I recently offered some free supported walks for people struggling during lockdown – the response was huge. Now for me this is relatively easy – its kinda what I’ve done for a living for over a decade – but a lot of lovely people reached out to ask how they could do the same. Which […]
updated for lockdown! Study after study shows that time spent outdoors is not only beneficial for our physical health but is also great for our Mental Health – a double win! The interesting thing about most of this research is that it’s not big dramatic challenges like scaling a mountain or running a marathon that […]
“Walk & Talk?” what’s that all about then…. One of the questions I get asked most often by friends, existing and prospective clients. I do A LOT of walking – and sometimes I’ll do a lot of talking if I’m leading an engagement or training session. But increasingly over the last few years I’ve started […]
Much of the health debate over climate change has been very clear – it’s not a good thing for human beings. There’s increasing air pollution and its associated risks, the marked increase in skin cancers or the poisoning of our food chain – in fact science is now very clear that the physical risks to […]
A good news story today – the BBC’s Children in Need announced this week that they will be supporting childrens mental health organisations to the sum of £10million – but it won’t just be the money that is vital – this very public support will also help shine a very bright light onto the subject […]
This article references a study published in Lancet Psychiatry, April 2018 The long term consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) are very much in the news at the moment with both footballers and boxers coming forward to say that they believe their poor mental health and (sometimes) impaired cognitive function has been affected by repeated […]
I made this info graphic the other day & thought readers of this site might like it.