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 blog: Knowledge

Hello I hope you had a great weekend. It was a nice change of pace for me this weekend. I ventured just a little further away from my village to a local country park where I have not been for a run previously. There was so much sunshine, spring flowers and a beautiful lake to…

Get Active Blog: Shake it up

It has definitely felt like early spring this weekend. Bright sunshine, clear skies and the first flowers of spring are blooming. I am still managing/working around a shoulder injury, so I decided to use the improved weather to shake things up with my running. I took the opportunity to visit local country parks that, during…

MIDWEEK: Blog and Round Up

Yes, its actually Thursday.  Its been a busy week, starting a new job and quite a few factors have meant I have had to carefully manage my time. The clock keeps ticking, and I’ve been trying not to work too many extra hours 😊 Time management is a skill, but it is also a good…

Being Too Busy Is Bad For Your Health – Ways To Relieve The Pressure

Dr Devon Price, the author of Laziness Does Not Exist, has always gone above and beyond. Relentlessly productive, the social psychologist was the sort of person who got a small thrill when frantically checking things off their to-do list. “I am someone who was playing by the rules of society, which say that your worth is determined by…

Better Days Blog: Give Sunday night blues the boot

Hello Everyone I hope you have had a great weekend. I am ending the weekend with my Sunday film might in bed. This weeks film is Malevolent. This is a regular Sunday night occurrence for me. It helps me to relax at the end of the weekend. For many of my us, anxiety and dread…

Motivation: so what is it?

Motivation – it is something we need in life to progress. It can cover all areas of life from exercise, to our social life and even our careers. Motivation – a definition Motivation is a reason for actions, willingness, and goals. Motivation is derived from the word motive, or a need that requires satisfaction. These…

MIDWEEK: Blog and links roundup

Happy Wednesday. I am glad of a change in the weather at the moment.  Winter can tough in many ways, less day light, cold weather and winter illnesses.  Mix in a lockdown, a pandemic and other restrictions, on paper this looks like a very grim time to be alive. I could go in to details…

Couch to 5K

New to fitness, but don’t know where to start? Want to give running ago, but not quite sure how to progress? If you answered yes to either of those questions you might be interested in the couch to 5K running programme from the NHS. Over a nine week period it will help you start a…

Better Days Blog: KitKat

Meet KitKat. She is nine years old and has been my cat since September 2015.  She is a special needs cat and requires a lot of careful attention.  She also has anxiety, which can exacerbate the situation too.  That is something we have in common. Caring for KitKat can be very challenging at times, but…