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14/01/2026

Day 3 of calisthenics.

Glutes today – and this series is definitely hitting something different to weights. I can already tell it’s going to shape whatever comes next.

I wasn’t feeling great this morning. One of those low-energy, something’s brewing kind of days.
And it reminded me of something I know to be true:

If we wait for perfect conditions, we wait forever.

More energy. More space. More time. Feeling better. Feeling ready.
Life rarely offers that neat window.

This isn’t really about workouts.
It’s about growth, self-worth, and keeping promises to yourself even when it’s inconvenient.

Remove the blocks.
It doesn’t have to be perfect – it just has to be done.

And yes, I’m talking about exercise…
but I’m also talking about life.

One thing I realised with painful clarity in 2025 is that being strong does not equal easy.Strength still hurts.I still ...
13/01/2026

One thing I realised with painful clarity in 2025 is that being strong does not equal easy.

Strength still hurts.
I still care how I land.
I still apologise when I think I’ve missed the mark.

It isn’t the absence of vulnerability.
It’s not collapsing because of it.

And as this new phase unfolds, I’m realising something else too.

Right now, this space isn’t here to persuade, promote, or prove anything.
It’s here for me – and for anyone who finds something familiar in my words or experiences.

I’m learning what self-leadership looks like when certainty isn’t available.
When the structure falls away.
When you’re making decisions without a clear map – although I realise now I never really had one 🙃

I don’t want to be the woman who never shows her heart.
I want to be the woman who doesn’t lose herself when she does.

I don’t know exactly where My Marvellous Mind is heading next.
I do know that learning to stay with myself – honestly and without rushing – matters.

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13/01/2026

Day 2 of calisthenics.

Running a bit later this morning …

This isn’t really about the workouts for me.
I don’t know loads about fitness, but I do know how this makes me feel.

Stronger, yes.
But more than that – more grounded, more confident, more in control.

I’m starting 2026 with security and independence as my priorities, and this is part of that. A big part.

Today was hard work. Planks, push-ups, all the things that remind me of my age 😅
But it’s worth it.

Be careful what you wish for, right?

If you’re watching this and thinking maybe tomorrow – this is your nudge.
Get up. Keep going. Try it.

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12/01/2026

Day one. Calisthenics. Legs.

I might regret what I said yesterday about squats…

This was leg day and I have a feeling I’ll notice the stairs tomorrow more than I ever do with the Iron Series and actual weights. Bodyweight doesn’t mean easy – that finisher squatting on your toes was… interesting.

But honestly – I loved it. Properly loved it.
There’s something very satisfying about that tight-muscle feeling and I suspect that’s what’s coming my way.

The only thing I needed (aside from a mat) was a block. I don’t own a yoga block, so I used a carving knife box. A book would also work – I just didn’t fancy ruining mine.

Which is kind of the point really. You don’t need anything fancy. No kit. No gym. No real excuse… unless you don’t want to – which is fine.

It’s 7am, Regan has his hot chocolate, and I’m off for a shower and to get on with the day.

Day one done.
Four to go.

No skin in this at all – just sharing because I think it’s fab 🩷

11/01/2026

Day 30. Round five. Finished.

I really didn’t want to do this today.

This round has taken me longer than any of the others and it’s felt harder – Christmas, being unwell, getting back into work, life pulling focus in all directions.

But I wanted to finish it. Not perfectly. Just properly.
So I could start the five days of calisthenics tomorrow.

Bodyweight stuff is not my favourite. Core work especially feels relentlessly hard for me. Which is probably the point.

I usually train in the morning because I know that’s when it actually happens. If I leave it until later in the day, life tends to win. Today was different – and actually, it did me good to put my attention on the weights rather than everything else.

I’m sharing this mostly because it feels like that point in January where the promises wobble a bit. Where motivation dips and reality creeps back in.

Five days. No equipment. No promises.
I’ll share how it goes.

If you fancy joining me, you’re welcome 🩷

I woke up at 4am this morning 🤦‍♀️The moon was shining straight through the velux above my bed.I’ve often thought about ...
05/01/2026

I woke up at 4am this morning 🤦‍♀️

The moon was shining straight through the velux above my bed.
I’ve often thought about putting a blind there, but I actually quite like seeing the sky – the sun in summer, the moon, and when it’s clear… the stars.

