Category: Health & Wellness
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What Is My Favourite Drink?
Ale of the ginger variety is my favourite drink – simple, alcohol-free and perfectly suited to slow café mornings and real conversations. Here’s why ginger ale still wins for me, every time.
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The Ultimate Running Playlist: A Motivating, Up-Tempo Guide to Run Faster and Feel Stronger
Discover the ultimate running playlist to help you run faster, stay motivated and enjoy every mile. From upbeat warm-up tracks to powerful mid-run anthems and a calming cool-down, this guide shares the best songs and headphone tips to transform your next run.
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Bullet Mark
Bullet Mark is a haunting piece of flash fiction by Alison Little, capturing the quiet violence of a single wound and the lasting shape of survival through spare, lyrical language and unforgettable imagery.
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Foraging Memories
Foraging Memories by Alison Little is a reflective short story exploring grief, connection and nostalgia through the quiet discovery of everyday objects, revealing how personal belongings preserve memory and meaning in an increasingly digital, contactless world.
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The Loss
The Loss is a short flash fiction piece by Alison Little, written in response to Charlotte Hodes’ Silhouette: burnt orange, exploring grief, miscarriage and quiet recovery through an intimate moment on the Dorset coast.
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Grief Letter
Letters to Forever brings together deeply personal reflections on love, loss, and the ways we continue to carry those we’ve lost. As part of this evolving grief‑letter installation, Alison shares a handwritten message to her partner Dave, written two years after he died during the first wave of COVID‑19. Her letter sits within a wider…
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Running for Beginners: How to Start, Improve, and Stay Motivated
Starting running doesn’t have to be intimidating. This beginner’s guide shows you how to build endurance safely using walk-run methods, choose the right gear, and stay motivated—whether you run alone or with a group.
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Abandoned Your New Year’s Resolutions? Here’s How to Begin Again
By mid-January, many New Year’s resolutions are already slipping. Gym plans stall, Dry January wobbles, and good intentions quietly fade. This isn’t a failure of willpower—it’s a sign that most resolutions are built on pressure, not reality. This article takes an honest look at why resolutions are so easily abandoned, the guilt that follows, and…
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A Year in Sketches: Reflections on My 2025 Daily Sketch Diary Project
In 2025, I completed a daily sketch diary as a year-long arts project, creating one drawing every day in response to work, news, culture, and changing mental wellbeing. From intense visual metaphors and political moments to texture studies and brighter post-burnout imagery, this sketch diary became a deeply personal record of a transformative year —…
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🎄 December Newsletter
December was filled with winter warmth, creativity, humour, and reflection on alisonlittle.blog. From winter running essentials and mindful hobbies to festive flash fiction, community celebrations, recovery at Christmas, scenic walks, and darkly comic seasonal stories, this month looked back on the many ways we moved, paused, laughed, and connected as the year came to a…