There are three crucial things I wish someone had told me as a newly qualified vet. These aren’t clinical skills. They’re more like a user manual for your body (and mind) in a tough profession. 1. The veterinary profession has a higher risk for developing back pain and other chronic MSK pain (but it’s something […]
3 things I wish I’d known when I graduated as a vet for my career longevity Read More
Have you ever reached a holiday so utterly exhausted that all you could do was collapse, and then spend the first few days just trying to feel human again? For many of us, especially those juggling work, care responsibilities, and health challenges, rest becomes something we “earn” only after pushing ourselves to the edge. But
Why One Holiday Won’t Fix Burnout: How to Build Rest into Your Everyday Life Read More
Hands up who’s overdone it in the garden? Is it inevitable? No, but it needs to be thought about differently
I was talking about pacing the other day to one of my lovely clients- and was struck that it seemed to mean ‘cutting down on the fun stuff’. It seems that the way that pacing presented by some physios/Drs etc can be that way too: “Stop moving in that way that aggravates your pain” “What
In my recent pacing workshop we touched on the concept of ‘Allostatic Load’This is how much chronic/intermittent stress the body is put under – and all the physiological changes that happen as a result. Some stress is good obviously – exercise. mental and social stimulation: being bored and inactive is bad for us. But too
2021 is here, and even though celebration might be subdued this year, it is still a prompt for a new start. All the disruption of 2020 has made a lot of people to re-evaluate what is important to them and focus more on quality of life, for themselves and others. If you want to take
