The shop is now open where you can currently buy the Dan Rhodes Foundation tshirts. Further items will be following soon so watch this space... It is just over a week until our first event of the year when we take on the British Military Fitness Major Series event at Bramham Park. If you want … Continue reading New Update
While depression, anxiety and stress can be debilitating for many, there are small steps you can take with your nutrition that will help to boost your mood. Nature’s own medicine; natural whole foods, play a huge role in helping to fuel our brains and our bodies. How? By increasing levels of serotonin, an important chemical … Continue reading Food to improve your mood
A friend once said to me: “Is depression like love? You don’t know what it is until you have it?” And yes, in that way (but probably not many others), depression is indeed like love. Until you’ve experienced it for yourself – until you’ve felt it – it’s hard to understand. Depression is often misunderstood. … Continue reading Depression: a mysterious and confusing enemy
The theme for this year’s World Mental Health Day is psychological first aid and support people can provide to those in distress. It’s fairly ironic for me that today is World Mental Health Day given that mental health has been occupying my mind in recent weeks. One of the reasons for this has been trying … Continue reading Fell on black days
Since the year of challenges drew to a close, there has been much soul searching over what direction to take the fundraising in going forward. After months of thinking and consideration and following the successful second attempt at Total Warrior, I came to the conclusion that there was so much more that could be done … Continue reading The Dan Rhodes Foundation
We would all like to think that the world is a much more enlightened place than it was but there are still a number of taboo subjects that people don't like to talk about. One of these subjects tends to polarise opinion and can bring out the stigma that makes people unwilling to talk about … Continue reading Suicide & Redemption: World Suicide Prevention Day – 10 September 2016
The first challenge to kick things off again after the year of challenges saw a return to Total Warrior. The first time around I had really enjoyed it despite the struggle so I was determined to give it another go. Despite training hard I didn't feel that much fitter as the time ticked down to … Continue reading Total Warrior Obstacle Course Race – 26 June 2016
This Sunday sees the next challenge when I'm going back to take on Total Warrior again. I'm taking part with some of my work mates as we tackle the 12km course, the mud and the 30 obstacles. If you can help with the fundraising, have a look at the sponsor page for further details or … Continue reading Total Warrior – it’s nearly here
Now that the dust has settled on the year of challenges, it seems like a fitting time to look back and also look forward to what the future will bring for ‘Do It For Dan’. If I was to try and describe the year in three words, they would be challenging, hard and rewarding. When … Continue reading It Was A Very Good Year
In one sense it seemed a long time since I kicked off the year of challenges by cycling from Drighlington to Welton in the freezing cold of February, but in another sense the end of the year of challenges soon seems to have come around. In part that will be down to the fact that … Continue reading 100 mile cycling challenge – 16 January 2016
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