This week I am letting you in on a very real, very honest moment. I went to the doctors for an HRT check this week and the scales told me I had put on three kilos. Once upon a time, that would have sent me into a flat spin. This time? I sat with it, got curious, and decided it was exactly what I wanted to talk about on the podcast.

My health,  your health does not have to be complicated. And the women I work with, the ones running businesses and homes and families and ageing parents, do not need another twelve step protocol. They need it simple. They need it doable. They need it to fit into a life that is already full.

So I am walking you through my Three E's. The framework I come back to again and again, for health now and longevity long term.

Eat for fuel. What you are actually doing in your day decides what you need on your plate. Whole foods, good protein, plenty of water. Not fancy. Not complicated. Just real.

Exercise. Walk daily. Move daily. Add weight bearing work for your bones, your strength, your future self. It does not have to be hours in a gym or running a marathon (unless that brings you joy!)

Easy does it. The hardest one for me. Stillness, sleep, joy moments, the breath work, the meditation, the protected pockets of quiet to ensure your cortisol drops, your digestion turns back on, and your brain does its night time clearing out, which I learned through my research into Alzheimer's is so much more important than most of us realise.

This episode is part personal share, part practical framework, part gentle nudge to put yourself back near the top of your own list.

Mentioned in this episode

 This week's Substack: The 'F-Ugly' Girl in the Mirror → [read it here]

Lean for Life, the four week programme I co-host with nutritionist Tiffany Rowlands, inside the Rose Library with access through the Joy Rebellion

Ready to go deeper & lock in your joy?

If this episode landed and you want accountability, community and the full library of work I have built on this over the last decade, here are the two best ways in.

🌹 The Joy Rebellion — my year long membership and home of the Rose Library, where you get every course and programme I have made, including Lean for Life, Wired and Tired, and Rebel HD. We meet every Monday to align as a collective and set our intentions across every area of life. £222 for the year, or £22 a month. → [Join the Joy Rebellion Here]

🌹 Brilliance — my private 1:1 mentorship. This is where we work deeply on how you feel in your body, so you can outperform in the boardroom and feel good in the bedroom. By application here. 

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With love, joy and peace always, Ali xo 🌹

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