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This blog unpacks the key themes, lessons, and lightbulb moments from my podcast conversations with world-class leaders on The Mind Your Body Show, alongside my own ongoing research into high performance. These reflections are for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of what drives excellence—on the field, in the gym, and in life.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Mindful Eating health lifestyle nutrition wellness Feb 10, 2020

We spend so much time, energy and money on food, shouldn’t we be enjoying it? Mindful eating is a strategy to be fully present with your senses during the process of eating in order to improve your re...

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The Most Delicious (and Healthy) Christmas Pudding Recipe family health nutrition Dec 16, 2019

Pudding is synonymous with Christmas. But it is traditionally unhealthy and can unwrap your health goals quicker than my 4 kids opening presents from Santa on Christmas morning. 

 

My grandmother ha...

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My Opinion on The Game Changers Movie nutrition review Dec 10, 2019

“I just watched The Game Changers Movie on Netflix, what do you think?” That is a question I have been asked a lot lately. It’s so common that it now makes me laugh when I open my messages and see thi...

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How to Stay on Track at your Work Christmas Party christmas health party Dec 02, 2019

Work Christmas parties can be a time of much over-indulgence. You’ve been training hard, watching what you eat, and seeing results. You’re loving your new body and your new lifestyle. You don’t want t...

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How Do I Do It? family Nov 25, 2019

“How do you do it with 4? I struggle with 1 (or 2)”. That’s the question I’ve been hearing a lot lately, especially this past week after my last article. 

 

First of all, while my life might be busy...

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I’m Back! family Nov 18, 2019

The last article I wrote for you was way back in April. In that article, I explained why I hadn’t published a blog in over a month. I admitted that my wife, Holly, and I were struggling and that it wa...

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How to Get Back on Track with Your New Years Resolutions eating exercise goals health healthy jacob andreae life coach mindset new years resolutions weight loss wellness Mar 18, 2019

It’s that time of year when, despite the best of intentions and steely grit to get fit again, you start to feel yourself slipping. The 5-mornings-a-week exercise regime and Sunday arvo food prepping a...

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Spider Milk: A New Super Milk back to basics health jacob andreae life coach nutrition science spiders Mar 11, 2019

When you think of spiders, you probably don’t think of milk. But it turns out that some of these tiny little 8-legged arachnids are full of some pretty good stuff.

When I first came across the concep...

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How to Return to (or Start) Running exercise fitness health jacob andreae life coach running weight loss Mar 04, 2019

Running is one of the best forms of exercise. So why don’t more people do it? Many people say they don’t like running and I believe this is because they simply don’t know “how to run”. So let me show ...

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eMeditation: The Surprising New Type of Meditation body emeditation health jacob andreae life coach meditation mind yoga Feb 26, 2019

Meditation has been around for thousands of years and there are many different types of meditation. From mindfulness meditation to progressive muscle relaxation, to zen meditation and transcendental m...

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The Discipline Conundrum: When to Exert Self-Control and When to Cut Yourself Some Slack exercise fitness health jacob andreae life coach mindset nutrition self discipline weight loss Feb 19, 2019

The ability to exert self-control is considered a fundamental trait of people who are successful. It has been a long held view since Walter Mischel’s marshmallow experiments of the 1960s that people w...

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What Are the Benefits of a Gluten-Free Diet? food gluten gluten free health jacobandreae life coach nutrition weightloss Feb 12, 2019

Article written by visiting blogger Dr. Nikola Djordjevic

Over the past few decades, the trend of excluding gluten from diets has become extremely popular with millions of people around the world ado...

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