No rants/insights or observations today as I am enjoying my birthday but I did go for a run. Day 9 – 40 minutes It is wet, dark and windy but it is my birthday so I am going to enjoy the run come what may. Actually I quite like running in the rain, I have … Continue reading Run Every Day – Day 9

Day 8 Building on yesterday’s post re reflective practice let’s talk about meditation. I will bring up the dreaded word ‘mindfulness’. This has become such a fashionable buzzword, with so many books that we are only a stones throw away from a book on ‘The mindful  way with bodily functions’! The danger is that amongst … Continue reading Run Every Day – Day 8

‘What I talk about when I talk about running’ is the title of a book by Haruki Murakami. He talks about his obsession with running and how it links with his writing. While it was interesting to read some of his thinking around the fact that running was the healthy yang to the decadent yin … Continue reading Run Every Day – Day 7

A bit of mental health politics today e.g a rant – first some potential good news. Apparently Theresa May will outline how the government intends to support those 1 in 4 of us who have a mental health issue. Tellingly though, there is no extra funding and it appears that the burden may well be … Continue reading Run Every Day – Day 6

We are encouraged to be more open about our mental health/well being and constantly told that it is good to talk. However the issue, in my view, is that the language around mental health is essentially negative. Words like ‘crisis’, ‘breakdown’ are used, all reinforcing the idea of an individual being weak. The problem is … Continue reading Run Every Day – Day 4

So where does running fit in with my mental well being. I have depression and anxiety, depression is not fun and is a bleak place to be, when you are there, but my depression comes and goes. But it is the anxiety that has made me change my life. It was the anxiety that made … Continue reading Run Every Day – Day 3