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
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
I took yesterday (and today) off originally to move house... but that's not happening - yet! So, I decided to still take the time and to use it to recharge and de-stress. Life is super stressful at the moment - what with the imminent house move, changes at work, a few health niggles, some family … Continue reading A day to myself to recharge…
I wrote about balance in my last post and what I neglected to write about is why… Up until five years ago I didn’t feel like I had much 'balance' in my life. It’s the main reason I left the corporate world to set up POINT3 Wellbeing in 2018. The opposite of balance for me … Continue reading Context is key… from Burnout to Balance
It’s a little over a week since I completed the Verbier St Bernard Marathon Trail in the beautiful Swiss Alps - ascending and descending 3,500 metres - in just under 13 hours. I’ve had plenty of time now to reflect on the experience - the ups and downs, and the highs and lows - physically, … Continue reading Mind over Mountain
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
Not The Mayo Clinic 