Pia Davis

31/12/2025

've been thinking a lot about my mother lately.

In March I will be the age that she was when she died. 😥

I have so many feelings of deep love and loss: how incredibly lucky I was to have her as my mother, how much I learned from her but how much of my life she has missed.

She was a nurse - following a long line of women health-givers and healers before her. But she suffered from poor health herself and put her own health below everyone else’s.

She told the most amazing stories - about her childhood growing up in Harris in the Outer Hebrides - how the Northern lights were silent but so magnificent she thought there should be a full orchestra playing to accompany them - the harsh storms when the wind would literally howl around the house - how she used to collect dewy spiders webs in the mornings with her grandmother (who used plants and herbs as a healer) as they made the best bandages - how she read a book a day (plus all the books in her grandparents’ loft) - how they called her ‘The Dictionary’ at school - how she mispronounced words because she had only read them and not heard them (she thought ‘unshed’ (as in tears) rhymed with bunched) - how she learned love from her grandparents while her parents were busy in WW2.

Then her stories later about nursing in Glasgow and being a midwife - how she adored it - how the doctors said she was smart enough to have been a doctor herself - how she had to starch her cap and iron her uniform every day as her midwife hospital was so strict about procedures and appearance - how the Glasgow gangs would step back in the middle of a fight and let her pass through (in her nurses uniform) as she was on her way to deliver a baby in a tenement building - how the bottom inch of her white petticoat would be black with pollution when she got home.

Then her stories about working with Professor Ian Donald. His brother worked in Iraq on the oil pipelines leading teams looking for cracks in the hundreds of miles of steel pipelines. They developed an approach based on echoes from sound waves to reveal the internal structure of the steel for cracks - so they didn’t have to dig them up to check them - but they could find exactly where they needed to work to prevent the dangerous and expensive leaks. This inspired Ian Donald to think about using sound waves to look inside the womb - safely and non-invasively. With him, in the 1950s, she saw a baby’s heartbeat at 6 weeks gestation - long before you could hear a heartbeat. This was brand new information - people didn’t believe the foetus was ‘human’ until much later in pregnancy. He was the pioneer of ultrasound in medicine and my amazing mother worked alongside him. They remained close friends until he died. And my mother was passionate about protecting life as a result of what she had seen.

So I now work in health - bringing health, strength and energy to women in midlife who are looking to get into better shape. I was lucky enough to work and train with Bill Phillips to improve my own health and to get my Body for Life Health Coach certification.

This work is so meaningful to me - my great-grandmother was the go-to healer on the island, my grandmother and mother were both nurses - and I finally moved from transformation change in corporate business to transformation change in our health - at last!

I am running a 3 day workshop 13th to 15th January at 6pm UK time to teach why the changes in our bodies in midlife make it so hard to lose weight and how we have to do it. Here’s the link to sign up if you would like to come:
https://piadavis.com/midlife-weight-loss-workshop-org

29/12/2025

I'm beginning to gather my thoughts that I have left just 'sitting there' for the last few days.

It's been so good to have some downtime - it was great to ease back and get some well earned rest.

But - it's time to start to get going again - the New Year will be here soon! Full of its promise and possibilities! And golf!!!

If you're looking for some inspiration to up your health game to make the most of the New Year surge, then come to my free 3-day workshop and get solid information on what to do make progress with your weight and health in 2026.

📆 13-15 January 2026
🕧 6PM UK, 1PM ET, 10AM PT
🏟️ Over Zoom

Can you really afford not to?

Sign up here for the Midlife Weightloss Workshop: https://piadavis.com/midlife-weight-loss-workshop-org

28/12/2025

I still remember the exact moment I learned that it’s not that women over 40 can’t lose fat. It’s that we don't know the right way to do it.

This message (it was from Bill Phillips) gave me such a feeling of hope and possibilities that I was ready to try to get back into shape once more.

We’ve been told: eat less, move more, take this quick fix. And we tried these too - especially when we were younger.

But that damaged our metabolism and left us overweight, more tired, more frustrated, and less confident than ever.

I'm running a 3 day workshop in January to teach you how to:

✅ Protect your metabolism
✅ Lose fat without rebounding
✅ Boost your energy in midlife

📅 13-15 Jan, 6PM UK, 1PM ET, 10AM PT
💡 Register free through the link. I want to give you the gift of knowledge about how to get back to full health ❤️
https://piadavis.com/midlife-weight-loss-workshop-org

27/12/2025

I love these days between Christmas and New Year.

The rushing and feasting and excitement has died down.

The earth has started its journey towards the sun (in the north at least). It’s almost imperceptible - but the shift is there.

January with all its responsibilities and the lists of all the things we ‘should do’ and ‘ought to do’ is still a few days away yet.

This is the time to breathe and just let thoughts wander through in their own time.

We can gather them up and sort them and organise them next week.

