Walk for women

by Lucy

  Hello Bea, I’d like to share an idea with you. One hundred years ago thousands of women walked from all across Britain, starting from as far away as Lands End and Newcastle,… Read More →

Holding Back The Years?

by annemarieflan

“Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.” Betty Friedan (1921-2006) I’ve been thinking a lot about age recently. I guess that’s what happens when you get close to… Read More →

Don’t hate me because I’m not pretty…

by Positive Sarah

I’ve been thinking a lot about the way the media demonises people recently. Of course there’s been the hideous furore surrounding the crass headline-generating tosh about the Philpotts, which has tried very hard… Read More →

Is there a right diet for you?

by caro unlimited

Before I say anything else, I’d like to make it clear that I’m not talking about weight loss diets. There are a great many things in this world that make me extremely irritable… Read More →

Fat is a Female Issue…

by Positive Sarah

No, I didn’t forget the name of Susie Orbach’s book (and yes, of course I’ve read it) – the post title is in response to what seems like atorrent of media hectoring of… Read More →

Oh the shame… (the delightful Brené Brown)

by WellbeingEve

The ‘shame and vulnerability researcher’ and author of the delightful The Gifts of Imperfection, Brené Brown, can be seen giving some delightful Ted Talks (http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.html might become your gateway video – @Keris recommended… Read More →

Talking, ten years later by Emma Crees

by Writer In A Wheelchair

I’ve been very pleased to see the current push for people to talk about mental illness. I’ve always been very open about my disabilities. Having been in a wheelchair my whole life it’s… Read More →

Looking After The Inside And The Outside

by annemarieflan

The thing is I’m still not firing on all cylinders. Like many of us I’m fed-up with the cold, dank, grey weather which seems have been with us forever,  and am longing for… Read More →

Dare yourself to try something new today

by WellbeingEve

As I write this, I’m psyching myself up to keep my word to myself and go to a salsa party. It’s snowing. The venue’s a long way from the station. I’ll probably get… Read More →

A Better Resolution: Health at Every Size

by Alexandra Roumbas Goldstein

Unless you’ve been asleep for the first two weeks of the new year – and I wouldn’t blame you for going into hibernation – you will have found it well nigh impossible to… Read More →