Running, Positivity, Resilience

I've recently started doing something I never thought I'd do, let alone enjoy, something that other "crazy" people do and enjoy. I mean, why would you want to? What is it? Running. Now I'm a cuddly/chubby/voluptuous/rotund/fat (choose your favourite label) 43 year old mum of one, why on earth would I suddenly want to start running? The key phrase there is "mum of one", my son is 4 and ever since he was around 18 months old I've been thinking it's time to lose weight and get fit so that I can be here for him for as long as possible.

Londoners resilience tested again

Londoners face a 48 hour tube strike tonight, with another planned for the same time next week. Anyone who's ever commuted into the Capital will understand just how frustrating and inconvenient tube strikes can be. There will be hordes of hardened commuters dreading the drastically extended journeys from home to work and back again, and will be busy finding new ways to get around, taking to the streets on bikes, on foot, on skates and skateboards. They'll be readying themselves to be crammed onto buses instead of the tubes, maintaining the no eye contact rule whilst packed into the most intimate positions, such as the nose in armpit – which is the one I always find myself in, being vertically challenged as I am.

Will England build their resilience

As a keen football supporter and season ticket holder at Ipswich Town FC – although some may say the two don't necessarily go hand in hand - I was interested to learn last week that England manager, Roy Hodgson, has confirmed he will use a leading sports psychologist in the lead-up to the World Cup - naming Dr Steve Peters as the man who will help prepare his players for the challenges in Brazil.

We're pleased to be able to share with you a piece from Herefordshire-based Rich Hadley, MSc qualified business psychologist.

Getting through your days feeling crushed and hopeless, or toiling in misery, isn't a life worth living. Rich Hadley takes a look at the alternative.