Mindful Routes

Do you want do feel…

Joy without apology
Rest without guilt
Peace without pressure
Safe to be your true self
Presence without fear

Me too!!! 💯

I’m always working on these things… I’ll never be a finished product… I have the tools, I know the chat… but sometimes it’s hard to always do or think what we know is right for us… right?!? 🤯

Not everyone will like you. That’s ok. It’s a filter 👌🏼

I can see my own growth and that’s the only healthy comparison I will make 💫

📸 R A V E N S • O U T D O O R of me wandering in the Dolomites!!! 🏔️

The Dolomites: unfinished business… they redeemed themselves this year and we were lucky enough to have mild conditions up the top of Sass Pordoi which had snow coverage at around the same time of year… We also managed to do the Col de Margarita route! Absolutely mind blowing stunning! 🤩

This was part 2 of our Italy trip a few weeks ago 🇮🇹 👌🏼 🍕 🏔️ ☀️

Your worth is not based on how busy you are

Busyness is not a badge of honour

It’s ok to say no to things

People who matter don’t mind, people who mind don’t matter

Your body know the score - LISTEN

When your body says no, you need to say no

Missing one event is not the end of the world or your friendship

Slow down, take time to honour what you actually need

Ask yourself, what do I need right now, in this moment? And go do that thing…. 💫

AUGUST - a month full of making great memories with friends, family and the BF 💕

This one ⬆️ was at the top of Sass Pordoi, Dolomites, Italy 🇮🇹 with Allan R A V E N S • O U T D O O R with completely different perspectives from same time last year when it was covered in a snow and we could barely see a thing… 🩵

As always, August has been another jam packed month, but very little bike riding! Not sure how it’s happened, but life got very busy, full of fun, but not much looking after myself in terms of exercise and nutrition, until this last week… more on this another time…

Enjoy my multi-captions… 😅

A super lovely day at Traquair House wuth friends, my bro and all their kids and their mum’s dogs! It escalated!! 🤣🤣🤣

Bro & niece at Glentress

Niece: “I don’t like mountain biking” after climbing a very small hill

Also niece: “Can we do that trail again”

Edinburgh date night with Allan and Angus - PIZZA of course!!

Anjunadeep Open Air, London 🎶 🕺 ☀️ ALWAYS a highlight of the year to be honest!! 🫶🏼

Always the best fun with my favourite raving buddies!! So much love for these girls, my heart bursts! 💖

An overdue catch up with my pal Gerry, taking him up the local Lee Pen for a lunchtime stomp 🫶🏼

Hiking from Monte Baldo, Lake Garda, Italy 🇮🇹

Stunning scenes up Col de Margarita, Dolomites, Italy 🇮🇹

Limone Sul Garda, Italy 🇮🇹 I think one of my fave downs round Lake Garda 👌🏼

Limone, Lake Garda 🇮🇹

One of three mountain bike rides this month… and had to stop so many times to catch my breath, we were chatting so much… it took us a long time to get anywhere this day!! Sometimes that’s what a bike ride needs to be though! Thanks for your patience Lindsey! I do need to work on that bike fitness again!! 💫

Celebrating Alicia & Alex, a Royal Mile Wednesday wedding! 🤍🤍🤍

We scrubbed up!! 💖 R A V E N S • O U T D O O R 💖

Sea swim and sauna at Hopeman with some of my besties!!! 💗

And some partying, at the beach! So fun! 🤩

A paddle of 2 halves… 🫣🤣

Guess where?!?!

Yay! A bike ride!!!! Fiona Coghill 🫶🏼

We still love Italy!!! 🇮🇹

Some snaps of Lake Garda, the first part of our Italy holiday last week… the perfect combo of sunshine, chill, walks and yummy food! Just what we both needed!! 👌🏼

📍 Limone Sul Garda, Lake Garda

With a holiday and hen do in July, this month has flown by…

I started the month strong, riding with some of my fave valley girls!! 🤩

Some time with my mum and what seems to be my annual trip to the Stonehaven outdoor pool… reminiscing of my younger days working on poolside and all the after work parties in summer!! 🙌🏼

Allan and I finally bought a bbq, so any opportunity to eat and sit outside, bean bag or hammock, depends how I’m feeling… I’m also delighted with our first raspberry haul!! 🩷

An awesome trip with my wonderful buddy Fiona Coghill out to French alps, meeting new folk, an amazing chalet and awesome guided rides with Steven McDonald 💚

A Hen do for Kate was in Bristol, which was fun! Something special about witnessing your friends beaming with happiness!! 🫶🏼 Also got to catch up with a friend for lunch down there, which is always lovely!! 🥰

And it finished off with a retirement do in London with my wonderful UNICEF UK colleagues and I very much appreciated a sneaky sunset 🩵🧡

I just love looking back to appreciate the life I have curated!! I didn’t always feel like this about myself or my life. I used to compare myself to others, I used to lack in self worth, and I didn’t really like myself very much. So to be in a place where I can celebrate and feel deep gratitude for what I DO have, is a special feeling… even though not much has actually changed, just my mindset and perspective! 💫

What have you started to appreciate more as you have grown and evolved?! For me it’s definitely people and nature!!

Also, I’d love to see other peoples highlights! Apparently we can share photos in comments now… so let’s see them!!! ⬇️

Jen 💓

This day 10 years ago, I fell to my knees in disbelief, horror and incredible heartache when I was told one of my closest friends had taken his life. My life changed… at first for the worst, but I have since grown and healed and understand a bit more about myself now…It’s been quite the journey! I think my friend would be proud!!💫

The world lost an absolute gem of a human and it makes me so angry, sad and frustrated to think that he felt he had no other option, and that so many others since have felt the same! 😢

I still don’t understand why, and I still carry a lot of guilt and sadness around it all, but I try to find peace in the memories, his rants, his laughter, his energy, his kindness, his support and his wisdom! 💓

Im still trying to accept that I’ll never really and truly understand… and for the last few years I felt like I’d let my attachment to him go a little, and avoided talking too much about him… but it turns out, doing a mental health first aid course, has brought it all back… the pain, the sadness, the frustration and anguish as well as the guilt again, quite strongly. Wising I’d known what I know now, so I could’ve maybe, just maybe made a difference to him and changed his course of action 🤷🏻‍♀️

This is not a pity post, but more of a message to anyone who is struggling out there, just talk. Let someone know you need help. PLEASE! 🙏🏼

Whether you’re struggling yourself or you are supporting someone else… You are someone’s bright light and maybe you don’t know it yet, but people love you for who you are right now!!! 💜

Life is not a dress rehearsal, this is it!!

Don’t count the days, make the days count!!

I’m trying…

Jen 💕