Resilience:
“Your ability to adapt and recover in the face of adverse conditions.”
Managing stress is all about balancing it out with recovery.
To help Sleekgeeks cope and be resilient during the coronavirus epidemic we are launching the Sleekgeek Resilience Academy.

What:
The Sleekgeek Resilience Academy is a 10-week long online course, personally guided by Sleekgeek founders Eric and Elan.

It will help you to:
- ? Decrease your stress and increase your ability to cope with pressure.
- ? Improve the quality and the quantity of your sleep.
- ?♀️ Increase mindfulness and focus.
- ? Prioritise self-care in a way that improves your relationships.
- ? Ramp up your recovery from both physical and emotional stress.
- ? Explore the concept of deep health and what is meaningful to you.
All of this is done in the context of living a fit and healthy lifestyle, with elements of good nutrition and physical exercise seeded in whenever relevant.
Why:
Everyone needs a bit of help sometimes.
Chronic stress can lead to disastrous effects:
- ? Depression, irritability, sleep disruption, and a feeling of hopelessness.
- ? Poor blood sugar management, increased carbohydrate cravings, and insulin resistance.
- ? Decreased thyroid conversion, fatigue, and reduced metabolism.
- ? Poorer sex hormone activity and muscle loss.
It doesn’t have to be that way though.
Now is the time to reach out, get help, and rebuild so that you’re stronger and better than ever.

For years, we’ve been teaching our Sleekgeek Coaching Clients how to build resilience as a way to improve their nutrition and fitness.
Now we’re condensing it all into one concentrated powerful program.
How:
The Sleekgeek Resilience Academy is run through our online coaching platform.
This can be accessed easily via your PC or on your phone (there’s a mobile app for iOS devices – android in development), with reminders and check-ins delivered straight to your preferred inbox too.

You’ll be supported every step of the way in a Private Facebook Group with Sleekgeek co-founders, Eric and Elan, there with you on a daily basis.

Here’s what you can expect:
- A 10-week long online guided course.
- You’ll only need about 10-15 minutes per day to dedicate to the Sleekgeek Resilience Academy, but you’ll carry the benefits with you throughout the entire day and beyond.
- Everyone enrolled will be approved to join the Private Facebook Group where Eric and Elan will be running workshops, doing live videos, facilitating discussions, and answering your questions.
- PLUS you’ll get access to 2 weeks of bonus mindset content that usually serves as the introduction for our Nutrition Coaching Program. They are arguably the most powerful pieces of content.
Sign Up:

During the lockdown period, we’ll be offering a 30% discount on the Sleekgeek Resilience Academy.
- Normal Price:
R599
- Lockdown Price (until 16th April): R399
Sleekgeek Resilience Academy Registration

