I had a crap nights sleep last night so I thought I’d write about sleep/depression/anxiety today. This is not a simple cause and effect relationship. Insomnia or poor sleep is a leading cause of depression and anxiety as is sleep apnea but additionally depression/anxiety can be a cause of insomnia/poor sleep. So there are two … Continue reading Run Every Day – Day 13

The Big Speech – So my view on Theresa May’s speech is probably very similar to yours. Great to hear the acknowledgement around stigma and suicide Great to hear about a task force to review mental health provision (but we have seen these before) – generally a task force will be set up, it will … Continue reading Run Every Day – Day 12

Getting back on the bike – we all know this adage, you fall off, you get back on and continue. This was how I felt after my diagnosis, I mentioned it when talking about medication. Better was doing what I had done before I was ‘ill’. Now I guess this doesn’t just happen for people … Continue reading Run Every Day – Day 10

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