I pulled back on workouts over the Christmas holidays. Partly because it was genuinely lovely not to rush, and partly because I was really poorly the week before Christmas and the before-and-after just took it out of me. My back is definitely craving a return to regular movement… and probably a new bed 😅

There are a lot of decisions landing in my mind at the moment.
Mainly this question: what actually makes me feel good and grounded – and what leaves me feeling exposed or insecure?

Workouts are definitely in the first category.
Social media… not so much.

So this is a decision – not to jump ship immediately, but to share one last round of Iron - mainly to give myself some accountability 😅

I was genuinely blown away by how many people messaged me after my Iron posts in the summer. That felt really good. Encouraging. Connecting. And yes… kinda cool that I’d inspired others to crack on too.

It’s also the start of a new year, and getting back into anything can feel 🥴

So here’s the plan…

I’ve got 5 days left of the round I’m currently doing. After that, I’m going to try something new – a 5-day calisthenics series also from Caroline Girvan on YouTube. Slightly longer workouts, no equipment… no excuses.

https://youtu.be/X95VrEp4VRw?si=w-miI2y_CbM03JNd

Then it’ll be back to the beginning for round 6 of the Caroline Girvan Iron Series 🏋️‍♀️

That’s 40 days from now to kick-start the year I want to create for myself – and you’re very welcome to join me, for you 🩷

After that, I’m going to reassess this slightly mad need we seem to have cultivated to share our lives with the world. I’m very aware I’ve done that more than most 🙃
Even from a business perspective, I’m finding it harder to reconcile the relentlessness of it all.

In the meantime – are you up for 5 days of calisthenics starting next Monday? 🙌

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✨ Chasing sunsets…I was determined to get out for one more walk today and made it just before this beauty vanished.As I ...
04/01/2026

✨ Chasing sunsets…

I was determined to get out for one more walk today and made it just before this beauty vanished.

As I walked, I left a message for my group coaching group.

There are things I want to leave behind in 2025.
But there are many more I want to press pause on rather than say goodbye to or close the door on completely.

The group work - for now - is one of those things.

More than anything this year, I want to feel like I’m in the driving seat.
Not reactive. Not pulled along by momentum.
Just intentional about what I choose next.

Reflecting on my own choices in 2025 has been eye-opening.
Not in a harsh way - just an honest one.

That honesty feels freeing.
If I understand my patterns, I stand a better chance of choosing differently going forward or at least with more self trust rather than questioning.

My nervous system is craving stability.
Not chasing business.
Not chasing validation.
Not chasing people.
Or myself.

People often choose a ‘word’ for the new year.
Mine would be INDEPENDENCE.

Not in a dramatic sense - just quietly building something that’s mine.

I may go back to the classroom myself this year.
To learn. To add skills. To gather resources that help shape what comes next.

I’ll be running one last workshop in a couple of weeks (details to follow).
It will be free and, this time, open to all.

I think I’ll call it - In the Driving Seat…

If you fancy a bit of clarity around your experience of 2025 and want to step into 2026 on your terms, you’re welcome to message me.

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31/12/2025

✨ New Year’s Eve, 2025.

This year changed me.
Not all of it gently.

There were moments I wish hadn’t happened.
There were moments that only existed because of what didn’t go to plan.

Some days I cried and got on with life.
Other days were lighter.
That doesn’t mean it was all bad – it means it was real.

What I’m taking into next year is this:

Letting go without becoming hard.
Wanting without chasing.
Choosing without convincing.
Trusting myself without waiting for certainty.
Making space for what’s next, even when something still hurts.

I’m not closing my heart.
I’m opening my life.

That feels like enough for now.

Happy New Year ✨

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I took this picture on Christmas Day ✨This year taught me something I didn’t expect.I didn’t want what ended to end.I th...
30/12/2025

I took this picture on Christmas Day ✨

This year taught me something I didn’t expect.

