by Westmeria Counselling | Jun 26, 2024 | Fundraising, kindness, Mindfullness, self-care, self-compassion, Volunterring, Wellbeing
Purpose is something we all, in one form or another, seek from life. Maybe someone’s purpose is their family, friends, work, being part of a team, helping others, etc. and helping others is something which brings a sense of purpose and meaning for me. There are...
by Westmeria Counselling | Oct 19, 2022 | Fundraising
The London Marathon 2022. It is difficult to explain what it feels like to run the London Marathon. It is a gift and a privilege rolled into one. The place this year was a deferred place from 2020 and while training back in January 2020 I suffered a terrible slipped...
by Westmeria Counselling | Mar 24, 2021 | Fundraising, Mental Health
2015 was the year that I learnt to run and my journey to better mental health started. The two are intricately joined and have been for the past nearly 6 years. When my youngest son went to school, I was frazzled from nearly 10 years at home with preschoolers. Those...
by Westmeria Counselling | Oct 8, 2020 | Charity, Fundraising, Mental Health
On Sunday 4th October, we were incredibly lucky to have Matt running the Virgin London Virtual Marathon in aid of Westmeria. Like many charities, the London marathon is a huge event in our fundraising calendar, so in the wake of the pandemic, this year has been very...
by Westmeria | Jul 28, 2017 | Counselling, Fundraising, Health, Mental Health, self-care
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][mk_blockquote font_family=”Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif” font_type=”safefont” text_size=”18″ align=”center”]When you stop at a red light, look at the red light and smile. –...
by Sue | Jun 9, 2017 | Counselling, Fundraising, Health, Marathon, Mental Health
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] April 23rd I had the privilege of watching my daughter run the London Marathon. She was not on her own. There were 39,000 people running on the day. After months of hard training and fundraising for their...
