CBF News & Views

Due to the fact that we’re currently in November, it’s time to get yourself ready for Christmas! Here are our top tips on how you can make your life easier and enjoy this time of year even more. Give these a try and share

Is “plus size” still the most preferred term to continue with, or is there a more inclusive, body positive term that we could use? 

Meditation is one of the best practices anyone can implement in their life, to improve its overall quality. For the most part, we have deeply encoded, automatic reactions and responses to various things we encounter during wake time. The goal of meditation is to help you...

A growth mindset is believing you can do and achieve more if you put in the time, work and effort.  A growth mindset thrives on challenge and sees failure as an opportunity to grow and stretch our existing abilities.

At first I felt that it was easier to agree with everyone, I felt that believing their words and opinions about me would be easier so that it wouldn’t hurt anymore, this was how I defended myself. However, now I will not hold back, and I will stand up for myself no matter who ...

We all have certain behaviour patterns and habits that, if left unchecked, can in some way be toxic for the overall quality of life. Recognising them and having strategies in place to combat them, therefore, can only help to improve your mood, energy and help you live...

Every day, we are all subjected to stress, and if we don't learn to handle it, we can quickly reach a point of general breakdown and burnout. Stress weakens the body and puts you at risk for certain diseases.

I would like to declare the word ‘Should’ toxic. It’s used way too often, and encites perfectionism and feelings of inadequacy.  It’s thrown around everywhere these days, with social media making it even more prevalent. We are constantly bombarded with the word.  <...

Getting six pack abs is perhaps one of the most common goals that the Insta-perfect are looking for.  Realistically though, they are almost as hard to come by as unicorn shit. Ok, perhaps that is a slight exaggeration, but it is still difficult, if near impossible to ...

Previous generations have grown with the belief that age is a terminal illness that inevitably deprives you of the ability to do anything body-care related.  While this is relevant and valid for individuals who believe it is so, it is not really the ultimate truth that no one ...

Fitness can appear in many forms.  Fitness needs a primary source of purpose to really define it.  For example, being fit to run a marathon and being fit to walk down the street can look completely different.  Someone may be physically able to run that marathon, however ...

A lot of the time why people only go a few sessions and stop, or just don’t even start, is gymtimidation.  Gymtimidation is a perception that you don’t belong. That the gym is for already fit and strong and “valued” individuals.  People are just to...