Travel broadens the mind - but only if you let it.

✈️ Glad to travel. 💪 Glad to be home.

After two incredible weeks in Zambia—half structured conference mode (hello hotel gym), half immersed in nature’s rhythm—I’m back in Glasgow and back in the gym. And it feels good.

🍽️ Presence Over Perfection: A Health Coach’s Travel Reflection

Whether you're heading off on an active holiday or just optimistically stuffing your gym kit between sandals and sunscreen, you know the feeling.

• You intend to stay active.

• You plan to walk to the town centre instead of getting a cab.

• You promise yourself you’ll swim (properly) in the pool, not just float around or cool off.

• You want to eat well - fresh, local, nourishing.

But then… one day leads to another.

• The morning hike turns into a long brunch.

• The gym shoes stay in the suitcase.

• The pool becomes a backdrop for cocktails, not laps.

• The local speciality is soooo tasty.

And that’s okay.

Because travel isn’t just about maintaining routines—it’s about expanding your palate, literally and metaphorically. It’s about tasting new spices, trying unfamiliar rhythms, and letting go of the rigid meal plan you packed in your mind.

I talk a lot about me-time, Travel also invites there-time - being present in the place, the culture, the moment. That’s where the real nourishment happens.

So if your trip looked more like a buffet than a bootcamp, more slow-cooked than fast-paced - well done! You were there. You let it feed you.

And when you come home, back to your gym, your greens, your groove - bring that experience with you. Let your routines explore with a little more curiosity, a little more compassion.

Because health isn’t just about what you eat or how you move.

It’s about how you digest the world.

Travel isn’t just a test of discipline - it’s an invitation to shift perspective. To allow not just me-time, but there-time. To be fully present in unfamiliar places, and let those experiences shape how we return to our routines.

So be there. Fully.

And when you come home, bring that presence with you.