Leaving your comfort zone
Leaving your comfort zone Leaving your comfort zone can be a transformative experience that opens up new opportunities for growth and self-discovery. Here are five easy-to-accomplish tips to help you step out of your comfort zone. Try a new activity: Engage in an activity you’ve never tried before. It could be something as simple as cooking […]
The Importance of Cross-Training as a Runner
The Importance of Cross-Training as a Runner Are you someone who loves to run or wants to start running? Just pounding the pavement might not be the best way to achieve your running goals. In fact, cross-training can be a game-changer for runners! This blog is here to show you why mixing up your workouts […]
Avoiding the disaster that is Ultra-Processed Food
Avoiding the Disaster that is Ultra-Processed Food Let’s talk about breakfast… Prior to the 1970s a common UK breakfast would include whole fat milk, butter, a full English with meat, mushrooms, tomatoes, eggs etc. Now, we’re more likely to consider that eating a bowl of cereal with low-fat milk and a glass of orange juice […]
Making Good Nutrition Easier
Sometimes it is hard to prioritise eating well when life is so busy and time is limited. However, there are some things you can do to make good nutrition easier and more achievable on a regular basis.
Time to Talk Day
The goal of Time to Talk Day is to make talking about our mental health and wellbeing more accessible, in our homes, at work and across communities.
Stepping it up
Increase your steps to improve your health
Health-Related Behaviour Change
Health-Related Behaviour Change What is Health-Related Behaviour Change? This topic is all about making improvements to our lives through changing behaviours that have an influence on our health and well-being. The most prominent health-related behaviours that both science and health care tend to focus on include the ‘big four’: stopping smoking reducing alcohol consumption eating […]
Strength Training
Strength Training Lift Heavy, Stay Healthy National guidelines recommend a minimum of two sessions of strength training per week to maximise its functional and health benefits. But what is strength training, and why is it essential to incorporate it in our exercise routine? Let’s find out. What is Strength Training? Strength training (also called resistance […]
Seasons
Seasons How are you feeling as the clocks go back? For many, Autumn means cosy jumpers, warm fires and brisk walks as well as a pleasing countdown to Christmas! For others however, the dark nights and colder days can be more challenging, impacting on mood and wellbeing. Notice how you respond to different seasons – […]
World Mental Health Day 2022
World Mental Health Day Today is world mental health day and the theme for 2022 set by the World Federation for Mental Health, is “Make Mental Health and Wellbeing for All a Global Priority” https://wmhdofficial.com/ So where do we start? The extent to which most of us have an impact on global priorities tends to […]