This week I've been reading John Berger's 1972 publication Ways of Seeing. This seminal work on how we perceive images and how artworks are created and 'read' with an eye to the cultural context of the viewer, remains relevant and insightful today - not only when thinking about art, but more broadly, in relation to the [...]
If you had asked me two weeks ago how I felt about turning 30 the response would have been less than positive. It's so easy to get hung up on the idea of a number; a target by which we believe that certain arbitrary goals should have been reached. In the dying days of my [...]
'What's the priority?'; 'get your priorities straight'; 'you need to prioritise' - these are all phrases that we've either heard uttered or used ourselves at some stage, be it linked to work, an exercise schedule, romantic relationships, or family and friends. Last week I read an article by Catherine Turner in Women's Health, which really [...]
I wanted to re-post this blog from 2015, which I wrote when I wasn't sure if I'd be able to have children.
When weekdays and weekends seem to get lost in a sea of work, weddings, exercise and life admin, it's all too easy to forget to set aside some time to relax and enjoy yourself with close friends, indulging in each other's company and allowing yourself to unwind. Last weekend, I took a step off the [...]
As someone who exercises regularly, reads and writes at length about sports and nutrition and enthuses (perhaps rather overzealously at times) about the benefits of a healthy lifestyle, it might seem somewhat surprising for me to admit that sometimes I feel really low on energy and lacking in anything even resembling 'get-up-and-go' (and today is [...]
Last weekend my mother-in-law gave me an article written by journalist Anna Magee, who decided to challenge herself by going vegan for 60 days. Fighting her perception of vegans as 'anaemic-looking, sandal-wearing hippies', she decided to switch her largely meat-based Paleo diet to a vegan alternative, with some interesting, and largely positive results. Social stigma [...]
While I was at the climbing wall this week I spotted a girl with the most amazing abs. They were magazine-quality abs, the kind you only see in Women's Health or on Kayla Itsines's Instagram account, but here they were, in real life, without the help of any filters or Photoshop. And her arms, well, [...]
It was as I was sitting outside in the park on a rather chilly Wednesday lunchtime, eating a salad while wrapped up a jacket and scarf, that I was inspired to write this post. You see, I have inherited from my mum an overpowering belief that being outdoors is inherently good for you. As a child [...]
Regular visitors to the site may have noticed that I've been doing a little blog housekeeping of late. I've refreshed the layout and organised my posts to make it easier to view them thematically, whether you are interested in Running, Yoga, Swimming, Climbing, Recipes and Nutrition, Marathon Training, Mind and Body, or Guest Posts. This menu is [...]
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