Prolapse. What will be your last straw?
Most women accumulate the risks of prolapse over time. Although just one may tip you over the edge, they are certainly not usually in isolation. Understand the 10 most significant risk factors for prolapse. Being fore warned is being fore armed. 49% of all post natal women will experience prolapse* So if you have had […]
A just-in-case Wee
A just-in-case wee might be something that your mother encouraged you to do before you left the house as a child. It might be something that you still do, or tell your children to do. But what if this piece of advice creates habits that are at cross purposes with good continence practice? Here’s how: […]
The secret sauce – 5 key ingredients to attracting and keeping older adults into your fitness program
Since I started as the Program Coordinator for COTA’s Strength for Life program, it has always amazed me that many of participants joined, and NEVER left. I interviewed many of them extensively to find out what attracted them and what kept them. This is what I learnt. Click here to read the rest of this […]
Almond Croissants & Birth Trauma
These two things may seem like an unlikely blog title. But allow me to share a story with you. I have been a mover and shaker in the fitness industry for more than a decade. My passion has been to create a greater awareness of women’s health issues. And to build on this awareness to […]
Prolapse 101
My husband leaving represents the worst and the best thing that has ever happened in my life. I self-medicated with exercise and can quite honestly say that exercising every day saved my life. I returned to my career of teaching and although I have always loved teaching, I struggled with the politics of school. Throw […]
Imposter Syndrome. You’re in good company.
I know a young woman who is both confident and passionate. Blessed with a high EQ (Emotional Intelligence), she is able to quickly assess different personalities and dial in empathetically (if the need be). With ease. I often tell her, that this is her Super Power. These skills have been recognised in her work place […]
5 Myths around Incontinence (& the Fitness Industry)
I have worked as a PT specifically for women, I have worked with numerous Fit Pro’s and I am a mum, often working out with other mums … yet there are still myths that still I hear over and over… These myths only serve to hold women back, so therefore NEED to be dispelled! Myth 1: “It’s […]
Stop hurting women with exercise!
This blog appeared on Mamamia! Many of my blogs get picked up by other media outlets.Click here to read the original For many years I ran my private mishfit Personal Training Study and worked exclusively with women. This is a story I heard many versions of. Let’s call her Laura. Shock was just one of […]
The fitness industry’s dirty little secret
As a woman have you ever felt that your Fitness Professional doesn’t truly understand you? Perhaps they have clocked you and made assumptions about your fitness level, your strength, your abilities or lack of them? Or perhaps they have not asked the questions that really do impact your ability to exercise. Instead leaving it to […]
How to say No! to your Personal Trainer
3 helpful strategies to empower you to SAY NO! to something that the Personal Trainer or Group Fitness Instructor tells you to do, particularly in a group situation……