Fit and Fabulous at Forty and Beyond with Dr Orlena

Parents of picky eaters find meal times stressful. You want your kids to grow up with healthy eating habits but don't know how to find easy ways to teach them. It can escalate and take over family life. Food and eating become an area of stress and battles. You want to enjoy family meal times and watch your kids eating the healthy food you lovingly cook. But it feels so difficult. In today&apo...

The average person looks at their phone 96 times a day! Clearly not great for your overall stress levels. But how do you stop the habit of constantly reaching for your phone? Dr Orlena makes it easy for you to bust the "phone habit" and replace it with a healthy habit. Join Dr Orlena's Office Hours: https://www.drorlena.com/office-hour Contact Dr Orlena: orlena@drorlena.com Watch St...

The ultimate goal of a healthy lifestyle is to lead a long and healthy life. In today’s show, Dr Orlena explores what contributes to longevity. She reviews 2 books. “The Longevity Diet” by Dr Valter Longo and “This Book Could Save Your Life” by Graham Lawton. Happily, the key take aways are aligned with Dr Orlena’s Super Simple system and her 4 pillars. (Nutrition, exercise, sleep and emotions and...

Do you stay up “stupid late” just to relish in a bit of “me time”? If so, you’re not alone. And this episode is for you! Dr Orlena talks about: - how routine, habits and systems are the key to ensuring that you get “me time” - how once you have your routine nailed, it frees up your brain and time for all the amazing things you want to do - how to create a routine that includes time for you - how t...

Have you noticed how mums are great at putting their needs at the bottom of the pile? The problem is it leads to exhausted mums running around on empty batteries. Ree talks about how she reached "totally empty" and her personal crisis that made her see her life differently. She was forced to re-evaluate her life, her family life and most importantly, start taking care of herself. The nee...

Looking back to a year ago, so much has changed in my life. I'm doing so much more exercise and loving it! Let's make 2021 the "year of health and wellness" by being intentional with your health and wellness goals. If you'd like one of Dr Orlena's "health and wellness goals" sessions please email orlena@drorlena.com Watch Stop Dieting Start Thriving: https:/...

Dr Orlena talks about the benefits of exercise, why it's a good idea to increase your exercise levels. And how to create an exercise routine you can stick to. Plus why she thinks everyone should treat themselves to an exercise watch (or step counter.) Email Dr Orlena: orlena@drorlena.com Dr Orlena's Super Simple System: https://www.drorlena.com/simple-system   Watch Stop Dieting Start Th...

Brianna shares her story of emotional eating, how it affected her and how she managed to combat it. She shares her tips for avoiding emotional eating as well as how to combat it in the moment. Connect with Brianna Website: www.madewell345.com Facebook group:   www.facebook.com/groups/restartyourhealthcommunity345 Connect with Dr Orlena Website: https://www.drorlena.com/ Email: orlena@drorlena.com...

I hear it all the time. "I'm too busy to exercise!" or "I'm too busy to eat healthy foods!" Or "I'm too busy to find time for myself!" How do you create healthy habits that you can incorporate into your busy life? So that you can feel amazing and healthy. Want to chat to Dr Orlena? Email orlena@drorlena.com Watch Stop Dieting Start Thriving: https://www...

It's easy to say your health is your top priority. But what do your actions say? How much time and energy do you spend looking after your health and the health of your family? Connect with Dr Orlena. Email orlena@drorlena.com Watch Stop Dieting Start Thriving: https://www.drorlena.com/stop-dieting   Sign up for the Stop Dieting and Start Thriving Video:  https://www.drorlena.com/stop-dieting...

Hands up who's too busy to exercise? As a busy mum, there are always other things screaming for attention. How can you find time to exercise in a way that you love? That fits into your routine? Dr Orlena's International Fit and Fabulous Family Summit:  https://www.drorlena.com/fit-and-fabulous-family-summit/ Watch Stop Dieting Start Thriving: https://www.drorlena.com/stop-dieting   Sign...

The holiday season is a dangerous time to overindulge and allow our behaviour to "spiral down the negative plug hole". With a few tweaks, it can be a great time to maintain healthy habits and have fun (without depriving ourselves.) Dr Orlena's top tips to keep your festive season healthy and fun. Mentioned in the Podcast Dr Orlena's International Fit and Fabulous Family Summit:...

