something.  

But life is busy and losing weight can seem like a huge mountain we have to climb and we’re not sure how to we’re going to get there. The first thing is to take a deep breath, you don't have to do it all now,...