Exercising after an illness or an injury can sometimes be difficult and frustrating. It can feel like we are being held back and restricted whilst our body is in recovery mode Pushing too hard with exercise too soon can lead to problems with our recovery. One of the best things to do is to listen…
Tag: Covid
Blog: Sitting down here
Hello and Happy Friday 🙂 I am sat on the beach in sunny Cleethorpes. I needed this so badly. I’ve been ill with covid, and even though I am no longer testing positive I’m still having symptoms and issues. This had forced me to rest, only do light exercise and to spend a lot of…
Blog: My Marathon Journey
Running has been a big part of my life for many years. I’ve been fortunate enough to run marathons in amazing places such as Paris, New York, Chicago and Berlin. I am not a particularly quick runner but I do it to support my mental health. I was due to run the Barcelona Marathon in…
Blog: Working from home survival
So here in the UK, I think we are on the fourth wave of covid cases. As per usual more restrictions have been introduced and in England we’re back to a work from home if you can directive. Some people love working from home (including myself), some people hate it. Others have just reached fatigue…
Blog: Pandemic Wellbeing
Happy weekend to you all. I hope everyone is enjoying the weekend and also managing to keep safe. The reports of how the pandemic has once again escalated is certainly worrying in many respects. It is understandable if you are finding the current situation difficult to process. Here in England we are not in a…
2021: Aim smaller?
2020 was a difficult year for many of us. Some of us would say it was the worst year of their lives so far. The impact of the pandemic, at least in the UK, did suddenly seem to effect life from March. We had carried on our lived as normal from New Years day. Those…
Midweek Blog + Round Up: 6 January 2021
The turning of the clock happens, it keeps happening. Time is one of the few constants in the world. Sadly, the change of one day to the next does not change the situation we are in. The new year has started with us back in a lockdown, across the entire of the UK. Again we…
Blog: A time to reflect
Happy New Year! I hope 2021 brings good health and happiness to you all. Over the Christmas break, I was watching the Gavin and Stacey Christmas special from 2019 with my wife. It triggered a conversation as to how different “our world” was just 12 months ago when we had watched it previously. My initial…
End of the year
Hello Everyone I just wanted to take a moment out to thank you all for your support in 2020. We launched on 30 October and the pace of this site has been very fast since this date. I appreciate 2020 has been such a difficult year for so many of us. The ways in which…
Are You Mindful or Mindless?
I read an excellent article over at http://www.medium.com exploring powerful scientific evidence from an addict turned brain scientist. It is a really engaging read with some science in there too. Check out the full article here “Understanding the science underlying mindfulness and meditation can be a powerful motivation for anyone building these habits. But it’s…
Better Days Wellbeing 