What is success?
What does success mean? When I first sat down to write this, I started by thinking about the big goals that Lifestyle Medicine has inspired me to look for… a purposeful, fulfilled, meaningful life with balance between the different aspects (pillars) of life. Being a part of the Lifestyle Medicine community inspires me to have good healthy goals, to eat wholesome well-balanced nutrition, to be physically active, to be connected to those we have relationships with and our community, to practice good self-care, to look after our mental health and wellbeing, and to avoid those things that are unhelpful or harmful. All of those things are potentially good goals to…
How (not) to get back to work after a holiday…
One of my coaches who I supervise said to me in a session this week… “as a coach I am so good at supporting my patients with what they should be doing to feel better but I’m terrible at doing it myself”. This really resonated with me particularly this week. I went away on holiday last week, and started back at work after the bank holiday weekend. I can soundly say that I have not followed my own advice about how to look after yourself and do good self-care in practice. So here are my top ten tips of how NOT to get back to work after a holiday… then…
New Year, New Habits?
I am not a fan of making new resolutions just because of a calendar date, but that might be just me! If you are making new years resolutions, then here are my 5 top tips: Lastly, keeping track of what you have done can help you to see how much you have accomplished. But remember it is ok if things go a bit off plan, just start again wherever you are. My plan for 2024 Personally, I am going to aim to do 30minutes something active every day – it’s a bit vague perhaps, but it means I can adapt it to my schedule (which is a bit unpredictable). I…
