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…