So you’ve got your training routine sorted and are regularly increasing your heart rate, working your muscles and having fun! You’re exercising your heart, which we know has huge benefits, and really developing a solid weekly workout schedule. So what’s next? [Read more…]
Promises to my Future Self
This year was the first year I had a feeling that my life may not last forever. At 37 years of age it seemed to finally dawn on me that we only get so many sunrises. I would either live a very long life or have everything taken away from me quite prematurely. To say that life is short messes with our [Read more…]
A Victory a Day: How Small Actions Cause Big Reactions!
Feeling good is highly underrated! We don’t bop around the place constantly thinking about how good we feel, but maybe we should. It only takes the winter months to deliver you a head pounding flu or super tender throat to get you to appreciate how well you felt the day before. Sometimes we get excited and actually inflict [Read more…]
Beating the Dark Months when Hibernation sounds so Appealing!
This morning I could see my breath in my bedroom as I lay all wrapped up in four layers of blankets. The alarm went off, I happily switched on my bedside lamp, but the thought of stepping out of that warm and cozy bed had me mind wrestling myself for a few moments. Getting those blankets off me was like a bench press as they warmly squashed [Read more…]
Just Stick with it! Avoiding the trap of instant results
We live in a “I want it now!” society where instant gratification is rampant. If we only think back to our own childhoods, such a lot has changed. I used to wake up on Saturday mornings to watch the one channel that had cartoons on it. My brother and I actually had to sit through cartoons we didn’t like because [Read more…]