I am pleased to announce that as from April 2020 I am now offering one on one Health, Nutrition and Life Coaching. I have recently completed my CPD Standards Accredited Diploma in Nutrition, am a registered therapist with IAOTH, and am a fully accredited and certified Health, Nutrition and Life Coach. And I think it's time I shared my knowledge and experience with others whom I may be able to help follow their dreams , get in good health and achieve their life goals
So why and how did I decide to become a Health, Nutrition and Life Coach? And why am I able to offer you the possibility of improving your life skills? I can offer a mixture of life experience, years of studying, researching and putting into practice my knowledge, I've overcome many challenges in my life, and had many successes in business, hobbies and sports achievements. I have a massive passion for healthy nutrition, fitness and food. And I am a motivated and ambitious individual who has a talent for achieving my life goals. So what got me here today?
So why and how did I decide to become a Health, Nutrition and Life Coach? And why am I able to offer you the possibility of improving your life skills? I can offer a mixture of life experience, years of studying, researching and putting into practice my knowledge, I've overcome many challenges in my life, and had many successes in business, hobbies and sports achievements. I have a massive passion for healthy nutrition, fitness and food. And I am a motivated and ambitious individual who has a talent for achieving my life goals. So what got me here today?
My story
I had a mixed childhood, lots of happy memories with my sisters, and also some very troubled times. I was abused from 7 - 11 years old and had a lot of problems at home with my Mum becoming addicted to drugs in my teens.
I left school at 15. We were the first year of GCSE's so most of the course work was done during the year and but still managed to pass them all. We were never encouraged to further our education, so it didn't even occur to me to do so. We were working class, go out and earn some money.
I worked in various jobs on and off from 15 to 17, mostly as a dental nurse, a fashion designers assistant, I occasionally say as backing singer in a local jazz band, and was acting in various roles I managed to get too. I was Frenchy in a local productions of Grease which ran for a month, I got a part in Equus with the BBC Open University although refused the part of the horse they offered, not realising it was the lead! Whoops!, I travelled around the country playing Columbia in The Rocky Horror Show too on and off for some time. We had a little run of this at the Empire in Leicester Square once. One Saturday when I arrived the square was rammed with thousands of people as the premier of U2s Rattle and Hum was taking place. I got a police escort to the entrance of the Empire, we all quickly got changed and wondered the Square as Frankenfurter, Columbia and Magenta promoting our show amongst the crowd. It was much fun!
We were a very musical family and one sister was a professional singer, and the other was dating (and married) a musician who had been the lead singer in some quite well known bands such as UFO and Waysted. And one of my pals at the time was the manager of Great Linford recording studio. So at a very young age found myself around a lot of rock stars. I was at the studios when Thunder was recording Backstreet Symphony, I met Robert Smith there, Little Angels, Kings X and many more. I remember being back stage at a Quireboy's gig, sat on the base player Nigel Moggs lap (childhood crush) talking to Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne. Through lots of diversity, I do remember a lot of colourful fun times too.
I was a punk. And I met an 18 year old punk American boyfriend, who wasn't short of a bob or two. His Dad was an Kuwait Ambassador and the family met each year in the UK, which is how I met him. With the problems I had at home, I decided to go back with him to the states and live with him, still only 15 years old. So off I went. Only to discover out there that he too had a drug problem. And when I refused to take what he wanted me to, he finished with me. Luckily he did book me a flight home, which I had to wait 7 days for. That was a long week. I felt very vulnerable alone in the USA, and during that week I had my 16th birthday. There was no celebrations.
On returning, I found Mum had gotten worse. I didn't want to go home most of the time as what went on there was pretty horrific at times so I often didn't. Sofa hopping and generally finding a somewhere to sleep. I didn't really tell anyone what was really going on. Although most people knew what she was like. There wasn't violence towards me, I just didn't really exist. And I was always trying to be including in drinking and drug using sessions by Mum, her boyfriend and their friends, this encouragement had been happening since I was 13. These parties scared me and I tried to avoid these as much as I could.
