Mental Health Awareness and Wellbeing
Ah. Social media. It’s only been a few months since I last wrote about thee. On Monday, October 4th 2021 Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram were down for around six hours. I personally thought it was glorious. But I’m sure there
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When I set off on my round the world trip back in March 2015 there were only two things I identified as certainties…1) I was going to do a skydive. 2) I was going to get a tattoo. The skydive
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I’m one of those people that plans an Instagram caption long before the photo arrives – and I have no shame in that. The same goes for these blog posts, I usually have a rough idea of I’m going to
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It’s officially marathon week. On Sunday I’ll be taking to the streets of London with tens of thousands of others to run the 2021 London Marathon – I cannot wait. Despite my excitement, I must say there is a big
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It’s now less than two weeks until myself and thousands of others run the world famous London Marathon. In just eleven days time all of those training hours will be rewarded with a 26.2 mile victory lap around the streets
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I’ve taken a bit of a break from writing blog posts recently for one simple reason. I went back to therapy for five weeks. Although I have something of a backlog of posts I could have published in this time,
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Lockdown may be over but there’s a simple reason why I’m not a fan of the phrase ‘freedom day’. I have friends that are still on furlough. I also know a few who have lost their jobs and are struggling
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Five years ago England looked utterly hopeless as they crashed out of Euro 2016 following a 2-1 defeat against Iceland. Roy Hodgson immediately resigned from his post as England manager. With his words in a press conference the next day
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After an insane week in Bolivia it was time to swap one of South America’s least travelled to countries for one of its most – Brazil. I landed in Rio de Janeiro at 7 in the morning by which time
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After ten days in Peru and one incredible trip to Machu Picchu I set off for Bolivia. I was feeling hopeful, and after surviving a dodgy landing from Peruvian Airlines I was feeling lucky. Sitting at an altitude of 3640m,
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