I’ve been doing a health and wellness challenge with some friends and we have been documenting our progress. We have realised that being focused on certain aspects of our health each week has made us more mindful of how we are looking after ourselves. We have documented what exercise we have done and the time exercising, what we are eating, what we are doing for ‘time out’, how much water we are drinking. We then check in with each other…
Over the last couple of years life has been tough for everyone and it has been easy to let our healthy living fall off track. I’ve decided to bring back my Wellness Wednesdays. Short posts with healthy tips or links to articles I’ve read…
It’s time for the monthly Wellness Wednesday hosted by Natalie from Natalie the Explorer and Leslie from Once Upon a Time, Happily Ever After. Each month, we can update our health and fitness goals and also have a topic to write about. This month…
June is a good month to review our progress for the year. It is halfway through the year and the perfect time to reflect on the goals we may have set way back in January and determine how we are tracking or whether our…
I don’t know about you but I’ve been inundated with New Year Resolution posts on Social Media, emails and blogs, posts about our word to focus on (and yes I’m doing that this year but I’ve chosen two words), challenges (guilty, I’m doing 30…
The end of another year is fast approaching and we will be looking to a New Year and the usual resolutions. I stopped making Resolutions because for many of us our good intentions last a month, if we are lucky, and then fall by…
This month’s Wellness Wednesday tip is all about Healthy Cooking Tips. My philosophy on food is that we should ditch the word ‘diet’ from our vocabulary and just concentrate on making healthier food choices. Healthy Eating doesn’t have to mean ‘boring’ Sometimes we get…
5 things I learned about Meditation, Mindfulness and Myself during the Mindful in May Challenge
Do you meditate or take time each day to be more mindful and present in your life? Do you feel sometimes that your mind is over-loaded, and you just can’t focus? Do you feel anxious and stressed? Then the practice of meditation and…
7 tips to achieving your fitness goals after 50 – My Guest Post for My Side of 50
Do you shy away from leading a fit and active lifestyle because you think you are too old? Are you placing limitations on yourself by focusing on your age rather than your ability? If you answered ‘yes’, then I hope that after you…
Gratitude Walking – have you heard of it? As someone who has written many times about the benefits of daily movement such as a brisk walk, I had never heard the term Gratitude Walking until this week. I’ve recently started an online 8 week…