Good Feels - Mind, Body & Soul

We are back with a remote episode (#stayathome), talking about how we expected to tackle self-isolation versus how it's actually played out. In this time of uncertainty, ED habits and thoughts can be hard to push away, especially when it comes to social media comparison. Stay at home and keep your head on straight - we will be here to help you through with shite chat and real feelings.

In this episode, Kerri coaches Gemma through goal-setting for a self-employed business. When you think about your goals, are they defined enough to be achievable? This kind of goal-setting can be applied to anything - business, fitness, relationships, LIFE. Ask yourself - is your goal REALLY EVEN a goal?

Kerri and Gemma discuss the recent research on PACE food labelling - marking each food item with equivalent calories to burn. Would this help stem obesity or would it pose a threat to mental health?

Gemma and Kerri discuss where they're at with mindfulness practices and give some tips on how to get back into your own head and body.

Gemma and Kerri discuss the TV show Love Island and the effects that beautiful bikini babes can have on motivation and self-love.

Gemma and guest Ben Smithson (@bodies.by.ben) discuss falling off the wagon, how to get back on it AND why you feel you need to. Finding that love for training means embracing your body at every stage and appreciating the non-diet phases (and going on holiday to South-East Asia)...

Gemma and Kerri discuss Kerri's recent experience of a rhinoplasty and delve into the topic of plastic surgery and whether it helps with self-confidence or provides fodder for the world's panel of judges, both online and in real life.

Gemma and Kerri discuss some social media bugbears, encourage you to think about the effect you allow platforms such as Instagram to have on your mood and your mindset and highlight some easy and social-anxiety-free ways of cleaning up your feed to breed positivity.

Gemma and Kerri discuss self-sabotage in all its forms, how they personally recognise and tackle it and how you can get over it without causing further damage.

Gemma and Kerri discuss some of the reasons why the scales aren't behaving as you hoped they would and provoke the listener into reflecting on why exactly they care so much about an arbitrary number.

Kerri convinces Gemma, a busy, never-sit-down stresshead, to meditate once a day by countering excuses and listing the benefits of sitting down and freeing your mind.

A short introduction to a new lifestyle podcast recorded by Gemma and Kerri, coaches in health, mindset and business based in Glasgow. We will be discussing the issues that affect our clients, our own minds and our lives in today's high-pressure world of high expectations.