In this week’s episode of The Whole Circle Podcast we talk all about food, mindset and movement with Luke Hines.

We were so excited to interview Luke for this episode.  He has inspired thousands of people with his healthy food lifestyle, mainly centring around Paleo and Keto diets and Jo just loves his cookbooks.

He was so lovely and down to earth, it really was a pleasure to chat with him and we got so much out of this episode and we think you will too.

Who is Luke Hines?

Luke is a Nutrition Coach, Motivator, Personal Trainer and Cookbook Author with 9 best-selling cookbooks.

Here is how Luke describes himself:

Having spent over 15 years in the wellness industry, I am here to help you achieve your health and happiness goals.

In my teenage years I always struggled with my weight, earning myself the nickname, buddha! I knew I wasn’t taking the best care of myself and one day I woke up and I realised I needed to make some positive changes if I was to live to my true potential and have a happy and healthy life. So I began eating well, moving my body, reading and researching, and most importantly I started thinking more positively about myself and where I was heading, and after 12 months of these positive changes I found myself feeling incredible. I was at my ideal healthy weight, I felt more energised every day, and for the first time I truly started to believe in myself that I could achieve anything if I put my heart into it.

With this incredible new lease on life my passion turned to wanting to help others achieve the same, so I become a personal trainer whilst continuing my research. For several years I trained clients in various gyms and private studios, I then moved into private one on one consulting which brought so many highlights, perhaps the best and most exciting of all included working alongside Angelina Jolie on the set of one of her films managing nutrition and training.

Early on I realised that true health and fitness didn’t just revolve around the ‘moving’ or exercise part and so I developed a huge passion for healthy food, which landed me on Australia’s number 1 cooking show, My Kitchen Rules, where I got the chance to show Australia that healthy food can not only be easy but delicious too! Making it to the finals, it truly was an incredible experience and upon the completion of filming I moved into publishing healthy recipes in cookbooks to showcase to the world that heathy food doesn’t have to be bland or boring diet food.

Nine best selling cookbooks later and my nutritional therapy qualifications under my belt, I have developed this program to combine my passion, expertise and love for nutrient dense delicious meals, realistic mindset motivation, and the moves that will keep you well for life, because my number one goal is to help you positively change your life to be the best, healthiest and happiest version of you.

Mindset is vital

Luke realised that the key component missing for a lot of people when they are wanting to transform their life into a healthy lifestyle is mindset.  Making the right food choices and exercising can only go so far if you are coming at it with a negative mindset.

Luke learned through his own journey that mindset and mindfulness were key to maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

Mindfulness seems to be the buzz word of the last few years.  Not many people really knew much about it or in fact how to practice it on a daily basis.

Even meditation is fairly common practice these days whereas a few years ago, it wasn’t so.

Once people realised that meditation didn’t have to mean sitting with your legs crossed on the ground chanting ‘Om’ and that it could simply mean disconnecting yourself from technology and sitting in a quiet place and being comfortable within your own thoughts, it became more mainstream.

So, where do you start?

The most important thing to remember is to not look for perfection.  You don’t have to practice meditation or mindfulness perfectly.  Everyone is different and it’s about discovering what works for you.

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