Days like this can be a bit frustrating! Waking up on a sunny day, with a mild wind & nothing planned, a day full of opportunity, rudely constrained by inflamed knees & Achilles’ tendons. But then this is why I’m very fortunate, I’m a short hobble away from a lovely...
Podcasts are hugely important to me, they entertain me and educate me and allow me to get useful work done whilst driving and keeping moving and enjoying the benefits of fresh air and sunshine while walking or cycling. In fact I also have a waterproof media player and headset so...
This morning I’ve been listening to the ‘Humans are not broken’ podcast, which makes the case that Humans bodies have evolved to work pretty flawlessly over millions of years, we are the product of millions of generations of ancestors every one of which lived until at least reproductive age. Hence...
For many years now I’ve not worked on Fridays, in fact I’ve tried to avoid all commitments and just take time for myself to rest and relax, its been one of the key strategies that I’ve used to restore my health. Today though I had one commitment to take Anna...
Yesterday I listened to the fascinating Temple Grandin talking about how she ‘thinks in pictures’ on The TED Radio Hour she described how in a conversation or when thinking her mind constantly conjurers up a constant stream of images. These images are not random, the are specific images from her past that...
On the drive to the office today I listened to one of my favourite podcasts, The TED Radio Hour on the topic of Overcoming and it really struck a chord with me as it discussed two of the major challenges I’ve faced that forced me to rebuild my life. I thought it would be...
My first meeting of the day was a walking meeting with Gary around Astley Park. Walking meetings seem to have four advantages, Gary and I get to avoid the perils of sitting and get some exercise, Gary’s not constantly distracted by the stream of ‘important’ emails that constantly flood his inbox...
This morning started badly, I’m adjusting to some new pain killers and they are really knocking me out, making it very hard to wake up and clear my head well enough to meditate, but I struggled through and headed off to the Beach Terrace Cafe to do my morning reading....
Years ago I used to find blogging a very rewarding hobby, but as happens all too often I got out of the habit and it’s been difficult to get back into it. I’m currently at the point of considering restarting and planning to write mostly journal type articles in a...
12 Months ago I embarked on a fairly radical restructuring of my work and home life, in order to allow me to focus on my health by improving my mastery over my mind and body. A year ago you might say that I mostly worked until I dropped, where dropping...