After my Dad figuring out something was up, he offered for me to live with my Dad and Step Mum Gill for a while in north London. And they looked after me well. I felt loved and cared for. And I realised I did have a pair of 'real' parents in them. But after a short time, I missed my friends and sisters, and my hometown Milton Keynes. I came back will a little bit of money I'd earn't and no where to live. I went to the homeless shelter at the YMCA who said I could have a bed for a night when its an emergency, and gave me a lot of great information about how to get someone to stay. With their help, I found a cheap room to let for a while.
My sister and her husband invited me to join them travelling around France and down to South of Spain singing for our supper as a trio. I gladly said yes, again to get away from home. So off we went packed up in our K reg Ford Cortina and our home for 3 months. I was always pretty fearless and confident when I was young. When we left I was 16 years old.
We had quite an adventure! Until we had had enough of each other and had had one too many arguments. And we wanted to return. I came back just turned 17 years old. When I arrived home and knocked on the door, I realised something was up. No one in and my key didn't work. Through the letterbox I could see the place was trashed and empty. After some investigation I found out my Mum had been arrested, lost the house, all my belongings, clothes, shoes whatever was wrecked or stolen, and all I had was the backpack I had and was once again homeless.
I again lived on borrowed couches, and when desperate with my Mum in Corby, but that place she was at was even worse. Back in MK my pals Mum took pity on my and let me lodge with them. I will always be grateful to the Cripps family for taking such good care of me then. Punchin' my chest to Mel and Dave. Some very happy times had there.
I had gained a lot of weight in Spain, about 2 stone, so I joined a gym, put myself on a diet, and lost the weight. I developed a love for aerobic and step classes and loved the feeling of being in control of how I looked. And was soon slim again.
I needed find a fix to all my problems. And I couldn't stay with the Cripps family forever. And I figured a live in job in a hotel would solve all problems, and I found that it did. I got a job I loved, a home, 3 meals a day and all bills paid. And money to spare. Within 2 years I had been promoted twice. I was there for 8 years and learnt a hell of a lot about customer service, business and how to graft hard! And alongside an inspirational entrepreneurial boss and a great team. Hats off off to you Mr C, and all who crossed my path at Woughton House Hotel.
I had suffered from 4 years old with multiple ear infections and my GP seem to keep fobbing me off with drops and antibiotics. At 18 years old I asked him to refer me to a specialist. I waited 3 months for my appointment and happily jogged to the hospital.
I saw the first doctor, who then called in another, and then a consultant..all looking very worried. One of them then put their arm around me and told me the inside of my ear, surrounding areas and some of my skull had rotted away, so much so I only had about 2 mm of good bone between my still infected ear cavity and my brain. If that last piece of bone rots any more or breaks due to weakness, I would no longer be alive. I wasn't expecting that...
I was taken into hospital that same day. And operated on the following day, where they did a chronic Mastoidectomy
and all of the inside of my ear (what was left) was removed alongside the rotted part of my skull. I recovered with my Dad and my Step-Mum in London for a month, and was back to work 6 weeks after the operation. It left me deaf in my right ear and an hospital outpatient for life.
I can never get water or fluids in the ear, and must plug it if there is a chance of this happening. This was the only reason I failed my fitness examination when I applied to get into the Army, which once was a goal, but was never to be.
It still gives me the shudders to think I could of just suddenly dropped down dead without knowing why if I hadn't of asked to be referred to a specialist that day. I am so glad and grateful to still be here today.
My boyfriend at the time introduced, who I met at the hotel as he was a builder who was working on the new 30 bedroom extension being built. We actually ended up being together for 22 years. He was the one who introduced me to weights and my passion for health and fitness. I was 18 years old by then, and by age 22 I competed in my first Body Building Competition in 1994 at Hastings and won. I competed for a couple of years back then but other things in life took over, like work and love. I always was an active gym member, and always kept to a weights and exercise regime. This stayed with me for life.
