Reflecting on my perimenopause experience You know you’re mid age when the conversation with girlfriends focuses more on menopause than on men. Sound familiar?! And since I’m writing about mid age and how it’s impacting my longevity and vitality health journey, it made sense to dedicate a post to it here. I’d like to say … Continue reading Why I Chose Hormone Therapy in Perimenopause (Even Without Classic Symptoms)
Part Three: Doing Differently... Welcome to part three of my Doubling Down or Doing Differently blog series... For greater context around this series, I recommend reading part one and part two first. In short, I've been documenting what I'm doing to focus on my longevity and vitality health goal, as a nearly 50, perimenopausal woman... … Continue reading Optimising Health for Perimenopausal Women: Key Changes Explained
Part Two: Doubling Down On... Welcome to part two of my Doubling Down or Doing Different blog series... In part one, I teed up the areas that I would be covering in this second part. But, as I started to write, this post was getting longer and longer, so I've now decided to split it … Continue reading Doubling Down on Health: Exercise, Nutrition, and More
Part One - Doubling down on or doing differently In November this year I turn 50... It's hard to believe it really. Half a century! Reaching mid age can be confronting, as well as liberating! When I say confronting, it is forcing me to think about older age. Particularly as, during the last year, I've … Continue reading Navigating Midlife: Healthy Habits for a Healthy Future
Today, the 7th of April, is exactly three months until my next big running challenge and my toughest marathon to date. The new Trail Verbier St Bernard marathon race takes place on Saturday 7th July between Liddes and Verbier, high in the Swiss Alps. With four ascents (the largest two of which are at the beginning … Continue reading One More Mountain To Climb
On International Day of Happiness (and the first official day of Spring), I'm excited to share some news about a project that I’ve been formulating behind the scenes with a couple of legends (and future business partners). While we’re not quite ready to launch, it seems appropriate - as it's a day to encourage and … Continue reading Be Well, Be Happy, Be You
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It's been six months since I last blogged... While that might sound more like an introduction at a Bloggers Anonymous gathering, it's true that I've neglected the blog since I ran the Paris Marathon back in April... mainly as I've been preoccupied with summer, work and a building project on my flat. But now that autumn's … Continue reading Sometimes a rest is (personal) best…
A week has now passed since the Paris Marathon, and I've spent the last 7 days reflecting on the experience and what I (and 40,171 other people) have achieved. Paris is one of my favourite cities having lived there about 20 years ago - so I was looking forward to a weekend in this special city. … Continue reading The 4 Ps: My Bitter Sweet Finale
Last Sunday I celebrated after my 22 miler - the longest and last of my long runs - was over. Mostly, because it signified the beginning of the taper - time to ease off the training in the last three weeks running up to Paris! But boy was that a mistake to celebrate so early... I woke on … Continue reading The 4 Ps: Taper Tantrums
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