I just want to take this opportunity to wish a Happy Easter to those who will be celebrating over the weekend. To anyone who is not celebrating, I hope you all have a restful and relaxing long weekend, however you are spending the time. I am off work tomorrow (1 April) s. I’m taking some…
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Get Active Blog… Ok, I’ll stop now!
Over the last six days, I’ve run three times. I’ve really been struggling on all three runs, feeling low on energy whilst running. So after another struggled run last night I decided to do as I am being told… stop, for a few days. I am being told my body to take a break, so…
Better Days Blog: In Time…
Hello Everyone I hope you are all well – and Happy Friday. I am very ready for it this weekend. Tomorrow, 27 March, represents 15 years since I started working in the civil service. It doesn’t seem that long, but at age 37 its strange to think 15 years equates to large chunk of my…
Midweek: Blog and Round Up 24 March 2021
Happy Wednesday. Yesterday (23 March 2021) was a year since England entered the first lockdown. It is strange how fast time can feel like it has flown by but also dragged on. Perception of time does, to me, seem linked to positives and negatives in our lives. I am not going to delve too deeply…
Laugh out loud
Did you know laughing is good for you? It can make you feel better, and there is quite a lot of information to suggest a few laughs in the day can really pick you up. I’d love for you to read the following paragraph – then head over to read the full article here “For…
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…
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…
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…
Get ready to have a good day by making a few smart moves the night before
If you feel different than you did 12 months ago (and not in the best of ways), you’re not the only one. When it hasn’t been an acute tragedy, this pandemic has been a slow grind, and the loss of regular movement and human contact is hard on the mind and body, period. But there are some…
Stop Keeping Score
am an inveterate scorekeeper. I can go back decades and find lists of goals I set for myself to gauge “success” by certain milestone birthdays. For example, in my 20s, I had a to-do list for the decade, the items on which more or less told the story of a penniless musician who had made some…
Better Days Wellbeing 