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I often get asked about balance. If you’ve worked with me, you’ll be familiar with these movements I get you to do with one foot forward and reaching the arms, often these movements have titles like “suspension” or “shift” It’s these movements that often have people telling me their balance is poor. A statement often followed by asking how to improve balance. And it’s a question I’ve long been interested in. As a young lad learning Karate, balance seemed important for kicking

Today's newsletter comes from a client conversation a few days ago. Chatting over Zoom I commented my client was looking healthy and even a little leaner than before. She took the compliment, knowing that it was coming from a good place and especially relates to recent health scares and subsequent surgeries. And there she was looking ready to take on the world through my computer screen. She told me that while she had lost weight, that wasn't necessarily her intention, all sh

Last week I talked about influence and raising the average. Since then I couldn’t begin to count the conversations I’ve had about how vulnerable young men are, the dangers of social media and the need for strong role models. And I’m delighted these conversations are happening. Here’s a wee something, back in 2010/11 when I was just starting to work with the Mental Health charity near Wg-Fit in Dublin, it was run by an incredible lady Nessa Canavan. Back then Nessa predicted t