Resilience – dirty word?
It sometimes feels like resilience is a dirty word. Whispered in hushed tones in corridors in case over heard. Or spoken out loud as a rallying call to try harder and be...
Tag: exercise
10 things to make 2023 great!
2023 is set to be a great year don’t you think! There are some things that I need to absolutely focus on! There are some things I need to do better and...
Set your mind to the planning
I’ve got into the habit when talking to people about self-care of finding myself often saying, “all we are doing here is playing psychological tricks on ourselves to get the best out...
Lunch Breaks – the rules
I think you know this already but maybe don’t acknowledge it or feel you can do anything about it? Motivation is finite. The further you get into the day the less of...
Is just enough enough?
Earlier this week I was talking to a group of final year students at the University where I work about self care. They are currently entering their final stages of their undergraduate...
Small steps end in big results
What’s your relationship like with exercise at the minute? What historically has exercise meant to you? What exercise did you do in the last week? I used to find that how I...
Gonna make you sweat!
So, what’s your relationship like with exercise!? On and off? Non existent? Gym bunny!? What exercise did you do last week? What are you planning this week? And why does it matter?...
Let me introduce you to the triangle!
Here it is! Your route map to self care. My self care model (lovingly drawn for me by one of our fabulous students Anna Short). It’s simple and straightforward but it’s what...
Take that break….
Hello everyone! Monday! First day of the working week for a lot of us and a lot to do I’d imagine? But I want you to make sure you do something for...
I had the most exhausting weekend yet……
What a weekend I had last weekend! I actually never stopped! Yet, I woke up on Monday morning morning feeling refreshed and excited about how much I was going to get done!...