23/05/2026
A more personal post today because I think it’s relevant to anyone working in this space, and to anyone navigating it personally.🫶
Earlier this year I injured my back and lost several weeks of consistent training. As a practitioner managing my own autoimmunity, movement is a clinical tool for me, not just a lifestyle preference. Weight training and consistent exercise are part of how I maintain remission and keep symptoms regulated.🎯
Removing that had a measurable impact. Hormonal rebound, shifts in body composition, mood dysregulation, and nearly five months on things are only just beginning to stabilise.✨
The compounding factor is perimenopause. In this hormonal transition, declining progesterone, fluctuating oestrogen, increased cortisol reactivity, the body’s response to training, recovery and weight regulation changes significantly. Progress that previously came quickly now requires considerably more patience and a fundamentally different approach.🫡
I’m sharing this because there is a tendency, even among practitioners, to hold ourselves to a standard that doesn’t account for the reality of living in a body that is simultaneously managing autoimmunity, hormonal transition, and the ordinary unpredictability of life.🧭
The body prioritises function over aesthetics. When it is healing, recovering, or navigating significant hormonal change, it is doing exactly what it should. The visible results come last. That sequencing is correct.✅
Consistency, self compassion, and working with the body rather than against it are not soft concepts. They are the most evidence aligned approach available.😀
We are not exempt from this as practitioners. And that is worth saying out loud.🎙️
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