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
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
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
I’ve been thinking for a while about the theme for this first post back after 5 years. My comeback post! No pressure, right?! Silly really, but yes without really realising it, I’ve been putting undue pressure on myself, thinking about what profound message I want to convey after so long away 😂 Gosh, we can … Continue reading Balancing on the lo-lo ball of life…
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
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
...Down to the Paris Marathon. With a little over 4 weeks to go, I thought it would be a good time to reflect on where I've come and where I've still got to go! There are so many sayings and clichés about how running is a great metaphor for life - the ups and downs you experience, … Continue reading The 4Ps: One Month And Counting…
Week 5 of 16 was about building strength - through some alpine hill-training, and my longest run so far. Here are the highlights as recorded by my Nike Plus app: But the real highlights of my week were a couple of firsts... I participated in my first Parkrun, AND I had my screen debut at BAFTA … Continue reading The 4 Ps: A Week of Firsts
Not The Mayo Clinic 