by Coach Mauricio | Feb 7, 2023 | Blog
In Part 1 & Part 2, we covered two different ways to reconnect with your body and settle your nervous system. If they worked for you, great. I highly recommend you lean into them as part of your daily and weekly routines. Thinking forward about my own...
by Coach Mauricio | Jan 30, 2023 | Blog
In Part 1 I talked about humming as a body-based activity to help settle your nervous system. If it worked for you, great. If not, try to stick with this process of exploring to find out what works for you. I want to go a different direction today, because in my...
by Coach Mauricio | Jan 25, 2023 | Blog
In the previous article It Starts With Mental Health, I finished with what may be a new and somewhat radical idea for you: the part of your brain that does the thinking, the prefrontal cortex, is only partially in control of the choices you make, like whether or not...
by Coach Mauricio | Jan 19, 2023 | Blog
Living in the SF Bay Area, I have had the pleasure of coaching a fairly diverse group of people over the years. Something that brings me a special kind of joy is when we can help people who may not think of themselves as athletic discover that with time and patience,...
by Coach Mauricio | Jan 13, 2023 | Blog
When I got my Prediabetes diagnosis in 2015 due to an elevated hemoglobin A1C test result, I was told not to worry about it at that time (it was borderline). But I understood what it meant (chronically elevated blood sugar), so I “knew” that in summary I needed to...
by Coach Mauricio | Jan 9, 2023 | Blog
Since the pandemic, exercising at home is the way to go for a lot of people for many reasons. But motivation to exercise at home is particularly challenging because it’s the same place you… do everything else you do at home. If your goal is health-related, you...
by Coach Mauricio | Jan 6, 2023 | Blog
It’s that time of the year again. That time where you get saturated with fitspiration and shaming about your body and the holidays, and how now is time to repent. Just change your mindset; just try harder; stop making excuses; work the problem; just take action. How...
by Coach Sarah, FNP-BC, MSN | May 1, 2022 | Blog
What is your earliest memory of a chia seed? Mine is purchasing one of those fancy chia and kombucha combo beverages and the sensation of the slimy, weird, chewy seeds interrupting the liquid of my favourite fermented beverage. So, not altogether a positive...
by Coach Sarah, FNP-BC, MSN | Mar 9, 2022 | Blog
The world of fitness is fraught with all kinds of protein variations of your favourite carby sweet thing. They promise to taste delicious, but still let you get the gains. Pancakes are one of the most common things that people try to juice up with protein, adding...
by Coach Sarah, FNP-BC, MSN | Mar 6, 2022 | Blog
I’ve always been a little weird about lentils. I like them when I’ve had them, but grew up in a house where they weren’t often on the menu and I’ve developed this irrational fear that I don’t know how to cook them. They also tend to take...
