High Health Club.

founder and wellness coach, trish devereux

What do you have for breakfast? 

I’m currently obsessed with seed bread topped with sliced strawberries, kiwifruit, home made almond butter, sprinkled with cacao nibs + chia seeds or if it’s a warm morning, a green smoothie.

Why did you start Shop High Health?

The more I health coach and run corporate wellbeing programs, the more I see the divide between clients wanting to support themselves and actually doing so. Time and confusion around which avenue to take being the biggest road blocks. There are a lot of one size fit’s all approaches out there at the moment, succeeding only in filling cupboards with more products that don’t work for the individual.

I wanted to create a trusted space with a whole human approach to wellness, so whether it’s clean, safe and non toxic beauty products, gut powders, healthy snacks or teeth whitening strips, you can find it here. Single focused, sustainably minded and where possible local brands making an impact.

What is your biggest health non-negotiable? 

Supporting my gut health. I wholeheartedly agree with Pernille, from The Gut Co, that everything does begin in the gut. This journey began for me about 15 years ago when I was trying to get pregnant with my daughter Ida, I was eating such a great diet and still feeling really ordinary. Once I started looking after my gut health, the game quit literally changed forever!

It would be remiss of me not to also share that implementing the 80/20 rule is paramount to my health, both mentally and physically. As someone who struggled with an eating disorder for a long time, being too rigid just doesn’t serve me well or bring me any joy, nor does it support my health. Healthy mind, healthy body, they are not mutually exclusive.

What is your favourite daily ritual? 

Setting myself up for success in the morning is my biggest and most meaningful daily ritual. I have seen the evidence of turning your mind to the positive in the morning and dreaming big, come to fruition over this last year, with launching Shop High Health. My current morning ritual is reading something inspiring, pulling cards from the Inner Compass decks, writing a few gratitude’s and following up with breathwork and meditation. This whole process can take as little as 10mins.

What is your biggest indulgence? 

I am obsessed with dark chocolate (or chocolate with benefits from Loco Love and local brand Genie coming soon), as you can probably see from the heavy handed cacao supply in the shop and a beautiful glass or two of organic red wine.

What does luxury mean to you?

Luxury to me has become celebrating all of life’s little luxury’s and truly celebrating the everyday. I have come to realise that time passes so quickly and we often put off all the joy until tomorrow, instead of making the most of it today. From pink toothpaste to start and end my day, to a beautiful notebook, a glass of wine or sitting on our deck in the sun with my family. Luxury is what you make of it.

What does sustainability mean to you? 

Sustainability to me means making small and meaningful changes in our daily lives that add up to have an impact overall on our health and that of the planet. The two are inextricably linked. By choosing to support yourself with organic or mindfully produced food where possible, buying less with a focus on quality and supporting brands that are sustainably minded and doing the work for us, you change the future.

Modern living is a lot as we know, we only get busier and the expectations on what we ‘should’ achieve in a day continue to grow, impacting our choices, the need for convenience and coming at a cost to the planet.

A huge driver for me in starting Shop High Health was to provide convenient options and support the brands driving change. I believe that if we look at the long game and invest in our health now, we support both our ‘health span’ and quality of life in the longer term, reducing the likelihood of paying for medication later and positively influence our footprint along the way.

“To me, there is no one thing that supports true health. It’s a combination of all of the things that ensure the health of you, me and the planet.”