Learning to love and respect your body

Motivation
Written By Emma Alexander-Cook

Learning to love and respect your body for the powerful vehicle that it is has more benefits than you know!

Exercise is a celebration of what our bodies can achieve.

For years I felt that exercise was a punishment for what I ate. I’ve never really enjoyed the type of exercise that is traditionally taught in schools. It took me years to appreciate that I do love to exercise, but not the school team sports that were thrust upon me when I was young.

When I learnt to love and respect my body, I realised how powerful it is and how many benefits it brings us.

I feel that we need to shift our mindset in society and cultivate an overall more healthy relationship with food and exercise.

  • You are allowed to enjoy food.

  • You are allowed to enjoy exercise.

  • You are allowed to feel good in your body.

Yet we have become accustomed to these images of an unsustainable lifestyle where the goal has shifted from health and happiness to one of restriction and deprivation.

I often check my attitude towards the food I eat and the exercise I do. If something doesn’t serve me at the time, then I change what I am doing. My body is an amazing piece of equipment and I want to keep it healthy.

As a Health Coach, I discuss with clients their relationship and attitude towards the food they eat and the exercise they do.

I find that the key to sustainable change lies in the mindset beneath it!

Emma Alexander-Cook

My name's Emma. I've been living gluten-free for over 25 years, and I've been dairy-free for over five years.

Health and Auto-immune Diseases

I have auto-immune diseases and expected to be on medicine for the rest of my life, but I didn't want to live like that. My rheumatology Doctor was so supportive of the change I wanted to make, and with their help, I now manage my auto-immune diseases by being strict with my diet.

It can be quite frightening when you first find out you have to change the way you eat but for some of us' Food is our medicine.'

I have several websites, write blogs, and I'm currently in the process of writing a book.

I trained to be Holistic Health Coach, Meditation and Mindfulness Teacher and Certified Gluten Free Practitioner in order to heal myself, my family and others who find themselves on the same journey as myself.

Websites include:

www.emmaalexandercook.com

www.savemoneyfreezefood.com

www.livefreelovelife.com

www.cooksprojects.com

Photography

Our love for photography started on our travels. We wanted to capture images of the areas we travelled to both for our own records and for our family back at home. Some of these images were reproduced as watercolours. Our favourite images we display at home and friends often asked where we had purchased the pictures! Now you can purchase them online directly from us.

Coaching and Consultancy

Previously an IT Manager my skill set has come in very handy as I am both a Health Coach and also offer consultancy for small business starts up and fellow Health Coaches. This has included building websites and online profiles.

Our Family

Family is everything to me! We have a family of four boys where the age difference between the youngest and the eldest is 18 years. Two of our sons are also Gluten Free and Dairy Free. Emma is a Health Coach who specialises in helping individuals and families achieve their health and wellness goals. Ian runs his own business which began developing a Race Timer for diecast model cars.

http://www.glutenfreedairyfreefamily.com
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