18/02/2026
✨ Happy Chinese New Year! Welcome to the Year of the Fire Horse 2026 — a year of unstoppable passion, freedom, bold momentum, and fiery vitality! 🔥
The Fire Horse energy is wild, fast, and full of potential… but only if you know how to channel it without burning out.
This is your invitation to harness that raw power for peak performance, deeper resilience, and joyful health. The holistic way 🧠 ❤️
Through breathwork, yoga, and holistic counselling I help my clients turn stress into strength, pressure into diamonds, and chaotic energy into focused flow. 🌊
What’s ONE intention you’re setting for this Fire Horse year?
Drop it in the comments 👇 and tag a friend who needs this fiery boost!
Ready to optimize your health & performance in 2026?
DM me “FIRE HORSE” and let’s talk about working together ✨
Wishing you freedom, strength, and abundance all year long!
07/04/2022
6 Peak Performance foundational elements:
In order for us to optimally at our - both mentally and physically, we must have a strong foundation of and habits and practices. These 6 elements of our enables us to tap into our peak performance on a cognitive and physiological level.
Do you feel you are satisfying each of these areas optimally?
There is no one size fits all - but there are research based evidence that these 6 support your fullest potential when done properly.
Are you curious to audit your 6 best peak performance habits?
Request a free 20 minute health audit consult below:
https://lnkd.in/g79YGcQ
11/03/2022
If you are ready to take a step forward, why do it sitting down?
I am passionate about helping people realize the they have within themselves and to reach their unique peak performance. But sometimes, our inner critic, maladaptive habits, and environmental distractions can hinder our and .
Getting out of our heads by focusing on our thoughts can sometimes leave us in a negative loop of rumination and self defeat.
I see this so often with many clients, and I am even guilty of it myself!!
So when we want to shift the mind, we must approach it through our body. the body is the fastest way (along with to shift our mind and our internal states! This is due to both a change in the chemical inside our body and a change of attention.
Taking a walk and talking it out is the fastest way to:
- gain clarity
- boost creativity - solve problems dynamically
- reduce stress
- relieve body tension
- improve circulation in body and more oxygen to the brain
- breathe deeper
- clear the body-mind of intrusive and non-serving thoughts
So next time you feel overwhelmed, get outside and take a walk. I'd love to hear your experience with how exercise has helped you work something out!
Are you curious about walk and talk therapy? Are you ready to take a walk with me and clear out some clutter to make room for your and self to shine through?
Request your free 20 minute consult https://meetings.hubspot.com/thrive4
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16/02/2022
Wondering what the research has to say about VIRTUAL COUNSELLING?
Read below in my article the benefits that this digital age has brought us, and how online virtual therapy could result in much greater and more transformational gains and opportunities to feel supported. Curious to explore a free 20 minute consult? Visit www.AstridMerkt.com and request your time here:
https://lnkd.in/g79YGcQ
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/online-virtual-therapy-effective-in-person-astrid-merkt
IS ONLINE VIRTUAL THERAPY AS EFFECTIVE AS IN-PERSON THERAPY?
Whether you're stressed out, depressed, or anxious, here is what the science and research says about online therapy. As we slowly transition back to finding a normalcy to our social routines and gatherings, we still find ourselves with the impact of Covid adjustments in our day to day lives.
17/01/2022
Ready to reset and recharge to find freedom in our body and mind?
Wanting certainty amongst the uncertainty?
Using a psychodynamic ⭕️ approach, I help you decrease your barriers to success and peak performance, by increasing your tolerance to stress.
So you can thrive when placed under pressure 🚀 by using your breath to reset your nervous system and mindset to tap into your full potential.
💫 Learn to improve your stress response and better regulate your body to perform optimally - build a resilient mindset; improve your breathing patterns; mobility; and emotional regulation.
💫 Re-inventing therapy by taking away the stigma of thinking that there is something wrong with you, and rather empowering you to take charge of your mental, physical and emotional states to boost your performance, relationships, and health.
❓WHAT should you gain 💫 when we work together?
- Get a personalized and bespoke approach (using the neuroscience behind emotions and
behavior)to inspire and empower you towards peak performance
- Gain insights on how to improve sleep habits and patterns
- Feel more energized and focused
- Overcome limiting traumas, beliefs, and mental habits
- Improve your relationships
- Get the extra mental edge in professional or recreational sports
"In a society where you need to be ahead of the game, and stress is what fuels you, learning to increase your immunity and resilience to embrace stress is the key to reach your peak performance!"
If you are ready to optimize and boost mental and physical performance, reach out to connect and explore further!
Book a FREE 30 min Stress Detox session and take the first step towards your freedom and peak performance.
Book here https://meetings.hubspot.com/thrive4
Email: [email protected]
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Tri Peaks Performance – become the CEO of your own life
Hi, I’m Astrid Merkt, and my passion is to empower individuals to take control of their health to live their best life!