We all want to lead a long, healthy and active life. What we eat is a major contributor to our health and longevity. But what exactly should we eat? What should we avoid? And why? Dr Alan Desmond "the Devon gut doctor" is here to help us out. Connect with Dr Alan Desmond Released in the UK Jan 7th. Preorder his book at amazon UK: https://amzn.to/36H2pIh Released in the US April 20th. Or...

Aren't emotions fascinating? Emotions often drive us to take action yet we're often unaware of the emotions that we're feeling. Dr Orlena chats about how we can "create" our own emotions and increase the richness of our emotional tapestry in order to feel fit and fabulous. In the podcast: Sign up for Dr Orlena's Fit and Fabulous Family Summit Dec 4th-6th: https://www....

Stress is something that affects us every day. (Especially now that many of us are returning to lock down and working with kids at home.) How do we learn to live with stress so that it doesn't affect us negatively? Dr Orlena talks about preventing stress and steps to take when you feel your stress levels beginning to rise. Want to chat with Dr Orlena? Email her at orlena@drorlena.com Watch St...

Emotional wellness isn't about living the "perfect life" where nothing bad ever happens. Emotional wellness is having the tools and self awareness to realise how your emotions are effecting you. And how you can manage your emotions without being swept "down the negative plug hole". To chat to Dr Orlena (either for a "wow" talk or to help her with market research)...

Dr Alexis shares her transformation from overwhelm and frustration to living  her healthy "dream life" on autopilot. And how having me, Dr Orlena as a coach made it easy and fun. Dr Orlena's Super Simple System: https://www.drorlena.com/simple-system Email Dr Orlena at orlena@drorlena.com Watch Stop Dieting Start Thriving: https://www.drorlena.com/stop-dieting   Sign up for the Stop...

It's easy to say healthy living is all about habits and systems. The reality is that in order to make changes, to create different habits and systems you need to get across the "rickety bridge". You need to do things differently. Our habits keep us wanting to do the same thing. So what is the very first step in making those changes? If you're interested in making amazing change...

Eating healthily in pregnancy can give your baby a huge health boost later on in life. Although the general rules of healthy eating apply in pregnancy there are a few issues that are important to be aware of. Dr Harriet Holme, author of Eating During Pregnancy, chats to Dr Orlena tells us how to eat well in pregnancy. Mentioned in the podcast Dr Orlena's Super Simple Healthy Eating for Famili...

It's tempting to believe that alcohol is good for us. A glass of red wine to help us relax with dinner. However, alcohol does a lot of damage to our bodies. But it's not all bad news! Dr Stephen Neff tells his story of addiction and recovery and how he now leads an amazing life full of passion and joy without any alcohol. Fit and fabulous without alcohol. Mentioned on the podcast: Stephe...

Making changes to our daily routine can be challenging. Today Dr Orlena talks about one fact about your brain that can help you make changes that will stick so you can lose weight, get healthy and feel fit and fabulous. Mentioned in the Podcast Easy Family Healthy Boost: https://www.drorlena.com/easy-family-health-boost Lisa Feldman Barret's TED talk " You aren't at the mercy of you...

Routines and habits are everything. If you feel tired and overwhelmed habits will be making it worse. Healthy habits help you feel energetic and fit. You can do anything and everything. Changing habits is daunting. Dr Orlena chats about her transformation from unfit to "exercise junkie" who swims and cycles everyday.  How it was easy and fun and not daunting or difficult. Want to create...

“And it made me think…”If she can do it, I can do it!” Dr Chinithi shares her story of how she lost 25kg. How she used to have unhealthy habits and how she transformed and now leads a healthy life that she loves without thinking about it. “After I’d lost weight my polycystic ovarian syndrome was gone. My scan was clear. That’s when I realised the health benefits of losing weight are huge.” If Chin...

Most kids I've met love screen time. I don't know about yours, by if my kids aren't hooked up, they're asking to plug themselves in. As a mother, I can see the benefits of screen time for kids (not least, a bit of peace and quiet for me.) But what about our kids' brains? I worry that young brains get hooked on screen time (not to mention my own, older brain!)  Plus I notic...

As a parent of 4 young kids, I've noticed that kids can add a lot of stress to my day. All the shouting, screaming and big emotions. I want life to be calm and stress free. And I want to enjoy my kids! I want to have fun with them rather than feeling I'm battling them all the time. Dr Orlena chats to Kristina Campos from The Impactful Parent about easy ways to connect with our kids so th...