Rachel Amies

Thought For The Week Smash. Crush. Beast mode. No excuses. A lot of the language around health and fitness is intense, performative, even aggressive. Phrases meant to motivate often carry the message that every session should be high effort, high energy, and somehow impressive. Over time, that language doesn’t just describe how we train, it shapes how we think we’re supposed to train. It sets the standard that every workout should feel big, every week should feel hard, and anything less isn’t...

Thought For The Week A client said to me this week, “Whenever I try something new, I just can’t seem to stick to it.” It wasn’t said dramatically. Just as a matter of fact. Like it was a fixed part of who she is. But this isn’t about character, or willpower, or motivation. It’s about how the brain responds to change. We often assume that if something is good for us, it should feel natural or easy to do. But the brain doesn’t judge things by whether they’ll benefit us in the long term; it...

Thought For The Week We tend to trust our feelings when making decisions — not just how we feel right now, but how we think  we’re going to feel in the future. The problem is, we’re not especially good at predicting that. We consistently overestimate how intense things will feel. How uncomfortable. How enjoyable. How satisfying. But when the moment actually arrives, the experience is usually less profound than we imagined. Which means a lot of our decisions aren’t actually based on reality,...