AGE LIFE BALANCE BLOG
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Age Life Balance – a 4 year milestone
Four years ago this week, I launched Age Life Balance. This was a momentous occasion for me. Rarely have I felt more excited, compelled, anxious and exposed, all mixed-up together. I had become very interested in ageing – my own and that of others in general – and I’d decided to start a blog about it. I’d noticed that some people were ageing considerably better than others. I was considering ageing across different dimensions including physically, emotionally, practically and financially. I wanted to discover what enabled some people to do this so successfully and to share it for the greater good. That was the plan anyway. I’m proud to say that 4 years later, Age Life Balance is still going! [...]
Could Hypopressives allow you to start living again?
One of the great things I discovered in 2020 was Hypopressives. You’ve not heard of Hypopressives? No, I hadn’t either. But as you may already know, I’m always keen to try out different things from a health and fitness perspective. For a month or so during the first lockdown I followed online Hypopressives training with the lovely Michelle Burrows from Get Inspired Coaching. Michelle had discovered Hypopressives for herself a few years back and has since become a senior UK Hypopressives trainer. We cover Michelle’s story a little later on, but in the meantime, what is hypopressives and how might it benefit you? What is Hypopressives? Simply put, Hypopressives is a low-pressure postural and breathing technique. It can have a [...]
Why January is one of my favourite months of the year
January may not be one of the obvious choices for "month of the year", but I have to admit that it’s one of my favourites. Now, it’s [...]
10 things I’ve learned (or reconfirmed) in 2020
The end of a year is always a good time to reflect on what’s passed. But this year it seems more poignant than ever. I’ve been looking [...]
Why I love to exercise
Continuing in the My relationship with…. series, this article “Why I love to exercise” looks at my relationship with exercise. I’ve always been a pretty active [...]
3 simple ways to build (& sustain) a positive mindset
The clocks have recently gone back and the days are getting increasingly short and gloomy. It’s not to say we won’t see the sun again for months, [...]
Becoming the grown-up in the relationship
My relationship with my mum Becoming the grown-up As we get older, for many of us the relationships with our parents change. At some point along the [...]
5 things I love about Autumn
This is the first of my new series of articles entitled "My relationship with...." - watch this space over the couple months for more ? My relationship [...]
This Book Could Save Your Life
This Book Could Save Your Life – Book Review I’ve recently finished reading this book and I feel so empowered, I must share it with you. I [...]
Calorific restriction for successful ageing
I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I was planning to publish some articles on my parents’ ageing journeys as well as my own. This is a [...]
House clearance – out with the old
As I write this we’re on our way back from 10 days in Devon and Cornwall. Sounds idyllic doesn’t it? Especially the way 2020 has played out [...]
Time for a reset
I wrote a few weeks ago about my desire to get back into writing and that my mum had recently gone into a care home. I've [...]
Supporting Immunity with Antioxidants
I'm pleased to introduce today's article, a guest blog by Michele Scarr Nutritional Therapist, who shares her advice below on how to increase our immune systems. Supporting Immunity [...]
Why did I stop writing?
Since I discovered my love of writing some 3 ½ years ago, when I launched Age Life Balance, I have been a fairly consistent writer. My [...]
Life lessons – Autobiography in five short chapters
How do we learn the biggest life lessons? Through experience, of course. I stumbled across this poem again as I was tidying up some files on my [...]
Benefits of A Plant Based Diet at 40
Intrigued about adopting a plant based diet? This is a guest blog by talented headshot photographer Daniel McLean. I'd heard he'd adopted a plant based diet and [...]
20 benefits of garden camping
We’ve been camping in our garden in recent times. Keen campers when the kids were young, we’ve had less time and desire to do this over the [...]
Finding NEMO for balance during the lockdown
Never has the balance between work and life been so blurred… Following on from my recent article keeping safe & sane during Coronavirus times, I had a [...]
Making the best use of our time
I’ve probably thought to myself countless times how nice it would be if the world just stopped and let me catch up… Well careful what you wish [...]
Keeping safe & sane during coronavirus times
As you know, I’ve been in the habit of posting fortnightly for the last 6 months or so, but as coronavirus and the changes underway are so [...]
Breast Cancer – a personal story
Today’s article is a guest blog from a friend who’s been through breast cancer in the last year. This topic is very personal to her and she [...]
Chiropractic – addressing a pain in the neck
A few months back I published an article called What are you putting up with? It was actually after writing this that I realised that I’d been [...]
Living for the weekends
I must admit that I do (and probably always have) lived for the weekends. Whether I’m loving my work or simply grinning & bearing it, I have [...]
January goals – actions speak louder than words
I’m writing this post with several days of January still to go, but I’m pretty confident that I’ll achieve my January goals. Funnily enough, I’m only just [...]
Where’s your happy place?
I'm in a happy place! I’ve recently returned from an amazing week of skiing – the mountains really are one of my happy places! A happy place [...]
6 ways to survive Christmas
Christmas seems to come around quicker each year – this must definitely be an age thing! With a week to go until the Big Day, I share [...]