Vital Lifestyle Coaching

Vital Lifestyle Coaching Helping people live longer & better lives. We facilitate healthy change in individuals & organisatio

30/03/2023

Our bodies were designed and evolved to move. In order to survive our species required mobility. In early days we had to move to find and secure our source of food and water. Our ancestors had to hunt, they had to gather, and then around 10, 000 years ago they began to farm. When faced with predator...

19/01/2023

Reflecting on December 2022, many of my clients finished the year feeling tired, worn out and overwhelmed…. and they needed the whole holidays to recover! Do you want to be more consistent, purposeful and balanced this year? How successful could you be if you had enough time and energy for yoursel...

08/01/2023

The New Year is often a time for reflection. It is also a period where many make resolutions for the year ahead and some create goals to track performance. Instead, you could start by taking a step back, contemplate what gives meaning to your life and fosters a sense of purpose? The importance of bo...

15/12/2022

Christmas is often a time for catching up with family and friends. Indeed the benefits associated with most organised religion is the sense of community and meaning. In one of my recent blog post I touched on some research indicating the importance of connecting with nature and its part in maintaini...

26/10/2022

Having come close to burnout several times in my career, I have become more cognisant of the benefit of regular breaks and periods of recovery. Indeed, “Recover” constitutes one of my vital pillars of wellbeing. For me recovery involves more than good sleep. It is about scheduling downtime and c...

10/08/2022

This last week I have been lucky enough to spend time in the Victorian high country backcountry skiing. This time in a natural setting invariably improves my emotional and mental wellbeing. In reflection it’s a reboot for my soul, where the benefits seem to last for weeks until I am able to schedu...

07/06/2022

It’s been some time since my last blog contribution, however this absence from writing has been filled with exciting projects. Firstly my 8 week Being Vital group coaching program ran from late February to April. I sat my NBHWC certification exam in May and attended the HWCANZA inaugural conferenc...

10/01/2022

The New Year is often a time for reflection. It is also a period where many make resolutions for the year ahead and some create goals to track performance. Goal setting is often the starting point for most who want to create behaviour change. As a coach, I suggest this should be one of the final ste...

16/12/2021

With the end of the year coming to a rapid close, many of my clients are reporting depleted energy levels and increased fatigue. Indeed, nearly 2 years into this pandemic, many are feeling burnout from this rollercoaster that is COVID 19. According to Beyond Blue: “Burnout is a state of complete m...

09/11/2021

Post-Pandemic Fog, Frustration and Fatigue – 4 Steps to Recovery.

22/10/2021

With Melbourne exiting it’s 6th lockdown, I like many residents are reflecting on 263 days of restrictions. Although I see myself as being resilient, I am the first to admit that my mental and emotional health has been tested. Indeed a recent webinar I attended hosted by the University of Melbourn...

06/09/2021

During this pandemic, exercise has been my number one strategy for keeping me resilient during uncertain times. If exercise was a pill, every doctor would be prescribing it! We know that when we move regularly our immune systems operate optimally. From an emotional and mental perspective, exercise i...

20/08/2021

With more than half of the Australian population currently in lockdown, many of us are facing challenges to our physical and mental wellbeing. Now more than ever it is imperative for us all to reflect on what is within our locus of control? Key to this is identifying behaviours that grow our physica...

12/08/2021

Our country’s most vulnerable people are struggling with the consequences of people like you refusing to accept public health advice.

11/08/2021

One thing this pandemic has taught me is to maintain flexibility. It’s one value that allows me to maintain agency in an age of uncertainty. This was at the forefront of my mind before I set out on a backcountry camping and ski touring break. As I reflected with a client last Wednesday: “I won.....

21/07/2021

With Melbourne’s 5th lockdown, and over a half of the Australian population given stay at home orders, we are in a space of increased stress and uncertainty. With some 16 months into a pandemic, a slow vaccine role out and new viral variants, the light at the end of the tunnel seems somewhat more ...

08/07/2021

Holidays - Time for rest, recovery and reflection

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