How it transforms bodies and minds in eight weeks — Do you know that women were not ALLOWED to run marathons until 1967? Before that, the maximum distance women were allowed to race in the west was 1.5 miles. That’s 2.4k, which, as slow as I am, can finish in 15 minutes. Please can everyone take the time to appreciate…

What’s the Right Amount of Seriousness in Life? Let’s Talk about That — From irrelevant to teacher’s pet, there’s a spectrum of students in the class, the same in society, where do you sit? I was usually confused, swinging from wanting to do well and wanting to be rebelliously cool. The coming-of-age movies didn’t help, am I an outcast or a nerd? This…

Know your body, don’t hurt yourself — It was quite surprising to know how many women in the West have used contraception so that their period disappears until they need it again for pregnancy. I’m not a medical expert, so I’m not for or against this practice. As a person who grew up in the Far East…

Why and how to discover life-changing healthy habits — No story can’t be reduced to three lines. Here are my three lines: I didn’t dare to wear sleeveless clothes until five days ago, on the treadmill, and I am 32 years old. Even though I’ve been a serious swimmer all my life, very few friends and family have ever…

Living an Enlightened Life as An Ordinary Person — If you haven’t read the very first chapter of Eckhart Tolle’s legendary book the Power of Now, you should. He lives an enlightened life as an ordinary person. Like him, I had my moment of awakening solidly at the age of 29. Prior to that, I had multiple brief moments…

Follows logic, so body positivity makes sense — Feel free to be shocked. It took me 20 years to wear the right size of shoes because of one comment about my size 39 feet when I was ten years old. They aren’t too big, you btichy salesperson. But from there, my body image issue was still a mess…

Just to get us out of our comfort zone — I was talking about holiday plans with four rich wives in a fancy car. Corfu, Mauritius, Cornwall, Dubai, and everyone cheered and talked about how they loved these places. Then I said, ‘I am going to Poland next week.’ Immediately followed by awkward silence, they didn’t know whether to congratulate…

But there’s every reason to return — Almost two years ago I started writing on Medium, and three top writers (do they still have that?), some bonus payments, and 702 followers later, I stopped. I didn’t stop writing, no, I make a living out of writing now, which is my dream comes true. But I might have…

My free plan included! — Swimrun is still an up-and-coming race, and swimrun supersprint is even rarer. However, a short supersprint race is most likely to be the entry game for many beginners. I couldn’t find any resources on the internet on how to train for swimrun supersprint in eight weeks at the time of…