The Holistic Health Coach

The Holistic Health Coach Hello! My name is Mariko and I am a qualified Health Coach.

Merry Christmas one and all, 🎄Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for supporting me through 2025. Whether you’ve lik...
25/12/2025

Merry Christmas one and all, 🎄

Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for supporting me through 2025. Whether you’ve liked, shared, commented, or turned up to a Wellbeing Walk, workshop or retreat — you’ve been part of this journey, and I don’t take that lightly.

This year I did a big, brave thing and went full-time in health coaching. It’s been exciting, stretching, emotional and at times downright terrifying — but also deeply right. I’m so proud of myself for backing what I believe in… and so grateful for every bit of encouragement along the way.

If we haven’t met in person yet, there’s plenty of time. With 40+ events planned for next year, I’m creating lots of chances for you to pause, breathe, and take some much-needed time out for YOU.

Let’s keep building the community we’re craving — one that supports real life, real humans, and real wellbeing.

See you soon ✨

1 week until christmas 🎄Not sure where the last week has gone… I feel like I blinked and December sprinted off without m...
18/12/2025

1 week until christmas 🎄

Not sure where the last week has gone… I feel like I blinked and December sprinted off without me.

If you’re feeling a bit behind, a bit frazzled, or like you should be more festive than you are — deep breath. You’re not doing it wrong. This time of year is a lot.

Permission slip to:
✨ lower the bar
✨ say no to one more thing
✨ choose calm over chaos (even just for 5 minutes)

Christmas doesn’t need you burnt out to be magical. It just needs you present 💛

10/12/2025

I always forget about tennis on a Wednesday night, Chris usually takes the little one 🤦🏻‍♀️

Here’s one of the kids favourite dinner, it's the most delicious poor mans dinner, which I have to cook when Chris is away as he doesn't like it 😅

Some days you’ll smash your to-do list like you invented productivity.Other days… getting out of bed, feeding the kids, ...
09/12/2025

Some days you’ll smash your to-do list like you invented productivity.

Other days… getting out of bed, feeding the kids, and remembering your own name is the win of the day.

Neither day defines you.
Neither day means you’re “on track” or “off track.”
Neither day says a single thing about your worth.

Healing, growth, wellbeing — they’re all messy, wiggly, human journeys. Not straight lines. Not gold-star charts. And absolutely not a pass/fail situation.

So if today feels heavier, slower, or just a bit… meh, it doesn’t mean you’re slipping. It means you’re human. And humans have seasons, rhythms, dips, and rises.

You’re not failing.
You’re learning.
You’re living.
And you’re doing better than you think.

Take the pressure off. Your “bad day” is still progress — because you showed up. And that counts more than you realise 🫶

Some of us really need to hear this today…You don’t have to *do more* to be a good mum, partner, or human.You don’t need...
07/12/2025

Some of us really need to hear this today…

You don’t have to *do more* to be a good mum, partner, or human.

You don’t need another activity, another day out, another “perfect memory” planned within an inch of its life.

Your kids? They’re already more than happy with YOU.

Your presence. Your attention. Your dodgy dance moves in the kitchen.

The way you listen when they waffle on about Minecraft or school drama.

The ten-minute cuddle before bed that somehow resets everyone’s nervous system.

We keep piling pressure on ourselves like there’s an award for “most overextended parent of the year.”

There isn’t. And even if there was, you don’t need to win it.

Here’s the truth we forget:
It’s not the *things* that matter.
It’s the quality of the time.
The moments in between the chaos.
The feeling of being loved, safe, and seen.

So if today is looking a little “bare minimum” — that’s OK.

Bare minimum from a loving, exhausted human is still more than enough for the people who adore you.

Give yourself a break.
You’re doing life, not running a performance piece.

And honestly? You’re smashing it more than you realise ❤️‍🔥

Wait… how is it already the 5th of December?! 🎄😳Honestly, if you’re already in that TFFT, thank-flip-for-the-weekend moo...
05/12/2025

Wait… how is it already the 5th of December?! 🎄😳

Honestly, if you’re already in that TFFT, thank-flip-for-the-weekend mood… it might be time for a tiny December reset.

