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The Man With The Plan

So, I was 2 blocks down. I’d ran Manchester Marathon twice and neither had necessarily gone absolutely to plan but, as with all marathon blocks, I’d learned a lot. My Dad had ran a Good For Age time which would mean he had a qualification for London Marathon at the 2nd Manchester Marathon I had …

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Week 5 Of The Hybrid Block

I have a touch of unease as I close of this week.  Unease that everything is going v.well and that I’m feeling incredibly fresh.  Unease that something might just sneak up on me.  I know what the aims for this year are and whilst they remain the front & central target for between now & …

life Mindset

Is It Selfish To Take Care Of Your Health & Wellness?

As a mum, a business owner, a wife, a daughter, you know ~ all the things (all those hats we wear day to day) it can often be the case that there’s always something to do for other people.   One day this got me mulling today the concept that we often view the things that …

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Can I Do All The Things?

A big question really for an article.   Can I (or even should I) do all the things?  Again, like so many questions the obvious answer is it depends.  We are probably the first generation where there’s been a dialogue about having it all, doing it all and being all the things.  It might be that you …

Inspiration life

Is Gratitude Overrated?

This is one I got thinking about today. It’s so often said that a gratitude practice can do wonders for your mental health and for the things that show up in the world.  “the world is full of miracles but we see them as ordinary things” is a Hans Christian Anderson quote. I’ve often said …

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You Get What You Expect

It’s is one I talk about quite often to people.  You will get what you expect.  Obviously there are some caveats to this which I will come to later BUT effectively you will find what you’re looking for. You might thinks that that’s all a little woo woo, perhaps Law Of Attraction springs to mind.  I don’t …

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It’s Easy For You, Right?!

I get unreasonably annoyed by this one ~ “well it’s ok for you!”  << then whatever reason someone has come up with for the reason it’s all dandy do for me in whatever the situation.   ~ It’s easy for me! ~  Let’s dive into this one… ➡️  It’s easy for me to say move your …

My Training

Week 4 Of The Hybrid Block

As I sat down to write this I thought “well, my training has been fairly uneventful this week.”  It’s been a bit of a week, lots to navigate and lots coming up, lots going on and the likes.  In week’s like that training can be such a sanctuary.  A time of normality, a time to …