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Trainer Tiffiny Hall Opens Up About Her Life-Long Battle With Epilepsy

“This is my little thing that makes me a fighter.” - by Lucy Bode
  • 06 Aug 2019
Trainer Tiffiny Hall Opens Up About Her Life-Long Battle With Epilepsy
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Kickass workouts, sweaty selfies and healthy, wholesome recipes: Tiff Hall’s feed scrolls like a how-to guide for total wellness. But ask the Taekwondo-black-belt-turned-mega-trainer and she’ll tell you: good health isn’t always as simple as it seems on Instagram.

On the latest episode of our Women's Health Uninterrupted podcast, Tiff opens up about her battle with epilepsy – a condition she’s been privately coming to terms with since the age of 14.

“I do have a form of epilepsy that is very hard,” she says. “That's probably the biggest struggle day-to-day for me in terms of managing medication. [And] at times doctors saying to me, ‘Hey, full combat sports, gym, this is not for you.’”

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“It’s been all my life and sometimes I felt like it's held me back,” she admits. “I always have carried this sort of sadness and grief in thinking, ‘Oh, if I didn't have this, imagine where I would be. Imagine what I could do.’ It’s something that makes me very tired and exhausted.”

Despite these mental and physical challenges, time has helped Tiff come to see her diagnosis as a blessing. “It's made me a fighter and there's nothing I haven't done. I just have to put my mind to it,” she says. “I am so dedicated and passionate about health and fitness because I know that eating well and moving has a direct effect on my brain. Whereas stress, eating sugar, these are things that can trigger episodes for me.”

Self-care is now non-negotiable for Tiff, especially since becoming mum. If she gets run down or too exhausted, she’ll quickly feel the effects.

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Can anybody else hear Whitney, or is it just me? "I believe the children are our future..." 😂

“I have had to say no to things. And using that ‘no’ muscle, being assertive, has been a great life lesson because I've always been the ‘yes’ person.”

As for her message for other women going through adversity?

 “You can do it. But it just does take management and support,” Tiff says. “I go about life with an attitude of, ‘Hey, this is my little thing that makes me a fighter.’ And I feel really quite blessed that I have been able to do the things that I can do. Because if it ramps up or if things change, maybe there's a chance that I won't be able to.”

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You don't have to train for an event (or a dress size). You can just train to feel fit enough to take whatever life throws at you 🙌 I'll show you how. Workouts and meal plans via the link in my bio 👆

Check out the Women's Health Uninterrupted podcast for the rest of our chat with Tiff - including how she navigated the pressure society placed on her to ‘bounce back’ to her pre-baby body.

And for more information on Epilepsy, visit Epilepsy Australia or download the free Epilepsy Xplained app from Google Play or iTunes.

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Lucy is Women Health’s digital editor, social media specialist and the go-to girl for all things holistic wellness. Her background as a journalist and passion for food, fitness and integrative medicine has led her to write for some of Australia’s leading publications over the course of her career.

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