Olcote Wellbeing

07/01/2026

Wednesday : Wellness Wednesday

Wellness Is more than workouts

Don't forget, your wellness is physical and mental.

It’s all about how you move, how you eat, how you rest and restore, how you think — and how supported you feel along the way.

My work combines fitness, clinical training and sports therapy, nutrition and counselling — because you’re a whole person, not just a body to train.

05/01/2026

Monday: Monday Check-In

Before you get to the gym, try this:

How do you want to feel this week?
Stronger? Calmer? Maybe more energised, More confident on a machine? Less overwhelmed?

Give yourself a goal as you enter the gym and stick with it. Gyms can be very busy this time of the year and can feel very intimidating places if you are not confident, but don't assume everyone else is!

Stick with your goal and stay focused on that.
Your wellbeing matters more than ticking boxes and there’s more than one way to move forward.

I'll be in the gym from 8am this morning, see you then 😁👋

04/01/2026

Sunday : Self-Care Sunday

Confidence Grows Quietly

Confidence doesn’t come from punishment or pressure.
It grows quietly when you feel safe, supported and understood.
That’s how I work — whether through Personal Training, Clinical Exercise, Yoga, Pilates, Nutrition or Counselling.
You deserve support that meets you where you are.

The Duchess was supporting me this afternoon as we went for our walk in the wintry city. It was difficult to keep upright! If I'm a few minutes late to any of you this week, I apologise in advance. We seem to have it quite bad in the city! 🥶🥶🥶❄️

03/01/2026

Saturday : Small Steps Saturday

You don’t need to do everything this week.
Just one small thing that supports your body or mind is enough.
That could be stretching, focus on breath, walking, dancing, making a small nutritional change or simply resting without guilt.
Fitness needs to work with your life — not against it.

Need any help getting on the right track?

www.olcotewellbeing.com

02/01/2026

Friday: Feel-Good Friday - No Panic

Despite all the hype, advertising and 'New Year, New You! ' messages.....January doesn’t need extremes.
You don’t need to “fix” yourself or start perfectly.
Movement, supportive nutritional choices and realistic goals create lasting change and are sustainable.

01/01/2026

The Duchess is all ready for The Traitors tonight on BBC1 🤣🤣

01/01/2026

Happy New Year to everyone from me and The Duchess!

I'm looking forward to helping you reach those fitness goals again this year! 💪💪

Back to work tomorrow for Personal Training and classes start back again from Monday 😁😁

www.olcotewellbeing.com

28/12/2025

The Lost Sheep Wool Shop my latest creation! I've been busy the last couple of days 😁😁 You suggested a snood... So here is my latest effort! 🤣🤣.
I'll be in tomorrow to spend my Christmas voucher! 😁😁🧶🧶🧶

26/12/2025

The Duchess and I left the city this morning to blow the cobwebs away and went to visit our old stomping ground.
We went to have a look at Olcote (haven't been back for over two years) and walked our old haunts.
The Duchess zoomed around the field at West End off the lead like she was two, (rather than nearly twelve !) and we walked up to the ruined church of St Mary's of Saxlingham Thorpe , through Saxlingham itself and back up the green lane to little Digby's hill, where his ashes are scattered. We sat on the hill and the Duchess had a biscuit and we left one for Diggers too 🪽😇.
Back in the city and The duchess hasn't moved from the wood burner!! 😴

26/12/2025

Do you find inspiration in other people's stories? You will in this one.

(Before we start, sensitive listeners should know that this podcast contains mentions of bereavement, eating disorders and Addison's disease. If you're ok with that, please carry on!)

Welcome to Art Is Good For You! It's my new podcast spreading the message that making and experiencing art helps with healing and happiness, no matter who you are.

I'm Rachel Duffield, an inspirational art teacher and art life coach and the founder of Community Art Clubs CIC. It's my belief that even if art isn't up front and centre in your life, it can still have a big impact, sometimes in unexpected ways!

So I'm inviting people from all walks of life - some arty, some not - to chat with me about the three pieces of art in their life that have turned out to me memorable, special or even life-saving.

My first guest is personal trainer, clinical PT, sports therapist and nutritionist Iain Marshall Clarke, who runs his flourishing health, fitness and wellbeing smallbusiness, Olcote Wellbeing, in Norfolk, UK. Iain talks so articulately about how art has woven into the tapestry of his life. An inspirational story of persistence and positivity against difficult odds.



https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ilhMkXdXZkgiHQpZ6oIlr?si=FuH40pJ6QYWm8BjOcY5kBQ

26/12/2025

So, the lovely community artist Rachel Duffield Art has launched her new podcast series and I was lucky enough to be asked on the show as her first guest 😱. Available on Spotify the first episode is out now. Good luck with it all Rachel!!

Art Is Good For You! · Episode

25/12/2025

Merry Christmas from me and The Duchess. Have a great time! ♥️