Speaker 1: Well, hello there, listeners, fans friends of this body and
Speaker 1: soul podcast called healthy Ish, Welcome, thanks for joining us today.
Speaker 1: I am Felicity Harley. Oh, We've got a goody today.
Speaker 1: I'm joining the studio by let's call her a leisure queen,
Speaker 1: Lorna Jane, to share how she starts the day, her rituals,
Speaker 1: her routine. Plus she also gives some other health lessons
Speaker 1: she's learned along the way. After you listen to this episode,
Speaker 1: tune into Extra healthy Ish, where Lorna shares her story
Speaker 1: of global success. It's a really fascinating chat. You can
Speaker 1: grab that wherever you get your Podcastslanna, Welcome.
Speaker 2: To healthy Ish.
Speaker 3: Thanks for having me.
Speaker 2: Oh, it's a pleasure having you in the studio.
Speaker 3: Good to be here. I can't wait to see what
Speaker 3: questions you ask.
Speaker 2: Well, the first one.
Speaker 1: Now it is still morning when we're recording this, So
Speaker 1: what were your healthy habits this morning?
Speaker 3: This morning? Well, I was staying in a hotel, but
Speaker 3: I did get up and have a walk and it
Speaker 3: was freezing. Can I just tell you it was freezing.
Speaker 2: It is very cold in Sydney right now.
Speaker 3: I think they're saying it's the coldest day on record
Speaker 3: this year.
Speaker 1: So well, well done. A Brisbane person getting up breeze
Speaker 1: night walking in.
Speaker 3: The so I went for walk. I saved some lemons,
Speaker 3: so I had some lemon water, not the usual thing
Speaker 3: I would do at home, but I had that before
Speaker 3: I left, and I made sure that I grabbed a
Speaker 3: few things from the buffet.
Speaker 2: Oh, I like it, but that's it.
Speaker 3: Then I'm straight here.
Speaker 1: Do you have a set morning routine or is this
Speaker 1: something that you just mold depending on where you are
Speaker 1: what season.
Speaker 3: It is absolutely and it's always been my dream to
Speaker 3: have like a morning that extends to eleven and then
Speaker 3: start work at eleven. I know, and I used to
Speaker 3: when I used to spend a lot of time in
Speaker 3: the US. That's how I used to live there, and
Speaker 3: it used to be fantastic, you know. Do a nine
Speaker 3: o'clock class instead of a six o'clock class my dream,
Speaker 3: and it was so lovely, you know. But I haven't
Speaker 3: really achieved that yet, But yeah, I do. I definitely
Speaker 3: have a morning routine because I generally a whole fitness
Speaker 3: routine because I think those rituals and that consistent behavior
Speaker 3: really sets you up for success. So yeah, I do.
Speaker 3: Do you want to know it.
Speaker 2: Yes, what are some of those rituals?
Speaker 3: Okay, So in the morning, I do sort of a
Speaker 3: sort of a meditation. I think it's just a fancy
Speaker 3: word for breathing meditation for me anyway, maybe I'm just
Speaker 3: not seeing it for what it.
Speaker 2: Truly can be.
Speaker 3: But I just lie in bed and really like, I
Speaker 3: feel like I get my best thoughts and ideas in
Speaker 3: the morning. Like when I wake up, it's like my
Speaker 3: filing system has actually worked and I get these pops
Speaker 3: of ideas. So I usually write things down and then
Speaker 3: just sit and think about what I'm going to do
Speaker 3: that day.
Speaker 1: So while you're lying in bed at four thirty usually,
Speaker 1: well that's early, I know, but that's when I naturally
Speaker 1: wake up.
Speaker 2: What time are you go to bed?
Speaker 3: Nine o'clock nine thirty?
Speaker 2: Okay, yeah, you're one of those people. Yeah at five am.
Speaker 3: Club Not always like I get up at five o'clock
Speaker 3: when i'm training with my trainer, But some of the
Speaker 3: days when I'm just going for walk or something, I
Speaker 3: do five point thirty. But I genuinely wake up. So
Speaker 3: that's why I have that time to stay in bed
Speaker 3: and do some thinking and writing some things down.
