Do you ever time travel? I do. I’ve done it all my life. Of course, I am not talking about time travel in the sci-fi sense, but the time travelling that I suspect most of us do – or at least have done – to our detriment. Let me explain. I first time travelled as a child when the school … Read More
MOT For Your Body
The Range Rover had an MoT* today. It failed. Sodding emissions. Most likely the cat just needs a bit of a clear out, which a blast up the motorway could fix but, of course, there is the worse-case-scenario where new cats are involved. I hate MoTs. Stress + Money x Time = MoT. This got me thinking. It is a … Read More
A Different Kind Of Strength
I love Yoga. There, I said it. I wasn’t expecting to and the whole reason I started to do it was because I was slowly becoming a living statue. In fact, to make sure I didn’t back down from starting, I spent a bunch of cash on some of the paraphernalia to invest myself in it. From the very first, … Read More
Yoga Lesson One
I tried Yoga today for the first time. Being blessed with very short, tight tendons, I am not a flexible nor bendy person. Think C-3PO. As I’m getting older, I am becoming more and more aware of a decrease in what little flexibility I do have along with an increase in aches and pains. Quite a crap combination. For a … Read More
Give Me A Moment
Life is made up of moments: indefinable parcels of time in which an event is captured. A moment isn’t bound by the constraints of seconds, minutes or hours – it is it’s own thing. And a lot can happen in a moment. Life-changing events. You can fall in love, break an arm, break a promise…discover gold! Moments are important. We … Read More
Is Your Food Killing You?
What do processed meats have in common with tobacco smoke, asbestos and plutonium? Give up? Quite unbelievably, they are classified as a Group 1 Carcinogenic. As someone who, up until 18 months ago, was a regular consumer of processed meats (mainly in the form of ham, turkey rashers and packet chicken) I find this pretty shocking. Of course, I am … Read More
The Vicious Cycle Of Unhealthy Eating
When I was a kid, I was overweight. I ate a lot. Certainly more than I needed and, with it being the 1970s, nutrition was not much of a consideration and frozen TV meals had come in vogue. It took me a very long time to undo the damage that was done to my body during the first 18 years … Read More
Three Supplements To Ease Stress & Anxiety
Having a somewhat uncooperative brain, I have spent many years investigating various supplements that may help to alter my mood or aleviate various symptoms of my mental illness. Like many that suffer with depression, a large contributory factor to it is stress and anxiety. In recent years – and with the help of Vikki – I have discovered the three … Read More
Sleep: Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
Pretentiousness, I can do well. Sleep, not so good. I get to sleep OK – quite fast, in fact – but awaken after a few hours to find that the washing machine of ideas I call my brain is in spin cycle, keeping me awake. I wouldn’t mind if it weren’t for the fact that Zion’s on not-much-sleep are considerably … Read More
