by Gillian Goerzen | Sep 13, 2019 | Healthy Living, Inspiration
One of the foundations of my philosophy around health and fitness is this: It’s next to IMPOSSIBLE to create sustainable health and fitness habits if the desire to change comes from a place of body hatred or worse, disgust. But we live in a society that...
by Gillian Goerzen | Jan 5, 2019 | Inspiration
I need you to hear this: You are awesome. Most health and fitness marketing this time of year is centred around picking apart all the things you DON’T love about yourself. They prey on your insecurities and reinforce the broken paradigm of fitness (the one...
by Gillian Goerzen | May 9, 2017 | Body Positive
I’ve had many events/ moments/ experiences in my life that I would consider “transformative.” Experiences where my whole concept of self & my capabilities were transformed. One of those moments was My First Triathlon. I was 20 and madly in love...
by Gillian Goerzen | May 9, 2017 | Body Positive
“This (pointing to a candy in my hand, makes this (poking my belly)” I was 19 years old when this was said to me. My great aunt was known for her “say it like it is” lack of self-editing candor. She had a lot of redeeming qualities, but this...
by Gillian Goerzen | May 2, 2017 | Body Positive
It’s easy to become down on yourself when you’re bombarded by messaging that tells you that you’re not fit enough, thin enough, good enough. It becomes common place to feel like you’re not doing enough. That you should do more, be more, have...
