Rest is a Radical Act!
Blame the puritans, blame capitalism, blame technology - whatever the cause, the truth is that many of us do not get anything like enough rest and recreation time. Is there anything we can do about this? How radical are we prepared to be?!
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HIIT that SIT!!
High Intensity Interval Training, and its more intense sister, Sprint Interval Training, are challenging to do but the benefits they offer are extraordinary. Building muscle, improving your memory and cognitive powers, regulating blood sugar control, boosting cardiovascular health and even bringing mental health benefits - worth the huffing and puffing, perhaps!
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Ghastly Guilt....Senseless Shame
The capacity to experience guilt and shame is one of the defining qualities of being human. I would also suggest that women experience it differently to men. As a society, we appear to think that shame is a useful motivator, but in reality it stops us from living our best lives, and serves no good purpose. Shining the bright light of enquiry onto the shame we feel can strip it of much of its power. Very often, we set ourselves an impossible task, and then feel shame because we can't plausibly complete it. Let's be a little kinder to ourselves.
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Go With Your Gut!
Many (most?) of us have a complicated relationship with food and eating, and the information out there is confusing and contradictory. We need a new way of looking at food choices that is less emotionally charged. Thinking in terms of what benefits our gut microbiome is a really good place to start.
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You Know Why - Now Decide What
Gaining some clarity on exactly what you want makes it easier to plan and to employ strategies that will work. Spend some time thinking big and getting specific. How can you make the changes YOU want to make?
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The Magic of Movement Two
There are so many wonderful benefits to getting moving, being active, exercising, that I needed more than one post to fit them all in. We continue here with some more of the key benefits. Read on for some perhaps quite surprising things that exercise can do for us.
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What's Getting in your Way?
Most women are busy women, with many conflicting demands on our time and attention. Even if this isn't the case, making lasting change is challenging. We can beat ourselves up for our lack of organisation or willpower, or we can uncover what is getting in the way and work out strategies to deal with it. Some of the barriers are obvious, whereas others can be quite surprising.
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