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Podcast news | 5 Minutes to Change Your Life season 2

June 27, 2022 Joanne Mallon 0

After a brief hiatus (really, just a pause to inhale), my podcast 5 Minutes to Change Your Life is back back BAACK for a fresh […]

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Book news | How to Find Joy in Five Minutes a Day is here

January 13, 2022 Joanne Mallon 0

New year, new book, new happy dance: I’m delighted to be able to tell you that my latest book, How to Find Joy in Five […]

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Gym challenge 2019 | The results

January 14, 2020 Joanne Mallon 0

It’s time to crank open ye olde Filofax and kick around the dust of what was last year’s gym challenge. (For younglings a Filofax is […]

A beginner’s guide to the FitBit – UPDATED

March 12, 2015 Joanne Mallon 0

The first rule of FitBit is: You do not talk about FitBit. Mainly because it’s completely bloody dull to bore on about how many steps […]

Tried and tested: How to really go to the gym 3 times a week

January 10, 2012 Joanne Mallon 5

  As this was year four of my gym challenge (in which I aim to go to the gym 150 times a year AKA 3ish times […]

Planning to go to the gym 3 times a week? Don’t bother

January 6, 2011 Joanne Mallon 10

  I was interested to read on The Guardian’s website that Zoe Williams thinks that the gym is a con.  Williams admits that she doesn’t […]

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The Invisible Book and Why Time to Write is a Necessity, Not a Luxury

February 3, 2010 Joanne Mallon 4

When I’m working with new coaching clients, we start by looking at the kinds of things that they’re not doing, but would like to be […]

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New Year Resolutions for Freelancers

January 11, 2010 Joanne Mallon 6

So the new year is off the starting blocks, and next week we will be welcoming Blue Monday. More than just a New Order song or the […]

Why You Will Never Get Fit or Be Slim

December 1, 2009 Joanne Mallon 1

(Gotta love that cheery headline) So the latest on the gym challenge is: I managed 20 visits in November (I know!), bringing the total to […]

My Year of Gym-ing Dangerously

December 9, 2008 Joanne Mallon 2

Round about now, it’s traditional to look back on the resolutions you made at the start of the year and think “Ye Gods, what kind […]

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