One of the biggest things I learnt last year is that; something that can make us feel low is the perception that we need to have it...

An opportunity came up at school for me to attend the Nan Tien Temple for a two day 'Mindfulness in Teaching' course. I jumped at this...

It seems like the last two years at the end of the year, my motivation to blog has been at an all-time low. I'm sure that the craziness...

Warning: While I won't be swearing in this post, I will make frequent allusions to swear words so I hope you are not overly prudish. "The...

I looked up the dictionary definition for 'doubt' because I'm an English teacher and that's the sort of stuff I do... Some of the things...

"I'm not motivated" I don't say it too often. But I hear it a lot. How debilitating is that feeling of un-motivated lethargy and creative...

There was a solid few months there where the most strenuous thing I read was my shopping list. I don't know if I just couldn't be...

One of the reasons I started this blog was to document my fitness journey...and 'journey' is certainly the right word. For me, getting...

In the caveman days, stress could literally save your life. If you were in a life or death situation your cortisol levels would spike...

When I first started going to the gym and wanted to define and tone my legs, I was pretty stumped. Squats and the leg press were pretty...

No, I'm not currently heartbroken. But I have been many times and chances are, I will be again one day. Heartbreak can mean more than...

Six weeks off seems like a long time but after a hectic term four going flat chat for ten weeks, I was well and truly looking forward to...

We are well and truly cruising into 2018 and I think it's important to reflect back on the highs of 2017. While it was a challenging year...

I was recently reading a journal entry I wrote at the start of the year. I was pretty optimistic that 2017 was going to be my year, I had...

On Saturday I bought the book "The life-changing magic of not giving a F**K". I Smashed through it in two days (Seriously it was that...

When I was in Year 6 I had this massive crush on a boy named Dylan. He certainly didn't like me, but I continued to try pretty hard to...

A few years ago I was forced to look at the world from a different perspective, the perspective of a 'one'. Shattered by personal...

Yes! Spring is finally here. And it's time to get life sorted. The best way to do that, a good old fashioned spring clean. My friend Ash,...

For many people, high school isn't the best time. Your hormones are raging and your skin is horrible. But aside from the physical changes...

When I first thought about 'fitness' it was those truly horrendous group sports that the PE teachers would make you play at school...