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…
Tag: wellbeing
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…
Get Active blog: Mind and Body
I’ve finally settled on a name for my exercise blog that launched when I wrote a blog entry on going back to running. This is my Get Active blog. Running has become a great way to help me process my day. I have lots of techniques to process how I feel, and events in life. …
Training Video: A year in review
We are now on YouTube. We are presenting a brand new training video that will give you a new activity to try. This activity prepares you to review the year ahead – starting now. This is a short activity that begins now, and end in December 2021. You start to review the year ahead, before…
Article: Surviving Christmas on your own
Certainly for the residents of the UK, it has been a turbulent few days. International travel has been made nearly impossible, large parts of the country are in a strict lockdown and others are counting the days until we are moved into those categories. Many people’s plans for Christmas are wrecked, others now face spending…
Blog: Don’t fight the future
The world seemed to just go a little bit crazier over the weekend, particularly for anyone living in the UK. The situation seems to be in a rapid state of change at the moment, its hard to see the future with much positivity. It easy to worry about the future. The thing is, mostly the…
Midweek Update: 16 December
Good Morning What a week! What a year! We are still absolutely buzzing to have won the Wellbeing Award. Once again, thank you all so much for making this site what it is. This will be my last midweek update for 2020. I hope you all have a great break and Merry Christmas to those…
Back to Running: Week 5
So I skipped the update for week four. I’ve now just completed the fifth week of my return to running. I passed the 10K mark in week four and have started to become reasonably comfortable with running five mile with ease. Last week I completed my longest run to date, which was 7.5 miles. That…
Article: Exercise – What are DOMS?
Sore muscles after physical activity, known as delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), can occur when you start a new exercise programme, change your exercise routine, or increase the duration or intensity of your regular workout. When muscles are required to work harder than they’re used to or in a different way, it’s believed to cause…
Blog: We won an award
Yesterday Danny and I won an award, I just wanted to open this blog by saying a big thank you to our members, we have done this for you, to help others with their wellbeing. Without your support, this would not be able to achieve this.I set out with an aim that if I could…
Better Days Wellbeing 