Category: rest

• adrift

  Look. I’m not gonna lie. These last six months have been a tad tumultuous and I have felt like I have been adrift at sea floating aimlessly on a huge wave of never-ending emotions. Each day brings a new assault of big feelings that sometimes gently cascade down my body and other days like a…

  thekatmarsh

  23rd Sep 2023

  ageing-happy, ageing-healthy, ageing-strong, burnout, emotional wellbeing, happiness, healing, menopause, positive-ageing, pro-ageing, rest, social-connection, Uncategorized

  fatigue, growth, menopause, mentalhealth, pro-ageing, rest, self-care, self-love, stress, trauma, wellbeing

• maintenance

  Throughout my deep dive journey on how to optimise my next chapter in life as a marvellous middle-aged mofo, I have come across much of the same information regurgitating the same themes. Here is what I have found…it all leads to the maintenance of our body, in particular, movement, sleep and gut-health. They are separate…

  thekatmarsh

  6th Aug 2023

  acceptance, ageing, ageing-happy, ageing-healthy, ageing-strong, emotional wellbeing, healing, menopause, positive-ageing, rest, strength & mobility

  acceptance, ageing, ageing-happy, ageing-healthy, ageing-strong, growth, love, pro-ageing, rest, self-care

• pursuit

  Just like the moon and the sun who are constantly pursuing each other yet never somehow able to shorten the distance between the two, I viewed getting old as the same. Both the sun and moon know the distance will never be reduced and they are content with the knowledge of that. Age happened to…

  thekatmarsh

  21st Jul 2023

  acceptance, ageing, ageing-strong, body-positive, emotional wellbeing, healing, positive-ageing, pro-ageing, reassuring, rest, writing

  acceptance, ageing, ageing-strong, body-positive, growth, love, pro-ageing, self-care, women

• mindset

  Women ageing is a beautiful and complex journey marked by growth, wisdom, and resilience. If we can alter our perspective on ageing and accept it rather than dread, then we become more open to the idea of it being a privilege. As women age, we experience numerous physical changes all while navigating various life transitions,…

  thekatmarsh

  17th Jul 2023

  acceptance, ageing, emotional wellbeing, healing, mature, positive-ageing, pro-ageing, rest

  acceptance, ageing, change, growth, kindness, love, mindset, pro-ageing, rest, self-care, self-love

• disorganised

  Taking a break from work has been cathartic, awakening and soul nourishing. I’ve been working since I was fifteen which amounts to thirty-five years of non-stop. That is a lot of constant busyness, constant moving and constant ‘on’. During this rest, I have really found it challenging, particularly with my brain functioning with normal stuff.…

  thekatmarsh

  12th Jun 2023

  burnout, menopause, rest

  meditate, menopause, rest, stress