Because if you’re mentally crawling to Friday by Tuesday, something in your week is asking for a rethink.

Here’s your honest check-in:

✨ What are you changing next week to make it feel even a little bit better?

Not perfect. Not saintly. Just… kinder.
A touch lighter. A bit less “survival mode,” a bit more “I’ve got myself.”

Maybe it’s…

• actually blocking out time for yourself (and keeping it)
• asking for help before you reach meltdown territory
• packing snacks so you’re not running on fumes
• saying no without the guilt-monologue
• swapping a doom-scroll for a quick walk, stretch, or deep breath

This month is already busy enough — you get to make it easier on yourself.

So tell me… what’s one small thing you’re changing for next week?

Future-you will be very grateful you did 🫶

You know what? I’m not the 22-year-old glowing in Bali with a ring light, a trust fund, and a metabolism that’s still on...
02/12/2025

You know what? I’m not the 22-year-old glowing in Bali with a ring light, a trust fund, and a metabolism that’s still on factory settings.

I’m not the girl who’s always been a size 6, whose “transformation story” is basically:
“I cut down to one latte a day and suddenly my abs appeared.”

Good for her. Truly. But… not my lane.

I’m the woman who’s lived some life.
The woman who knows what it’s like when your hormones feel like a badly behaved toddler, your nervous system feels wired and tired, and your jeans are threatening to unionise.

I’m the woman who’s rebuilt her health in the middle of real life — with kids, work, chronic stress, grief, responsibility, and enough emotional labour to power a small village.

I’m here for the women who are holding families, careers, communities, and still trying to remember the last time they peed alone.

If you want:
✨ Support from someone who understands the actual biopsychology of midlife
✨ Real talk and real solutions — not aesthetic perfection
✨ Nervous system care that respects your capacity, not your guilt
✨ Humour, a bit of sass, honesty, zero shame
✨ Community instead of comparison

…then you’re in the right corner of the internet.

Just a real woman navigating the WTF of life — with grit, grace, carbs, and a whole lot of science — sharing the stuff that actually helps.

Follow for no-BS wellbeing, midlife realness, and support that fits your world — not a highlight reel.

The next wellbeing walk has been brought forward a week (turns out my husband would quite like me at his birthday brunch...
02/12/2025

The next wellbeing walk has been brought forward a week (turns out my husband would quite like me at his birthday brunch 😂), so…

👉 Date: Saturday 20th December
👉 Starting from:
👉 Route: Up to the beautiful views of Roundhill – the perfect leg-stretch + lungful of fresh air to close the year.

It also happens to be Winter Solstice weekend and my birthday walk, so expect extra intention-setting, reflection, and big “fresh chapter” energy ✨

If the weather is really against us, we’ll still meet at Bath Soft Cheese and turn it into a cosy coffee (and cake? absolutely yes) catch-up instead. Connection first, steps second.

Want to join us?
Comment WALK or drop me a message and I’ll send you the link to the WhatsApp group with all the details.

01/12/2025

Hello December… we meet again. 🎄✨

You know that moment when you flip the calendar and suddenly it’s parties, concerts, school chaos, Secret Santas, food shopping, wrapping, remembering-who-you-forgot-to-buy-for, and pretending you’re totally fine?

Yeah.
That.

But here’s your gentle, loving, slightly bossy reminder:
You get to exist in December too.

Not just as the organiser, the finder-of-the-things, the memory-maker, the kitchen elf, or the keeper of everyone else’s festive joy.

✨ You’re allowed pockets of quiet.
✨ You’re allowed to say “not this year.”
✨ You’re allowed to choose rest over running around like a glitter-covered lunatic.

This season will try to swallow your time, your patience, and your sanity — so make sure you’re carving out even the tiniest moments for you. A walk. A coffee. A breather. A boundary. A sit-in-the-car-before-going-inside moment (you know the one).

Because December might be wild, but you don’t have to be.

Here’s to ease, space, and little glimmers of joy — even in the crazy ❤️✨

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