Physical Activity – Love you: Health and Well-being with Lorraine

Love You: The Ebb and Flow and The Start-Over Surge 💖

The ebb and flow of life call for reinvention. After months of focus, it’s time to let yourself move on. Dust yourself down, pick yourself up, and start over today. #Growth #NewBeginnings

Love You: 🎃 Trick or Treat? A Halloween Reflection on Lifestyle Choices

As Halloween approaches, I’ve been thinking about the idea of trick or treat-not just in costumes and candy, but in how we cope, consume, and conform. 🧠💭 How often do our “treats” turn out to be tricks? Something we indulge in for comfort, celebration, or escape… only to regret it later. Maybe not immediately, butContinue reading “Love You: 🎃 Trick or Treat? A Halloween Reflection on Lifestyle Choices”

Love You: Harvest Well-being

Embracing the Seasonal Shift 🍁 Well hello again!After a long summer break from writing, I’ve returned with renewed focus—largely thanks to diving deeper into the core accreditation in lifestyle medicine. This course is still a work in progress, but the key word is progress, and I’m embracing that. Here in this beautiful corner of Scotland,Continue reading “Love You: Harvest Well-being”

Love You: Everyday movements that matter

Last week we looked at the active process of resting! This week we are looking at activity and why we need it in our lives. If movement was a medicine we would all be on it – why did I say that? Here is why 👇 So what is the magic formula? Movement, strength, flexibility,Continue reading “Love You: Everyday movements that matter”

Love You: The Active Process of Resting

The Yin and Yang of Well-being We all know that movement is medicine! Or as the physiotherapist at my practice says, “motion is lotion”. If physical activity was a tablet we would all be on it! But what of rest? Where does that fit into the mix? Often when patients have viral respiratory infections (commonContinue reading “Love You: The Active Process of Resting”

Love You: Love Your Home🥰

Candle; Music; movement and journal to the ready! Learning to re-frame cleaning. Re-framing the way you think about things you don’t like doing but know are good for you. I dislike cleaning – or at least I thought I did. It always feels like a chore and something I can quickly resent (especially if itContinue reading “Love You: Love Your Home🥰”

Love You: Loving the body you have

I am a 51 year old, recently qualified yoga teacher. My hamstrings are tight and my left hip gives me gyp! Yoga is first and foremost a work “in” not a workout and absolutely a work in progress. I am sharing with you my vinyasa prep for class tonight – during which the food deliveryContinue reading “Love You: Loving the body you have”

Love You: When things go wrong

This week has been challenging due to premenstrual symptoms, perimenopause, and sore joints, affecting my well-being and yoga practice. However, maintaining my daily rituals—consistent sleep, a cozy home environment, yoga practice, staying busy to avoid overthinking, and improving nutrition—has provided stability and strength during this turbulent time.