Ep. 29: When exercise feels like a pain! - A real honest example of building habits

Ep. 29: When exercise feels like a pain! - A real honest example of building habits

This week - some great real world examples from my summer strength group on the challenge of building an exercise habit - with real honest examples form people in the group! Habit building takes longer than you think - but stick with it, get in momentum and keep taking steps forward, and you will get there! Thanks to teresa for sharing her experience How are habits formed: Modelling habit formation in the real world, Lally et. all, 2009 [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ejsp.674]

Ep. 28: Aida Ramos - Your supporter in Madrid!

Aida shares her experience of starting out freelance after returning from a year working in India. Her experiences 14 years in to running her translation business. Self-employment and burnout. Exercise as a non-negotiable. The freedom and loneliness of self-employment - and growing New(ish) from this. New(ish) is a group for women who are, or were, new in Madrid wanting to get together and experience the city together. Aida talks about making friends at any age and the joy of hosting and supporting people in Madrid. Newish in Madrid [https://www.newishinmadrid.com/#Who-s-behind-it]

Ep. 27: Unsexy basics, easy breezy summer training group, supersets and warm ups

Unsexy basics - a mini rant, creating my summer strength training programme, warm ups and supersets! The Worlds Greatest Stretch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CiWQ2IvY34] Inchworms [https://youtu.be/ulX4xnqjEmY?si=gSpjjxk6gsa4d3cL]

Ep. 26: Your Questions: Training & Nutrition in the Summer & Task Paralysis

Training and nutrition in the summer, when you're away from home, without gym access and limited choice and control on food options, Running in the heat and Task Paralysis aka freezy overwhelm and ways to move through this and reduce this feeling to get on with your day. Sources: Brief structured respiration practices enhance mood and reduce physiological arousal [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9873947/#abs0020] Slow breathing for reducing stress: The effect of extending exhale [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10395759/]

Ep. 25: Carmel & Samara on building the Guiripreneurs group

Today, Samara Kamenecka and Carmel Drake of Guiripreneurs share their experience if building Guiripreneurs for self-employed people building businesses in Madrid To join: https://www.facebook.com/groups/guiripreneurs Sign up for Samara's newsletter, Madrid con Peques /Madrid with Kids: https://madridwithkids.com/es/ To work with Carmel: https://carmeldrake.com