Author: Laura Dumbleton-Jones
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This is your sign to get outside in nature
Yesterday the Autumn sun was out in Warwickshire, so we wrapped up and to get some family nature time. Even in urban areas we can find pockets of green and just being by even one tree can help your well-being. For years people thought people hugging trees was crazy but when we lean into to…
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Top tip for improving family mental health
The power of nature to help improve mental health is well studied and this time of year it’s even more important to head outside. Even if you can just do five minutes the health benefits are huge. It was amazing to meet so many people at the @headoutsideawards last weekend all doing amazing things to help us…
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Top tip for helping kids with tricky emotions
Monday a fire lit in my belly… Miranda and I spent the morning with Emily @movementfoundations talking about our new Movement programme for kids and it really inspired me. As a coach I am always looking to develop my skills and it’s amazing to have these new tools and skills at my finger tips, now…
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This helped me have a growth mindset
This badge is from when I competed at the Taekwondo World Championships. I love this badge it reminds me, that I’m a fighter, I’m strong and that I help others to navigate the ups and downs in life; which is an amazing feeling. I was competing on the biggest stage I had ever been on…
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The Batman Effect
We recently wrote an article for ANLP International “Be More Batman“. In 2016 a scientific experiment referred to as the Batman effect was carried out by a professor and director of research at the Institute of Child Development, Dr Stephanie Carlson, this research made a big impression on me. Dr Carlson studies the management systems…
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Christmas Glimmers
Over the weekend I got absorbed in social media; pictures of amazing Christmas parties, family outings and incredible elf on the shelf creations. It’s so easy to get wrapped up (boom boom) in looking at other peoples lives and making comparisons to our own, so much so that it’s easy to overlook the simplest glimmers…
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Hold on to the Glimmers
Life isn’t always how it seems – Coach Laura gives us an insight into the “perfect holiday” they had last year. Perfect Instagram photos of a perfect holiday, weekend or day; depending on the accounts you follow we can be saturated with perfection. It can be useful to remind ourselves that reality isn’t like that;…