Get up and move because of how it makes you feel

Get up and move because of how it makes you feel

“I hate winter.” One of my clients says this every year. Not dislike. Not “summer is more my thing”. Hate. And she isn’t alone. My husband, Jermain, despises Bermuda winters, too. The cooler temperatures, shorter days and darkness creeping in earlier? He wants no part of it.

While we aren't quite there yet, with our days still warm, the sun is still hanging around and Bermuda certainly hasn't packed away summer. But you can feel that little shift beginning.

The mornings are changing. The evenings are slowly getting shorter. Before long, those beautiful long summer days will be behind us and 6pm will start feeling suspiciously like bedtime. Me? I don't hate it.

I actually enjoy the change of pace that comes with the seasons. Summer in Bermuda is BUSY. Cup Match, beach days, travel, events, longer evenings, children out of school and a calendar that somehow always has something on it.

So when things begin to settle down, I don't mind it at all. But I've been doing this long enough to notice that the seasonal change affects people differently. I see it in my clients.

Energy changes. Mood changes. Motivation changes. Getting up when it's...