Understanding Wellness and Restoring Balance “Just living isn’t enough, one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower.” -Hans Christian Anderson” The Cambridge Dictionary defines wellness as: The state of being healthy, especially when it is something that you are actively trying to achieve…
Goodbye 2020. Hello 2021! Well, it’s that time of year again. Every January, I like to take a look in my rear-view mirror and reflect on the last 12-months, and crikey – what a year it’s been. I, like many others, thought that COVID-19…
How to Stay Hydrated During Exercise was first published in July 2018 and updated in March 2020. The 16th – 22nd March is Nutrition and Hydration Week, so it seemed appropriate to update this post about how to stay hydrated during exercise. Looking after…
My infatuation with the Lake District began over 15-years ago. One cold, damp February, I convinced Ian we should go on a walking holiday in the Lake District. We’d never been hiking before, neither of us knew what it entailed, and Ian was an…
It was our first day visiting Postalm. As the toll booth attendant asked me for zwölf euro, I looked at her blankly. In my head, I frantically started counting in German hoping I would manage to reach the correct number. Unfortunately, I was taking far…
Time for another workout! This is a circuit I did with a personal training client a few weeks ago. Do each exercise for 45-seconds working as hard as you can, followed by 15-seconds of rest. After each full circuit, rest for 1-minute. Repeat. Remember…
I never thought I’d see the day where I’d be teaching a circuit class. Aerobics, step and spinning – yes. But circuit? Never. Teaching step aerobics used to be my happy place, and I loved nothing more than preparing new routines for my classes.…
I’ve always been a bit sceptical about subscription boxes, and my experience with Abel and Cole last year didn’t do anything to dispel that scepticism. But after lusting after The Vegan Kind boxes for several months, it was only a matter of time before…
If you’re concerned about how to stay fit and healthy while you’re on holiday – you’re not on your own. While a lot of people use a holiday as an excuse to eat and drink too much, I’m not one of them. Just because…
