Lifespark Nutrition

05/08/2025

🌿 Want to Stay One Step Ahead of Colds & Flus This Season? 🤧❌

Join me and Nicky for our last FREE Immunity Boosting Webinar as part of our Wellness Reboot for Women series, where you'll learn natural, science-backed ways to strengthen your immune system and support your body before bugs hit! Or actions to do when you start to feel unwell.

🛡️ Discover:
✅ Key nutrients and foods that support your immune health
✅ Everyday habits that help build long-term resilience
✅ What to avoid that could be weakening your defenses
✅ Natural remedies to help reduce the severity and duration of illness

Whether you're constantly catching everything going around or just want to be proactive—this is for YOU! 💪

📅 Wednesday 6th August
📍 Online – join from anywhere
🎟️ FREE to attend! https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72202619015?pwd=HaLa2jEsvfohsZFbdbtsKJjSnYLUws.1

Tag a friend or mum who needs to hear this to avoid the daycare or school sickness! Let’s stay well this season 💚

29/07/2025

Part 5 tomorrow night!
Join Nicky and myself as we talk about inflammation, it's silent causes and how to recognize the symptoms. Nicky will also bring her wealth of knowledge on how to reduce injury if getting back into exercise and ways to exercise safely while managing joint inflammation.
Register here for the link to the webinar :)
https://cqiqd.share.hsforms.com/2zx_zyW7uRzuUi0wwc6TSZg

22/07/2025

Feeling low in energy? Often fatigued? Relying on stimulants?
You’re not alone — and you don’t have to settle for low energy as your new normal.

✨ Join us for a FREE live webinar where we’ll uncover what’s really behind your fatigue — and how to fix it naturally.
We’ll cover:

💥 The hidden causes of energy crashes (it’s not just lack of sleep!)
🥑 Key nutrition tweaks that boost energy without the sugar highs and lows
🧠 How to support your hormones and nervous system for sustained vitality
🌿 Easy daily habits that make a BIG difference in how you feel
Movement patterns that are key for vitality

🎙️ Presented by myself and Nicola Shanks (Physiotherapist), this session is designed for women who are ready to reclaim their energy — and finally feel like themselves again.

📅 Date: 22/7/25
🕒 Time: 8pm
📍 Register now to save your spot: you’re not alone — and you don’t have to settle for low energy as your new normal.
https://cqiqd.share.hsforms.com/2Gt9bLUKPSBCtf6_A7iIENw

Let’s turn fatigue into fuel. You deserve to feel energised, focused, and in control again 💪💗

15/07/2025

🌿 Part 3 tonight on our Women’s Health Reboot series! Tonight is our Mental Health Seminar 🌿
Are you feeling foggy, mentally drained, anxious, or just not like yourself lately?

You're not alone — and it's not just in your head. May not just be hormones either!

Cozy up (yes you can join in your PJs) for a powerful Women’s Mental Health Seminar where we’ll uncover the real reasons behind brain fog, fatigue, anxiety, and low mood. This session will shed light on how hormones, nutrition, stress, and lifestyle all play a role in how you feel — and what you can do to take back control.

🧠 Real talk. Practical solutions. A safe space to feel seen.

📅 16th July 8-8:30pm
📍 Online (Zoom)
🎟️ Registeration link - Free to attend!
🌿 Women’s Mental Health Seminar 🌿
https://cqiqd.share.hsforms.com/2buBz4koTSICVB1JzcMZo8A

Let’s clear the fog together 💛

15/07/2025

Another community project, supporting new mums not only on their health and wellbeing but ensuring bubs gets the best start to life too! Thanks for having me again Space !

11/07/2025

Matcha is a GREAT option for a little boost without the jitters.

I love matcha (ground green tea). It is gaining massive popularity as a superfood drink! From health stores to now found in most supermarkets, there are a few brands like Ceres Organics, Matakana Superfoods, Nature's Way that are cost effective and then there is Ceremonial Matcha which is supposed to be higher quality, however you can still get many of the health benefits without the high price tag. We all know how good green tea is for our health so imagine matcha is supercharging this with its higher potency! Matcha is high in antioxidants and contains L-Theanine which is fantastic for focus and concentration all while promoting relaxation, reducing stress and anxiety, even improving sleep quality. However matcha does contain caffeine, about half of coffee, so you don't want to drink it too close to bedtime. But its a great way to give you a natural pick me up without the jitters, coffee too often can do, especially when you have a lot of stress.
Taste? Matcha is ground green tea but bitterness is actually good for you! However, done right, matcha can taste good too. So why not give it a go! Be aware of matcha lattes at cafes- ask if there is sugar in it otherwise best to make it at home and use your own sweetener. Here is one of my fave winter warmers!

Ingredients:
1 tsp Matcha (plain)
1 tsp Manuka or plain honey
1 tsp vanilla essence (real not imitation)
1/2 cup rice, almond or coconut milk
cinnamon for dusting
Splash of warm water

🍓 Swipe right for the method to make this delicious jitter-free mood-booster.

Share this with a matcha lover! 😋"

07/07/2025

Join us again tomorrow night for another 30minute mini session to elevate your health!. Snuggle in, jump on in your PJs and join us to learn more on Gut Health and predominately on bloating, distension and ways to reduce this to get a flatter stomach and avoid looking 6 months pregnant! Plus get a mini booklet to keep so you can reflect back.
Register on the poster or here and we will keep in touch with the details.
https://cqiqd.share.hsforms.com/2eCjuK-jwTLK3lOW6UBcing

07/07/2025

I just thought I would share some testimonials in the next few weeks as it may resonate with you or someone you know, because receiving a diagnoses, or living with consistent health issues can be hard, intimidating, leave you feeling self conscious or mentally down. You may not be sure of how to navigate with your nutrition and lifestyle to make improvements or sustain them.
With Joanne she joined my Weight and Wellness Programme as she had a few health issues going on and needed a total Personalised Health Strategy and Action Plan to give her the confidence of what to tackle first, what steps to take to start achieving her health goals as she was feeling very overwhelmed and stuck. As she mentioned, it was a relief to not only have someone know indepth all what she was going through (through an in-depth consultation), but actually the knowledge to build the stepping stones and guide her towards her health goals (even when life got hard!). It wasn't all smooth sailing but it was the support to keep taking those baby steps forward.

I recommend the right supplements for her gut health to build her inflamed intestinal lining, the right probiotics, do's and don'ts of food intake for both gut health and blood pressure plus support her nervous system which was a driver of chronic stress. Explaining to Joanne the science of what is going on and why I am recommending things is important for me so she has a good understanding and therefore optimal motivation. Regular check ins, new inspiration and having a plan is what gets you results and re- building your confidence that you can feel yourself again! Regaining energy so you can live your best life! So if you know anyone like Joanne, that needs support with their weight, cardiovascular health (blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugars), have gut issues like diverticulitis or Colitis, or just feeling bloated, brain fog and fatigued, share this post, save it if need be. The Weight and Wellbeing Programme may be just for them. :)
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