A survey conducted in the United States suggested that wearable tech was the number one trend within health and fitness for 2023. With watches, heart rate monitors and even glucose monitoring growing in popularity, is all this equipment actually helpful?
This week Katie and Annabel are joined by fitness and nutrition expert Arj Thiruchelvam to share his thoughts, help explain the jargon and unpack whether we actually need wellness tech.
(1:51) Introduction to wearable tech
(13:55) Arj joins the conversation
(15:11) The growing popularity of wearable tech
(19:33) Where to start
(27:07) The power of monitoring
(33:22) Other wellness tech
(42:16) Closing discussion
About the guest:
Arj Thiruchelvam has been coaching people from novices to olympians for 17 years. He is the head coach and founder of Performance Physique, with the goal to bring the proven scientific methods used in elite sport and nutrition to anyone wanting to make progress.
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People are craving community, connection and meaning - adrift from religion, traditional structures, and even the office. We're a generation of searchers. We want purpose, ritual and a place to belong. But where are we getting it, and is it leaving us exposed?
Welcome to Selfie development with Katie, a yoga teacher and coach, and Annabel, a writer about wellness. In each episode, we'll explore something from the world of wellness and self-improvement, from manifestation to EFT, soundbars to productivity hacks. What does this stuff really mean? Will it help? Or are there any red flags to watch out for?
Come and join us as we explore how to do wellness, well.
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Meet the hosts:
Katie Gordon - Katie is a yoga teacher, coach, parent and founder of Every Body Studio. She used to work in publishing but now gets to read books for fun. She loves yoga and some forms of wellness, but is admittedly pretty cynical about most of it. However, she is willing to put aside her scepticism for anything that involves lying down, or that could end in a nap.
Katie's work focuses is on psychology and mental health support, and she uses an evidence-based approach to yoga, mindfulness and breath-work. She likes coffee, red wine and almost anything to eat.
Check out her work @everybody_studio and @helm.collective on Instagram.
Annabel Lee - Annabel is a writer, communications consultant, speaker and professional over-thinker. She loves all things wellness and is up for trying (almost anything) but often wonders if it’s really working, or if it's just nice to wear some yoga pants. She used to work for PR agencies but quit after having a couple of babies. Annabel trained as a yoga teacher in 2017 but had to quit that too because of a hip injury, although she has remained fascinated by the world of wellness.
Annabel has written for publications including Red, Stylist, Metro and Glamour with a focus on health, wellbeing and work. She loves oat milk lattes, Selling Sunset, dog walks without her children and white wine spritzers.
See more from her @annabellee.co on Instagram.