Being your personal best: lessons from a sporting journey
On Saturday I did a trail marathon. A significant proportion of the race was spent thinking about food (= quantity of jelly babies...
Chrissie Wellington
Chrissie Wellington
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In memory of Sam: the Stand Against MND will never end
“I will live the most significant life I can muster.” Those were the words of my friend, the inspirational Sam Perkins – whose life was...
Embarking on a new chapter: my resignation from parkrun
My initial plan after graduating from the University of Birmingham in 1998 was to become a lawyer. But this never happened, I went...
Finding and sustaining your mojo
Of all the questions I am asked, the most common has to be ‘ how do you stay motivated ?’ People tend to assume that successful athletes...
Tackling limiting beliefs
I tend to think of confidence as a muscle. It needs to be exercised and strengthened. It is an iterative process of testing yourself,...
Making a change: pursuing purpose
In my previous blog I wrote about the complexity of the self; the seemingly incongruous confluence of character traits and behaviours...
Messy Me
As humans we love being able to put things, including peple, into neat little boxes. Often having two to choose from. You are ether this...