GQ magazine has a great article on dieting, presenting you with three simple rules for improvement. I got quite a lot of tips out of this article and plenty of food for thought. Check it out here “The way diets usually get talked about these days, simply asking a fundamental question like how to eat…
Author: James
Fix your sleeping position
We often say we want to sleep better, or for longer. Its good for all aspects of your health. One thing to think about is the position in which we sleep too. I have been forced to try sleeping in alternative positions over the last few weeks due to a shoulder injury. I would normally…
Better Days Blog: Clocking Off
I hope you are well – it is Friday. I have said a couple of times already, but I’ve been a little quieter than normal the last two weeks. I started a new job and have also been under taking the Mental Health first aider course, which I am happy to say I completed this…
Gratitude Letter
Practicing gratitude is really good for our mental health and our overall wellbeing. It can help us to become less materialistic and to calm ourselves by focusing on the here and now, reducing worry about the unknowns of the future. Not only practicing gratitude for our own lives is important, paying forward thanks to others…
COVID-19 or something else?
I read an interesting and also useful article on the Harvard Medical School website. The article gives some useful advice on look at the symptoms of common illnesses and comparing them to COVID-19 symptoms. This helps to identify when the symptoms we have may or may not be related to the pandemic virus. Read the…
Midweek Blog and Round Up: 10 March
Happy Wednesday to you all. Things have been quiet around here for the last few days, as I have been busy with the Mental Health First Aid course, as well as being unwell over the weekend, so I’ve had to very much focus my attentions on just getting through the last few days. Life is…
Get Active Blog: If you feel unwell, rest up.
We live in difficult times. There are ups and downs. I was so relieved to receive my first dose of the covid vaccination on Friday, but then my exercise training has taken a hit as I was rather unwell with side effects. But this downtime gave me some much needed thinking time. Exercise is good…
Get ready to have a good day by making a few smart moves the night before
If you feel different than you did 12 months ago (and not in the best of ways), you’re not the only one. When it hasn’t been an acute tragedy, this pandemic has been a slow grind, and the loss of regular movement and human contact is hard on the mind and body, period. But there are some…
Better Days Blog: My Pandemic Journey
When we think of 2020, many of us will immediately think of words like lockdown, pandemic, covid-19, coronavirus, My personal pandemic journey began a year ago on 4 March 2020, that is when the old “normal life” came to an end for me. I flew to Gran Canaria for a five night holiday, and returned…
Midweek Blog and Round Up
Hello All I hope you are having a good week. It a very busy week for me, a lot is going off in and out of work at the moment. I’ve been spending a lot of time planning of late. Planning out work in my new job, planning out training and work for the positivity…
Better Days Wellbeing 