Total Mind and Body Wellness

  This week I am yet again following on from my 'Mindfulness Monday' social media posts about material gains. This was inspired after a very quick shopping trip to get some paracetamol for a very persistent hormonal headache. I popped into the shop, walked past a SALES rail and ended up buying an £8 jumper that I didn't need.  I tried to justify the purchase, well, it is getting chilly now, it's sleeveless so more convenient when doing things about the house without the restriction of sleeves. All the excuses as to why I should have bought an £8 bargain jumper, well, let's call it a tank top for good measure. You see, I don't really spend money on things unless I really need them, mostly for work too. I'm not materialistic, I don't crave the next new thing, the latest fashion, the best hair cut, I have my own sort of fashion (that involves tank tops) and I really don't care what anyone thinks of what I am wearing, or what kind of technology I own. It...

  TODAY would have been my wonderful Dad's Birthday, he would have been 78 years old, sadly he passed away at only 54 years old, from a brain tumour. He was ridiculously fit, ate well, did all the good things, but sadly that didn't stop him from getting poorly.  NOW, that doesn't mean, 'well I may as well do all the bad things if that can happen!' It doesn't work like that. You STILL need to do ALL the good things, good nutrition, exercise, proper sleep, laughter, all the things. Then you can guarantee a quality life, no matter how long it is. THIS week on my MINDFULNESS MONDAY post on social media, I spoke about nostalgia. It was my husband's birthday on Monday, and I was also thinking of my Dad's birthday too. Then it got me thinking about birthdays in the past, how they were celebrated, and all the fun we had. I like to visit the past from time to time, I don't like to live there, to dwell there, but I like to remind myself of the good things, and...

  I love the word 'RESILIENCE' because it is hardcore - it means 'toughness,' 'the capacity to withstand or recover from difficulties,' 'spring back into shape.' I am a personal fitness trainer, I have a job because not everyone is motivated enough to workout on their own. Although my clients are with me because of this very thing, they are also motivated enough to want to do it. Having me for accountability just makes them give up space in their busy lives to be able to exercise.  I reckon that 90% of my fitness clients are ridiculously busy people. Actually, scrap that, pretty much 100%, that's all of my clients have very busy and important jobs, big and busy families and a lot of stress. Some of my clients alongside this have outstanding illness and injury that they could use as an excuse to not exercise, but they don't. Imagine having to get up at 6am every day, feed children, pets, walk dogs, sort out school issues, college issues, husbands ...

 Hiya, You've not had a blog from me for a couple of weeks, LIFE happened! As a therapist, I speak to people all the time who say things like, 'I just didn't have the energy' or 'I wasn't feeling it' or 'an event happened, or a disaster, and I ran out of time.' This has happened to me recently, I got busy, a few terrible things happened that meant I ran out of time to sit on my bottom and blog. I also wasn't 'feeling' it, I was preoccupied with the events in my own life and it prevented me from waffling online in a blog for two weeks. No excuses, I just didn't want to blog for the sake of blogging and I needed to give myself a little time out, because when you are helping others all the time, you sometimes forget to look after yourself properly. The thing with poor mental health is, it affects everyone at some time. And when I say to people that I am not feeling myself they are surprised, because of the massive front I put on all the ...