Speaker 1: Not always, but Has it been like this since you say,
Speaker 1: started Laurna Jane, or has this evolved like your approach
Speaker 1: to health and wellness over the years.
Speaker 3: I've always been a morning person, and you have to
Speaker 3: remember I started as a fitness instructor, so six o'clock
Speaker 3: classes have always been my thing. So I've always enjoyed
Speaker 3: exercising in the morning because nothing can get in the way,
Speaker 3: you know. Like, I'm fairly motivated person when it comes
Speaker 3: to health and fitness and working out. But if I
Speaker 3: don't work out in the morning and I tell myself
Speaker 3: I'm going to do a class, first of all, it
Speaker 3: stresses me out because I then have to schedule everything
Speaker 3: to make sure that I get out of work on
Speaker 3: time and get to the class, or even go for
Speaker 3: a run before it gets stark. All of those things,
Speaker 3: it just doesn't happen. I taught myself out of it
Speaker 3: because I love work, I love going for a walk
Speaker 3: with my husband in space time with my family. So
Speaker 3: it all gets in the way and I can so
Speaker 3: easily manipulate myself.
Speaker 2: What do you do for fitness nowadays?
Speaker 3: Fitness, okay, strength training really important and I actually love it.
Speaker 3: I do wish I had started earlier. I really do.
Speaker 3: Like I tell the girls at work all the time
Speaker 3: who are in their twenties and thirties, start weight training.
Speaker 3: So weight training with a trainer twice a week, and
Speaker 3: then I train by myself another two times a week.
Speaker 3: In between that it's yoga. I walk twice a day.
Speaker 3: It's that's a bit of a meditation thing too. I
Speaker 3: do with my husband, who is the CEO of Laurna Jane.
Speaker 3: So in the morning we walk out dog Harry about
Speaker 3: twenty minutes, not a fast walk at all, but we
Speaker 3: talk about our day, which is really nice.
Speaker 2: We talk business.
Speaker 1: Absolutely, it's like a business meeting every morning it is.
Speaker 3: It's a walk meeting, and sometimes we have pretty heated discussions.
Speaker 3: I'm sure some of the neighbors think those clarks and
Speaker 3: are going to get.
Speaker 2: To don sometimes.
Speaker 3: But we talk about what we're doing, and I might
Speaker 3: have some questions I want to ask him. I'll say,
Speaker 3: are you free for this? Someone's coming in, I'd really
Speaker 3: like you to have a chat to him, blah blah blah.
Speaker 3: So we talk through that and then at night it's
Speaker 3: more a how is your day check in, and so
Speaker 3: then we can really transition, not completely we're human, but
Speaker 3: transition into that more relaxed be at home.
Speaker 2: We're a couple rather than business partners. Yeah yeah, so interesting.
Speaker 1: Yeah, an active week though, What perhaps is the biggest
Speaker 1: lesson in health and wellness that you've learned over the years.
Speaker 1: What's some wisdom you can impart?
Speaker 2: So many, so many, I think give us a few.
Speaker 3: I think the strength training was a big thing, especially
Speaker 3: as you age and for women, like, you're not going
Speaker 3: to get big, Like, look, I'm not a big person
Speaker 3: and I do it four times a week and I
Speaker 3: really do heavy weights. You know. My trainer is a
Speaker 3: great big, you know, bodybuilding champion, So you're not going
Speaker 3: to get big, You're just going to get stronger. And
Speaker 3: for me, I mentally feel more powerful because I'm strong.
Speaker 1: It's so empowering you. I love lifting heavyweights and I
Speaker 1: have actually haven't done it for two weeks and I
Speaker 1: feel I'm in my head, I'm thinking I have to
Speaker 1: go on strength train, like I really need to feel
Speaker 1: that power.
Speaker 3: Makes you feel it does, yeah, it really makes you
Speaker 3: feel powerful, so absolutely.
Speaker 2: And I then.
Speaker 3: Really love yoga as well.
Speaker 2: I sort of did.
Speaker 3: I think it's probably about five or six years ago.
