Posts tagged with 'walking'
New NICE guidance on promoting physical activity using brief advice
15th May 2013
This month the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) published their new evidence-based clinical guideline on "Physical advice: brief advice for adults in primary care". NICE state "The guidance is for ... anyone ... whose remit includes offering lifestyle advice. Examples include: exercise professionals, GPs, health trainers, health …
Walking in Skye & Kintail: lessons, self-compassion & posttraumatic growth
29th April 2012
Still less than three days since the most intense, prolonged, potentially catastrophic experience of my life. What have I learned ... both personally and as a therapist? Gratitude ... of course. Gratitude to the mountain rescue service, gratitude to my wife & family & friends, gratitude for my health, for …
Walking in Skye & Kintail: mountain rescue, helicopter winches, and avoiding death & PTSD
27th April 2012
It's really early, and paradoxically I should be sleeping beautifully because I'm in a comfortable room at the Sligachan Hotel on the Isle of Skye. However I'm not too fussed - acute sleep deprivation may well affect memory consolidation and reduce the risk of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following trauma. …
Update on website traffic: my own favourite top 15 (6-10) - therapist feedback, relationships, conflict, group work, & walking
5th April 2012
Last month I used Google Analytics to identify the most read pages on this website and I wrote the post "Update on website traffic: the ten most popular blog posts". This got me thinking - "What are my own personal favourites?" I quickly realised that the posts that I've written …
Embodied cognition: posture & feelings
21st February 2011
This blog post is downloadable both as a Word doc and as a PDF file. Sadly (!) more recent research throws doubt on this 'power posture' literature ... see for example Simmons & Simonsohn's paper "Power posing: P-curving the evidence". Intriguingly there is an argument that possible benefits of an …
Peer groups, Cumbria spring group – fourth morning: honouring my mother
9th May 2010
The last morning of the group. I wake a bit "troubled". This is the ebb and flow of the group. Feelings tend to be more intense here. As the "group river" flows its four day course, I know that I'm likely to move through a series of different emotional states. …
Walking in the Mamores: reflection (third post)
24th April 2010
Yesterday I wrote about climbing three of the Mamores here in the Highlands. For the last couple of years in the Spring (before the midges) I've gone camping and walking in the Scottish hills - last year in Glen Affric and the year before in the Fainnichs. I've written too …
Walking in the Mamores: three Munros in the mist (second post)
23rd April 2010
I'm woken by a particularly loud owl hoot close by. "HOOO. HER-HOOO". And again. And again. Becoming more distant. I lie listening to the dawn chorus. There are voices in it that we don't get at home. It's a bit after five in the morning and I feel I've slept …
Walking in the Mamores: anxiety as a friend (first post)
22nd April 2010
I woke a bit earlier than usual this morning. Anxiety. Some "foreboding" in my gut. Later today I plan to drive the three hours or so up to Fort William, then down Glen Nevis to a campsite. Tomorrow I aim to go walking in the Mamores. Anxiety can be a …
Exercise 6: where can I do what?
8th February 2010
Last month I blogged about exercise safety in "Exercise 1: checking it's safe to start", about the helpful GPPAQ - General Practice Physical Activity Questionnaire - described in "Exercise 2: UK Department of Health, resources for assessment & advice", about the excellent advice on how to exercise in "Exercise 3: …