Health and fitness during divorce | How to exercise and eat well during stress | Divorce stress

🎙️The importance of health and fitness during divorce and separation🎙️ Life, love and the law, a podcast by Stowe Family Law When you’re going through a stressful life event, keeping up with your workout schedule, eating well, or even just getting outside for a walk can feel overwhelming. But it’s so important for your mental and physical wellbeing to include activity, movement and good nutrition in your day-to-day. In this episode of Life, love and the law, Alana Ellis, personal trainer and nutritional coach, explains the value of exercise even when you really don’t feel like it. She talks about lowering the bar, not expecting too much of yourself, and taking small steps. 00:25 Introductions 01:55 The impact of stress on the body 03:21 Fight or flight vs rest and digest physical and emotional states 04:57 How important is sleep and how can you improve your sleep 08:22 Supplementing with magnesium and how it can help support good sleep 09:57 How can meditation support the nervous system? 11:53 What are the main obstacles for people when it comes to healthy food routines? 13:14 The impact of stress on relationships with food 14:36 What can replace food as an emotional coping mechanism? 15:28 Easy wins when it comes to health and fitness 16:50 The value of exercise in building up your energy bucket, not depleting it 18:20 Debunking the all or nothing mindset when it comes to exercise 23:45 Finding the motivation to exercise especially when you’re stressed 25:15 Lowering the barrier to entry with exercise 27:17 Divorce and separation to do list vs exercise and wellbeing 30:13 Top tip for health and fitness during divorce and separation Useful links Why emotional wellbeing matters during divorce https://www.stowefamilylaw.co.uk/stow... Looking after your mental health through divorce https://www.stowefamilylaw.co.uk/stow... The first steps to divorce    • The first steps to divorce | Divorce Day |...   Avoiding the top divorce mistakes https://open.spotify.com/episode/0miH... If you need support with the issues raised in this podcast, or would like to speak to a family lawyer, contact Stowe at: https://bit.ly/35WPSj2 Join our email list to get the latest from our lawyers, divorce coaches and relationship experts sent monthly to your inbox. Everything you need, in one place https://mailchi.mp/69a5d247d3ba/stowe... 🔎 Access further free resources to help you through a relationship breakdown and beyond at Stowe Support https://bit.ly/41heUWN 🎧 Listen to our podcast on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3L6VFcE 🎬 Watch on YouTube - https://bit.ly/3Mwa4wG Follow us on socials TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@lifelovelawpo... Instagram   / stowefamilylawuk   Facebook -   / stowefamilylaw   LinkedIn -   / stowe-family-law