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How do you know if you have Complete Fitness and Wellbeing?
How do we know? Well, I believe if we are feeling good, physically, mentally, and emotionally most of the time, we are pretty much doing the things for our complete fitness and wellbeing. But if we are not sure, how can we tell? We will not be feeling as good as we...
When Looking After Your Health Starts to Feel Like Another Job
October is a busy month for health awareness. There are campaigns and conversations around menopause, breast cancer, mental health, osteoporosis and more. All are important. Raising awareness can encourage us to ask questions, seek support, attend screenings and...
Build for the Life You Want to Keep Living
What do you want to be able to do in ten years' time? It's a question we sometimes hear when talking about health, fitness and ageing. Perhaps your answers come easily.You want to keep walking, travelling, gardening, working, exercising or enjoying particular hobbies....
Your Body Needs Time to Adapt
When we're trying to become stronger or fitter, it's natural to focus on what we're doing. The workout. The weights we're lifting.How far we're walking. How many sessions we've completed this week.Whether we're progressing. But there's another part of the process that...
What Are We Actually Training For?
We exercise to get fitter. We strength train to get stronger. That seems straightforward enough. But what does stronger actually mean? Is it lifting a heavier dumbbell? Doing more repetitions? Walking further or faster? Holding a plank for longer? Those things can be...
Strong Foundations Aren’t Just for Beginners
When we hear the word foundations, it can sound as though we're talking about the very beginning. Learn the basics. Get them right. Then move on to the more advanced stuff. But movement and strength don't really work like that. Whether you're picking up a dumbbell for...
What Do You Need More Of?
There is something about September that can bring a bit of a new-term feeling. Even when we're long past buying new school shoes, labelling PE kits or getting everyone organised for the start of term, September can still feel like a natural point in the year to take...
You Don’t Have to Wait for a Fresh Start
There’s something about the end of August that can feel like the end of a chapter. The summer holidays are drawing to a close, September is approaching and there’s that familiar “new term” feeling in the air. Even when school terms no longer directly affect us, many...
Strong Enough to Adapt: Why Changing the Plan Isn’t Giving Up
There’s a phrase we hear quite often when it comes to health and fitness: Consistency is key. And it is important. The things we do regularly tend to have far more impact than the occasional burst of enthusiasm. But I think there’s something missing from that...
What Are We Building Our Strength For?
In my previous blog (Strong Foundations Don’t Need Perfect Days) I talked about building strong foundations and how they don't require perfect days. This week, I want to take that thought a little further. What are we actually building those foundations for? When we...
Strong Foundations Don’t Need Perfect Days
When we think about building strength, it's easy to imagine hours in the gym, strict routines or having to get everything right every single day. Real life rarely works like that. Midlife rarely feels empty. Most women are balancing the things that matter to them...
Your Future Self Doesn’t Take the Summer Off
The small choices you make today are shaping the years ahead. When we think about looking after our health, it's easy to focus on today: How we feel this morning. Whether we've managed to fit in a walk. What we've eaten. How well we slept. These things matter, of...
Movement Doesn’t Have to Look Like Exercise
Finding ways to move that fit your life this summer When we hear the word exercise, many of us picture a gym, a fitness class or getting hot and sweaty. If we can't fit one of those into our day, it's easy to think we've done nothing at all. But movement is much...
Why That Glass of Wine Feels Different Now
Understanding alcohol in midlife and making choices that work for you If you've ever found yourself saying: "I can't drink like I used to." You're certainly not alone. Many women notice that alcohol affects them differently during perimenopause and after menopause....
Summer Doesn’t Have to Press Pause on Your Health
There’s something about July that can make life feel a little different. The days are longer, holidays begin, routines shift, children and grandchildren may be around more, and the diary often fills with barbecues, weekends away and time spent outdoors. It’s a lovely...
What Have You Stopped Doing That Used to Make You Feel Good?
When was the last time you did something simply because you enjoyed it? Not because it was productive. Not because it helped someone else. Not because it was on your to-do list. Just because it made you feel good. For many women in midlife, that question can be...
The Fitness Industry Loves Complication. Your Body Doesn’t.
Have you noticed how health and fitness seems to get more complicated every year? One week we're told to eat one way. The next week we're told to do the opposite. Walk 10,000 steps.Lift heavy weights.Track your macros.Wear a fitness tracker.Cold...
Why Am I So Tired? Understanding Fatigue in Midlife
"Is it just my age?""Maybe it's my hormones." "I think I'm just tired all the time now." These are some of the most common comments I hear from women in midlife - myself included. Many of us expect to feel tired occasionally. Life is busy. We juggle work, family,...
The Midlife Health Checklist: What Actually Matters?
If you've ever found yourself scrolling through social media or reading the latest health headlines and wondering what you're supposed to be doing anymore, you're not alone. One person says you should be walking 10,000 steps a day. Another says you need to lift...