My boyfriend and I was doing the odd bit of modelling during this time. And his sisters entered him into a competition to find UK's Dreamboy in the Daily Mirror. After going through a number of stages, he ended up at the finals at the Hammersmith Apollo. And he won. He was all over the national newspapers, won a contract with the Dreamboys Dance troop, and was in a number of magazines and TV shows during this time. It was exciting, but a stressful thing to deal with. You have to have a lot of trust and patience when your partners job is dancing about taking his cloths off!
When I left hotels, I started working in a call centre, and here within 6 months I had been given my managers job, and took over the team. After 2 years they outsourced the call centre and we were all made redundant. So I took a couple of months off to re-evaluate. I started working for a telecoms training company in 1998, and became good friends with the owner. And after a year or so she decided to close the company to follow a different path. She suggested I take over the business rather than be without work. So I did. And at 28 years old, I started my own business. And have been running my telecoms company Telephone Trainers Ltd ever since, 21 years now and still going strong.
I hit a bump in the road around 2008 after loosing a big contract after they merged with another company and no longer needed my services. And, I had all my eggs in one basket. And had been living way beyond my means as was still naive with matters of money management. I found myself with hardly any work coming in and £60,000 worth of debt. No debt company would help, as my records showed a successful history. It hit me hard. After contemplated what to do, I realised how good a thing I was onto in my business and to not take it for granted again. All extra spends stopped. No nails, hair, going out, takeaways...nothing. I also got a promotional job on weekends selling HP laptops in a local store, and was also working as labourer on a building site with my cousin twice a week in Slough for extra money too! Much to the amusement of many chippy's and leccy's! And finally spent a whole bunch of time drumming up more telecoms business. I paid off all my debt myself within 5 years, and had enough new telecoms business to give up all other work. And never looked back, and never got in debt again.
Around this time too, I found a love for running. It was outdoors and a free workout. Perfect. My running technique all my life had been terrible, so I literally had to learn to run. I gave up smoking (yes I smoked!) and alcohol as I found they hindered my training, and never looked back.
I was once made to feel so bad for not running very well (it didn't come naturally) by a run leader once, that it made me vow to show her that I could do better. Within 3 years from that day I had run over 20 half marathons, other 5 K and 10 K and trail runs and 4 Full marathons, of which London was one. That day being the most amazing day in my life. And totally changed my outlook on life, and what you can achieve if you put your mind to it.
I left school at 15. We were the first year of GCSE's so most of the course work was done during the year and but still managed to pass them all. We were never encouraged to further our education, so it didn't even occur to me to do so. We were working class, go out and earn some money.
I worked in various jobs on and off from 15 to 17, mostly as a dental nurse, a fashion designers assistant, I occasionally say as backing singer in a local jazz band, and was acting in various roles I managed to get too. I was Frenchy in a local productions of Grease which ran for a month, I got a part in Equus with the BBC Open University although refused the part of the horse they offered, not realising it was the lead! Whoops!, I travelled around the country playing Columbia in The Rocky Horror Show too on and off for some time. We had a little run of this at the Empire in Leicester Square once. One Saturday when I arrived the square was rammed with thousands of people as the premier of U2s Rattle and Hum was taking place. I got a police escort to the entrance of the Empire, we all quickly got changed and wondered the Square as Frankenfurter, Columbia and Magenta promoting our show amongst the crowd. It was much fun!
We were a very musical family and one sister was a professional singer, and the other was dating (and married) a musician who had been the lead singer in some quite well known bands such as UFO and Waysted. And one of my pals at the time was the manager of Great Linford recording studio. So at a very young age found myself around a lot of rock stars. I was at the studios when Thunder was recording Backstreet Symphony, I met Robert Smith there, Little Angels, Kings X and many more. I remember being back stage at a Quireboy's gig, sat on the base player Nigel Moggs lap (childhood crush) talking to Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne. Through lots of diversity, I do remember a lot of colourful fun times too.
