Ask Emma: The Body Responds to What You Repeat
Real change comes from what you do consistently. Small daily inputs compound over time, shaping your energy, recovery...
Read guideConsistency comes from simplicity, not complexity.
There’s no shortage of advice when it comes to health and wellness. What to take. What to eat. What to avoid.
But knowing what to do has never really been the challenge. The challenge is doing it consistently enough for it to become part of your life.
And this is where many routines fall apart – and where that inner critic can start to creep in. Not because the routine itself is wrong, but because it’s unrealistic. Too many steps. Too much friction. Too much reliance on motivation, all while we’re busier and more distracted than ever.
A routine only works if it fits into your daily life in a way you can actually repeat.
So instead of asking, “What’s optimal?”, try asking: “What can I actually sustain?”
Before you start adding more to your routine, it can also help to take a step back and think about what health looks like for you.
In Have we overcomplicated being healthy?, Em explores why getting clear on your own foundations can make consistency feel much easier.
You don’t need to overhaul everything overnight.
Instead, look at what already happens reliably in your day. Your morning coffee. Breakfast. Lunch at your desk. Brushing your teeth. Filling up your water bottle. Plugging your phone in before bed.
These are your anchors.
It’s much easier to attach something new to an existing habit than it is to create an entirely new routine from scratch.
This is often called habit stacking: linking a new behaviour to something that already happens automatically.
Rather than trying to remember, “I need to take my creatine today”, it becomes:
“When I make breakfast, I add my creatine.”
One requires remembering. The other becomes part of something you already do.
Build new habits around the ones you already have.
Instead of scattering supplements randomly throughout the day, anchor them to moments that already exist.
That might look something like:
Or your anchor might have nothing to do with food at all. It could be brushing your teeth in the morning or plugging your phone in at night.
The exact timing matters less than finding a rhythm that works for you.
This isn’t about rigidity or restriction. It’s about creating rhythm.
When something happens at roughly the same point in your day, it becomes easier to remember – and eventually, it can start to feel automatic.
Anchor your supplements to moments that already happen every day.
More isn’t necessarily better when it comes to routines.
In fact, the more you try to change at once, the harder it can be to stick with any of it.
A good place to start is with two or three things that support your key foundations.
For many people, that might mean:
You can always build from there.
The goal isn't to create the perfect routine. It’s to start small enough that your routine feels easy to maintain.
Start small enough that your routine feels easy to maintain.
Friction is one of the biggest routine-breakers.
Often, it’s not a lack of knowledge or intention. It’s the tiny barriers that make something just inconvenient enough that you don’t do it.
Your supplements are hidden in the back of the cupboard. You need to find the scoop. You forget to take them to work. You remember at 9pm that you never had your Daily Greens.
So make it easier.
Keep the things you use every day somewhere visible and accessible. Store them close to the habit you’re pairing them with. Pre-scoop or prepare things ahead of time where it makes sense.
If you take organ supplements with breakfast, keep them somewhere you'll see them in the morning. If you add collagen to your coffee, keep it close to where you make it.
Make the default option the easy one.
Consistency doesn’t mean being perfect every day.
You will miss days. Life gets busy. Routines change. You travel. You sleep in.
What matters is that you come back to it.
Looking at your routine across a week rather than judging it by a single day removes some of the pressure to be perfect and puts the focus back where it belongs:
repetition over time.
Missing one day doesn't undo the routine you've built. Just return to it at the next opportunity.
Bone Broth Protein + Creatine with breakfast. Add them to your smoothie, stir them into yoghurt or pair them with whatever your usual morning routine looks like.
Daily Greens stirred into water. Pair it with lunch or use it as another reminder to fill up your water bottle and hydrate.
A warm Bone Broth or Bone Broth Protein hot chocolate as part of your wind-down. If another time of day works better for your creatine, you could add it here instead. Your routine might look completely different – and that’s the point. This isn’t about doing more. It’s about making what you’re already doing do more for you.
You don’t need a more complicated routine. You need one that fits your life well enough to repeat. Because health isn’t built by what you do occasionally. It’s built through the things you can come back to, again and again. Start with what’s already there.
The day you plant the seed is not the day you eat the fruit.
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