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Find out about 5 gym personality types

By Andrea Harrn November 25, 2015 achievement, exercise, keeping fit 2 Comments

My BMI is off the wall and sitting down for much of the day in a therapy room does not help, so I joined the local gym. I’ve been exercising now for 3 weeks and I’m noticing improvements. Whilst there I have been observing others and interested in their attitudes and emotions towards commitment to exercise. Odell Lewis, the fitness trainer and I had a chat last week, well I asked him for an interview: How can being in the gym or working with a fitness trainer help? It will help you to achieve goals, lose weight, feel healthier, boost confidence…

Choosing a university course. Do parents know best?

By Andrea Harrn August 1, 2013 18-25, achievement, assertiveness, business success, career help, communication, indecision, learning, responsibility 1 Comment

Choosing a course to study at university is a big decision these days. Especially now the fees are so high and jobs are not so easy to find. Some teenagers are very clear about what they want to study. They know what they love and they can already see themselves as a teacher, an engineer or a doctor. For others it is quite confusing. Most parents mean well in trying to help but it is important to let your teenager follow their own dreams and aspirations. Recently I have been hearing a similar story in my therapy room. “I listened…

pride at being British

By Andrea Harrn September 11, 2012 achievement, determination, endeavour, olympics, overcoming disability, paralympics, pride, role models No Comments

Proud to be British Team GB Outside Buckingham Palace 10 September 2012 The whole country has been swept away by such an amazing sense of pride in the Olympic and Paralympic Games. It has been quite amazing to see this project take shape from the initial news that London was to be the host city, watching the progress of the building of the Olympic Park, listening to the news and media just prior to the games warning everyone about the chaos that might happen to being at the Olympic Park to watching this fantastic spectacle of human endeavour. The whole…