The Reset Diaries

“Man in his 50s painting in the garden, smiling — embracing imperfection and joy.”

The Joy of Doing Things Badly

After 50, we often feel pressure to keep everything together — to stay competent, productive, in control. But what if true wellbeing comes from letting go of all that? In...

The Joy of Doing Things Badly

After 50, we often feel pressure to keep everything together — to stay competent, productive, in control. But what if true wellbeing comes from letting go of all that? In...

How Walking 10,000 Steps a Day Jump-started My Reset (and Why That Emergency Cuppa Was Key)

How Walking 10,000 Steps a Day Jump-started My ...

Before I started this whole personal reset — the moisturising, the mindfulness, the “looking after myself properly” business — I had a very different relationship with movement. To put it...

How Walking 10,000 Steps a Day Jump-started My ...

Before I started this whole personal reset — the moisturising, the mindfulness, the “looking after myself properly” business — I had a very different relationship with movement. To put it...

The Daily Moisturiser: A Midlife Revelation

The Daily Moisturiser: A Midlife Revelation

There was a time — not all that long ago — when the idea of a man using face moisturiser would have caused as much laughter as someone ordering a...

The Daily Moisturiser: A Midlife Revelation

There was a time — not all that long ago — when the idea of a man using face moisturiser would have caused as much laughter as someone ordering a...

The Stretch of Time: Learning to Move Again After 50

The Stretch of Time: Learning to Move Again Aft...

At 55, I’ve come to accept that my body has its own way of reminding me about the life I’ve lived. Every knock, strain, and injury I shrugged off in...

The Stretch of Time: Learning to Move Again Aft...

At 55, I’ve come to accept that my body has its own way of reminding me about the life I’ve lived. Every knock, strain, and injury I shrugged off in...