Reading Time: 7 minutes“It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it’s called Life.” Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent The one and only thing we can have absolute confidence in is that, without a shadow of a doubt, one day we will die. It doesn’t matter whether you areContinue reading “Memento Mori – Death and the Art of Mindful Living”
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Working Out Your Why – Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation
Reading Time: 9 minutesHave you ever joined a gym, started a new exercise regime, or embarked on a new eating strategy only to splutter to an abrupt stop because you ‘ran out of motivation‘? Lack of motivation is a common complaint I hear from prospective new clients. They want to get a health coach or personal trainer toContinue reading “Working Out Your Why – Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation”
Life Lessons From My Dog – Part 2
Reading Time: 7 minutesThat’s right folks, we are back with another dazzling episode of Life Lessons From My Dog. Like a cross between Nietzsche and Chewbacca, he’s back with more golden nuggets of wisdom to make our lives better, our bodies healthier, our minds stronger, and our coats glossier. So lets delve into the wisdom that gushes forthContinue reading “Life Lessons From My Dog – Part 2”
Product Review: Nuud -A natural alternative to deodorants
Reading Time: 5 minutesWithin the Primal Blueprint system there are 10 primal laws for optimal health. Primal Blueprint Law #2 is ‘Avoid Poisonous Things’. Now this is usually followed with advice regarding what we put in our mouths, avoiding the obviously poisonous, but also the detrimental. Avoiding highly processed foods, food detrimental to our personal digestive system, andContinue reading “Product Review: Nuud -A natural alternative to deodorants”
Life Lessons From My Dog – Part 1
Reading Time: 7 minutesMy dog is an idiot. He has the ability to create such frustration in me that it is not an uncommon scene to find me shouting loudly that he is “such a f*£#ing d!£#!” whilst he just sits there, nonchalantly ignoring anything I am saying. He is also one of my best friends, a clicheContinue reading “Life Lessons From My Dog – Part 1”
Shoe Review – Altra King MT 1.5 – Zero Drop, Foot Shaped Trail Running Shoe
Reading Time: 8 minutesIn a previous post, I discussed the merits of minimalist/barefoot shoes and reviewed a couple of budget shoes to get people started. I also cautioned against literally running before you can walk with regards to minimalist footwear. I strongly feel that most people would benefit in some way from including more actual barefootedness, or atContinue reading “Shoe Review – Altra King MT 1.5 – Zero Drop, Foot Shaped Trail Running Shoe”
Voluntary Hardship – The Vaccine for Life
Reading Time: 6 minutesEvery year on my birthday I like to do something that challenges me both physically and mentally. Maybe it’s in defiance to my ever looming demise, my Peter Pan syndrome, or my awkwardness in a party scenario, but I have grown to relish my yearly crucible. This tradition started on my 40th birthday when IContinue reading “Voluntary Hardship – The Vaccine for Life”
Budget ‘Barefoot’ Shoe Reviews
Reading Time: 11 minutesLike many other people, I was often barefoot as a kid. I have many memories of running through the forest, stopping to occasionally pull a holly leaf out of my skin; to feel the soft, cool mud squelch up between my toes; the roughness of tree bark as I clung ape-like in my favourite willow.Continue reading “Budget ‘Barefoot’ Shoe Reviews”
Vitamin V – And Why Foraging is the Ultimate Human Exercise
Reading Time: 10 minutesHow many plants do you eat? Do you get your ‘5 a day’ quota or are you like my Mum and only eat peas (we have to phone ahead when we go out for dinner)? But how many actual varieties of plants do you actually consume? The Earth has an estimated 400,000 plant species thatContinue reading “Vitamin V – And Why Foraging is the Ultimate Human Exercise”