Wellbeing
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The Muddy guide to Hampshire and Isle of Wight weddings
Bijou or bumper – weddings are on! Grab a notebook and take inspiration from these brilliant local wedding venues and businesses.
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Your health questions answered!
Don’t understand why the weight won’t shift? Have a back that’s reminiscent of Quasimodo? Muddy puts your questions to Healthily’s chief medical officer, Professor Maureen Baker
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The great pre-nup dilemma – can you afford to be without one?
Sensible insurance policy or total romance killer? A top solicitor at Paris Smith in Winchester talks us through the pros and cons of pre-nuptial agreements.
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Garden wellbeing boosts
Step outdoors, connect with nature and celebrate the wellbeing benefits of gardens and green spaces
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Green age kicks! eco-cool trainers
There's nothing like box fresh white trainers to put a spring in your step. The good news for the planet is that this lot tick the stylish and sustainable box too.
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Easy! Buy these, and sleep better
Having trouble sleeping? Us and half the world right now! Here's what the Muddy team have in their shopping baskets to help with some much-needed shut-eye.
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Five ways to become more Zen
Whether it's social anxiety about lockdown ending, or panic that it's not coming soon enough, a new book claims the ancient art of Zen will see us through. Ready to try it?
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Muddy Walks: The Mill Trail, Whitchurch
An easy, flat, circular, push-chair friendly walk. Muddy heads out along The Mill Trail, in North Hampshire.
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Low mood > depression > and how to tackle it
One in five people reading this feature will be suffering from some form of depression. Here's how to spot the signs and help yourself and those you love.
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10-minute brief: Living together during lockdown
Thinking about moving in together? Pause for some legal advice before breaking out the champagne and box sets
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Cheaper than therapy: self-help books for 2021
Being stuck inside for a year hasn’t done us a ton of good, but help is at hand. Try one of these tomes designed to get our work, home and head space in order.
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Snowdrop walks on Hampshire & the Island
Roll out the white carpet. The loveliest places to catch winter snowdrops in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
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Fast and filling recipes for Feb
No time/energy to cook (let alone make it healthy)? Don't worry, we've got you. Here are two low-effort, speedy suppers under 500 calories to feel good about.
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Best new fitness tech for 2021
Need something to help those workouts along? Itching for some new tech in the new year? Read on for the Muddy edit of the best flashy fitness buys of 2021.
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Best wellbeing podcasts for 2021
Want to boost your wellbeing? Hell yeah! While we can’t go to the gym right now, we can go on long solo walks with inspirational podcasts. Here's our pick.
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The foxiest fitness gear for 2021
New year, new fitness routine? We're with you! Here's the Muddy edit of stylish sportswear and accessories that'll have you in tip-top form in no time.
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Is your sex life suffering in lockdown?
Is lockdown 3.0 wrecking your sex life and pushing your relationship to the limits? We hear you. Read on for our expert guide on how to Covid-proof your love life.
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Commit to fit – 2021 events to train for now
Get set and go book these local city, countryside and coastal runs and triathlons in and around Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
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The only 5 resolutions you need to keep in 2021
January is traditionally a time for making ridiculous promises and then feeling shame by failing to keep them. Not this year: we’ve been through enough.
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Raise your fitness game: Tips from a top triathlete
From running with the dog to winning gold with team GB – local athlete Louella O’Herlihy tells Muddy what it takes to go the extra mile
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7 steps to better sleep during a pandemic
You've downed a chamomile tea, ignored your phone for an hour and mentally shoved your 900th sheep over a gate - but still can't get to sleep. Sound familiar? Read on for our guide to getting some Z's during lockdown.
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Lockdown anxiety: 7 ways to keep it in check
Lockdown is back and with it, hours and hours to listen to the rising panic in our heads. Don’t fancy that much? Nor us, so read on.
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Walkies! Cold weather walking gear to pick up now
Gyms are closed (as is practically everything else), so we're getting our exercise fix with some long winter walks. Here's all the gear you'll need to stretch those legs this season.
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Working (out) from home: 5 on-demand exercise classes
Tear your eyes away from Netflix and get moving with these streaming fitness classes. No excuses now!
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J’adore / J’abhor – Daylight Saving Hours
The clocks went back this week and the nights truly are closing in. Two Muddy staffers battle out the pros and the cons.
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8 autumn bike rides with pub pit-stops
Fancy freewheelin’ down a country lane in the sunshine before a well-deserved pub lunch? Dust off that cycling helmet, don your trainers and hit the trails this autumn.
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Muddy walks: Whitehill, Kingsclere
Pull on your boots and get your cameras at the ready for big ol’ sweeping vistas at Whitehill, Kingsclere.
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10 online workouts that take 15 minutes or less
Not feeling it for Joe Wicks or Davina? Here, bash out one of these online workouts instead - a quarter of an hour of effort, smug for the rest of the day.
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8 of the best… bras for running
Running the one thing keeping you sane? Just for you we've rounded up (er, excuse the pun) the best high support running bras - all perfect for your daily exercise hit.
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The coolest biking gear for lockdown miles
Unleash your inner cyclista with our roundup of the best kit to wear on your daily cycle. Let's go!
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Gotta Have It
Planning a garden Easter egg hunt? Better hide this one from the kids - it's the UK's first Cannabis Easter Egg. Ready, steady, munchy!
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6 of the best… candle subscriptions
Ooooh, something smells lovely! These clever candle subscriptions make a thoughtful winter gift (even if it's for yourself - shhhhh, we won't tell).
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Pamper day? Four luxe London wellbeing destinations
Feeling frazzled? London day trips aren't just for shopping/drinking/sightseeing - get thee to the city for a turbo-charged wellbeing fix.
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Three bonkers wellbeing trends for 2020
Will you be, um, honouring your vagina this year?
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J’adore/ J’abhor
Feeling it for 2020's New Year's Resolutions or think they're a total waste of time? Muddy ed-in-chief Hero and HQ staffer Nancy duke it out.
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How to be happy in 2019
New Year, new chance to give yourself a great big shot of positive energy with one of these 28 inspirational ideas.