Gratitude and focusing on it can help to boost the positivity in your life. Its good for your wellbeing, as well as your overall wellbeing. There is a great TedTalk on this topic, which explore this further. Here is a blurb for the video “When a psychologist who studies well-being ends up with a brain…
Category: health
Habits That Secretly Make You Feel Bad About Yourself
These traps can lead to poor self-esteem, guilt, anger and more. Here’s what to look for and how to fix them. Another great article from the team at Huff Post. “This is one of several behaviours that can cause us to be mad at (or even hate) ourselves. Here are some other sneaky actions impeding…
Blog: Loneliness
Hello Happy Monday, I hope everyone is well and you. had a great weekend. I had a good weekend with a mix of great workouts, at little socialising and some good me time. Hope whatever you did was great. Today is the 14th of February. For some people this day is celebrated as Valentine’s Day,…
How to Celebrate Small Wins to Achieve Big Goals
We learn to celebrate our big wins and achievements in life – as we should do, but we often skip over the small successes. Small successes can be components of every day life, but they can actually be the events that add a lot of meaning to our lives. Learning how to focus on small…
Video Games and Depression
I recently read a fantastic blog on they ways depression can hit and impact our lives. This particular blog explores the mental health journey of a video game player who recognised something did not feel right when depression led to their loss of enjoyment of gaming. I would encourage you to read this blog as…
Blog: recovery part two
Hello everyone I hope everyone is well. In my last lock I wrote about my recent injury and how I am recovering from this. This blog is pretty much an update on how this is going. Mental health is really important, and just as important as our physical health. Our mental health is less visible…
Time to talk day 2022
3 February 2022 is Time to Talk day. So this blog is simply to highlight that day and talk about talking. I want to include a quote from the home page “A small conversation about mental health has the power to make a big difference. We know that the more conversations we have, the more myths…
Blog: Recovery
Recently I’ve been recovering from an injury, which has prevented me from running since the middle of December last year. Having an injury can be very annoying, not just for our physical health but also for our mental health. Exercise is a great way to positively boost our mental health and our overall well being….
How to learn the trick of confidence
Many suffer with a lack of confidence. The following article from The Guardian, may help us understand why, and help to overcome: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/jan/09/how-to-learn-the-trick-of-confidence
Find the Joy
Happy New Year (can I still say that on 10th January?!), this is my first post of 2022. I hope you are all well and staying safe. Early January is a difficult time for many, after the highs of Christmas, a long time until their next break etc. It is important for us all to…
Better Days Wellbeing 