Wellness is an area of strong interest for me, both physical and mental wellness. I’m convinced they are inextricably linked. I will post regularly on this page on a range of subjects related to wellness.
I look after my own physical condition through diet and exercise. Both strength training and endurance training are part of my regime. But time is my enemy, both hours in the day and the effect of ageing. Wellness and fitness is an area I have spent many years of my professional life in.
My mind is open when it comes to research, methods and techniques. I spend a lot of time considering diet, sport nutrition and supplementation. Experimentation is fascinating, I often try new dietary interventions and exercise regimes.
Mental health is increasingly in the public eye. It’s a very wide ranging subject encompassing areas such as sleep, meditation, depression, self esteem, stress management. This list goes on. It’s an area of deep personal interest for me. And I also believe it’s an area of great importance for society at large.
San Francisco, Long Haul San Francisco, a late afternoon arrival after a ten-hour flight. The day stretched a little longer as we were held on the runway for an hour. Followed by another two hours getting through immigration. The atmosphere was so hot and heavy in the immigration hall that a police officer collapsed and … Read more
Why Wellness Goals? You start to get a lot more serious about wellness as you get older. Take that as a given. I sometimes wonder what my state of wellness would be if I had started earlier in life. The problem with that less than useful reflection is that the wisdom needed to understand why … Read more
Reflection has gone missing in action, as has my blogging action. It’s more than a month since I last wrote anything. Life is busy. Business is intense, not just the day to day. I’m working with a team who are delivering. In parallel taking a good, close look at the long-term strategy of the business. … Read more
Drowning In A Sea Of Poor Health Advice It’s A Family Affair I was 62 in May. It’s documented elsewhere, but it feels like a golden time of life for me. Health and wellness is high on the agenda. Obviously I’m in quarter four of the game and the awareness of the clock ticking has … Read more
The Challenge Executives Face In Dealing With The Subject Of Their Mental Health The Cost Of Mental Health Issues In Sport I read a searingly sad story by Juliet Macur of the New York Times recently. It told of the suicide of young American cyclist Kelly Catlin. With sickening regularity, we hear of the suicide … Read more
A Japanese Philosophy For Making Life Worthwhile The Anti-Golf Approach Ikigai is a Japanese concept that means “a reason for being.” It’s been on my mind as I watch the next stage of my work life unfold. It’s become an increasing preoccupation for me. I talk to friends and colleagues and people who are in … Read more
The Life And Times Of An Average Athlete I’m struggling to walk a little bit this morning. Not a good time to write about the importance of the iron discipline of staying in shape physically and mentally, in order to be ahead of the game. My personal trainer has introduced a couple of new lifts … Read more
Sleep Is Not My Friend Sleep has never come easily to me. I remember being young, pre-secondary school, and having chronic insomnia, wide awake for hours. Letting my imagination run riot, planning things I would do when the day rolled around and the rest of the world finally woke. Sometimes getting bored. Sometimes lonely, sometimes … Read more
Kanreki Ageing is a liberating experience for me. 23 months ago saw my 60th birthday. Turning the page of a calendar isn’t something which should invoke different behaviours and feelings, but it did. A Californian holiday with my wife was a good disconnection from the day to day. On our return I uncharacteristically had a … Read more