Eve Annable - Personal Coach

I posted about the improvements to one of my private clients’ skin on stories earlier this week and it sparked a load of conversation in my DMs about skincare.

While I’m not against Botox (you do whatever makes you happy), I’m prioritising the things that support the health, structure and function of my skin so I can delay the need / want for injectables later down the line.

Here’s what that looks like ↓

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Your skin needs adequate protein and micronutrients to maintain and repair itself (this includes producing structural proteins like collagen and elastin).

Nutrients such as vitamin C, zinc, copper and vitamin D, alongside antioxidants and essential fatty acids, all play different roles in supporting normal skin structure, function and protection from oxidative stress.

You can spend all the money you want on skincare, treatments and interventions, but it’ll only get you so far if you’re neglecting the nutritional foundations that underpin skin health to begin with.

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Adequate hydration supports normal skin function and helps maintain skin hydration and appearance.

While drinking 3 litres of water isn’t going to magically erase your wrinkles, chronically under-hydrating isn’t helping either.

Opt for freshly filtered or mineral water💧over tap🚰 wherever possible.

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A huge amount of repair and regeneration takes place during sleep.

Chronic stress and inadequate recovery negatively affects inflammation and skin-barrier function.

I could write an entire post about stress alone, but for the purposes of this one: keep in mind your skin does not exist independently from the rest of your physiology.

It’s all linked and recovery matters.

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Regular exercise supports circulation, metabolic health and inflammatory regulation (all of which contribute to the physiological environment in which healthy skin has to function).

There’s also emerging research looking at the relationship between exercise and age-related changes within the skin itself.

Yet another reason to exercise that has nothing to do with burning calories.

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I’ve used medical grade skincare for the last decade and also incorporate LED light therapy and professional mini peels throughout the year.

This isn’t to say you need a complicated or expensive skincare routine, however.

What’s important is consistently protecting your skin from excessive UV exposure and being strategic about the products and active ingredients you use.

As with everything: quality > quantity.

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Supplements aren’t the fix all you may like to think they are.

And the majority of people would benefit far more from getting the foundations of their diet and lifestyle in place before rushing to spend £££ on supplements and products in a bid to compensate for them.

If you know your nutrition could do with some work but don’t really know where to begin, comment TRUE NORTH below and I’ll send you the exact nutrition framework I follow myself and teach my private clients.

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None of this may sound particularly groundbreaking.

And that’s also kind of the point.

Most of the things I do to look after my skin are the same things I prioritise to take care of my (physical, psychological, emotional, metabolic and hormonal) health.

Eat well. Hydrate. Sleep. Move. Manage stress. Protect your skin from excessive UV exposure.

Then be strategic and work with a professional to determine what is / isn’t appropriate to add on top.

Botox, injectables, supplements and other treatments all have their place — and what someone else chooses to do with their face / body is entirely their business — but my preference has always been to invest in supporting my skin alongside my wider physiology to delay feeling the need to intervene cosmetically for as long as possible.

No one is coming to save you. ✨

If you “know what to do” but you still aren’t doing it, you do not have a weight loss problem.

You have a barrier to change problem.

And until you identify what’s standing between where you are and where you want to be, no amount of nutrition or training advice will solve it.

The strategy isn’t usually the primary problem.

The ability to consistently implement the strategy is.

That’s why lasting change requires more than simply tracking calories, following a meal plan or exercise regime.

It requires understanding what’s driving your behaviour in the first place.

If you’re starting to realise there’s another layer to transforming your body and life that runs deeper than nutrition and training alone, you’re in the right place.

Follow Eve Annable | Female Health Consulting for more on aligning physiology and psychology for results that actually last.

Hire the coach or trainer, consult with the Dr, go see the therapist — but not from a place of believing you need to heal because you’re damaged or flawed.

Seek support to help you identify and explore what you currently don’t know, can’t see or haven’t yet understood about yourself, your behaviours, your physiology and your patterns.

Approach the process with curiosity and compassion, rather than self-rejection.

Because sustainable change doesn’t happen from shaming yourself into trying to become someone else.

It comes from developing a better understanding of who you are, how you adapted (what’s helped, what’s hindered), and how to work with yourself more effectively moving forward.

That’s a very different process to trying to “fix” yourself.

For more on female health that bridges physiology and psychology, follow

Been somewhat neglectful of my grid this last week as life has been life-ing (in all the best ways)… so here’s a little look at what’s been going on behind the scenes.

• Me masquerading as a tapestry (as you do) for a charity boxing match night — pre hair & makeup as was far too busy being present to take anything else

• Woodland walks — new standard daily procedure

• Cathedral and church hunting… for the soul (the older the better) ✝️

• Started back up with training .jiujitsu following a 9 month sabbatical

• Gym dates with the lovely

• April Metabolic Reset ladies absolutely smashing it! 🔥

• Private client wins (feel very privileged to do work I love, with such strong and inspiring women on a daily basis)

This may be a bit controversial for some but…

As a coach working in female health — and someone who’s helped hundreds of women get in shape and evolve their relationship with themselves and their bodies over the last 15 years — I don’t advocate for or follow the majority of mainstream health and fitness advice.

The internet will tell you to:

• Track calories or macros.
• Cut out complete food groups.
• Train more.
• Push harder.

And sure, doing it this way can work (for a while).

But for most women, it simply perpetuates the all-or-nothing cycle.

It’s not a question of capability or not wanting it enough.

These approaches just don’t account for your capacity (and current demands), your relationship with food, your values and what’s actually important to you — or what’s going to be realistic to maintain in the long run.

That’s why you end up stuck in the same cycle:
on track → off track → start over

In some cases, for years.

But there’s a different way to approach this.

One that doesn’t rely on extremes or mean your whole life has to revolve around it.

If you’re ready to learn a new way to approach your health, nutrition, training and the way you view yourself in the process…

Comment or DM EVOLVE
I’ve got one space for private client consulting coming available this month