I was a punk. And I met an 18 year old punk American boyfriend, who wasn't short of a bob or two. His Dad was an Kuwait Ambassador and the family met each year in the UK, which is how I met him. With the problems I had at home, I decided to go back with him to the states and live with him, still only 15 years old. So off I went. Only to discover out there that he too had a drug problem. And when I refused to take what he wanted me to, he finished with me. Luckily he did book me a flight home, which I had to wait 7 days for. That was a long week. I felt very vulnerable alone in the USA, and during that week I had my 16th birthday. There was no celebrations.
On returning, I found Mum had gotten worse. I didn't want to go home most of the time as what went on there was pretty horrific at times so I often didn't. Sofa hopping and generally finding a somewhere to sleep. I didn't really tell anyone what was really going on. Although most people knew what she was like. There wasn't violence towards me, I just didn't really exist. And I was always trying to be including in drinking and drug using sessions by Mum, her boyfriend and their friends, this encouragement had been happening since I was 13. These parties scared me and I tried to avoid these as much as I could.
After my Dad figuring out something was up, he offered for me to live with my Dad and Step Mum Gill for a while in north London. And they looked after me well. I felt loved and cared for. And I realised I did have a pair of 'real' parents in them. But after a short time, I missed my friends and sisters, and my hometown Milton Keynes. I came back will a little bit of money I'd earn't and no where to live. I went to the homeless shelter at the YMCA who said I could have a bed for a night when its an emergency, and gave me a lot of great information about how to get someone to stay. With their help, I found a cheap room to let for a while.
My sister and her husband invited me to join them travelling around France and down to South of Spain singing for our supper as a trio. I gladly said yes, again to get away from home. So off we went packed up in our K reg Ford Cortina and our home for 3 months. I was always pretty fearless and confident when I was young. When we left I was 16 years old.
We had quite an adventure! Until we had had enough of each other and had had one too many arguments. And we wanted to return. I came back just turned 17 years old. When I arrived home and knocked on the door, I realised something was up. No one in and my key didn't work. Through the letterbox I could see the place was trashed and empty. After some investigation I found out my Mum had been arrested, lost the house, all my belongings, clothes, shoes whatever was wrecked or stolen, and all I had was the backpack I had and was once again homeless.
I again lived on borrowed couches, and when desperate with my Mum in Corby, but that place she was at was even worse. Back in MK my pals Mum took pity on my and let me lodge with them. I will always be grateful to the Cripps family for taking such good care of me then. Punchin' my chest to Mel and Dave. Some very happy times had there.
I had gained a lot of weight in Spain, about 2 stone, so I joined a gym, put myself on a diet, and lost the weight. I developed a love for aerobic and step classes and loved the feeling of being in control of how I looked. And was soon slim again.
I needed find a fix to all my problems. And I couldn't stay with the Cripps family forever. And I figured a live in job in a hotel would solve all problems, and I found that it did. I got a job I loved, a home, 3 meals a day and all bills paid. And money to spare. Within 2 years I had been promoted twice. I was there for 8 years and learnt a hell of a lot about customer service, business and how to graft hard! And alongside an inspirational entrepreneurial boss and a great team. Hats off off to you Mr C, and all who crossed my path at Woughton House Hotel.
I had suffered from 4 years old with multiple ear infections and my GP seem to keep fobbing me off with drops and antibiotics. At 18 years old I asked him to refer me to a specialist. I waited 3 months for my appointment and happily jogged to the hospital.
I saw the first doctor, who then called in another, and then a consultant..all looking very worried. One of them then put their arm around me and told me the inside of my ear, surrounding areas and some of my skull had rotted away, so much so I only had about 2 mm of good bone between my still infected ear cavity and my brain. If that last piece of bone rots any more or breaks due to weakness, I would no longer be alive. I wasn't expecting that...
I was taken into hospital that same day. And operated on the following day, where they did a chronic Mastoidectomy
and all of the inside of my ear (what was left) was removed alongside the rotted part of my skull. I recovered with my Dad and my Step-Mum in London for a month, and was back to work 6 weeks after the operation. It left me deaf in my right ear and an hospital outpatient for life.
