My 4 Top Tips To Feeling Good Feeling tired? Fed up? Or just know you can feel better, but can't quite seem to get there? We've all been there at some point or other. Sometimes life gets on top of us and we stop looking after ourselves so well. We put family, the house and even our pets needs ... [ Read More ]
How To Keep Cool When The Going Gets Hot
How To Keep Cool When The Going Gets Hot Yay, the summer is here! It's time to dust off the outdoor furniture and see if those shorts still fit!... I swear that last wash before I put my summer clothes away is a tad too hot (if you know what I mean?). Does anyone else have the same ... [ Read More ]
How To Run A Marathon And Enjoy It
How To Run A Marathon And Enjoy It Or to be more precise how I managed to complete a Marathon and enjoy it. Five years ago I did the Athens Classic Marathon and it was everything a nightmare is made of. I trained hard for it, but when the day came I was sick with a bladder infection, had a ... [ Read More ]
Living With Asthma
Living With Asthma Asthma is a chronic lung condition and approximately one in every eleven people in the UK is living with asthma. It is a chronic condition that affects the airways and the ability to be able to breathe properly. I have lived with asthma my entire life. I can go months without ... [ Read More ]
Cancer Diagnosis, Overwhelming Support And Kindness
A Cancer Diagnosis, Overwhelming Support And Kindness Oh, what an emotional roller coaster of a summer it's been! We seem to have had more downs than ups, but I'm not complaining, not really, as it could have been so much worse. We started the summer with my sister giving her husband a kidney ... [ Read More ]
Take Care Of Your Skin This Summer
Take Care Of Your Skin This Summer With spring in full swing, most of us enjoy getting out and about in the better weather, but do you take steps to take care of your skin before you step out the door to spend a few hours outside enjoying the sun? Or do you just grab your bag/dog/camera/child and ... [ Read More ]
Niceness
Niceness This week has undoubtedly been a week full of niceness. Last Saturday we enjoyed a nice walk, when we thought that all hope of getting out to enjoy a walk had gone (black clouds, hailstones and thunder rumbling in the distance can make a person think like that). Clean Monday Last ... [ Read More ]
Sensible Summer Running
Summer Running Runners love the warmer months. The lighter mornings and evenings make it easier to find the motivation to get out for a run; the sunny days seem to give us a little extra energy and as we all know, it's much more enjoyable being out in the great outdoors when it's warm. But there ... [ Read More ]
Get Fit In Just Two Minutes?…Really?…
I Really Don't Thinks So!... Although that's not what I've been reading in a certain 'news' paper recently. Think about it. Do you really think that doing just a two minutes workout is going to help you get fit? Personally I can't see it and it's no wonder that there are so many people who ... [ Read More ]
When Did I Start Opting For The Lazy Workout?
Last Week It Dawned On Me... That maybe I had been getting a little lazy when it came to maintaining my fitness. Don't get me wrong I am no fanatic, but I like feeling fit (or relatively fit at least). It's something I've always tried to maintain ( I want to die as old and as fit as I can be ... [ Read More ]
Balance
Recently I've been trying to focus on getting a better balance in my life and this past week I feel like I may have finally got there. Why Balance Is Important... For me balance is important because if I have nothing to focus on I get all out of sync and find it easy to procrastinate, but if I ... [ Read More ]
Flu Jabs
It won't be long until it is cold and flu season (I am trying to ignore the fact that I have already suffered my first snuffles of the winter!) At this time of year school children are the most vulnerable to colds, flu and every other sickness that happens to be doing the rounds in the classroom, so ... [ Read More ]
It’s Okay To Admit When Things Are Hard Going
Life Isn't Easy...Not for any of us. We all have times when we find things hard going, but how often do we put on a brave face and pretend that things are all hunky-dory? Why do we feel that we can't admit when we are not coping well or are finding things hard going? It's never easy to admit ... [ Read More ]
Why We Should All Be Eating More Nuts…
Many people associate nuts with Christmas. I know that when I was growing up Christmas was the only time we had nuts in the house, there would always be the compulsory bowl taking pride of place in the center of the table. There would be Brazil nuts - Mum's favourite - hazel nuts, almonds, walnuts ... [ Read More ]
An Effective, Non Chemical Treatment For Head Lice
What Are Head Lice?... Just the words head lice can induce a sense of panic into the most laid back parents and are guaranteed to get our scalps twitching with nonexistent itches - unless of course you do have head lice and if so the itching is totally normal. Just thinking about writing this post ... [ Read More ]
Why Wearing A Bicycle Helmet Is Important…
Because it might just save your life one day! Last week I couldn't believe what I was reading, when I read a newspaper article on a top neurosurgeons thoughts on whether or not it is worth wearing helmets when cycling and in his 'educated' opinion it isn't! I could not believe the ... [ Read More ]
The Importance Of Drinking Enough Water…
I decided to write this post as the temperatures have started to rise at last. Three nights ago I wore a cardigan over a thin jumper when we went out and at eleven o'clock last night I stripped the beds of the quilts as it was so hot. The temperatures so far in May have been well below average, but ... [ Read More ]
How Life Can Change In An Instant…
Most of us go about our daily lives, not really appreciating how precious it is. We take life for granted and go about our daily routines without it ever crossing our minds that our lives could change in an instant. Life can change so quickly as we learned this week... Living on the Greek ... [ Read More ]
The Power Of Music
I have a very diverse taste in music and like songs because I think they are good and not necessarily because of the artist who sings the song. If you were to check out my music collection you would see a whole range of songs from oldies to more recent songs, from rock songs to soppy ... [ Read More ]
Take Time To Unwind
We've all heard the saying '' All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.'' That saying doesn't just apply to Jack, but applies to all of us. If we don't take some time out of our busy daily schedule, then we too are at a risk of becoming dull, just like Jack. There is no denying that life ... [ Read More ]
What A Difference A Bicycle Ride Makes!
Despite being an early bird, my radio alarm was the last thing I wanted to hear at six o'clock this morning, as I'd had a really restless nights sleep. When I'd gone to bed last night I thought I would drift off into the land of nod quite easily, even though I had been on the computer much later ... [ Read More ]