When people talk about fitness and being healthy, more often than not, one starts to picture rigorous sweating, strenuous workouts and many different equipments. But I am here to tell you that you do not necessarily need all of that. Not only because workouts have come so far in…
Snorkelling has been on my bucket list for years now, but it has been motionless because I was never taught how to swim. So, on the one hand, snorkelling in the deep ocean, surrounded by beautiful sea creatures, has been a lifelong dream for me, but at the same,…
As a doctoral (PhD) student in the field of law, there is so much pressure and expectations to write ‘excellently’. I recently fell into this ‘pressure trap’ which left me feeling discouraged, insecure, anxious and even amplified the unwanted imposter syndrome. The one thing I started implementing to address…
After a two month hiatus from working out. I am now slowly but surely getting back into the swing of things. But with a packed workout schedule comes a lot of responsibility. Chief among them being not to hurt myself whilst working out. And whilst injury can sometimes happen….
Whilst the Northern hemisphere is heating up, things back home in South Africa and in the rest of the Southern hemisphere have cooled down considerably. But whilst it may feel like high (or low) temperatures are a good excuse to not workout. The truth of the matter is a…
Since getting back into a regular working out routine, I have been surprised by how much active rest is spoken about. Active rest is described as rest days when not doing an actual workout that includes everyday activities like walking, hiking or swimming. At the beginning of my fitness…
When it comes to health, you can say we are a little more than obsessed. From signing our whole team up for the In Goop Health Online summit. To trying and talking about every health trend under the sun. Which is why fresh off of our first few weeks…
As I’ve gotten older, I have a new sense of appreciation for tidy and clean spaces. With a toddler that runs around and chews on anything she can put her hands on, the need to have a clean and tidy household has risen twice fold. But of all the…