The lovely Stu asked me if I would write a guest blog for the Dan Rhodes Foundation, offering my own perspective on depression and exercise. How could I refuse? 🙂 This isn't a story about some miraculous transformation of my life through exercise. Exercise has not cured my depression. Sometimes it has helped, sometimes it … Continue reading Depression and Exercise – Relationship Status = ‘It’s complicated’
After the success of the Major Series back in March 2017, it didn’t take long before we set our sights on the next challenge. Not being able to rest on our laurels, we decided to take it up a notch and try the ultimate military obstacle course – Born Survivor. This would be a much … Continue reading Down in a hole – The story of Born Survivor 13 May 2017
You may be reading this from your bed right now feeling like you need to do some exercise but have no motivation or energy to do so. I know exactly how you feel as I have been there myself and know the struggles to go through to get into a routine to exercise. I am … Continue reading Depression and Exercise
This week is Mental Health Awareness week and the theme for this year is surviving or thriving which seemed like an ideal opportunity to have a look back and to see which of those is the best description of where we are. From a personal point of view and relating it to my own mental … Continue reading Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches – Mental Health Awareness Week
When I woke up this morning, mental health was at the forefront of the news again following the announcement that the footballer Aaron Lennon had been detained under the mental health act following concerns about his wellbeing. There was a very different feeling about this story compared to the recent ones about Prince Harry having … Continue reading A hard road
There are a lot of contradictions when it comes to suffering from depression. People think that you’re weak when you have a mental illness but some of the strongest people I know have depression as it takes a strong person to deal with the illness and continue to function. People think that you are too … Continue reading The more you ignore me, the closer I get
It had soon come around, despite it being three months into the year, it soon seemed to be time to tackle the British Military Fitness Major Series event at Bramham Park. Ahead of us was 10k of mud, water and obstacles to test us physically and mentally. As it was at Bramham Park it was … Continue reading In The Army Now – British Military Fitness Major Series 18 March 2017
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
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
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