Over the last six days, I’ve run three times. I’ve really been struggling on all three runs, feeling low on energy whilst running. So after another struggled run last night I decided to do as I am being told… stop, for a few days. I am being told my body to take a break, so…
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Better Days Blog: In Time…
Hello Everyone I hope you are all well – and Happy Friday. I am very ready for it this weekend. Tomorrow, 27 March, represents 15 years since I started working in the civil service. It doesn’t seem that long, but at age 37 its strange to think 15 years equates to large chunk of my…
Midweek: Blog and Round Up 24 March 2021
Happy Wednesday. Yesterday (23 March 2021) was a year since England entered the first lockdown. It is strange how fast time can feel like it has flown by but also dragged on. Perception of time does, to me, seem linked to positives and negatives in our lives. I am not going to delve too deeply…
Laugh out loud
Did you know laughing is good for you? It can make you feel better, and there is quite a lot of information to suggest a few laughs in the day can really pick you up. I’d love for you to read the following paragraph – then head over to read the full article here “For…
Blog: Just the way I am feeling
Hello I hope you are all having a great weekend. I have had a better weekend, focusing on stuff that makes me happy. I’ve felt a little stressed out of late, a little bit too much uncertainty on a few points in life has spiked my anxiety. A little time away this weekend was good,…
Midweek: Blog and Round Up – 17/03/2021
Hello Everyone Happy Wednesday – I hope you are having a good week. We are at the half way point, the weekend is getting closer. Although I really do love my weekends, I also try to live in the week too. It can be a little harder with all the complexities of life, work, commitments…
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…
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…
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…
Better Days Wellbeing 