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The Wellbeing Edit No.6: Well-being after Loss

In my last Edit I explored women in sport and physical activity across the life course, discussing how engagement with, and approaches to, can change over the years. With these changes often being linked to different life events. For every woman, the experiences will be different, some of these events will happen at different age-points, some perhaps won’t happen at all. Some of the more complex life events, such as the death of a spouse, can have profound effects on a woman’s life. In the context of sport and physical activity, an event such as this could encourage one to…
Sarah Morton
October 21, 2024
MarathonOlympicsScottish Women in Tokyo

Blog 59: Get in the Zone

"For me, it's not about pumping really loud music, it’s more about being relaxed and embracing those nerves. Seeing them more as adrenaline and something that will spur you on. You have those nerves because you care."  Stephanie Davis, is competing in the Marathon in the 2021 Olympics for Team GB, she shared with us at SWIS, her story.  The Olympics trials were suppose to be part of the London Marathon in 2020, which for obvious reasons didn't go ahead, meaning Steph was forced to do her try-out, behind closed doors. Talk about pressure (spoiler: she made it): "Covid has…
Hannah Scott
July 30, 2021