Chase Up Allotment Diary- Entry #2
A few weeks have passed since the first allotment diary entry, and a lot of plants have been steadily growing in the polytunnel and green houses, but now they have matured they are ready for the big world of the…
Walking for Wellbeing
By Hettie Pigott- Senior Wellbeing Co-ordinator 2 min read Walking is one of the most natural and innate forms of physical activity for humans, with that noted it also hold the power of a wide range of health and wellbeing…
I was overtraining as a coping mechanism
I have a complicated relationship with exercise. I’m competitive, I love being outdoors, and I absolutely love the feeling of exhaustion and accomplishment that you get after really pushing yourself with exercise. But in the past, I have used it…
Struggling with Motivation
In ‘normal’ everyday life I struggle with motivation. One week I am in the gym 4 or 5 days, the next I don’t go once. Most of the time this is because I have thrown myself back into increasing my…
Rethinking Attitudes Towards Exercise
I was sat at home, collecting my thoughts. Days earlier, I had decided that returning to exercise would improve my low self-esteem, so a thirty-minute jog was scheduled for that Monday evening. I was adamant there should be no excuses,…
Chase Up Allotment Diary- Entry #1
By Hettie Pigott- Senior Wellbeing Co-ordinator for Inspiring Healthy Lifestyles- Cannock Chase Welcome to the Chase Up Allotment and the first of our series of Allotment Diaries! As it is National Gardening Week, we thought it would be a great…
Nutrition for a Healthy Immune system – at a glance
By Murray MacLennan Specialist Wellbeing Instructor ‘Immune boosting’ is a phrase being bandied about a lot recently by health bloggers, Instagram influencers and the next best, organic-woke-juicing diets. And it is not surprise that we can all find ourselves in…