If one of your thoughts is to do with taking your health more seriously, later in January I'm running a 3 day workshop all about health and strength in midlife. Here’s the info if you want to find out more: https://piadavis.com/midlife-weight-loss-workshop-org

19/12/2025

This is the type of woman I love to work with…

The woman who’s been told:
“You’re too old.”
“You can’t train with those injuries.”
“You need to push harder to see results.”

But she wants to feel strong again.
She wants to move without pain.
She wants to lose the weight and feel like herself again.

And with the right support? She can. And when she does - my heart soars!

That’s who I created my programs for.
Women who want to reclaim their bodies not punish them.

💥 We rebuild strength.
💥 We focus on metabolic health.
💥 We find your version of movement—and make it work.

✨ If you’re ready to feel capable, in control, and proud of what your body can do—message me.

Let’s take one powerful step forward. Together. 💪

I'm running another of my free 3-day workshops in January - click here for more details: https://links.somba.io/sp/8a56a09afb8

29/11/2025

This is the time of year where most women feel as though they're slipping out of control... and it won't be long before they give up.

But what if you didn’t?

Right about now, you might be thinking: What’s the point? I’ll just gain weight over Christmas anyway - I want to enjoy myself, but I know I’ll pay for it.”

You’ve done the festive cycle before enjoy ➡️ guilt ➡️ restriction ➡️ repeat.

But you really don't need to choose between celebration and progress.

Midlife weight gain over the holidays isn’t inevitable.

Not if you learn how to eat in a way that supports your metabolism, manage stress without turning to food, and stay grounded without going into full “diet” mode.

✨ This season can feel different.
And no, it’s not about being “good.” It’s about being supported.

I'm doing one of my talks on 9th December at 6pm London (UK) time on all the strategies, tactics, hints and tips you can use to get you (and your waistline) through the 'eating and drinking' season ahead!

Reply with a comment 'yes please' and I'll send you the sign up details!

21/11/2025

Does this sometimes happen to you?

You hear a quiet voice saying: “Maybe I just need to try Ozempic. Nothing else is working.”

When you’re tired of starting over, the promise of fast weight loss sounds like relief.

But here’s what most people don’t tell you:

Ozempic does not teach you how to eat.
It does not build muscle.
And it does not fix what’s really going on with your metabolism in midlife.

Most women start to regain the weight the moment they stop - and often feel worse in the process.

You deserve better than a short-term fix.

What if this time, you focused on a plan that supports your body for your life?

Drop me a ❤️ and I'll send you more info.

13/11/2025

I was talking about Strength vs Power today to my workout group this morning as we were doing a power-building workout.

Which is a different workout from our strength building sessions.

(I couldn't go into detail as there was a LOT of counting to do!)

This is the difference:
Strength is how MUCH force you can produce.
Power is how FAST you can produce that force.

A simple way to see it:
Strength = lifting a heavy suitcase off the floor. Slow but solid.
Power = lifting that suitcase quickly

We lose power fast as we age.

12/11/2025

Most people don’t realise that stubborn weight gain in menopause isn’t about willpower or eating too much.

I used to think the same - until I learned it’s actually your 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀, 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘀, and a slowing metabolism.

If you're stuck in the "eat less, move more" trap and it’s not working…

You’re not broken. You just need a smarter strategy.

💬 Save this if you’ve been blaming yourself.

Or download my "7 Steps to Losing Weight in Menopause Guide": https://www.piadavis.com/landing-free-org2

06/11/2025

I used to think self-care meant slowing down.

Long baths, nice candles, the occasional yoga class.

But it turned out that what I really needed… was *structure*.
At one point, I was working all the hours. On a huge program that had seemed to have a life of its own. I was saying yes to everything. Living on caffeine and whatever I could grab at 4pm from the vending machine.

I was constantly behind - at work and with my body. It just felt as if I could never ever catch up. Everything was piling up faster than I could manage.

Then one day I caught sight of myself in a mirror at the office.
Puffy and exhausted eyes. Bloated face.
I barely recognised the woman looking back at me.

I remember that moment.

I decided I wasn’t going to wait for another Monday anymore.
I was going to put my health *first* - even with a demanding job.

So I started getting up a bit earlier to do my workouts - nothing crazy - just 30 minute sessions I could stick to.

I started planning my food so I wasn’t always reacting in the moment.

And I stopped skipping meals thinking I was being “good.”

And you know what happened?
My energy started to come back.

The fog began to lift. It seemed slow at first.
But people started noticing. Asking what I was doing. Saying I seemed brighter. Happier.

Here’s what I learned:
- It’s not about being perfect.
- It’s not about willpower.
- It’s about having simple systems that support you - and where you are in your life.

If you’re tired of feeling tired - there *is* a way forward. Start putting your health first with simple, repeatable steps. It will make a bigger difference that you know!

29/10/2025

19/10/2025

Hello from classy Zurich. Getting inspired and buzzing for all the adventures ahead!!