We know that times are uncertain right now, but we don’t want that to stop you from taking care of yourself and coming out on the other side stronger than ever.
Here’s the deal:
Stick with us for the full 10 weeks, completing 80% of more of your lessons and habits. If by the end of it you’re not happy and don’t believe it was money well spent then we’ll give you back every cent.
Guaranteed.
What’s Included?
Here’s an overview of the habits and lessons that you’ll go through over the next 10 weeks.
[Week 1] Practice De-Stressing:
- The Weekly Habit: Builds the habit of deliberately and intentionally seeking out ways to de-stress each day. Focuses on starting small, experimenting with strategies, and collaborating with your coaches to find what works best for you.
- Day 1: Find Your Oasis
(How to purposely chase relaxation, self-care, and de-stressing.)
- Day 2: How to Be Still
(How the average person can reap the benefits of meditation without visiting a monastery or commune.)
- Day 3: Time and Stress
(The way that you perceive time can create or ease stress.)
- Day 4: Directing and Focusing Attention
(Training the skill of mindfulness and single-tasking.)
- Day 5: Two Steps to Focus
(How to fix your attention on an important goal and remove all other distractions.)
- Day 6 and 7: No lessons, but keep practising the habit of de-stressing.
[Week 2] Practice De-Stressing:
- The Weekly Habit: Builds the habit of deliberately and intentionally seeking out ways to de-stress each day. Focuses on starting small, experimenting with strategies, and collaborating with your coaches to find what works best for you.
- Day 8: The Mirror
(The health of your body is like a mirror for the rest of your life.)
- Day 9: Stress and Sex
(De-stress for hormone happiness, easier weight loss, and better sexytimes.)
- Day 10: Healthy Sexuality
(Good health involves sexuality and good sexual health in whatever way is meaningful to you.)
- Day 11: Saying Difficult Things
(The power of expressing yourself and improving your communication for what you need.)
- Day 12: Appreciation Day
(Spread the love and say thanks to those who support you.) - Day 13 and 14: No lessons, but keep practising the habit of de-stressing.
[Week 3] Create and Use a Sleep Ritual:
- The Weekly Habit: Builds the habit of crafting the perfect pre-bed sleep routine that helps you to unwind and prepare yourself for a great night’s sleep.
- Day 15: From 100 to 0: Your Sleep Ritual
(Creating a sleep ritual is your secret weapon for getting better sleep.)
- Day 16: Sleep More = Get Leaner, Be Smarter
(Explains why sleep is good and how getting enough sleep can be so beneficial.)
- Day 17: 10 Tips For Your Sleep Ritual
(Practical and effective strategies for improving sleep quality.)
- Day 18: Tuning Hormones to Sleep
(We look at what you can do if you’re doing everything right but still can’t sleep.)
- Day 19: Nature Calls
(Spending time in a more natural setting can help you get back into the rhythm of things.) - Day 20 and 21: No lessons, but keep practising the habit of creating and using a sleep ritual.
[Week 4] Create and Use a Sleep Ritual:
- The Weekly Habit: Builds the habit of crafting the perfect pre-bed sleep routine that helps you to unwind and prepare yourself for a great night’s sleep.
- Day 22: Thought Training
(We can train our minds, just like how we can train our bodies.)
- Day 23: Making Commitments
(How to maintain meaningful commitments to yourself and your goals.)
- Day 24: Rewrite Your Mental Script
(Self-talk is powerful – both negative and positive.)
- Day 25: Chill Out
(Looking at how relaxation can improve your overall outlook on life, health, and performance.)
- Day 26: The 3 Rs
(Reframing, refocusing, and resilience – the key mental skills for great results.)
- Day 27 and 28: No lessons, but keep practising the habit of creating and using a sleep ritual.
[Week 5] Do a Mind-Body Scan:
- The Weekly Habit: Builds the habit of paying closer attention to what you’re feeling and thinking so that you can respond and adapt better.
- Day 29: Tune In To Tune Up Your Body
(How a good mind-body connection and purposely “checking in” can improve overall health and wellbeing.)
- Day 30: Ways to Do a Mind-Body Scan
(Self-awareness is important for understanding one’s own behaviour.)
- Day 31: What’s Your Function?
(When things get crazy, do you over-function or under-function?)
- Day 32: Scan Your Function
(How understanding your behaviour can help you change or improve it.)
- Day 33: Scanning While Squatting
(Take that mind-body scan with you into your workout.)
- Day 34 and 35: No lessons, but keep practising the habit of doing a mind-body scan.
[Week 6] Do a Mind-Body Scan:
- The Weekly Habit: Builds the habit of paying closer attention to what you’re feeling and thinking so that you can respond and adapt better.
- Day 36: Bodies Speak
(We dig a little deeper into the issues that may drive your eating habits, such as grief, loss, relationship problems, and other challenges.)
- Day 37: Self-Care Practices
(Caregivers, it’s time to take care of YOU for a change.)
- Day 38: Make a Time Diary
(Are you spending time on what’s truly important?)
- Day 39: Food and Relationships