I can never get water or fluids in the ear, and must plug it if there is a chance of this happening. This was the only reason I failed my fitness examination when I applied to get into the Army, which once was a goal, but was never to be.
It still gives me the shudders to think I could of just suddenly dropped down dead without knowing why if I hadn't of asked to be referred to a specialist that day. I am so glad and grateful to still be here today.
My boyfriend at the time introduced, who I met at the hotel as he was a builder who was working on the new 30 bedroom extension being built. We actually ended up being together for 22 years. He was the one who introduced me to weights and my passion for health and fitness. I was 18 years old by then, and by age 22 I competed in my first Body Building Competition in 1994 at Hastings and won. I competed for a couple of years back then but other things in life took over, like work and love. I always was an active gym member, and always kept to a weights and exercise regime. This stayed with me for life.
My boyfriend and I was doing the odd bit of modelling during this time. And his sisters entered him into a competition to find UK's Dreamboy in the Daily Mirror. After going through a number of stages, he ended up at the finals at the Hammersmith Apollo. And he won. He was all over the national newspapers, won a contract with the Dreamboys Dance troop, and was in a number of magazines and TV shows during this time. It was exciting, but a stressful thing to deal with. You have to have a lot of trust and patience when your partners job is dancing about taking his cloths off!
When I left hotels, I started working in a call centre, and here within 6 months I had been given my managers job, and took over the team. After 2 years they outsourced the call centre and we were all made redundant. So I took a couple of months off to re-evaluate. I started working for a telecoms training company in 1998, and became good friends with the owner. And after a year or so she decided to close the company to follow a different path. She suggested I take over the business rather than be without work. So I did. And at 28 years old, I started my own business. And have been running my telecoms company Telephone Trainers Ltd ever since, 21 years now and still going strong.
I hit a bump in the road around 2008 after loosing a big contract after they merged with another company and no longer needed my services. And, I had all my eggs in one basket. And had been living way beyond my means as was still naive with matters of money management. I found myself with hardly any work coming in and £60,000 worth of debt. No debt company would help, as my records showed a successful history. It hit me hard. After contemplated what to do, I realised how good a thing I was onto in my business and to not take it for granted again. All extra spends stopped. No nails, hair, going out, takeaways...nothing. I also got a promotional job on weekends selling HP laptops in a local store, and was also working as labourer on a building site with my cousin twice a week in Slough for extra money too! Much to the amusement of many chippy's and leccy's! And finally spent a whole bunch of time drumming up more telecoms business. I paid off all my debt myself within 5 years, and had enough new telecoms business to give up all other work. And never looked back, and never got in debt again.
Around this time too, I found a love for running. It was outdoors and a free workout. Perfect. My running technique all my life had been terrible, so I literally had to learn to run. I gave up smoking (yes I smoked!) and alcohol as I found they hindered my training, and never looked back.
I was once made to feel so bad for not running very well (it didn't come naturally) by a run leader once, that it made me vow to show her that I could do better. Within 3 years from that day I had run over 20 half marathons, other 5 K and 10 K and trail runs and 4 Full marathons, of which London was one. That day being the most amazing day in my life. And totally changed my outlook on life, and what you can achieve if you put your mind to it.
On seeing photos of my finishing a scorching 80 degree Milton Keynes Marathon 2013, I could see I had built a fair bit of muscle up showing through my dehydrated state at the finish line. I had been trying harder on the weights side for about 3-4 years with a fantasy of competing again 20 years from when I last did. With a little support from friends, decided to enter a UKBFF qualifying show that year to try and get into the 2014 Finals, which would have been 20 years exactly if I qualified for the next year.
8 weeks into my diet in 2013, I could see I was going to be ready early, so decided to try and qualify for the 2013 Finals. I snuck off to Leamington Spa with a friend, competed and won. 19 years after I had last competed, I found myself qualified for the UKBFF British Finals in Harrogate in 2013. It was an amazing weekend. I didn’t make top six, and was told later I was 8th which I was made up with considering I really didn’t think I would be there at all. 8th Top Physique Body Builder in the country, after running marathons 6 months ago and at 42 years old. I felt extremely proud of my achievements.
