All I want for Christmas… ‘Dear Santa. More than anything else in the whole world I want to be healthy…’ What price would you put on your good health? How much money you would accept in exchange for your good health? Would you rather be a rich in money or have good health? Our...Read More

Your own worst critic? ‘Stop Being so hard on yourself It’s not good for your health’ Last week the above words streamed through my earphones. I don’t know how many times I’ve found myself running to music and suddenly thought: these lyrics were made for me right now. On numerous occasions, the words I’ve heard in...Read More

‘I have always struggled with my weight.’ ‘I have lost weight many times over my life but I never seem able to sustain it’. ‘I eat when I am tired, when I don’t feel well, when I am stressed, when I feel emotional, when I feel lonely’. ‘It hugely affects my self-esteem and my confidence...Read More

Of relevance to many of us, this month’s topic has as much to do with health as food and fitness. When in my car recently, I tuned into an interesting radio programme on smartphone use and children. It was so interesting that I stayed in my car for a further 30 mins listening to the...Read More

The subject of health has been especially relevant to me over the last week as for various reasons, I have made quite a few visits to hospital (myself and family reasons – we are all fine!). I few things struck me here: 70 years on (it was the NHS’s 70th birthday recently), how fortunate we...Read More