Last time I wrote about how movement supports (my) mental health and wellbeing. But I haven't always known this... It’s really only over the last 8 years, since founding POINT3 Wellbeing, that the connection between movement and mental health has become truly clear to me. This got me thinking about my motivation to move before … Continue reading My Relationship With Movement: From PBs to Balance
This week has been Mental Health Awareness Week - with the theme of Taking Action. I've been delivering a number of POINT3 wellbeing talks on mental health: what it is and isn't, how stress impacts our mental health, and science-backed ways to support it on an ongoing basis. So, I thought I'd share a subject … Continue reading My Mental Health and Movement
"Something that feels important for me to reflect on today is…" This is a journalling prompt we use in our training. And I thought I’d use it to help me get started with today's blog... When we woke this morning Paul asked me “are you writing your blog today?” And my immediate reaction was resistance. … Continue reading Remembering why I’m writing this blog…
This Sunday is the London Marathon, the victory lap for all those who have pounded the pavements since January in preparation. Just thinking about it makes me feel nervous and I’m not even running! But I know what it takes and it’s easier for me to imagine myself in the running shoes of the 35,000 … Continue reading Running from something or towards something?
I had a week off writing last week as I was away with friends... and I've struggled this week to get back into my flow, which includes getting started with this blog today. There are many things going on in my mind at the moment - things I'm reflecting on - so, narrowing down the … Continue reading Lessons on Authenticity: Finding Yourself at 50
One of my more recent wellbeing rituals is Yin Yoga. I wrote a little about it in a blog earlier this year, on how I'm moving my body differently. I first came across Yin Yoga two years ago when I moved to Winchester. New Energy Yoga is just a few minutes' walk from where I … Continue reading Stretching the mind as well as the body this spring…
Friday 20 March (today) is the UN’s International Day of Happiness - a day that recognises happiness and wellbeing as a universal human goal. Today is also the first day of spring, according to the astronomical calendar, as I wrote about here. And with the sun shining as I write this, people seem just that … Continue reading How I Think About Happiness Now
For years I believed my strength came from my independence. Only now am I beginning to realise that the sensitivity I hid for much of my life may in fact be my greatest strength. The truth is that both of course come with their blessings and their curses. Do you know what your greatest strength … Continue reading The Strength I Once Thought Was Weakness
I learned a new word this week - phenology - the study of plant and animal life cycles and their relationship to weather and climate. All around us spring appears to have sprung - the daffodils have been out for a number of weeks, as have the crocuses; and this week the birds are singing … Continue reading Spring’s Arrival: What Nature Teaches Us
I've struggled this week to find my flow. 'Flow' is my chosen word of the year - a compass if you like to keep me on track in every part of my life - from work, my relationships and every aspect of how I live my life, including specific activities like this, here, now - … Continue reading The Fire Horse Reset
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