Hi, my name is Laura

For decades, I have been health and fitness obsessed; obsessed is the most fitting verb to use but it still doesn’t quite encapsulate my dedication to this subject.

This lifestyle choice has raised many eyebrows throughout all sectors of my life, and it's actually very rare to come across another human with the same interests. In recent years, it’ s becoming more and more popular but most people consider all things health and fitness to be an unenjoyable chore.

My father, albeit, wasn’t the healthiest looking man in his youth but was and still is my main inspiration for living better. He raised me and my brother on health conscious diets and implemented his nutritional knowledge in to my daily life; I am forever grateful for his influence. Despite this, both of my parents were clinically obese. They were constantly trying the newest dietary trends to overcome their poor health, sadly, it never worked. Over time, my mother became a type two diabetic and eventually passed away with ovarian cancer. My father is now living his life sugar free due to his developed allergy to yeast; it has been both a blessing and a curse for him.

There are a vast amount of diseases and hereditary illnesses that cannot be prevented. Regardless, I can’t help but wonder if my parents could have had a better and longer life if they did things a little differently, in fact, I know this to be true.

My mother passed away in 2020, in the middle of the first UK coronavirus lockdown. I spiraled into severe depression. In addition, I lost my job and due to the restrictions, my partner and friends couldn't even console me in one of my most darkest moments. I’d lost touch with so many people I cared about and I was desperate for help. The only constant in my life was exercise, it was the only thing the government would allow us to do. I became even more motivated to achieve my fitness goals. It gave me purpose, meaning and routine.

Throughout the weeks and eventually months of being trapped, alone in my house, I started listening to podcasts whilst working from home. 2020 was a podcast frenzy for almost everybody, we were learning, creating, feeling less lonely and becoming passionate about subjects we previously never even knew existed. I, however, found a new aspect of my health and fitness passion that I had never heard of before: Longevity.

David Sinclair, the prestigious Harvard medical professor and best selling author was a guest on Joe Rogan's infamous podcast. I was hooked, fascinated and intrigued as soon as he uttered the words “why we age and why we don’t have to”. The passing of your parents can be a harsh realization of your own fragile mortality, the thought of death swallows your mind more than ever before. We are all aware of death but it’s not something we truly worry about until it's in our proverbial faces and at that time, it was all I could think about.

I was there for every painful second of my mother’s last moments on earth. She was bed ridden and quarantined at home, with her family. I could hear the terror in her voice, the desperation in each breath and I could see the impending horror in her eyes as I witnessed the fast deterioration of her mind and being. I never knew the true severity of dying until this moment. I’m so glad that my mum spent her last moments at home with the people she loved and i’m grateful for my new and cruel understanding of nature.

With all that being said, I will do everything in my power to hold on to my health for as long as possible. I wish to pass on all of the knowledge and advice I can ascertain to help as many people as I can. My research is not only nutritional and fitness based, my lifestyle consists of mindfulness, skincare, activities and sustainability. Helping others to enjoy the things in life they think are cumbersome is the biggest obstacle. I believe that if we do nothing to help ourselves and each other, we are plagued by our own ignorance.