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The UK Blog Awards: I got a prize!

NotYourNormalHealthBlog April 26, 2014 5 Comments

Last night was the awards ceremony for the UK Blog Awards. I had planned to do a run-up post yesterday showing you my outfit and all sorts, but life is most definitely getting in the way at the moment and so it was all I could do to run out…
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The Colour 5k: Lessons learned.

NotYourNormalHealthBlog June 9, 2013 1 Comment

Yesterday , I did my first colour run – not technically The Colour Run (that’s a few weeks off) but a Colour 5k – one of an alternative set of such occasions that are starting round the country this year. I was very excited – I’d been wanting to do…
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Races

I’d like to thank the Academy…..

NotYourNormalHealthBlog March 5, 2012 1 Comment

I’m very excited today. It seems I have been nominated for an award. The Guild of Health Writers award for Best Consumer Weekly Feature to be precise – for a piece I wrote for the British magazine Stylist. Considering the last thing I won was…..ummmmm, nothing ever….I’m not holding…
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Healthy Advice

My name is Helen. I'm a health journalist and this is Not Your Normal Health Blog, the little corner of the internet I call home.
Why is it 'not normal'? Well for starters it was launched in a pub, but mostly because this is a place that aims to make being healthy quick, easy and painless. It's not all activated charcoal and £200 leggings.
This is a place for those who exercise so they can eat pizza. It's a place where exercise is fun - and occasionally called off because you had too much Prosecco the night before. It's a place for normal folk who just want to live a healthier life so they can live a longer one. Please, come make yourself at home.