Woody Wonders

It’s taken some time to reach this point but we’re finally starting to realise that our bodies and minds don’t function as two separate entities, they are very much one.   It’s a well known fact that exercise produces endorphins which lift our mood, but  I still don’t think enough is being done to promote the connection between body and mind.   If you’re really lucky and have a good doctor, they might make a token effort to ask you about exercise but has your doctor ever asked ‘and how does that affect your mood’ , ‘what kind of exercise makes you feel good’ ?    We need a more holistic approach to health. We’re making huge strides in both physical and mental wellbeing but we need to bring the two together.   Instead of reaching for the usual crutches of food, alcohol and other kinds of self-abuse when we’re feeling low, we should normalise it so that we’re turning to meditation, yoga and and other kinds of exercise that makes us feel good.  Who cares ...

Be creative, have fun,  do something good for your soul Although this is the strangest of times, you have to find ways to be happy right here, right now, instead of constantly wishing it was over and that means becoming rather creative. This weekend I should be in Ibiza with the girls as a pre-birthday treat, which had been in the planning for almost a year, instead we're in lockdown.  We'd rather be there of course, but we were determined not to feel sorry for ourselves so we decided to bring Ibiza to us through the marvel that is Zoom.  I have some very creative friends and family and was very impressed with their re-creation of night club scenarios in their own homes complete with neon lights, glow sticks and a bucket of foam!!  Despite being hundreds of miles apart in some cases we still managed to become rather raucous and had great fun.  In fact, it made us all the more excited for when we can finally get there in person and was proof that we'...