This week’s guest is Louise Long a qualified as a Personal Trainer, who had a difficult relationship with food, until she had her 3 children, shifted her perspective, & began a more health-full approach to life; helping others to do so too. Last year she was blind-sided when her young son Dylan died & now she’s raising awareness for brain tumour research
This interview was so powerful we decided to air it in two parts. This is PART ONE.
The last two years have been tough for people – but the enforced lockdowns helped people find nature and walking- and in her business Lou Long has helped more people find health & fitness.
Now training in functional nutrition, Lou talked about being unhappy as a child and “eating her emotions” and her early relationship with food, which followed her through into adulthood.
It was only when she had children that she decided she didn’t want them to suffer in the way she had, so she started learning about whole food, fitness and founded her business. She realised that it was changing her mindset and mental health that helped change her relationship with food and fitness, and so that's what she starts with, with her clients.
Out of the blue her then 6 year old son Dylan started to be poorly at the beginning of the first lockdown in March 2020. It was a long journey to eventually getting a diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. Lou talks openly and vulnerably about what that was like for her, Dylan and the family.
Lou used all her knowledge to help Dylan live as healthfully and happily as was possible, right up to the end. It was ultimately her determination to honour and celebrate Dylan’s life that took her down the path of raising funds for brain cancer research and awareness.
Thank you so much Louise for having the courage to talk with me so that you can bring awareness for the much needed research around brain cancer, as well as helping people in their own lives to live in a fit and health-full way so that they can BE THEIR BEST. Thanks also for showing us that even in the worst of times we can find a way to bring purpose to our lives so that we can shine a light for our way ahead.
You can find out more about Louise’s work on https://www.louise-long.com/ and follow her on Instagram @_louiselong_
https://www.braintumourresearch.org/
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