Nicky Dear Health Coach

This week, I am taking a break in the beautiful Lake District here in the UK with my husband Kim and Border Collie Pip. As it’s Valentine’s Day I thought it would be remiss of me not to do a heart-themed blog. This is my wonky attempt at a selfie…

One of the challenges of eating healthily and losing weight, especially during menopause, is managing meals whilst on the go. I remember when I was traveling every week for work, trying to find healthy options in motorway services or at Airports was not easy. This has improved greatly, with M&S…

Today, I was uncertain about what my blog should focus on. However, I attended a LinkedIn webinar on Friday morning that centred on how we can maintain momentum for NHS health and welfare coaching. The call included health professionals from various fields, such as GPs, pain specialists, health coaches, and…

Every woman will go through menopause. The way each person experiences it will be different, some will not notice a huge difference, but most will experience at least some symptoms and many will experience severe and even debilitating changes depending on their diet, lifestyle, and genetics. Having experienced very severe…

I have become something of an Olive oil evangelist over the past 2 years. I’ve known for a long time that its “good for you “, but never really understood the science behind it, and as you may be starting to realise if you follow my blogs, I love a…

During the Christmas break myself and many of my family members and friends had seasonal colds. We often fall victim to colds, and other illnesses when our immune systems are low due to fatigue, stress, too much alcohol, poor nutrition- or all of the above! A few days ago we…

The dawn of a new year is often a time for setting ourselves goals and challenging ourselves to finally lose weight, get fitter, do more exercise and eat healthily… but how many of us actually succeed in making lasting change? Its easy to set ourselves unreachable goals that we will…

If you are feeling very stressed about Christmas as it looms closer, feeling like you have a million things still to do, and only 4 days left to do them. Take a step back and think about what it is that you are feeling anxious about. Try this simple way…

You probably know that sour dough bread is supposed to be good for you, but have you ever wondered why? Gut health is now known to be fundamental to our overall health and particular in Menopause, although more research is needed in this area. In a recent paper which reviewed…

For some of us Christmas isn’t necessarily easy. It can be a reminder of loved ones who are no longer with us, it can be extremely stressful because of the pressure we put on ourselves, and there is temptation everywhere to eat all the food we know won’t help our…