Tell me about your vision.
My vision, well, as a health and wellness coach, I'm passionate about supporting people on their health journeys. So my vision is about helping people understand that health is the foundation of life. It's about everything that we want to do, that we want to achieve, and it forms that basis. And I want to spread this message out so people be motivated and inspired to take actions.
And to understand that there are many strategies that we can actually use to improve on our health, to prevent diseases, you know, so on.
That's amazing.
A lot of times in life, people want to do a lot of things, and their health can stop them from doing a lot of things. Like, in specifically entrepreneur journey, people want to do, they want to get up early, they want to do this, they want to do that, but they don't get a good sleep. And in the morning, they don't have their brains on autopilot.
They don't have enough mental or physical strength to make that decision in the right time, in the right moment, and then this goes on autopilot again.
Yeah.
And health has to do a lot. What did you eat the day before, two days before that? And what did you eat? Yeah, what did you eat last night? And what was your afternoon? I'm excited to see where you take this.
To Tess, where, where did this vision about you getting into fitness and health and coaching come from?
Well, originally, it came from my family, because I have a family of, family history of diabetes. My father was suffering from diabetes, and I could see how, you know, how his life was changed after the diagnosis. You know, people don't realize that they, they feel, Oh, I can just go to the doctor, take some medication.
But no, I mean, your life can change overnight, because there are lots of things you can't do, you have to be aware of. And you can't predict on how you can, might feel from one moment to another, depending on how your body is reacting to the, to the medications that you are on.
And they all have side effects as well. And then you have to make some diet changes. So it makes life difficult, because when you have to do that, then, you know, it's, it's fine when you're home, you can control everything. But what about when you're out and about? What about when you're attending a conference?
When you're traveling, you're supposed to be having fun, but then you're worried about what's been put in my, in my food, you know, at the restaurant, you cannot control that. So that's where it came from. And then I decided I wanted to go into nutrition to help people.
And then after that, I realized, you know, like, you know, health is really a holistic approach. It's not just about nutrition. Other things that we do, for example, as you said, sleep, stress management, exercise, social connection, you know, all those things are very important to us.
So your dad, was he like type 1, type 2 diabetic? Or what was the story?
Type 2, type 2. So he developed in his, in his late 50s. I think it was because he wasn't take care of himself very well. He wasn't exercising much. And then he was, he was a business owner.
So he was very busy, and he was out, you know, entertaining clients, which meant a lot of dinners out. And he wasn't really watching, you know, what he was eating. And so the, you know, the weight was an issue. And then it led to other diseases, you know, like diabetes, and he had high blood pressure as well.
That makes sense. Well, what would you say is now? What is your why of what you do? Why do you keep doing? Why do you keep helping people in nutrition? And why do you get up every morning?
Well, because I believe that everyone can do with some help. And I believe everyone can do with getting this message that there is something they can do to improve their health. They don't have to get sick just because they get old. They don't have to live with whatever disease that they might have. There is something they can do. You know, they can actually take charge of the health.
And so, you know, to give them some sense of hope, and to let them know that this is within their control.
Tell me more about that.
Yeah, so you know, I want people to understand because a lot of people think, oh, it's just genetics. You know, it's something that, you know, just happens, or I know some people who smoke all their lives, and then they live to hundreds of lives.
And they live 200 years old. You know, but it, you know, the chances you're stacking the odds against you, you know, if you keep doing all these things, which have a negative impact on your health. And this, you know, we have to understand there is something we can do.
And, you know, and also I want to help people realize that they should, you know, health is not just about, you know, going to a doctor and the doctor tells you, you know, what you need is something that you can be more curious about, learn more about yourself so that you can, when you get the symptoms, your body is sending you some signals.
So you think, ah, maybe this is not right. That's not right. And if you become more curious, then maybe you do more research, you want to know more about something, you know, a condition. And this way you can collaborate with your doctors in a better way.
You are not just leaving it to him, because he doesn't know your body as well as you do.
Yeah, so, you know, so it's something about taking charge, having an awareness, and that there's strategies that we can use to prevent disease or delay the onset of them.
Awesome. So where do you come in as a coach?
Well, accountability and support can be very powerful, especially when someone starts making changes. And very often if someone is overwhelmed or doesn't know where to start, it's quite helpful to get some professional support to get, you know, to get them to give, to brainstorm with them, to get them going.
And also, you know, when you, when you are making changes, very, you know, you can go off track, and that's where accountability comes into it. I would, you know, reminders, those little things.
And when you're working with someone, it's better than working on your own, you know, having someone to bounce ideas with, having someone to talk about, you know, what's the best way to get them to know what's going on.
You know, what your problems might be or what is, you know, how you feel is not working. It might actually give you more clarity.
That's right. That's right. It will give you more clarity and you will know where to go. You will know what to do essentially, and you will not just be doing random things and random times and wasting your own time, energy, and effort instead of doing something with a pen and paper.
And right direction. Yes, exactly. And also to remind, you know, to also make sure that your, your efforts align with your goals. And it just makes the process more sustainable, that, you know, you're not doing something that's not helping you to get from A to B.
Well, that's awesome. Thank you for sharing that. My pleasure.
I have, let me see, I want to make it a good question for you.
For you.
I can't find my question. Yep, right here. So this is a two part question. Okay.
The first part is, why do you think leaders hide from funding their vision.
And how can leaders lean into funding their vision.
I think when they hide from me, I think it's maybe perhaps they don't want to, you know, they're, they're afraid that they might not actually get to where they want to be.
So they hide from it because they feel they might not be so confident and feel that having some kind of self doubt, you know, as we do from time to time, you know, I think every one of us, you know, can do that.
And maybe the negative self talk as well is coming through.
So I think all these things actually contribute to how leaders will hide from funding their vision. And how do the leaders lean into funding their vision.
Well, they can remind themselves what their vision is, why they have this vision.
Why is a big question when you know your why is, you know, it's really clear to you why you want to get somewhere and it keeps you focused.
And also, you know, to to tell yourself that, you know, to look at setbacks as lessons to learn these are opportunities. They are not failures. Setbacks are like stepping stones to help you to get to where you want to be.
You mentioned there's a lot of negative self talk. How do people get over or rid of that? How do they overcome that?
I think they have to overcome that by again reminding themselves that where they want to get to, but also to focus on what they're doing, what they're doing well, you know, and what they have done well in the past.
You know, what they're doing well at this moment in time and focus on those.
Yeah. Awesome. What do you do in those cases? What do you do for yourself to help you stay focused on your vision?
And when those times when comes you're self talking to yourself in a bad way, what do you do in those cases? And how do you even recognize it?
Well, I can how I recognize it. Well, I do because then I know start having doubts, start thinking, oh, maybe, you know, perhaps I shouldn't be trying this.
Not sure not knowing what the outcome is and afraid that it might not be an outcome that, you know, that I don't want.
And then I remind myself of, you know, where I want to get to and the people I want to have an impact on. And again, you know, as I said, you know, and ask myself, what have I done well?
You know, how far have I come from where I was? And look at all those, you know, those things that, you know, those little wins, you know, they make a difference. They keep you going.
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