Improving your mental wellbeing during a pandemic

It’s been over 8 months since I went into full lockdown and my life turned completely upside down due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It’s been extremely hard, no matter what coping mechanisms are in place, the strain this put on my mental and physical health has been significant. However, when faced with four months on…

8 Ways Running Has Positively Impacted My Mental Health

Since I've started running, I've noticed a significant change in my mental health. In general, it has caused me to be a happier person. These are a few ways in which running has helped me get to this stage, if you are currently going through mental health issues I hope this can be of some…

Survival Guide To Living a Healthy Lifestyle While Having a Good Time With It!

Since I've started living a healthy lifestyle and gotten a lot healthier, many people have asked me how I've managed to lose weight. So I thought I’d share some bits and bobs of things that I have found useful or things that I think would help someone to live a healthy life. Sometimes changing one…

My Year – 2015.

So I wrote a similar post last year about the highlights of 2014, and now I'm doing the same for 2015. I've done a lot more than I thought I had done this year. I've kept up my good mentality towards having a healthy lifestyle, and managed to lose another 10kg which I'm very happy…

The Colour Run

Various times throughout this blog I have mentioned that I am partaking in a 5 kilometer run in the summer and I've finally got to registering for it and setting up a virgin giving page! I am going to be participating in The Colour Run in Birmingham on the 15th August which is a 5km…

Keeping healthy on a Student Budget

One of the hardest things as a student is to stay healthy, while adhering to a small budget. Over the last few years I've picked up on some really great ways to stay healthy and save money while being a student. Obviously, people can eat whatever they like and however they want, and sometimes there…