Yes. It IS a brand new world! Albeit late, here I am now blogging! Gone are the days when we would write notes to each other in class and with a pretend yawn throw them to our friend!
Not generally one to blow my own trumpet I DO feel it perhaps advantageous to share my knowledge, my wishes and my various life events with you. With a few notches in my belt and feathers in my cap, I have a few stories to tell.
Who am I? I’ll sum it up quickly.
I began working life as a diagnostic radiographer and CT operator, working in many hospitals, private practices and cities. Then came the children. 4 children under 2 in fact! Triplet girls followed 19 months later by a son (yes-I DID go again!). Forever a gym junkie and 15 years of karate led me to a change of career and new beginnings. Not the ‘grass is always greener type’ just the ‘one door closing, another one opens’ type.
I now run a boutique and very personal fitness training studio. I never wanted to work in a big franchise gym surrounded by mirrors and fans, swayed by over-competitive, gum-chewing, phone-checking trainers and churning through client numbers as though we are all made from the same mould. We are not- and this is where my passion lies. We are all individual bodies, capable of many things. My programmes are unique to each individual I train and are tailored to their capabilities, strengths AND weaknesses.
I have qualifications in fitness instruction, personal training, am a master trainer, teach Punchfit, children, older adults, fitball, TRX, have a black belt in karate and love to punch and kick things. I can also change and feed three newborns in under 26 minutes in the middle of the night but that’s a story for another day!
Join me from here, on my blogging jaunt. I’d love you to send me your questions, ideas and stories. Let’s keep in touch!
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Welcome to the blogging world. How do I get over that “Good morning , not you again” first look in the mirror each day and change it to “Good morning gorgeous” ? ….Ivy ,
Hi Ivy, thanks for your message!
In answering your question, we need to establish the reason you are frustrated at seeing you ‘again’. Is it that you are unhappy with your physical appearance or have a self esteem in need of some TLC? I think we all have to work with what we have got. If it’s your appearance worrying you, perhaps look in the mirror after your moisturiser/ make up ritual or after you are more awake with a shower? New make up and hair colours can do wonders. Change what you can. Posture makes a difference to everyone’s appearance. As a PT we are taught to use the phrase ‘proud chest’.Try it out! Shoulders back, tall neck- and throw a smile in for good measure! If it’s a self esteem fuelled problem, try to remember all the life experiences and wisdom that have brought you to ‘here and now’ . As individuals, we all have strengths to be proud of and capabilities within our grasp. Sometimes that dark tainted voice in our head needs a good swift kick to let the real you shine through! You matter a great deal to many people so smile and be proud.