8 weeks into my diet in 2013, I could see I was going to be ready early, so decided to try and qualify for the 2013 Finals. I snuck off to Leamington Spa with a friend, competed and won. 19 years after I had last competed, I found myself qualified for the UKBFF British Finals in Harrogate in 2013. It was an amazing weekend. I didn’t make top six, and was told later I was 8th which I was made up with considering I really didn’t think I would be there at all. 8th Top Physique Body Builder in the country, after running marathons 6 months ago and at 42 years old. I felt extremely proud of my achievements.
Two weeks later I did the original show I had planned to do to qualify for the 2014 Finals, which was the UKBFF Stars of Tomorrow in Hayes and won again, qualifying for the 2014 UKBFF British Finals. What a year 2013 was!
October 2014 in Nottingham was the UKBFF British finals again. A special show for me, as it was exactly 20 years since I first competed.
I went on to do a number of competitions over the years as you can see in my sports achievements tab. And competed up until 2017 winning another UKBFF qualifier (my 5th in a row) and competing again in the British Finals.
October 2014 in Nottingham was the UKBFF British finals again. A special show for me, as it was exactly 20 years since I first competed.
I went on to do a number of competitions over the years as you can see in my sports achievements tab. And competed up until 2017 winning another UKBFF qualifier (my 5th in a row) and competing again in the British Finals.
A huge line up was at the 2017 British Finals 2017, around 18 girls including Donna Murphy, Linda Gartside and Hayley Brylewski to name a few, and OMG they all look great! It was an absolute thrill to be on stage with these ladies who are all now IFBB International Pros. I felt I didn't quite tighten up enough for this show, and didn't place top 6, but did thoroughly enjoy being on this stage. And it was a great atmosphere back stage too!
So what about now, you may ask. Well, I had to stop competing as my mum developed Alzheimer's and Dementia and during 2017/2018 became quite advanced and for a while I was her main carer. And body building competitions means you have to be 100% focused..and selfish. And I simply couldn't do either.
In 2019 after a tough couple of years, she is in a lovely sheltered housing 24 hr care facility which has take the pressure off a little but I'm still not ready to return as their is still I have to do for her to manage and make sure everything ticks along nicely.
With a little more time on my hands with Mum settling an no body building shows, I decided to revisit my passion of singing and music. And at 46 years old, signed up for a 12 week course with The Rock Project, who put together a bunch of strangers to sing and play with guidance from music tutors, and at the end of the 12 weeks, we do a gig locally. It all went very well and was good to be on stage again..with my clothes on this time!
Then my doctor mentioned he attends a similar thing and that this in June 2019 was going to be staying in a studio in Bordeaux, France called Goosestudios for an intense course with 8 other guys, and they didn't have a singer. That night, I went home and booked myself in. So off I went with 8 men who where total strangers (bar one) to spend a week with them playing music in the sunshine, finishing with a couple of local gigs. It really was a special time, and I came back at 47 years of age, the lead singer of a 9 piece band. How that happens never ceases to amaze me! And now we gig in UK and France when people book us to play. And we are improving all the time! Check out @thegaggleuk on Facebook.
So what about now, you may ask. Well, I had to stop competing as my mum developed Alzheimer's and Dementia and during 2017/2018 became quite advanced and for a while I was her main carer. And body building competitions means you have to be 100% focused..and selfish. And I simply couldn't do either.
In 2019 after a tough couple of years, she is in a lovely sheltered housing 24 hr care facility which has take the pressure off a little but I'm still not ready to return as their is still I have to do for her to manage and make sure everything ticks along nicely.
