50 plus women – Feel Good Walk

Why I Started To Walk Everyday – And What Happened When I Stopped

Leave a Comment / 50 plus women, 7 Day Walking Challenge, Health and Fitness, menopause, Wellbeing, women over 50 / By Harriet

So started my daily walking which became an adventure in itself. Whatever the weather I was out there, sloshing through rainstorms, getting up to watch the sun rise or just ambling around my local park. For a whole year, I got out every day. I began to experience the seasons in a whole new way with winter shooting up the list to become my favorite time of year: the calm gray tones, the long morning shadows, the frost-encrusted grasses–so much more interesting than the flat, bright light of summer! The more I walked the better I felt. Not just physically but emotionally too. Peaceful, joyful, happy, and uber-fit: that’s what walking every day brought me.

How Much Walking Is Enough?

Leave a Comment / 50 plus women, Health and Fitness, Wellbeing, women over 50 / By Harriet

Last week I was interviewed on a local radio show, BBC Radio Sussex, about my walking challenge to raise money for dementia. My pre show research uncovered a possible link between walking and a reduced likelihood of developing dementia. But how much walking is enough? And how can we fit walking into our busy lives?

How Are Your 50s Going For You?

Leave a Comment / 50 plus women, Health and Fitness, menopause, Mindset, symptoms of menopause,, Wellbeing, women over 50 / By Harriet

The very steady act of walking creates a state of balance and peace that I find both reassuring and grounding. When everything else seems chaotic, a long walk brings me back to a place of security where my relationship to myself and to the world becomes strengthened.