I’m back at the Royal Free. Appendicitis back with me (well now not so much, as they’ve taken it out and sorted out the abscess that exists). It’s been a humbling experience, new things learnt and a new starting point to work from. Hospital is so hard for all of those involved, the patients, nurses, … Continue reading Appendicitis 2.0
I’ve just begun to re-read the excellent Recognizing and Treating Breathing Disorders by Leon Chaitow, Dinah Bradley and Christopher Gilbert. The way the book is structured is fantastic, with the book moving from an overview of how breathing works, how it can go wrong though to how to treat. 2 things struck me as I … Continue reading What breathing better helps avoid.
At the beginning of last week I found myself struggling with what I had to do – in terms of feeling overwhelmed with what to do when, what to start, what to leave and how to make sure I didn’t waste the time I had in an unproductive fashion. Stopping teaching and waiting to start … Continue reading Organising my time – grids and mapping.
Meditation is definitely one of those Marmite subjects, it inspires extreme reactions in so many people. Talk to somebody about this and there is a whole spectrum with which the conversation can travel in, from distrust, disinterest to evangelising about its efficacy and how effective it is. For these reasons, for me, it sits in … Continue reading Meditation – our very own superpower
Nearly two years have passed since I made the decision to cut out the booze. It seems such a long time ago now and something I reflect on fairly regularly. Initially this was a response to a running injury. I’d had a long boozy Saturday, that still was affecting me the following Thursday. It was … Continue reading Cutting out the booze.
I started thinking about a visual representation of health some time ago. I come back to it from time to time and really need someone far more able graphically than me, to make it come to life. There’s nothing new about what goes into it and it won’t find an answer (like the bar model … Continue reading The IDO model
I’ve been mulling over the question – what have we learnt? – a lot in the last week or so. Mainly in response to COVID and viewed on both a macro societal level and a micro personal level. I’ll talk about this a lot to Jenny – with views on what appears to have / … Continue reading A good week thinking about what I’ve learnt
I’ve been thinking about: The increasing gap that exists between perception and reality and how this space is filled. I had a conversation about this with Artur Paulins yesterday, when doing some coaching. Artur is developing a new form of coaching and I was lucky enough to be included. The first session was on bridging … Continue reading This week
It’s better to introduce regular strength training in my running. Having developed pretty sore achilles tendons (again) in both legs I don’t think I can avoid replacing some of my easy running with general leg strength. I’m certain the achilles tendon pain is coming from overwork here, due to a lack of work elsewhere. Common … Continue reading Things I’ve considered or learnt this week
I’ve been battling with a motorway driving phobia for around 6 years now. Going from spending a lot of time in a car (much of which was on motorways in the mid 00’s) to triggering a motorway phobia was unexpected and pretty bizarre. I can pinpoint when it started, driving at night, stressed due to … Continue reading Reframing fear
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