I didn’t want what ended to end.
I thought I would fall apart if it did.

But I didn’t.
I won’t.

That doesn’t take anything away from what was, or from the life that was shared.
It matters. It always will.
This isn’t about erasing the past - it just is.

I know now that grief isn’t only about what you lose.
For me, for this experience, it’s been about being honest with myself about what I thought I had.
A story I was holding onto.
Letting that go has been the hardest - and yet the most freeing part.

I would have stayed.
I would have fought.
But staying isn’t the same as being happy - and I can see that now, even if it takes work to sit with it.

Being strong does not = easy.
There is still a long way to go.

Life can shift in an instant.
That’s been a huge lesson in feelings and perception.
What feels solid is often just the lens you’re looking through at the time.
The same is true of what feels fragile or vulnerable.

Everything that has happened this year was meant to be - because it was.
Fighting that, in any sense, is a foregone defeat.

From that place, everything else makes sense ✨

Getting stronger.
Building muscle.
Keeping my work alive while life rearranges itself.

Working in a school and finding unexpected opportunity and inspiration there.

Friends - oh my gosh, my friends 🤩
The kind who quietly hold you up when you didn’t realise you were leaning…
or even when I’ve blatantly crashed to the floor 🙃
I couldn’t have done this year without them.

There’s been love.
There’s been growth.
There’s been change.

I’ll take the lot.

This feels like the foundation I’m beginning to build from now.

I’m f🩷✨🌸ed if I know what the next year is going to look like…

But I’ve got a pretty good idea of how I’d like it to be…

Lived in full - with meaning, connection, and space for adventure.

That’s where I am - on this eve of New Year’s Eve - thinking ahead…

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First workout in over a week…Feels good but blimey I feel unhealthy!! 🥴December has felt heavy and by the time the holid...
29/12/2025

First workout in over a week…

Feels good but blimey I feel unhealthy!! 🥴

December has felt heavy and by the time the holidays hit I just felt done.
Emotionally
Physically
Energetically
Done.

I don’t think I appreciated just how much I was worrying about getting through the main event. It’s felt a little like I’ve been holding my breath.

And now breathe 😮‍💨

I have a lot to try and turn around this year.
I am wholeheartedly sitting on the fence as far as my coaching goes - I’m actually quite tempted to get more studies and qualifications under my belt…

Procrastalearning maybe 🤔
But working in the school these last two years have been nothing short of inspirational and I keep hearing a quiet whisper to set my focus in this area.

We shall see…

With a peaceful but distinctly odd Christmas behind me, I’m looking forward to spending some time with friends and the boys over the coming days.

I’m not sure how I feel about this year yet - but I know how I’d like the next one to go…

I have a lot to do and overcome.
But I am definitely up for that 🩷

Festive outing before I attempt my annual last minute panic of organising the main event 🩷🎄
23/12/2025

Festive outing before I attempt my annual last minute panic of organising the main event 🩷🎄

It’s been a month…The usual insanity of Christmas approaching that always makes me think of the oh-so-spot-on Christmas...
17/12/2025

It’s been a month…

The usual insanity of Christmas approaching that always makes me think of the oh-so-spot-on Christmas list 😂

Multiply that by 3 for my own son’s school plus the two I work in. I have frequently felt like Hugh Grant in 4 Weddings saying ‘who is it today…?’ 🙃

If I haven’t forgot lunch money, I have forgotten pe kit whilst actually (on the whole) remembering the various concerts, panto trips, school excursions and not to mention Christmas cards, which even as I write this I realise I need to purchase more of…

And that is before any of the unexpected challenges of my dad being in hospital (but now sincerely on the mend 🩷) or the reality of a very different, or at least odd, Christmas ahead.

We all have our own version. Rest assured whatever yours is, you are in good company - most definitely not alone.

It kinda feels like emotions are running right there beneath the surface - ready to be ruptured at the slightest hint of sadness, sympathy or even - love.

Even getting through the Christingle service this morning felt like a mean feat! 💪

So now I’m off to hug a friend, talk, laugh, cry and share in the overwhelming insanity this time of year can bring - and I encourage all of you, to do the same 🌟

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