An overlooked idea from the 1980s yields a promising new treatment approach that anyone can use. Read a great blog entry from Jud Brewer on anxiety. A really eye opening article, well worth a read. You can check the article out here: Unwinding Anxiety Is Possible | Elemental (medium.com)
Category: health
5 exercises to help you build more empathy
A great article from the TED talks website on ways to build more Empathy into your life. Check out the extract below and the full article here Empathy — or understanding the thoughts and feelings of the people around us — is one of the most important and most trying parts of being social creatures. But…
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,…
Get Active Blog: Moving on up
I took a long weekend last week to give myself a little headspace, but also to give myself an opportunity to drive out and run somewhere different. I am glad I did. I ran around a country park, around a beautiful lake and through the woods. The change of scenery was really refreshing after months…
3 Simple Rules for a Better Diet
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…
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…
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…
Better Days Wellbeing 