The Joyful Life Guide

02/01/2026

The Joyful Life Guide is being rebranded!

I wanted to represent my work as the Joyful Life Guide under the central pillars of:

- Movement
- Learning
- Joy

These 3 pillars are central to every part of my work and every session that I offer, including:

- Transformational Life Coaching
- Conscious Movement
- Wellbeing Advisory Services
- Holistic Education
- Yoga
- Tai Chi Qigong

In order to transform our lives, we need to move, learn and have fun!

Learn more here:

www.joyfullifeguide.com

02/01/2026

The Joyful Life Guide is in the process of being rebranded!

To begin, I wanted to represent my work as the Joyful Life Guide under the central pillars of:

- Movement
- Learning
- Joy

These 3 pillars are central to every part of my work and every session that I offer, including:

- Transformational Life Coaching
- Conscious Movement
- Wellbeing Advisory Services
- Holistic Education
- Yoga
- Tai Chi Qigong

In order to transform our lives, we need to move, learn and have fun!

Learn more here:

www.joyfullifeguide.com

31/12/2025

🛀 Cold dip #12 for Cancer Research UK 12 dips for Christmas!

I ended where I started, in a bath tub of icy cold water!

😮 We have now raised a combined £215.49 +£35 gift aid for Cancer Research UK!

There is a concurrent story that has emerged from this challenge of the state of our seas and the sewage that has been in the local waters.

Thanks to Surfers Against Sewage for their work updating the sewage pollution alerts: https://www.sas.org.uk/water-quality/sewage-pollution-alerts/?gad_source=1

It was not my ideal choice to complete the challenge mainly in my bath, but due to the sewage and time constraints I had to get creative!

And I can reassure everyone that the water was VERY cold and I did submerge myself as much as possible, ending with water over my head and face too!!!

Thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who has donated to this challenge 🧊

Your donations really helped me get through this challenge! 🙏

30/12/2025

28/12/2025

🏊‍♂️ Dip #11 for Cancer Research UK 12 dips for Christmas!

Finally! The Surfers Against Sewage map was clear of 💩 sewage for Aberporth beach so Tomoko Holloway and I got into the sea!

😮 We have now raised a combined £205.49 for Cancer Research UK!

Thank you to everyone who has donated so far to this challenge 🙏

I have 1 more cold dip to go!

Please show some festive spirit and help me smash our new target of £250 by donating here:
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/alexanders-giving-page-452

Your donations are really helping me get through this challenge! 🧊

20/12/2025

😮 We have now raised a combined £195.49 for Cancer Research UK!

Halfway now, this is dip #6 of the Cancer Research UK 12 dips for Christmas.

I enlisted the help of my son to film this one, he thought it was hilarious that dad had to do this! 🥶

Please help me smash our new target of £200 by donating here:
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/alexanders-giving-page-452

Your donations are really helping me get through this challenge!

As the festive season begins I will be off social media for a few weeks, but I'll keep on dipping and will update you when #12 is finished! 🧊

17/12/2025

😮 We have now raised a combined £185.49 for Cancer Research UK!

This is dip #5 of the Cancer Research UK 12 dips for Christmas.

I had a LOT of resistance today about getting into a VERY cold bathtub today- as the outside temperature dips, so do the cold water pipes in our house!

But I clenched the jaw, gritted the teeth, got the trunks and hat on and jumped in anyway! 🥶

Please help me to get to our new target of £200 by donating here:
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/alexanders-giving-page-452

Your donations are really helping me get through this challenge, next update here soon!

16/12/2025

1 in 2 people in the UK will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime.

We will all know someone who develops cancer.

My mother in law was only 60 years old when she developed cancer and is no longer with us.

So, as part of Cancer Research UK 12 dips for Christmas challenge, please donate here as I raise money for all of those we will know in our lifetimes:
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/alexanders-giving-page-452

We have now raised an incredible £175.49, smashing my target of £150, so our new target is £200!

£200 can buy DNA nucleotides, something scientists use to make copies of genes, giving us clues about how things go wrong in cancer.

14/12/2025

🥳 Dip 3 for Cancer Research UK 12 Dips for Christmas!

We have now raised a combined £137.99 for Cancer Research UK as part of this challenge!

£100 can pay for a PhD student's cost for one day, to equip them with the skills they’ll need to make the research breakthroughs of the future.

Once again, I can share another photo of my cold water torture, again in the bath, as there's too much sewage in the sea today! 🥶💩

Please donate here, we are SO close to the £150 target!
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/alexanders-giving-page-452

If you donate I'll share another photo!

11/12/2025

🥳 I have now raised a combined £137.99 for Cancer Research UK as part of their 12 cold dips challenge!

£100 can pay for a PhD student's cost for one day, to equip them with the skills they’ll need to make the research breakthroughs of the future.

As promised, I can share another photo of my cold water torture, again in the bath as there's too much sewage in the sea again today! 🥶💩

Please donate here, we are SO close to the £150 target!
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/alexanders-giving-page-452

If you donate I'll share another photo!

10/12/2025

🎉 Woo hoo! We've raised £75.49 for Cancer Research UK so far! — thank you so much to everyone who’s donated already! 🎉

This year I’m taking on the 12 Dips of Christmas for Cancer Research UK — which means I’ll be doing 12 cold, probably-regrettable dips throughout December to help raise money for life-saving cancer research.

It’s a fun challenge, but the cause behind it is serious, and every donation really does make a difference.

I had planned to take my dips in the local sea, but as you can see from the image taken from the Surfers Against Sewage Safer Seas & Rivers Service (https://datahq.sas.org.uk/sewage-data-hq/is-it-safe-to-swim/ ) There's been too much sewage in the sea to enter!

So I've had to get creative and I'm going to take my cold dips in a cold water bath at home until the sewage alerts are gone! (photo below, I was wearing swim shorts along with the Cancer Research UK bobble hat!)

If you’d like to support me (or just want to see me suffer in cold water- Pictures will be shared here!), you can donate here:

https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/alexanders-giving-page-452

08/10/2025

Just surrender into the music!