Woody Wonders

  Last week I mentioned two incidents that shaped my life career-wise, this week I'm going to be talking about the people who shaped and influenced my life. Throughout our whole lives, we are continuously being influenced and shaped by other people, whether it's just for a few brief moments or whether it's a life-changing experience. Take a few moments to think about all the people, up to now, who have helped you along the way to becoming the person you are.  It's often not until we actually sit down and do this, that we realise just how many people are involved in shaping us as human beings.   Here's a few of mine: My family - goes without saying that my parents and big sister shaped me hugely as a person.  They taught me right from wrong, how to always respect other people's points of views and instilled a 'never give up' work ethic in me.  Sadly my big sister passed away a number of years ago but even when she was ill, she only had my best interes...

We are living in a strange  and worrying time I did have some material prepared for this week's blog but it seemed insignificant in light of what's been happening over the course of the week.  So I thought I'd talk about how we can all help ourselves, others and pull together during this very difficult time. Regardless of what our individual opinions on Corona virus are, we are in this together whether we like it or not.  We are now past the point of no return and can no longer ignore it, even if we are a healthy individual.  As a healthy individual it is within our power to alleviate the pressure on the NHS so that they can focus on our high risk and vulnerable loved ones.   Be the bigger person, even if you only have mild symptoms then please self-isolate and under no circumstances mix with anyone at high risk.  You could well be the person who saves hundreds of lives by staying at home. Employers also have a part to play in th...

So what do you do on Fridays? I started my 'side hustle' in 2006, way before it was trendy to call it a 'side hustle' and having two careers became 'a thing'.  Although to be perfectly honest, back in those days my 'side hustle' consisted of one boot camp on a Thursday night and writing the odd training programme.  For quite a few years, it remained like that and then in 2011 I decided to do a 'walk to run' course and it kind of exploded after that.  I started taking on more fitness clients and I eventually dropped down to 4 days in my 'day job' as a PA so I could do more fitness work on Fridays. I was torn as to what to do as I felt under pressure to choose one career over the other.  I really enjoyed being a PA.  After starting out my office life as a receptionist and working my way up the 'admin ladder' I quickly realised that I wasn't cut out to be a manager or anything like that but being a PA was the next best t...