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Synergy with Dr Magda

I’m Magda — behavioural coach & health psychologist passionate about helping you build a healthier, more balanced life.

Together we’ll reset habits, boost fitness, reduce stress & find your everyday flow. 🌿

27/07/2026

A little Polish summer magic. 🌻🇵🇱

13/07/2026

Just me, holding things together one week before annual leave and a very overdue break. 😅 The day started with me confidently deciding a coffee cup that clearly didn’t fit my car’s cup holder would somehow be fine. It wasn’t. 😆 Around 80% of it ended up in the centre console(with my car keys swimming in it) while I was on the phone with my clinic manager planning the day.

Then came a brief moment of fresh-hair glory (thank you, Alana, for the much-needed treat! 💇🏼‍♀️) and a little confidence boost before diving back into work, forgetting to eat and drink enough water, and ending the evening with an emergency lice inspection after a suspicious school alert...
Cue me staring at my daughter’s hair thinking, “Wait... are those eggs?!” 😳 (Thankfully, I don’t think they were! 🤞)..followed by the horrifying realisation that I’d spent the entire afternoon with my freshly styled hair down. 😂

It reminded me how easy it is to believe everyone else has it together because we usually only see the polished version.

The reality?
Most of us are juggling far more than people realise.
We can be competent professionals, caring parents, supportive friends and partners, and still have days where everything feels just a little chaotic.

Maybe that’s not failure.
Maybe that’s just life.

❤️ Be kind to yourself this week.

12/07/2026

🧠 One of the concepts I come back to most often (both professionally and personally) is locus of control.

It sounds simple, but when life becomes overwhelming, it’s surprisingly easy to spend our energy trying to change things that simply aren’t ours to control.

The opposite extreme isn’t helpful either.

Taking responsibility doesn’t mean taking all the blame.

Healthy psychological growth asks a much more balanced question:

“What part is mine?”✅

• What could I have done differently❓
• What can I learn from this❓
• What do I need to accept because it’s no longer within my control❓

That balance creates space for accountability without shame, and self-compassion without avoiding responsibility.✨

This week reminded me that progress isn’t built by getting everything right.

Sometimes growth looks like pressing pause. 🌿

For me, that meant:
🏃‍♀️ breaking a sweat with Anna on the Glenrock trails,
☕ coffee by the ocean,
🐬 watching dolphins (and even spotting whales—it’s the season!),
💛 laughing with good friends,
🌊 breathing in the sea air,
📵 reducing the noise and stimulation,
✨ and giving myself permission to be imperfect while still choosing my next step.

None of us will respond perfectly to every challenge.

But we can keep learning.

We can keep adjusting.

And we can keep moving forward. 🤍

What’s one thing that’s within your control today?

13/06/2026

🌿 Today’s reminder: children are often more resilient than we give them credit for. 💛

Today, Ariana and I completed the full ~6km Glenrock Lagoon loop.

To be honest, during the first half of the walk, I probably considered turning back at least 10 times.

Ariana has one arm in a cast, and I wasn’t sure how she’d manage the distance, the stairs, the hills, or the uneven terrain. Part of me worried it would simply be too much.

In the end, I decided that if needed, I could always piggyback 20kg back to the car. No big deal, right mums? 😅💪

Turns out, she didn’t need any help at all.

She tackled every set of stairs, every hill, every tree root, and every kilometre. In fact, by the end she seemed to have more energy than I did.

A lovely lady on the trail even stopped to comment on how impressive it was to see her out there with her cast.

The experience reminded me how easy it can be for adults to project our own fears, assumptions, and limitations onto children. We naturally want to protect them, but sometimes that protective instinct can unintentionally limit opportunities for growth.

Confidence in our children isn’t built by simply telling them, “You’re capable” or “You can do this.”
It is built through experiences that allow them to discover it for themselves.

✨ By trying.
✨ By persisting.
✨ By overcoming challenges.
✨ By learning that they can do hard things.

Of course, every child is different, and support matters.
But often we forget that our role isn’t to remove every obstacle from our children’s path.
Our role is to walk alongside them, believe in their capacity, and be there if they need a helping hand. 💛

Today, Ariana reminded me that children are often capable of far more than we imagine. 🌿💛

06/06/2026

Survived my first Burn Reformer class after a long injury/life break. Loved it!! 🔥
The only class available today was the advanced one and, after what was probably a 12-week break, I nearly talked myself out of going.

Not because I didn’t want to. Because I didn’t feel ready.

But readiness is often overrated. In behaviour change, action usually comes before confidence, not the other way around.

So I showed up, took breaks when I needed to, parked my ego, and focused on doing what I could today.
It’s easy to look around and compare yourself to people who are further along. But every person in that room was on a different chapter of their journey.

The goal isn’t to keep up with everyone else. The goal is simply to keep moving forward from where you are.

My abs and glutes have formally filed a complaint.😅🔥
pilates.space

16/05/2026

One of the easiest ways to drift toward burnout❓
Building a life that only runs on responsibility.

Research on burnout shows it’s not only linked to workload….
It’s also associated with chronic emotional depletion, reduced positive emotion, loss of autonomy and disconnection from the parts of life that create meaning and energy.

In other words: when life becomes only obligations, performance and survival mode… the nervous system starts paying the price. 🧠

This was me heading to the Banff Mountain Film Festival this week, and honestly, it felt like such a reminder of how important it is to keep the things that genuinely light you up embedded into your life. ✨

For me, that’s family, adventure, friendships, movement, goals and new experiences.

Not because they’re “extra,” performative or Instagram-worthy.
But because they help protect my psychological wellbeing. 💆🏼‍♀️
They help me feel balanced, connected and alive.

What about you?
What makes you feel excited to wake up?
What helps you feel like yourself again?

Some burnout signs are often subtle at first:
➡️ emotional numbness
➡️ increased irritability
➡️ mental fatigue despite resting
➡️ loss of motivation
➡️ struggling to feel excitement or anticipation

Many people don’t notice burnout when they’re exhausted. They notice it when they stop feeling alive…don’t wait until you reach this point.

Japan ski trip discussions may have escalated quickly 😄🇯🇵🎿

10/05/2026

Motherhood has been one of the deepest behaviour change journeys of my life. It also reminds me what truly matters.
Less perfection. More connection, love, and presence. 💕

19/04/2026

Sunday, at her pace 💛.

17/04/2026

Letting the week settle tonight 🌿
End of the week, and you can feel it in your body.
Sometimes it’s stress, sometimes even eustress…
➡️ either way, it lingers.

This week was full of decisions, learning new skills, conversations, new opportunities…
and also a few things that didn’t quite finish.
And that’s okay.
Not everything needs to be wrapped up by Friday.
Sometimes it’s enough to pause, move a little, break your routine (even just for a morning bush walk) and let your mind catch up.

I’ve done enough.
What about you?
Happy weekend ✨

15/04/2026

One of the biggest reasons people give up on change
is the delay between effort and visible results.
In behavioural science, change often follows a non-linear pattern.

Progress builds beneath the surface before it becomes noticeable.
This is sometimes described as a “lag effect”,
where consistent actions accumulate before reaching a tipping point. That’s why it can feel like “it’s not working” when in reality it’s just not visible yet. ✨

Most people stop here.
But this is often the point where things are about to shift.

Keep going 💛

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