Speaker 3: I went to Bali and did my instructor training just
Speaker 3: so I could really understand what I wanted to achieve
Speaker 3: out of yoga. So that's my be kind to myself.
Speaker 1: And did that help doing the yoga training. Do you
Speaker 1: feel like you, well, you get more out of yoga.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's me I do. But I like to know
Speaker 3: the ins and outs of things, you know, Like I
Speaker 3: had so many questions and I just thought, I just
Speaker 3: really want to immerse myself in it. And I think
Speaker 3: the girls at work thought that I'd possibly teach a
Speaker 3: yoga class every Thursday afternoon, which has never happened. But yeah,
Speaker 3: I just wanted to know a little bit more and
Speaker 3: it does help, I think, to understand what you're trying
Speaker 3: to achieve and that push and pull, that flight and
Speaker 3: fight that you have when you're pushing yourself to your limit,
Speaker 3: to understand it and give into it. You know, if
Speaker 3: I'm really stressed, I just can't do yoga like I
Speaker 3: can when I'm not stressed, because my body's resisting. And
Speaker 3: I guess that's what I need it the most.
Speaker 2: Well, it's your mind, isn't that telling you?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I can't, I can't do this now move nourish believe.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's long been your company's ethos. It's
Speaker 1: a it's a beautiful mantra. Do you still live by this?
Speaker 3: Absolutely? And most people don't know this, but it was
Speaker 3: actually my way of living before we even started, Lanna Jane.
Speaker 3: It's always been my way of I guess, justifying and
Speaker 3: not understanding why people. I get so fussed why people
Speaker 3: don't find time for the health and wellbeing. I just
Speaker 3: it does frustrate me. I know all the reasons, of course,
Speaker 3: I know all the reasons, but I can't understand why
Speaker 3: they don't put it on the top of their to
Speaker 3: do list, you know. So for me, it was always
Speaker 3: like wake up every day, move nourish belief, move your
Speaker 3: body in some way. You can just be walking the dog.
Speaker 3: You know. I'm not sure I won't do that much
Speaker 3: today because I've got to fly back to Brisbane and
Speaker 3: all those sorts of things. But I've had my walk
Speaker 3: this morning, you know, move your body some way, eat
Speaker 3: good food, just make some great choices. You know, it's
Speaker 3: so easy. Like I looked at the choices my husband
Speaker 3: made on this trip compared to me his. We're not
Speaker 3: as good as that.
Speaker 2: Live the Lona Jay mantras.
Speaker 3: He does usual, but it was his birthday today.
Speaker 2: That's okay, We'll let him up.
Speaker 3: And then I think the most important one is believe.
Speaker 3: I think positivity. So if you just walk into every
Speaker 3: single day saying I'm going to move my body and
Speaker 3: I'm going to eat good food and I'm going to
Speaker 3: try to be positive about everything, just thinks a great way.
Speaker 3: And if you do that every day, I feel like
Speaker 3: and I've witnessed women who haven't been in a good
Speaker 3: place with their health and well being actually wake up
Speaker 3: a few months down and the track and go, hey,
Speaker 3: I'm a different person. And it's just half an hour here,
Speaker 3: you know, a few minutes there, chopping up some vegetables,
Speaker 3: you know, the night before before you go to work.
Speaker 2: It's yeah, it's a.
Speaker 3: Way of life, and you just have to be consistent.
Speaker 3: I think it's an easy way to think about it
Speaker 3: and achievable for most people.
Speaker 1: Yeah, achievable is Keith Lorna, thank you for coming on
Speaker 1: healthy Ish my pleasure. It's so pervy hearing what other
Speaker 1: people do in their mornings. I mean, most of the
Speaker 1: time I'm just hustling children out of the door. Sometimes
Speaker 1: I get out for a walk. But yes, I'm definitely
Speaker 1: a late sleeper. I wish i was early morning, but
Speaker 1: I'm just not make sure. Listening to Morn and Jane
Speaker 1: on Extra Healthy Ish, we have a really great chat
Speaker 1: about well, her rise to fame, her success story. If
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