by Julie Holden | Apr 12, 2024 | mental health, Mind mood and fiction, Positivity, Resilience, well-being
Would you believe that reading books like Moby Dick and The Lord of the Rings can help improve our brains and creativity? No expensive course, or attaching yourself to the electricity grid for a boost. Just open a good book to improve mind and mood. My husband died in...
by Julie Holden | Oct 7, 2023 | Positivity, Resilience, Travel, Uncategorized, Walking, Wellness
How To Build Resilience Through Loss Introducing my sister Kay, who lives in Arizona and undertook a charity walk the same day as mine in Holderness. Although I walked more miles, I would say that hers was more physically demanding with the hilly trails. She came to...
by Julie Holden | Sep 23, 2023 | Positivity, Resilience, Travel, Walking
The Church Walk Challenge UK Patrington to Hedon Determination and resilience are strong words. They conjure up visions of North Pole walkers, trekkers up great mountains: extraordinary people who do extraordinary deeds. Not like us normal folk. That’s how I used to...
by Julie Holden | Oct 29, 2022 | Positivity, Travel, Uncategorized
The Motorcycle Church Challenge Withernwick, Holderness England The Mediaeval Church Trail We didn’t set out to bag a load of altars. It was by strange coincidence that my husband Richard discovered them on the internet, searching for interesting local places to go on...
by Julie Holden | Apr 23, 2022 | Positivity, Resilience
Resilience and Positivity Yesterday was a difficult day. My husband was told that his cancer had returned. Devastating news after radical surgery, chemo and radiotherapy. But this isn’t a blog about how awful life can be, it’s about strength and being positive....
