I’m really lucky with my job – but some days, working with people with leg amputations, are particularly stellar. I had one of those this week and I’d like to share it with you. I hope that you will find it as motivating and uplifting as I did. The whole day really fitted in nicely [...]
Have you set your new goal for 2012 yet? Hopefully you have committed your plan to paper, which means you are seriously setting out to achieve it. In order to know at the end of your timeframe, whether you have achieved your goal or not, you need to know where you are starting from. This [...]
For someone with a leg amputation, one of the first things to do when making a “New Year’s Resolution” to modify something about yourself or your life, is to reflect and see how you did last year. In a nutshell, did you have a goal last year? And was it achieved to any degree? If [...]
After leg amputation, to keep yourself moving forward both literally and metaphorically, you need to know exactly where you are now. At the beginning of each New Year we are swamped by talk of New Year’s Resolutions. What do we want to do, lose, give up, start, achieve and so on. This sort of talk [...]
I think that what exercise you do throughout your life can be viewed as a journey, depending on your likes, needs and wants at the time. What we do changes as we change and age. It dawned on me one day as I was on the treadmill in the gym. I had recently turned forty, [...]
Ok, the last two blogs have pointed out most of the good things about exercising regularly as a part of your lifestyle; however that may not be what gets you through your session. So this week I’m interested in what gets YOU through that session you have set yourself? Maybe it’s 15, 20 or 40 [...]
Have you noticed that when you exercise things tend to run a whole lot smoother at home? Not because you are fitter and stronger and can lift that load and tote that bale more efficiently or with fewer complaints, but simply because you feel better! Exercising regularly has loads of positive effects on our mental [...]
What Moves You Physically? In this series of blogs I’m going to explore the subject of motivation when related to exercise, from different perspectives, essentially, what moves you to move. Exercise takes effort. So, what are our motivations for doing it and the motivations that keep us doing it even if we don’t feel like [...]
In February 2011 I had a vivid demonstration of the power of “The Strength Within”. I went to a camp at Teen Ranch Cobbitty, NSW Australia. I was run specifically for teenagers with a leg amputation. I went along to lend a hand and give a presentation. I went with the group that was on [...]
This series of “strength within” blogs was sparked by a quote by Anna Freud, British Psychiatrist: “I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.” This time I’m going to talk about the strength within us to use our emotional responses positively to [...]
