The Health Coach’s Crispy Pork Belly Recipe

by Rich Ellis | Aug 4, 2025 | Diet, Fitness, Health, Immunity, Mental Health, Productivity, Wellness

A guilt-free way to get that crunch Pork belly isn’t usually something you’d expect from a health coach, but hear me out. When it’s done right, it’s not just a treat for the taste buds, it can be part of a balanced, real-food approach to eating that respects quality,...

“My Cholesterol Went Up – But I’m Not Worried. Here’s Why.”

by Rich Ellis | Jul 27, 2025 | Coaching, Diet, Fitness, Health, Immunity, Mental Health, Nutrition, Wellness, Workplace

So… I got my [annual] bloods back the other day. Total cholesterol and LDL? Up. Triglycerides? Down. Now, if you stopped reading there, you’d be forgiven for thinking alarm bells should be ringing. But I’m not worried — and here’s why. Back in April, I did...

🧠 Cognitive Load Coping – The New Fitness Frontier

by Rich Ellis | Jul 16, 2025 | Coaching, Health, Mental Health, Productivity, Wellness, Workplace

If you ask me what the main game for the next decade is, I’d say this: learning how to manage cognitive load. Yep, not weightlifting, not macros, not mobility (though they all matter). It’s about how we use our brain, how we think, how we focus, how we recover...

Iceland’s Four-Day Workweek: Gen Z Was Right All Along

by Rich Ellis | Jul 15, 2025 | Coaching, Mental Health, Productivity, Workplace

Back in 2015, Iceland kicked off a workplace experiment that raised a few eyebrows: a four-day workweek with no cut to pay. At the time, critics were ready with their usual warnings, lower productivity, rising costs, and a drop in service standards. But nearly a...

The Gym Is a Metaphor for Life

by Rich Ellis | Jul 9, 2025 | Fitness, Health, Mental Health, Nutrition, Productivity, Wellness, Workplace

We’ve all heard the clichés: “What you put in is what you get out,” “Hard work pays off,” “Trust the process.” But nowhere is that more obvious, and more humbling, than in the gym. At first, it’s thankless. You rock up early, or late, squeeze it into your day, move...

Fat Doesn’t Make You Fat – Why You Need Dietary Fat

by Rich Ellis | Jul 8, 2025 | Coaching, Diet, Fitness, Health, Immunity, Mental Health, Nutrition, Productivity, Wellness, Workplace

Let’s get one thing straight right off the bat: eating fat doesn’t make you fat.That idea is as outdated as low-fat margarine and rice cakes for lunch. Yet for years, fat was the villain of the nutrition world. It was blamed for everything from expanding waistlines to...