Cathy Dean

Challenge 2012 Week Nine – and now I’ve added ANOTHER Challenge!!

Cathy — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:17:11 +0000

Cathy Dean - Britain's Premiere Confidence Coach for Midlife Women

On Tuesday I had a date with my Personal Trainer the lovely Helen. Her parting words to me a fortnight previously were “When I get back off my holiday I expect you to be able to run round the racecourse!” They were ringing in my ears as I set off for her house, and as ...

Cathy Dean - Britain's Premiere Confidence Coach for Midlife Women

Challenge 2012, Week Eight

Cathy — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:29:24 +0000

Cathy Dean - Britain's Premiere Confidence Coach for Midlife Women

Week eight! That’s two months!! I’ve been exercising regularly, for TWO MONTHS!!! Astonishing what you can do when you set your mind to it….which is, pretty much, the subject of this week’s video. Enjoy… Related Posts:Challenge 2012 Week Three Challenge 2012 Week Six Challenge 2012 Week Two

Cathy Dean - Britain's Premiere Confidence Coach for Midlife Women

Challenge 2012 Week Seven

Cathy — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:51:34 +0000

Cathy Dean - Britain's Premiere Confidence Coach for Midlife Women

After another beasting by Helen on Tuesday last week I’ve now completed week 4 of the NHS couch to 5k podcasts. Helen has been ensuring that I increase my stamina by having me do interval training around Cheltenham Racecourse (not over the jumps, I hasten to add…) so in my last session with her I ...

Cathy Dean - Britain's Premiere Confidence Coach for Midlife Women

Challenge 2012 Week Six

Cathy — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:57:10 +0000

Cathy Dean - Britain's Premiere Confidence Coach for Midlife Women

Hurrah hurrah, video is back so I can stick to plan to keep you up to date with my 2012 Challenge, which is to train to be able to run (not walk) the 5k Race for Life in July. First off, here’s a video I made a couple of weeks ago and have just found. ...

Cathy Dean - Britain's Premiere Confidence Coach for Midlife Women

Challenge 2012 Weeks Four and Five

Cathy — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 12:23:12 +0000

Cathy Dean - Britain's Premiere Confidence Coach for Midlife Women

I have been very lax in blogging over the past couple of weeks, partly because I’ve wanted these challenge blogs to be all videos, and technology has thwarted me, and partly because I’ve been very busy and haven’t made the time to sit down and write. So here’s what’s been going on with my fitness ...

Cathy Dean - Britain's Premiere Confidence Coach for Midlife Women

Challenge 2012 Week Three

Cathy — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:33:22 +0000

Cathy Dean - Britain's Premiere Confidence Coach for Midlife Women

I had my third training session with the lovely Helen Yarnold from Strawberry Sofa on Wednesday and, once again, it was a hoot. We even got laughed at by the goats at the bottom of my garden (long story, no they’re not mine). Here’s my video report – mysteriously, once again, the video of the ...

Cathy Dean - Britain's Premiere Confidence Coach for Midlife Women

For My Beautiful Daughter

Cathy — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:19:15 +0000

Cathy Dean - Britain's Premiere Confidence Coach for Midlife Women

My lovely girl was 22 yesterday and it seems like only a minute since I was resting her on my shoulder and singing this to her in a shaft of sunlight in our top floor flat. A friend made a tape of Bonnie Raitt songs for me when I was pregnant, and he stuck this ...

Cathy Dean - Britain's Premiere Confidence Coach for Midlife Women

Challenge 2012 Week Two

Cathy — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:56:05 +0000

Cathy Dean - Britain's Premiere Confidence Coach for Midlife Women

Today’s blog takes the form of a video, shot when I got back from my training session this morning. If you missed last weeks’ blog, where I explained my Challenge and how Helen Yarnold from Strawberry Sofa is putting me through her 12-14 Fitness proramme, you can read about it here. Or you can just ...

Cathy Dean - Britain's Premiere Confidence Coach for Midlife Women

This Year’s Challenge Begins

Cathy — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:36:59 +0000

Cathy Dean - Britain's Premiere Confidence Coach for Midlife Women

Last year I undertook a series of challenges to push myself out of my comfort zone. One of them was to train for and run the 5k Race for Life. I ended up having to walk the Race instead of running it, and I felt that I’d let myself down. You can read the full ...

Cathy Dean - Britain's Premiere Confidence Coach for Midlife Women

Regaining Your Confidence After Divorce

Cathy — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 09:39:18 +0000

Cathy Dean - Britain's Premiere Confidence Coach for Midlife Women

I had a fascinating conversation last week with a lovely group of midlife ladies, one of whom works with divorcing partners. The conversation got around to the impact that divorce has on people’s confidence, and how society doesn’t allow or expect divorcees to go through a grieving process, particularly if you’re the person that initiated ...

Cathy Dean - Britain's Premiere Confidence Coach for Midlife Women