USE IT OR LOSE IT!

Inside the dome of St Paul's

As a Life Coach and Therapist, I always advise my clients to… “use it or lose it!” but I have to admit that last year I almost lost it! I always thought of myself as fit and healthy… walking, cycling and swimming quite regularly … but last winter, what with the cold, snow and icy conditions, all I wanted to do was retreat into my cosy den like an old bear and hibernate, with the result that, with weakened legs, the knees began to give way.  Not good for someone of my age… I was having trouble getting up two flights of stairs to my flat… and it can happen so easily! 

So, for the past few months I’ve been doing as much as I can to strengthen those wasted muscles and weak tendons, which is taking much time and effort, blood, sweat and tears.  

 After a little physiotherapy, which didn’t do a lot except cost me, some acupuncture, which helped to reduce the pain, plenty of walking, fantastic Thai massage (in Thailand), weekly Bollywood dancing, which helped loosen up all the stiff joints and finally the rigours of a Keep Fit Boot Camp 3 times a week, and now weekly Yoga class, which I’ll be keeping up for the foreseeable future.  

It was scary for me to realise how unfit I’d become, but now I know that even at my age it’s possible to regain fitness, when you have the motivation to do it.  I have no desire to end my days on a Zimmer or riding an electric buggy into town, tempting as that may be!  

This was only half-way up!

I’m happy to report that last weekend on a trip to London with my daughter, I was able to climb over 600 steps to the top of St Paul’s and back down, with nothing more serious than wobbly legs for a few minutes after.   I’m very proud of that achievement and intend to get even fitter this year. 
 

Anything’s possible… so take heart and believe you can achieve anything you really want!   

At Greenwich I have one foot in the West and one in the East.

On the Greewich Meridian

New Year Resolutions?

So, we're 2 weeks into the New Year... and what have you done so far to make a quantum leap in your life?
Most of us want change of some kind at some time of life, but usually expect it to happen magically, instigated by others, so we can take advantage of the change without actually having to do anything.  When the change we want is in relationships, we often expect the other party to change their attitudes or behaviour, because we just don't believe its up to us to change anything about ourselves.
So what really is the secret of successfully making the changes that will help fulfil your desires? If you know anything at all about The Law of Attraction, you'll understand that the secret is not just to pray or day-dream... imagining what you want... although that's a part of it, but to be so focussed on your goal that you are planning strategies and putting your dreams into action.  Think about all the planning and preparation that goes into making a movie... but if the Producer doesn't take charge of the production and the Director never gets round to directing the actors... there would be nothing to see at the cinema. 
You are the Author of your life-script, with your ideas and inspiration... as the Producer of your dreams, you are in charge of the planning and strategies... while the Actors are all the parts of you wanting to express themselves... and as the Director of your life, your call for ACTION turns those potential aspirations into reality.

So don't just sit there wishing... get up and take..  ACTION!