(How do your relationships with people affect your relationship with food… and vice versa?)
- Day 40: Grief Bacon
(Germans call it “Kummerspeck”, or “grief bacon”: How loss and change can affect eating habits.)
- Day 41 and 42: No lessons, but keep practising the habit of doing a mind-body scan.
[Week 7] Use a Targeted Recovery Strategy:
- The Weekly Habit: Builds the habit of deliberately chasing physical and mental recovery in order to balance out the stress from daily life.
- Day 43: How to Chase Recovery
(It’s not how hard you work, it’s how well you recover.)
- Day 44: Good Stress, Bad Stress
(Not all stress is created equal, here’s how to tell the difference.)
- Day 45: What Is Recovery?
(Optimal living comes from balancing stress and recovery.)
- Day 46: The Body’s Building Blocks
(How amino acids and protein help you build a stronger, leaner, and healthier body.)
- Day 47: Fill Your Body’s Bank Account
(Listen to your body’s signals to prevent yourself from burning out.)
- Day 48 and 49: No lessons, but keep practising the habit of using a targeted recovery strategy.
[Week 8] Use a Targeted Recovery Strategy:
- The Weekly Habit: Builds the habit of deliberately chasing physical and mental recovery in order to balance out the stress from daily life.
- Day 50: Supplements Are Supplements
(Supplements are an addition to a good foundation, not a substitute for good nutrition nor a magic bullet.)
- Day 51: Mowing the Lawn With Your House On Fire
(Focus on the most important things first, like the house that is on fire and not the grass that’s too long.)
- Day 52: Balance Workout Needs
(Caffeine and sugar – how they can help boost workouts in small doses.)
- Day 53: An Information Vacation
(More information isn’t always better.)
- Day 54: Expert-Approved Supplements
(Most supplements are a waste of time and money, these aren’t.)
- Day 55 and 56: No lessons, but keep practising the habit of using a targeted recovery strategy.
[Week 9] Deep Health:
- The Weekly Habit: Builds the habit of thriving in all dimensions of health – physical, emotional, mental, relational, environmental, and existential.
- Day 57: Health in Relationships
(How social connections can improve your health and performance.)
- Day 58: Dear Newbie
(Helping you figure out what advice you might give someone else and how you could benefit from that same advice.)
- Day 59: Joy Contagion
(The more you spread joy around, the more it multiplies and comes back to you.)
- Day 60: Meal of Meaning
(Put meaning on the menu and start a food conversation.)
- Day 61: More Fit Friends
(Expand your health network.)
- Day 62 and 63: No lessons, but keep practising working on your deep health.
[Week 10] Deep Health:
- The Weekly Habit: Builds the habit of thriving in all dimensions of health – physical, emotional, mental, relational, environmental, and existential.
- Day 64: Start Living Now. Today
(What have you always wanted to do, but put off for later?)
- Day 65: Allow and Accept
(How to allow and accept the presence of unwanted stuff. Then use it to do good.)
- Day 66: What Would You Do?
(Reassessing what will be meaningful, significant, and valuable to you in the next several months.)
- Day 67: Live Your Perfect Day
(Imagine that one night, as you sleep, your world magically changes into everything you want it to be. How do you know that things have changed? What tells you that your life is now different? How could you live today as if this perfect day has already happened?)
- Day 68: Give Back
(Make a deposit into the good karma bank account.)
- Day 69 and 70: No lessons, but keep practising working on your deep health.
FREE BONUS Week 11 and 12: Take a 5-Minute Action:
We usually start our Nutrition Coaching Program with this habit and these lessons. They’re probably the most powerful lessons in the entire program and we’d like to give them to you for free.
- The Weekly Habit: Builds the habit of taking action consistently to create momentum and phenomenal results.
- Day 71: Ready, Willing, and Able
(How close are you to changing and what’s standing in your way?)
- Day 72: Notice and Name
(Explains how to use the practice of noticing and naming going forwards.)
- Day 73: The 5 Whys
(Why do you REALLY want to make the changes / progress you want to make?)
- Day 74: Your Destination Postcard
(Where do you want to be in 12 months time?)
- Day 75: Opposite Day
(Are your ingrained and familiar habits really working for you? What if you did the opposite for a change?)
- Day 76 and 77: No lessons, but keep practising working on your deep health.
- Day 76: Your Nutritional Level
(Everyone has different goals, knowledge, skills, and abilities.)
- Day 77: The Costs of Getting Lean
(What are you prepared to trade off to get leaner, fitter, and healthier?)
- Day 78: Thinking on a Continuum
(Stop trying to be “perfect” and focus on being “good enough” instead.)
- Day 79: The 5 Chapters of Change
(Change is a lot like falling into a hole.)
- Day 80: Coaching for Deep Health
(Introducing the concept of deep health – usually comes before the Deep Health habit in our normal nutrition coaching program.)
- Day 81 and 82: No lessons, but keep practising working on your deep health.
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