Conformity: will it be the death of us?

by Tanya Wyatt | Oct 11, 2017 | Mindset

Conformity will be the death of us. More specifically, conformity is failing our kids. I’ve been seeing more than the usual number of teenagers/young adults with anxiety issues recently. This kind of trend is always massively concerning, though not remotely...

Get off the hamster wheel!

by Tanya Wyatt | May 15, 2018 | 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....

Move your bootie

by Tanya Wyatt | Apr 14, 2017 | Mindset

Quick quiz. How many muscles in the human body? 642! What are muscles designed to do? Move. Your. Body. We have a problem. Our lives, our work, our play, has gotten more and more sedentary (only so many can make it as professional dancers, athletes or air traffic...

Absolutely not obsolete

by Tanya Wyatt | Apr 15, 2017 | 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...

Giving birth to the beast

by Tanya Wyatt | Apr 15, 2017 | Mindset

Am I the only woman on the planet who feels as though an alien parasite hijacked me during pregnancy (and beyond)? Don’t get me wrong – I loved being pregnant. I had no morning sickness at all and only late-stage and minimal reflux. I was privileged – I was very...

Dressing for my inner Chewbacca

by Tanya Wyatt | Apr 15, 2017 | Mindset

What to wear? I learnt the hard way that the answer to this carries a great deal of weight… On a morning, like so many others, a good (male) friend and I were having coffee and a good gab. At some point the conversation happened to head in the direction of a...