K8 NZ

For my birthday the last few years (except for 2017 when I was injured) I've set myself a running challenge to celebrate another year old.  Basically, any excuse to do a new adventure and challenge myself really!  In previous years it's been running the length of the river track in Palmerston North (it was the first time I had done it, and the first time I'd run 10km after the birth of my third son), and running the Gorge for the first time. This year I had the Paekakariki Escarpment track in mind.  The last few times we've driven to Wellington along the Kapiti Coast, I've pointed out the trail to my husband.  It's a track cut into the hillside between Paekakariki and Pukerua Bay.  I'd seen photos on Facebook and Instagram from others who'd done the track, and was keen to give it a go for myself! Imagine my luck to be invived along with Gerry and Wouna to do the track on the day before my birthday! I was in!  I invited Kel along too, thankfully she...

Anxiety.   It's talked about a lot on social media these days.  It's fantastic really.   I believe that the stigma that surrounds anxiety disorders, and in fact other mental health issues, is lessening and people are beginning to understand that its okay to ask for help.   We, as a society, are recognising that we don't have to be perfect, we don't have to be ON all the time and have it all together.   I've felt prompted this afternoon to share about my own experience with Generalised Anxiety Disorder over the past ten years, and the impact it has on my life today. First of all, a bit of background.  When I was 14, I started experiencing scary heart palpitations.  They would happen with no warning, make me feel like my heart was beating out of my chest (too fast to count).  There was no rhyme or reason to what set them off.  They always self-reverted and after a bit of a rest, I was good to go again. I was diagnose...