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
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?
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…
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
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
Just as I've become a bit of a part-time Bearcat Club runner, I've become a part-time blogger... not because I have no love for either, simply that life is busy and other things get in the way. But I need to finish the story that I started at the end of last year with my … Continue reading 4th Time Lucky: From PT to PB
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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…
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