With a little more time on my hands with Mum settling an no body building shows, I decided to revisit my passion of singing and music. And at 46 years old, signed up for a 12 week course with The Rock Project, who put together a bunch of strangers to sing and play with guidance from music tutors, and at the end of the 12 weeks, we do a gig locally. It all went very well and was good to be on stage again..with my clothes on this time!
Then my doctor mentioned he attends a similar thing and that this in June 2019 was going to be staying in a studio in Bordeaux, France called Goosestudios for an intense course with 8 other guys, and they didn't have a singer. That night, I went home and booked myself in. So off I went with 8 men who where total strangers (bar one) to spend a week with them playing music in the sunshine, finishing with a couple of local gigs. It really was a special time, and I came back at 47 years of age, the lead singer of a 9 piece band. How that happens never ceases to amaze me! And now we gig in UK and France when people book us to play. And we are improving all the time! Check out @thegaggleuk on Facebook.
I utilised the lock-down time to study to finish my Diploma as a Nutritionist graded with Distinction with Internationally Accredited CPD Standards (which I started 8 years ago and got bogged down with work), and am now also a member of the International Association of Therapists (IAOTH), and then continued to completed my Diploma to become a Health, Nutrition and Life Coach this year in 2020. I figured the lock-down was time to nail a lot of things I hadn't had time to do. And getting my coaching certificate was one tick off the list, and made the lock-down productive. And so a positive came out of the time, in the shape of a new business.
I love all that is nutrition, from studying diets, different foods, different ways of eating, how food can heal and of course cooking it. I have trialled diets and lifestyles on myself and volunteers that need help, and blogged the results. Up until this point, I haven't done this for a living, and have enjoyed helping friends and family for free as a hobby. So feel free to check out my blogs and recipes, that have built up over years of collecting and logging them.
I am an avid promoter of eating only whole foods, mostly plant based, of which I grow my own on a community farm called Treewell Farm in Bedford, where I have 2 small plots of land to grow produce in return for helping out around the farm.
I love all that is nutrition, from studying diets, different foods, different ways of eating, how food can heal and of course cooking it. I have trialled diets and lifestyles on myself and volunteers that need help, and blogged the results. Up until this point, I haven't done this for a living, and have enjoyed helping friends and family for free as a hobby. So feel free to check out my blogs and recipes, that have built up over years of collecting and logging them.
I am an avid promoter of eating only whole foods, mostly plant based, of which I grow my own on a community farm called Treewell Farm in Bedford, where I have 2 small plots of land to grow produce in return for helping out around the farm.
I go to local farms to get my organic grass fed meats, and again local farm for my raw milk, cream and yoghurt. I take no supplementation (proteins powders, vitamin tablets or pre-workouts etc) as I believe them to be processed foods, and I never eat any processed foods. I love this way of living and eating.
I also choose to live a plastic free and organic lifestyle, with all produce I use being recyclable, refillable or zero waste as I like to know I play a part in helping the environment as much as I can.
So, that's an insight into me. And how I got here. Still running the Telecoms business, and now also offering out Health, Nutrition and Life Coaching. I hope my story inspires you to want to live a healthier, more positive and productive life. And no matter what hurdles you come across in your life, you really can always get over them. I truly believe you can do anything you want if you put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.
Maybe, just maybe, it could be me that helps you along the way with my experience, skills and assistance in finding your inner strength and motivation to live out your dreams and goals. And to live a healthier life in a happier body.
Have a great day and let speak soon!
Terri
I also choose to live a plastic free and organic lifestyle, with all produce I use being recyclable, refillable or zero waste as I like to know I play a part in helping the environment as much as I can.
So, that's an insight into me. And how I got here. Still running the Telecoms business, and now also offering out Health, Nutrition and Life Coaching. I hope my story inspires you to want to live a healthier, more positive and productive life. And no matter what hurdles you come across in your life, you really can always get over them. I truly believe you can do anything you want if you put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.
Maybe, just maybe, it could be me that helps you along the way with my experience, skills and assistance in finding your inner strength and motivation to live out your dreams and goals. And to live a healthier life in a happier body.
Have a great day and let speak soon!
Terri
