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…
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
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…
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