Key resources

  • Online learning

    A wealth of materials and resources on living a healthy lifestyle, for self-paced learning.

  • Seminar recordings

    Not able to attend live or keen to review the content again? Recordings and slides are available within 24 hours of the live seminar.

  • Recovery practices

    Your Firstbeat Life results indicating poor recovery? Experiment with evidence-based practices to boost your recovery.

  • Breathing practices

    Breathing well is foundational for our well-being. Adopt breathing practices to promote balance, calm and vitality.

Your team of wellness experts

Programme manager

Erik van den Top

MHSc, BCIA HRV, CAPP.

Erik is an Applied Health Scientist specialising in preventative health / lifestyle medicine. He has a background in health coaching and research, with extensive training in lifestyle medicine, positive psychology, behavioural change science, psychophysiology and biofeedback, wellness and nutrition.

He currently focusses on leading research and innovations in the preventative health domain, to find better ways to support people with sustainable lifestyle changes and enhancing their health outcomes.

Erik manages the overall programme and supports the health coaching team.

Specialist and researcher

Dr Kelly Dale

PhD, MSc, BSc, BPhEd

For over 15 years, Kelly has been working with numerous workplaces across a variety of industries to improve workplace health, wellbeing and more effectively manage fatigue.

Kelly studied at the University of Otago and gained a BSc in Human Nutrition, a Bachelor of Physical Education in Exercise Prescription and Management, a Master of Science with Distinction in Human Nutrition and a PhD in Human Nutrition. She has published research on sleep, nutrition and physical activity in various top international medical journals.

Kelly specialises in the inter-connectedness of nutrition, physical activity and sleep on our wellbeing, physical and mental health, and energy levels, and works extensively with individuals to help them implement long term sustainable lifestyle changes.