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LIFESTYLE

2015 New Year’s Resolution – Be Organised

January 9, 2015 by Angie Macdonald Leave a Comment

A rack of T-shirts organised by colour

Happy New Year! May 2015 be filled with unexpected moments of joy, good health and that special happiness that comes from being organised. It’s the end of the first proper work week of 2015 and if you’re anything like me, you’ve probably found this week a bit of a struggle. After the dietary excesses and […]

Filed Under: LIFESTYLE, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Tagged With: 2015, be organised, clutter, decluttering, goal setting, new year's resolutions, procrastination, resolutions, task list, to do list, your best year yet

The Health Benefits of Knitting

October 10, 2014 by Angie Macdonald 4 Comments

Coloured balls of wool and knitting needles to illustrate the health benefits of knitting

As a child I hated sewing classes at school. Until I realised that if I said I’d left my sewing at home, the teacher would give me needles and wool and tell me to knit a square. I loved knitting; it relaxed me, gave me a purpose – to knit as fast as I could […]

Filed Under: CREATIVITY, HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, WELLBEING Tagged With: Betsan Corkhill, book review, health benefits of knitting, Knit for Health and Wellness, knitting, knitting for health, therapeutic knitting, wellbeing

Why I Love Borgen

January 22, 2014 by Angie Macdonald 2 Comments

Publicity photo for nordic noir political drama Borgen

I’ve caught the Nordic Noir bug and got the jumpers to prove it. Along the way I’ve developed a huge crush on the Prime Minister of Denmark, or as I know her, Birgitte Nyborg, star of the Danish political TV drama Borgen. I’m only half way through Season 2 but I’m completely hooked. Who thought […]

Filed Under: CULTURE, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: Borgen, culture, drama, female heroines, feminism, nordic noir, popular culture, power, TV, TV drama, women

2014: Your Best Year Yet!

January 8, 2014 by Angie Macdonald Leave a Comment

Image for 2014: Your Best Year Yet! saying Happy New Year 2014

Happy New Year! I wish you happiness and good health in the year ahead. I love the beginning of a new year. For me, it’s an opportunity to wipe the slate clean, approach life with renewed energy and focus on what I want to achieve and experience in the days and months ahead. New Year’s […]

Filed Under: LIFESTYLE, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Tagged With: 2014, goal setting, goals, new year resolutions, new year's resolutions, resolutions, your best year yet

#UnLabelled at TEDx Covent Garden Women

December 19, 2013 by Angie Macdonald Leave a Comment

Logo for TEDx Covent Garden Women UnLabelled Event 7 December 2013

Picture the scene. 250 people on their feet, shouting ‘F**k the Labels’ at the tops of their voices and rejoicing in the sheer power and freedom of it. For me, that moment was the highlight of the TEDxCoventGardenWomen* event on 7th December when 12 speakers took to the stage to share with us their approach […]

Filed Under: CULTURE, LIFESTYLE, NEWS, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Tagged With: #UnLabelled, feminism, inspiration, labels, TEDx, TEDx Covent Garden Women, TEDxCoventGardenWomen, women, women's issues

I Did It! I Walked the Cotswold Way

November 20, 2013 by Angie Macdonald Leave a Comment

Cotswold Way View over the Severn Valley from Coaley Peak

Last year my fitness challenge for 2012 was to walk the South Downs Way. It was an amazing experience and really affirmed for me just how much I love and value long distance walking in the English countryside. This year my 2013 fitness challenge was to walk the Cotswold Way and I’m pleased to say […]

Filed Under: FIT BY FIFTY, FITNESS, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: long distance walking, the Cotswold way, walking

Fitness Challenge 2013: Walking the Cotswold Way

August 30, 2013 by Angie Macdonald Leave a Comment

walking in the english countryside

I’ve a new pair of hiking boots in which I’ve chalked up a good few miles training and now I’m ready for my 2013 fitness challenge: walking the Cotswold Way. Last year my fitness challenge was walking the South Downs Way. Given the problems I’d had with walking and arthritis in the past it was […]

Filed Under: FITNESS, LIFESTYLE, WELLBEING Tagged With: fitness challenge, long distance walking, the Cotswold way, walking

Life Lessons from Kayaking

August 16, 2013 by Angie Macdonald 2 Comments

kayak on river to illustrate life lessons from kayaking

Our friends Anna and Phil invited us to spend the weekend with them in Norfolk. They’ve recently taken up kayaking and were keen for us to give it a go. On Saturday the four of us set out for a day on the river. Anna and my partner,Yang-May, in the two-person kayak and me and […]

Filed Under: LIFESTYLE, WELLBEING Tagged With: canoeing, kayaking, life lessons, outdoor sports, water sports

Living Seasonally – A Seasonal Approach to Work

August 9, 2013 by Angie Macdonald 4 Comments

Sunlounger on a tropical beach to demonstrate living and working seasonally

It’s been a wonderful summer so far and I’ve been making the most of it. The sunshine and heat we’ve experienced this year has had a restorative effect, not only on me, but on most people I’ve spoken to. After the longest, coldest winter in my living memory, most people were utterly depleted by the […]

Filed Under: LIFESTYLE, WELLBEING Tagged With: living seasonally, seasons, work, working seasonally

Technology and the Lost Art of Communication

July 14, 2013 by Angie Macdonald Leave a Comment

technology and the lost art of communication

On the number one tram from Delft to Sheveningen beach last week things felt rather festive. It was a hot Summer’s day as the tram snaked through The Hague, collecting old age pensioners, a party of school children on a day trip, and students on their way to the seaside. Inside the tram temperatures and […]

Filed Under: LIFESTYLE, RELATIONSHIPS Tagged With: communication, conversation, mobile phones, relationships, technology, the art of communication

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