1. Set aside 30 minutes per day for your well being. This could be 2-minutes of stretching and strengthening movements every hour at work plus a brisk 15-minute walk at lunch time.

2. Set a time 5-10 minutes when you sort your important activities from urgent for the day. This might be at a quiet in the evening if you are a night owl or in the morning before breakfast. Important activities are the ones that move you toward your life goals – family, career, leisure, relationships. Urgent are the events or activities that pop up that need to be dealt with but are not moving you toward a goal you have set for yourself.

When we decide that we would like to make some changes to eat healthier we are immediately discouraged by the price of vegetables. Then we are told it is best to eat organic and when we see those prices we give up all together thinking that is impossible so there is no point. It is like thinking about climbing the Everest mountain in one go rather than just focusing on the first stop.

I have some relief for those of you who are frustrated with the price of organic produce, there are things we can still buy non-organic that won’t be full of pesticides and run havoc on our digestive systems. It is quite easy to figure out, there is a list that is called the dirty dozen and another list that is called the clean fifteen.

Good Health Gut

Our gut is the key to a healthy balanced lifestyle. It affects our emotional state and whether we are happy. It isn’t enough to just eat healthy but rather to make sure what we are eating doesn’t disagree with our personal biochemistry. It is important to maintain a diet rich in whole foods. This means cutting out processed foods, sugar, refined flour and cooking more real food. Fermented food, bone broths and plenty of vegetables feed our gut bacteria and give us a healthy gut biome along with good digestion.

Learn To Say No

Sometimes we feel out of sync because we are too overbooked. We don’t know how to say “no” to an engagement because we don’t want to disappoint someone. We must know our limits and ask ourselves do we need to do this? When it is just too much we must simply say no.

It has been reported by Safe Work Australia that one half of workers across many industries and occupations are sitting for most of their time at work if not all the time they are at work. Safe Work Australia is calling on the employers and the workers to reduce their sitting time.

A health coach looks at what you are eating and your eating behaviours, then they suggest ways to assist you in making healthier choices. Many people suffer from food sensitivities that affect their moods, energy levels and over all well being. Seeing a health Coach can help you explore which foods might be affecting you and your relationship with food. They can help you create a strategy to replace them with healthier options.

But, having good health is not just about eating your greens. It is about managing a healthy lifestyle between getting enough sleep, dealing with stress at work and getting enough exercise. It is also about the relationships we have and if they are good for us, our spiritual practice and even our life philosophies. Health coaches are life-style managers working with you to make changes that fit your life