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
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…
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
Saunas for Heart, Mind and Soul With it being Valentine’s Day tomorrow, I thought I’d share an open love letter to the sauna experience - best shared with friends and/or your lover (and not just on Valentine's Day)! I wrote about how heat therapy is a part of my longevity and vitality toolkit in my … Continue reading It’s Hotting Up In Here – For the Love of Saunas ❤️🔥
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 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
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 