How do I change negative habits?

by Tanya Wyatt | Mar 26, 2026 | Mindset

Most of us have the best of intentions to change habits we perceive as negative.  Changing a habit however, is harder than it appears.  The answer seems to lie in understanding the link between the habit itself and the behaviour, which results in the habit. Adrenal...

The Happy Body’s philosophy on health

by Tanya Wyatt | Mar 26, 2026 | Mindset

Considering what it is I do (work-wise), I’m often asked what my philosophy is on living the ‘good life’. My feeling is that attaining good health and ideal body weight is a fairly simple formula (note – I say ‘simple’, which may be different to ‘easy’!).  In a...

Get off the hamster wheel!

by Tanya Wyatt | Mar 26, 2026 | Mindset

I know what you’re like. I see you every day in my work as a nutrition coach. I acknowledge that you’re an individual. I get that you’re nothing like the next person in many respects. But your behaviours (and your subsequent habits) are pretty common to all humans....

Scared of change? Do it, or sit down and zip it!

by Tanya Wyatt | Mar 26, 2026 | Mindset

It burns my arse when peeps moan about their bodies, but do NOTHING to change or improve the situation! “I’ve got a fat stomach and just can’t get rid of it.” Wail wail, gnash gnash. Making changes Mmmm, perhaps you could try fasting till noon,...

Absolutely not obsolete

by Tanya Wyatt | Mar 26, 2026 | Mindset

It was Arnie who said (in his deadpan Terminatoresque voice), “I’m old. But not obsolete”. Clearly he’s feeling a lot like I am these days. I was born in 1970. I joined CAPAB (now Cape City Ballet) as a professional ballet dancer in 1989. It’s 2016, which means...