002 Building Health Through Habits with Nicola Mercer

06/04/2023 37 min
002 Building Health Through Habits with Nicola Mercer

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In today's episode I am talking to transformational life coach, Nicola Mercer about building health through habits.We discuss:What do we mean by health?How can we make sport a daily habitThe importance of movementThe biggest barriers to people moving more and exercisingHow to start an exercise habitHow to celebrate your achievementsThe ripple effect of changeI would love to hear your thoughts on today's episode.About Nicola:Nicola is a transformational health coach helping business owners and those working in corporate to feel confident and know their self-worth using her success framework of mindset, movement, nutrition, sleep and stress. As a certified health coach and qualified personal trainer with over twenty years of expertise in one of the world's largest sports brands, she combines her corporate leadership experience with her own journey of living with mental and physical health challenges to support others to build sustainable healthy habits to thrive in life.She is driven to change the narrative of what being healthy is really about to help normalise a healthy lifestyle for families, and ensure our kids grow up valuing themselves to live with health and happiness.Nicola believes that living a great life and feeling happy results from how you value yourself and take care of your mind, body and soul.Instagram:  www.instagram.com/lifenowcoachingLinkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolamercer/About Sarah:Sarah Bolitho helps fitness and health professionals develop their careers and grow their businesses by providing specialist training in teaching, assessing, and internal quality assurance, together with qualifications in exercise referral and disability.   With over 30 years in the health-related fitness and physical activity fields, Sarah has a wealth of experience and knowledge.  She has worked in most roles in the industry from group exercise to personal training but specialised in working with specialist populations.  For over 25 years Sarah has trained fitness and health professionals to work with clients with long-term conditions, mental health issues, disabilities, older adults and pre/post-natal women.  She has a post-graduate diploma in exercise and health behaviour and extensive training in supporting behaviour change.  She has worked with awarding organisations to develop qualifications and training and with accreditation bodies to endorse high-quality non-regulated training. Sarah has been featured in national, local and specialist magazines, newspapers, podcasts and blogs and has guested on BBC Radio Wales. She is the author of five books aimed at fitness professionals and one for the mainstream market.  Sarah now hosts the podcast, Creating Active Lives, where she and her guests discuss and promote everyday activity and behaviour change as a key starting point for inactive populations.  In her spare time, you will usually find Sarah walking in the mountains, by the sea or anywhere in nature.For more about the training and support Sarah offers, visit www.sarahbolitho.com or contact her at [email protected]. Follow her on social mediaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/fabnewlous_active_livesFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/fitnesscareer mentorLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahbolitho