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Learn from life’s challenge: rest where rest is due!
This post caught my eye today, it’s a photo I posted exactly a year ago on tumblr. The reason? I have been ill all this week and unable to do much at all. I have just about managed work, amongst …...
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This time last year…
There have been some difficult ‘memories’ pop up in my time hop this week. Around this time 6 years ago I was flirting with the idea of qualifying for GB. This time five years ago, I was standing next...
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Believe 6 impossible things before breakfast
An Alice in Wonderland quote, but I love it! So, what would my 6 impossible things be? I want my six things to be the achievable impossible, things that are hard to achieve but COULD be done. By the...
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Becoming what THEY are: being influenced by society
Its interesting visiting a county you’ve been to before, but having lived in a different country in between. You come back looking at things in a completely different way. We spent the last week in...
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Why do I blog?
What a curious question. My blog has evolved many faces since I started writing it almost eight years ago. For the past three years (I think) I have been part of Wordpress ‘postaday’ which to begin...
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Book review: Louisiana Longshot by Jana Deleon
I got this book free on my iPad, I think it’s because it’s a new series, and they hope to hook you in to buy more. I was not sure what to expect, I haven’t ever read anything by is … Continue reading →
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Knowing when to rest
It’s way too easy to get so committed to something that you have tunnel vision to the important things in life. It can be the same with exercise. I set myself a goal to exercise every day, if it is …...
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Book review: Behind Palace Walls by Cay Garcia
This was a book that came into the local e-library a while ago: I had to put myself on a waiting list to be able to get hold of it. Now I can see why, I read it cover to … Continue reading →
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Sad memories and an unexpected transformation
It is exactly two years ago today since Mum’s funeral service took place. It was the saddest day of my life. I can still feel that deep sadness, despair and grief, just like it was yesterday. Time...
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Life whizzing by..don’t let it.
I don’t think I have had a break in blogging for – like – many years! I can’t believe I let it get away from me these past weeks. But then let’s have a look what what I have been … Continue reading →
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Moments in time: RIP Kellie
I knew Kellie but briefly, but sometime brief moments leave their mark. Kellie was a vivacious tell it how it is type of person. She started teaching at Ruru not long before I did, to be honest I...
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My own happiness project
I remember reading this book a while ago and it made a real impression on me. I haven’t really thought much about it again till this week, where stark contrast between then and now have been massively...
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Mums are like buttons
It was too wet to stroll in the park today at lunch time (after bragging to a nice man while ordering gloves from Auckland that it was NOT raining here, unlike up there!) so I went for a walk through …...
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Thanking my lucky stars: problems of the heart
Having seen so many young fit high profile athletes (including recent news regarding Laurent Vidal) suffer heart attacks, it made my recent experience with the emergency department suddenly seem rather...
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Burning Rubber Boocamp!
This is a new class we are developing, using Mark’s army background and functional fitness knowledge to produce a class that is like none of our other classes! If you want hard core, you got it! To be...
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Vlog: a day in the life of me!
It’s been a while since I did a video, so here’s the behind the scenes look at a typical day, the non frilly stuff! let me know what you think! Filed under: VLOG Tagged: Vlog
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The midlife crisis: redefined
Apparently the term midlife crisis is a noun with a specific definition: loss of self-confidence and feeling of anxiety or disappointment that can occur in early middle age. I’m sorry but I totally...
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Exercise New Zealand road show road trip
Its the second year I have been to the roadshow, so I’m still never quite sure what to expect. this time I took a member of my staff with me too on the super long morning road trip. listen to …...
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A guide to getting what you want without wasting time, effort or money
I went to the library for a wee while to kill time while in town on Saturday. I always go to the same section, perhaps pick up a poetry book or something, and still in the stillness for a while. …...
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What should a personal trainer look like? *Warning* Rant alert!
I have had multiple chance encounters this past few weeks that have left me feeling puzzled, upset, confused and downright angry! It all started with my visit to see Embrace. This whole thing started...
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