Sunday, 25th June-Susie’s incredible recovery from cancer and getting fit
Monday, 22nd June
We all want success in some small way and we want significance in our lives too.
If you’re a great mother to your kids, then you don’t go looking for praise as you love your kids dearly, but to get the occasional pat on the back is nice as at least someone recognises the great work you are doing.
If you’re great at your job, you may often feel under-appreciated and think nobody notices what you do. However, when you get a heartfelt thank you for what your efforts, then it will spur you on to become even better at what you do.
These are two examples of people around you appreciating the significance of the job you do for many people in life. Although you didn’t set out looking for acclaim, the feeling you have achieved something of importance makes you feel better.
Significance in your exercise programme is something we are all looking for too. Losing 2-4 inches off your waist for example will make you feel better, will show that you have indeed putting a great effort in over a sustained period of time.
Many of you will feel unsure when you first start whether the effort will be worth it? You may have had negative experiences in the past in your efforts to get fit so why will this time be different?
This is why results are so important to us, and to demonstrate daily what exciting changes you can really make if you give it some time and offer some commitment.
Once you start getting results out of your exercise and healthy eating programme, you too will feel that significance of you efforts, you will realise you get out what you put into it, and creating success with your health is totally within YOUR power.
Wednesday, 26th April-Rae Davies recovery from severe back pain
Monday, 10th April
Wednesday, 15th March
Post traumatic stress disorder is something you probably know affects many people in the forces, and in this case was referring to US army veterans who had seen many conflicts.
The study started when the soldiers were back in the hospital in the US. Their disorder was so bad that some had failed to talk-for 5 years! That’s quite a thing on its own, quite how much they had withdrawn into themselves was startling and deeply disturbing after witnessing the ravages of war.
A radical experiment got them to be more active. In this case, they were taken out to sea by a surfing instructor. The men were being taught to surf, they didn’t really want to go but they managed to get them in the water.
Within literally 5 waves crashing over them, some men starting smiling and laughing, which according to the nurses and doctors present was the first time they could remember it happening.
Within 30 minutes, many of the group uttered their first words since they had been in the hospital (5 years ago).
The benefits continued to get better the more sessions they spent being in the water, and being active in general.
Most treatment for anything to do with the mind starts with exactly that-treating the mind and often medication.
A growing movement around the world by doctor’s and think tanks to create real change focuses on the subject getting active and moving more first.
There are numerous studies to show that you think more positively when you are exercising, being more active than when you are staying still and contemplating a solution or lack of it.
As the soldiers showed, whilst not completely solving their many problems, they got them on the road to a better future, getting them back “to live life” and hopefully in a place where they can make better and more empowering decisions about their future.
Get active, celebrate your ability to think more clearly and enjoy the opportunities that brings.