by Cat Townsend | Jan 20, 2016 | All, Life, Travel
The danger of waiting until I am ready " A surfing lesson made me realise that I’ll never be ready for anything, so I may as well just get on with it. This afternoon I had my first ever surf lesson. I had come to Costa Rica with the intention to at least give...
by Cat Townsend | Jan 20, 2016 | All, Body image, Growth
Deciding to love yourself. And self love as a practice. " Making a decision to do something is important. But sometimes what is more important is practicing it day in, day out. A couple of days ago I wrote a post about how I came to find respect and compassion...
by Cat Townsend | Jan 14, 2016 | All, Body image, Growth, Nutrition
WHY I SIGNED UP TO PRECISION NUTRITION... AGAIN! And why I'm telling you about it " 2015 was the year I signed up for Precision Nutrition. And started to appreciate my own body. I had planned for that to happen. I just didn’t expect it to come from failure....
by Cat Townsend | Dec 16, 2015 | All, Life, Running, Travel
FLEEING THE UK ON FOOT A 6 day running odyssey to raise money for UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency " This Christmas I am doing what most of my friends are doing. . . fleeing London in search of friends and family. Except that unlike most of my friends, I won’t...
by Cat Townsend | Nov 27, 2015 | All, Running
10 things I appreciate about running across London on a rainy night in winter " Sometimes running is meditation. Sometimes running is reflection. Tonight running was about gratitude. Here are 10 things I felt grateful for as I ran across London tonight. 1. That I...
by Cat Townsend | Nov 14, 2015 | All, Life
Today I woke to the tragic news of yet another city in mourning. May we take from these ugly tragedies one thing…. that we each have the responsibility to put love out in to the world. We must smile at strangers. Lend a hand to people who don’t look like...