Running and Eating Twice Daily to Stay Fit After 40 — After years of practicing Time Restricted Eating and a 2-month experiment of Eating Twice Daily during the first COVID-19 lockdown, I slowly adopted the eating pattern of having two meals early in the day. I find it to be the most practical and beneficial form of Daily Fasting for me. Running and Fasting to Stay Fit after 40? …

The Benefits of Practicing Mental Preparation with a Personal Coach as Mental Sparring Partner — Sparring? what is it? Sparring is a common form of training in sports. Both participants train together under the gentleman agreement to practice in a free-form while avoiding injuries. By extension the one-on-one debate at the core of any coaching practice is very similar of a session of sparring. Mental Sparring Session

Suggesting Daily Fasting as a better way to describe a Short Duration Fast — Why Not? Due to its popularity, Intermittent Fasting became an umbrella term for a wide range of fasting approaches (see below). Plus I found the term Intermittent especially vague and misleading. Intermittent is an adjective, meaning something occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady. Example: an intermittent rain. …

Eating Once a Day After My Morning Run — BREAK-FAST, WHAT? For 6 consecutive days, I ate once a day after my morning run. I had a boosted colorful brunch, which I ended-up calling my Break-Fast. Break-Fast, as it took place everyday after 20 to 22 hours of fasting. WHY? I have been practising Daily Fasting (or Time Restricted Eating) for years…

Finding your own Path. — Self-Actualisation? Self-actualisation is a term used by Abraham Maslow in “A Theory of Human Motivation” and the ultimate stage of his hierarchy. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is often represented as a pyramid, with the basic needs at the bottom and moving up to motivations: physiological (food, water, shelter, rest…), safety (security…

Find your own Path. Explore, try stuff and have fun. Live the way you want. — What is Lifestyle Design? It’s the realisation, often triggered by a rough event, that another way of life is possible. Instead of committing to What You Should Do, you reclaim the power to decide by yourself What You Want to Do. It’s the challenging attempt to align your actions with your values. Your Daily…

Visualise, Clarify & Simplify an Idea to turn it into a Viable Project — What is an Opportunity Study? a short time to explore and test an idea (can also be referred as a Sprint). …

Map ideas to organize thoughts and then communicate a vision — What is Mind Mapping? Mind Mapping is a concept mapping technique that consists of drawing a map of words to connect ideas and clarify your thoughts. A Mind Map is a colorful radiant diagram that helps to visualize and organize ideas, notes and informations. Mind Maps were popularized by Tony Buzan in 1974 during…

Sharing our experience on podcasting about plant-based cuisine, plant strong lifestyle and the development of wellness projects — The original idea It all started as a joke during one of our lively conversations while having breakfast at Blue Lotus in Thailand. We launched Blue Lotus in February 2017, the first plant-based learning center in Asia based in a resort, Evason Hua Hin. After two years of teaching, we decided with my…