38 Degrees North Blog

The Japanese have a word for it shinrin-yoku, literally “forest bathing”. It simply means immersing yourself in natural woodland.It’s not exercise, you don’t have to spend hours doing it, here’s the amazing thing even 15 minutes of walking in nature can have a measurable impact on stress levels.European studies have shown that those living closer […]

Wouldn’t be amazing if we could just wave a magic wand and achieve the goals we desire? Of course, but real life isn’t like that, and arguably a childhood of fairy tales has kind of led most of us to believe (or want to believe) on some level that it is possible. Desire needs to

This is a big one at the moment, the world feel very uncertain. It’s okay to feel anxious, you’re not alone. When so much is changing and in flux around you it can be very hard to stay grounded and motivated.Allowing yourself to be swept along isn’t a long term option though. As humans we

It’s been widely reported that obesity is a major risk factor for covid, massively increasing your risk of needing ICU treatment and death should you contract corona.A study in The Lancet’s online version by the Universities of Toronto and Texas has also shown that countries with above average obesity rates (like the UK where one

Now, of course working out is going to get you their faster and provide you a load of positive health benefits beside, but if that’s not your thing, then here’s my top tips: Start moving around more – not a workout but what we call NEAT – non-exercise activity thermogenesis- get up at regular intervals,

These are strange times indeed, and even as some freedoms have kind of returned, we find new restrictions sprinting up. Straddling all of that is a background stream of rising infection levels across the world, new lockdowns…What we know is gone. The daily routines we lived by are gone. Hardly anyone is commuting to jobs,