Exercise is great for your mental health, as well as your physical health.
Tag: wellbeing
Blog: Challenging the lie of perfection
Perfection? Sounds great doesn’t it. It sounds ideal, relaxing. The thing is perfection does not exist. Chasing perfection is a journey with no end. You cannot achieve perfection, there will always be something that changes. The myth of perfection really damages people. The burden of never feeling good enough can wreck us. Life is supposed…
Blog: It is good to talk
Happy Friday. How are you? Had a good week? Love to hear how everyone is doing today, good, bad, indifferent, or even MEH. Lets hear how you are doing. Its good to talk and chat. Any weekend plans? This is not an in depth blog today. I just wanted to touch on the idea that…
Men’s Health Day
Just a short note to mark Mens Health Day. I had hoped to post more content today but sadly time has not been on my side today. I just want to say Men face many mental health problems, but often find it harder to share this or acknowledge they need assistance. There is a masculine…
Exercise: Listen to your body
The UK government recommends a minimum 2.5 hours of exercise per week. It also recommends spreading this out over the course of a week, say four to five days a week to maximise the benefits.
Blog: I play video games to boost my wellbeing
Video games often get a bad reputation for promoting violence or being a time waste activity in the press. I admit some games are violent, but there is an argument for escapism too. I am certainly not going to debate video game violence, I’m not the expert or have all the facts there. I do…
Blog: Back to running, one week in
I took up running a week ago. The first week has been interesting. I have managed three runs that have been over 5km, another three of more than two miles. I am pleased with this. I’ve noticed my body getting used to it, but it isnt necessarily easier every time. I should note I am…
Blog: Exercising during lockdown
I had big marathon plans for 2020, Barcelona and Manchester planned for the spring with another European trip planned for the autumn. My training for Barcelona in March was going very well, I’d got my last long 20 mile training run in the bag before COVID-19 hit and the race was postponed less than 2…
Better Days Wellbeing 