I don’t remember when or how I started walking. Yet everyone uses the analogy of when we learnt to walk, that our parents told us that we fell down and got up countless times. That’s all well and good, but this feedback is coming from someone else. I don’t remember this, yet I know that
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Have you ever had these thoughts while out running? “I’m not good enough to run this race.” “I’m too slow.” “I give up.” “Everyone is fitter than me.” Know that you are not alone, and these thoughts are common for all runners of all abilities, yes even the elites suffer from negative self-talk. Negative self-talk
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Have you ever stopped to think about all the things that make you happy? If you have never thought about it, then I encourage you to take on the #100happydays challenge. A photo of a day of all the things that make you happy. Happiness isn’t just the big ticket items, like going on holiday
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One day at work, I told a customer I loved her owl earrings. She said that I was the first person to notice and that it really made her day. I was glad that I could lift her spirits, and while it’s easy to compliment someone on their appearance not everything has to be about
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Have you ever been asked the question But what’s your dream job? As someone whose primary source of income is from working in a supermarket, I can tell you I dislike this question. It makes me feel undervalued and underappreciated. It makes me feel that my job is meaningless. What is a dream job anyway?
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Have you ever been to the beach and just watched the waves? Sometimes they are gentle, calming, and soothing. Then there are times where they can while chaotic and come crashing down with such force. Life at the moment in Lockdown No.7 has made me realise that life can be a lot like waves. There
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You are out running your long run and those negative thoughts enter your head. You know the ones “what are you doing, you aren’t a runner.” or “you can’t do this, what are you thinking”. Every runner at some stage of their running life has had these negative thoughts. So what do you do when
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