Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.’ – C.S. Lewis Generally, I enjoy spending time alone, and I believe that it’s healthy to be content in your own company. Whatever your individual circumstances are, however, this last year has been a major challenge to our mental health and wellbeing. During these unexpected periods of isolation, I had talked myself into being ‘fine’ with being alone …
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I remember the song “Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)” by Baz Luhrmann coming out in 1999/2000 and absolutely loving it. It was totally different to anything I ever heard before. If you haven’t heard this song then please go and listen to it RIGHT NOW (then come back to finish reading this post – don’t worry I’ll wait) ……………………………………… And Welcome Back! So, the lyrics were fascinating. It was life advice to us all from someone, seemingly, a lot older …
What Do I Mean by Too Much News? Simple, It’s Everywhere We Look. Is That a Bad Thing? Considering that most news is bad then in my opinion YES! Do you ever notice when watching a news programme that all of the stories are negative, UNTIL the last story? They fill you up with negativity and just when they are about to end the programme they throw one small positive story in there. They want you to return to watch …
Our last blog was on April 10th 2020. I’m sure you can agree that’s quite a while to go without posting. 413 Days to be exact. Even the time difference between Podcasts was quite long – July 2020 with No Podcast until March 2021. Why? To be honest our team took a break. Just like most of the world we stopped. I can only speak for myself when talking about why I took a break. With my business, Platinum Training …
Level 2 Award in Mental Health Awareness Hey Everyone Hope You’re Keeping Well and Staying Safe. We have now confirmed the dates for our Level 2 Award in Mental Health Awareness at Platinum Training Institute, these courses will be Live Online with our Tutor: Course 1 – May 2nd,9th,16th,23rd – 10am-2pm each day Course 2 – June 8th,9th,10th,11th – 10am-2pm each day I’m sure a lot of you know that Mental Health has always been our main goal at Platinum Training Institute …
Today Karen is in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen enjoying the peace and tranquility of the Royal Danish Horticultural Society gardens. She also talks through answers to questions she asked Rain Burkeen, a personal trainer based in SATS BLOX, on health, happiness and well-being in Denmark. Thanks so much Rain for your really interesting and informative answers! We would love to hear your thoughts and you can email them to fitmindmatters@gmail.com Health and Happiness. FMM
Abseil Europa Hotel Belfast for AWARE NI Ah sure Why Not? Today I decided to take part in the Abseil Europa Hotel for AWARE NI on Sunday 20th May. AWARE deliver mental health and well being programmes into communities, schools, colleges, universities and workplaces. These programmes Mood Matters programmes, Living Life to the Full, Mental Health First Aid and Mindfulness. Click on any of the links to find out more. I am very luck to have recently been added to the AWARE team as a …
31 Days of Learning I hope January has been kind to you and 2018 is inviting you to be the best version of yourself. At the end of December I read that training matchmaker were running a challenge called LearnuaryNI and I thought “Hmmm that looks interesting” I am constantly being introduced to interesting, informative, obscure and random leanings through life and the lovely people who come into Hydro-ease. On a daily basis I share my pearls of wisdom, or …
Insecurities This is the time of year when we start to look forward to the New Year and what kind of resolutions we want to make. So, it’s not surprising where most of the marketing will be aimed… People’s Insecurities I think you know what I mean? You will be sent Quotes and Questions such as: – Do you want to be at the same stage of life next year? – Do you want next year to be your best year …
Too Much Self-Improvement In today’s world we are bombarded with self-improvement tips,tricks,books,social media posts,videos,podcasts etc etc etc Nothing wrong with that, Right? Well, In my opinion – Yes. Too much of anything isn’t good. I am all for striving to be the best version of yourself but it’s the quick fix self-improvement that I have a problem with. Basically, with the amount of content out there in this subject, it can actually make people feel that their life sucks and …
I love setting goals and making to-do list as they keep me focused in all aspects of my career and personal life. Recently I have become aware that these lists have actually become counter productive and instead of motivating me, they have made me feel nothing but overwhelmed. In the workplace, I have noticed that more and more people are feeling like this and no matter how hard they work, they are still staring at a massive to do list …
What did I do today? Today I visited Tollymore HotRock Climbing Wall in Bryansford, Near Kilcoo, Castlewellan and Newcastle areas of the Mournes and Down. I did an instructional course with Mountaineer and Expert Climber Jonny Parr, It isn’t 20 minutes from Newry, Hilltown, Warrenpoint Burren, Downpatrick, Rostrevor, Rathfriland and many other towns in the Mournes area. Where Did I do It We arrived at the Tollymore Outdoor Centre with over 50 years of Mountain Sport, they are the leaders …