Why I Fight
When I started training Muay Thai (Thai boxing) I never believed that I would have what it takes to fight. Not that I didn't want to get in the ring, because deep down I did, I just didn't think I could ever train hard enough to get to that point. Or be good enough to...
Podcast with Senior Coach Joanne Reynolds -Emotional Eating & Power of Self Love
A super powerful must-listen podcast where Senior Coach Joanne Reynolds featured and was interviewed by Amanda Micallef of Devine Physique. This episode is a part of her Mindset Series discussing self love, emotional eating and what are some key ways that you can...
Overcome Emotional Eating with the Power of Love
And yet again you go to the freezer, take out the tub of ice cream and make your way to the pantry where you take out the bag of twisties. You take your place on the sofa, put on your favourite TV show and before you know it the tub of ice cream is finished and the...
How to Reach the Holy Grail of Health and Fitness
The holy grail and what I imagine most of us strive for, is reaching a place where you’ve hit your body goals but more importantly you intuitively knowing how to easily maintain them. No counting calories, no yo yo-ing, free of emotional eating, no feelings of...
Messed Up Ways I Tried to get Lean
Just yesterday I was reflecting on when I was new to the Personal Training world. It was twelve years ago that I entered the Fitness Industry, with a 6 week course under my belt and a passion and fire in my belly to help others. To be completely honest, even though my...
From Secret Snickers Bars to Self-Acceptance
By Joanne Reynolds I never thought of myself as an emotional eater as that's not what I did, I was a smoker. From my late teens until age thirty one I smoked between five and fifteen cigarettes everyday. Don’t judge me, I was cool right? Well, at least thats what I...
The Most Important Yet Underestimated Factor in Fat Loss
When it come to fat loss and chasing the body you want, most of us look for something fancy. A craze, a tablet, a shake or a fancy diet that has a cool name attached to it, yet a lot of us completely miss the mark. We have talked about the importance of increasing...
ABC Babytalk interview with Penny Johnson
It's live! The ABC Babytalk interview with none other than The Queen herself, Amanda Rakusic and Penny Johnson. This feature is an open discussion about feelings around being pregnant in an industry where body image is so prevalent. She talks the highs and lows,...
My Thoughts on Pregnancy, Training and Navigating Labour
Pregnancy is a weird and wonderful individualistic journey that is like no other. I was blessed with a pregnancy that was super easy. And yes even though I was healthy, strong and fit to start with I also believe that there are no hard and fast rules where this is...