With a very welcome spring just starting to wake up, there's a definite pull to take the workout outdoors at the moment. And there are more benefits than simply stopping and smelling the roses. 

​The fitness world can sometimes be a pretty tricky place to spend time. That hustle and grind mentality is punishing for your body, your general health and wellbeing, and for some - even relationships. But beyond the comparisons and anxiety, there's scope to use self-compassion to not only support your fitness journey but to enhance and enrich it. Self-compassion is something they can naturally do for some people, but it's a learned skill for many women.

​In the last few years, low carb diets have become more and more popular. But aside from personal preference to have more or less of your diet made up of carbohydrate-based foods - is there any reason to go low carb? 

​Starvation mode sounds understandably terrifying to those of you trying to lose weight. Drop your calories too low, and your body responds by slowing your rate of weight loss and holding on to every last pound until your weight loss progress grinds to a halt.