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University Mental Health day: applying the Cadence Approach

Today, Thursday 9th March, is University Mental Health Day, and I believe students, much like the busy professionals we speak to at Bodyshot Performance, are just as prone to mental health conditions as anyone else. Mental health is one of the great levellers: we all have it. Sometimes it’s positive, […]

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The Connection Between Sleep and Mood

In this series, I’m sharing some ideas on how to pick yourself up whenever you need it. Last week, I discussed breathwork, and the week before, natural light. Part three is all about the connection between sleep and mood. Time To Recover We know that some of the things that

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Improving Mood with Natural Light

Thanks to a combination of perimenopause symptoms, January blues, and the lack of natural light and heat that most of us are experiencing, my mood hasn’t been great recently. So, I decided to sit down and create a checklist of everything I could do to improve it. This series of

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James Clear’s Atomic Habits: The Minimal Effective Dose

It’s the final part in our series about building successful habits based on the work of James Clear and his book, Atomic Habits. So far, we’ve looked at identity, the aggregation of marginal gains, and the impact of compounding. This week, I want to discuss the minimal effective dose. The

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James Clear’s Atomic Habits: Compounding

It’s week three of our four-part series based on the work of James Clear and his book, Atomic Habits. For the month of September, we’re looking at how to build successful habits. This time, I want to talk about the notion of compounding. Start Small, Get Bigger We think of

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Small improvements that make a big difference: looking at the aggregation of marginal gains by James Clear by Bodyshot Performance.

James Clear’s Atomic Habits: Small Improvements

It’s the second in our four-part series on building healthy habits from the work of James Clear. Last week, we discussed identity: who do you want to be? Next, I want to explore the idea of being just one percent better. In his book, Atomic Habits, James Clear talks about

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Being Present: Zombie Awareness Month

This Week’s Thrive In Five Is About Being Present It’s the final part in our series for Zombie Awareness Month (playfully done, of course!). In week one, we talked about sleep, week two was about blood testing, and week three was about blood sugar regulation. This time, I want to

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World Health Day: Movement

This Week’s Thrive In Five Is About Movement April 7th marks World Health Day, and this year’s theme is ‘Our Planet, Our Health’. World Health Day is a global health awareness day that commemorates the founding of the WHO (World Health Organisation). This year, the focus is on what we

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Podcast: A Deeper Dive into Movement Snacks

This week we’re talking about movement snacks Topics Discussed In This Episode: A review of the three foundations of fitness. What a movement snack is and why it matters. What a typical day of movement snacks looks like for Leanne. Examples of gentle movement that’s great first thing in the

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