Exercise is great for your mental health, as well as your physical health. Remember: You do not need to be Athletic or a super active person to benefit. I personally love exercise. I love planning my workouts, trying new things and the muscle soreness after a great workout that tells me I’ve worked hard. I…
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National Fitness Day
22 September is National Fitness Day in the UK. Exercise is a major passion for me, and is also how I manage my health (both physical and mental). There is a great website with lots of resources and training tips on the official website. Check it here
Get Active Blog: Refresh
Hello World I hope everyone is doing well this week. I recently had a revamp of my exercise goals. I found my previous goals were impacting my enjoyment, and it was time for a refresh. I am now focusing purely on the goals of boosting and maintaining intensity and keeping the exercise enjoyable. I’ve added…
Action for Happiness Calendar: August 2021
This month’s action for happiness calendar is called Altruistic August 2021. This gives you an action point for each day of the month to boost your wellbeing. You can find out more over on their website here
Blog: How I stop negative thoughts
I hope you are all having a good week, but if you are not, I hope you are finding ways to cope through difficult times. We all have negative thoughts. In the short term they can be overwhelming – in the long term they can cause more serious mental ill health conditions. How we deal…
Blog: Digital Wellbeing
I have been beta testing a new Wellbeing app recently, and I have learned a few things by doing so. I don’t very often use Wellbeing smart phone apps, but I love technology and have a long history of beta testing both at work and video games. What smart phone wellbeing apps do you use? Certainly…
Change: my friend, my enemy.
In life we often want to make changes. Sometimes they can be huge changes, lots of them and all at once. Change is a natural part of the journey of life. It is often one of those things we hate, and sometimes it is not our decision. How we react may be more in our…
Blog: Stuck between the dark and light
Just a few days ago I wrote about taking the good times with the bad, and this week is proving my point. Yesterday I had an overwhelmingly negative feeling. I had a feeling something untoward was about to happen. It is hard to explain, but I sensed bad times were ahead. The negative feeling lingered…
BLOG: Never Saw the sun shining so bright
Many of us lead busy lives. There is a tendency to focus on the big things and have the I must keep busy mindset. I know, in the past I have been there too. Have you ever just stopped and watched the sunset? Switched off from the world and lived in the moment. It can…
Get Active Blog: Escapism
Hello All I returned from the first leg of my journey, and have been enjoying three days at home before the second part of my adventure. This was written on the afternoon of 3 June, Today I went for my first run in over a week. As much as I enjoy running, I took a…
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