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Courses

Lifelong learning with specifically designed courses and resources that simplify your journey to a happy, healthy life.  

The courses section helps you develop a theoretical understanding of the human being as a whole: how we work, what we are capable of, and how to take care of ourselves.

Many people are intimidated by the insane complexity of trying to understand a human being; however, if they learn the basic concepts first, they can understand enough to stop being overwhelmed and see how their nature works.

I put a lot of effort into simplifying these incredibly difficult and interconnected topics. I want to raise the bar in how we treat ourselves by getting everyone to learn about how they work.

Fit2Thrive also shares in one place so many of the teachings and insights I wish had been available to me at the start of my journey. These insights brought everything together and helped me see through the data and theories to the underlying truth. I aim to save you the time I spent doing all the research.

So, to understand the whole site, you only need to understand that every article is in some way linked to recovering your balance (Homeostasis) from what happened just now or a while ago. Everything starts to make sense once you know that.

The main idea is that all the subsequent topics come under the general principle of finding balance. They are all relevant in their own way and time, but the core focus has always been time: How do I live well each day and not carry over any recovery debt to the next day?

I have categorised my writings and research into several topics that go into more specific detail. Each topic considers a human being from a particular perspective and draws on a wide variety of disciplines to fully explore the topic.

I have also ordered the topics according to core and more advanced topics.

Optimising health at the scale of an organism as complicated as a human being requires an understanding of these core topics:

  • Balance: All life exists by maintaining its internal environment against internal and external pressures. A lifestyle that heals is one that puts balance first by living in ways that promote the natural balancing mechanisms we all possess. View all
  • Cells:  It is easy to underestimate how much each cell does for us. Our cells originally survived on their own and still have much of the complicated machinery for life. They maintain a separate internal environment than their surroundings and tightly control what goes in or out. They also work with the trillions of other cells which requires complicated mechanisms to orchestrate well. View all
  • Pressure: explores the pressure of all the competing demands on your time and resources. View all

A more advanced understanding of health comes from much wider study and lasts a lifetime. The topics covered so far include:

Balance

A lifestyle that heals is one that puts balance first by living in ways that promote the natural balancing mechanisms we all possess. Learn habits that put the heal back in your health everyday.

Free

The six principles of a happy, healthy lifestyle

Cells

It is easy to underestimate how much each cell does for us. Learn how to talk to your cells, get them working together well and enjoy the health and happiness well supported cells give you.

Free
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Why inactivity kills and what you can do

Free
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How your lifestyle affects your metabolism

Free
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How exercise combats Heart Disease, Insulin Resistance and Diabetes

Free

How Exercise Improves Heart Disease Risk

Pressure

Learn how to manage the pressure of all the competing demands on your time and resources.

Free
Do you know how to maximise your energy use?

Energy Matters: the secrets of fat loss

Courses In development

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Binge eating

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Genes and Genetics

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The Fit2Thrive process

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Walking

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Injury: Correcting impaired cells

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The brain

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Battling Cancer through exercise

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Ageing well requires staying fit

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Sleep: Natures maintenance cycle

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How exercise improves your health

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Vision

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Balance: A lifestyle that heals

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Migraine

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Can you reverse insulin resistance

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How crucial is your diet to your health?

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How exercise improves Heart Disease risk

The article challenges the standard explanation that high cholesterol levels are the main cause of heart disease. The author discusses alternative theories involving factors such as stress, inefficient healing and…
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How to help Dementia and Alzheimers

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Managing Diabetes through Physical Activity

At university, I learnt how much exercise can do for Diabetes, particularly Type II. Since then I have spent a lot of time researching further to really understand the topic….
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Rehabilitating a sprained ankle

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Immunity

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