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It’s incredible what the human body and mind can achieve when we live a healthy and sustainable lifestyle.

At Pockit we want you to live your best life, so we’ve curated a selection of tools and resources to help you improve your lifestyle.

Nutrition

Exercise

Mental Health

Nutrition

We are what we eat. But seems like we’ve forgotten about that. Currently, around half of strokes are linked to poor diet.

The good news is - you can do something about it! Start taking ownership of your diet now:

YOUR SUPER

Easy-to-go and chill option for a healthy habit. Your Super makes powders out of superfood elements. Just mix some of this stuff in your yoghurt, smoothie or salad and start feeling better without even noticing.

NUTRITION FACTS

This scientific-based Youtube channel by Dr. Greger provides an entertaining deep-dive into the world of nutrition. His unique character and engaging storytelling make the facts look sexy and appealing.

PICK UP LIMES

Pick Up Limes, by Sadia Badiei, is a useful video-series to enter the world of healthy cooking. The website doesn’t provide access just to healthy recipes but also gives tricks to help you implementing healthy habits in your daily-eating-extravaganza.

SUPERFOOD APP

A practical mobile App focused on making you understand that for a healthy life we need healthy recipes. Discover healthy recipes and ingredients that you didn’t even know existed and add them directly to your grocery list.

EVERYDAY HEALTH

‘Everyday Health’ summarises in this easy-to-digest article they keys to implementing a healthy diet that will help you preventing stroke and improving your health through nutrition.

Exercise

Let’s face it, as human beings we are not designed to lay on a couch all day. The World Stroke Org. Says “1M strokes a year are linked to physical inactivity”.

Make sure you stay active and start exploring the world around you, this can help you getting out there:

YOGA WITH ADRIENE

Getting fitter and healthier while practising weird positions in your living room rocking an incredibly-tight-fluorescent outfit it’s probably one of the easiest way to start moving your ass. Adrienne provides free subscription on Youtube to thousands of yoga videos to keep your mind, body and soul flowing. Get that relax time, you know you deserve it.

SWORKIT

Sworkit is a user-friendly digital companion to help keep you active on a daily-basis. The App is designed to be goal-oriented and customisable, so you can really take ownership of your fitness.

STRAVA

If you’re tired of living room fitness and would rather get out there and explore the world around you, Strava could be a good partner to keep you motivated. Covering a range of outdoor sports, this App includes tracking, route guides and challenges that will help you stay healthy and connected to your environment.

30-DAY GUIDE TO EXERCISE

Let’s be honest, it's really hard to get back into exercise when you’re not used to it. If you’ve been lazy for a while (wether just a few months or as far you can remember) and wanna get back into it, this article by Verywellfit put’s it right, helping you getting up the couch with a 30-day journey back to healthy fitness. (Don’t be ashamed to click through and have a look, we’re all beginners sometimes).

PARKRUN

Friendly weekend meet ups where people come together and enjoy the benefits of walking, jogging or running as a community. With free access and inclusive to all levels and ages, Park Run is a global initiative currently present in 22 countries. Check the country list and start connecting with people to join events near you.

NHS STRENGTH FLEX

This program provided by the NHS includes a series of podcasts and videos to guide you through a 5-week journey focused on improving your strength and flexibility. Easily downloadable to your phone or computer, can be done anywhere and is equipment-free. C’mon it couldn’t get easier than this.

You probably didn’t know that 1 in 6 strokes are linked to mental health.

But you should know that living in peace with your mind and consciousness is one of the most fundamental pillars in human life. Yet many of us still don’t give it the attention it needs, we don’t know how to take care of it and in some cases we are even ashamed of it.

Well, here’s the deal: There’s nothing to be ashamed of. We ALL need to take care of our own mental health. You don’t have to be sick, it’s just a thing you do. Here are some tools to help you:

Mental Health

HEADSPACE

Although a good thing for your mental health would be spending less time in front of a screen and focus more on your physical body instead, this digital tool can be a great friend to help you relax, breath, meditate and calm your mind. An everyday-go-to solution for your mindfulness, including insights from world-class experts and hundreds of audio guides. We recommend you go for the free trial first and see for yourself.

A GOOD PLAN

Remember when you used to write and touch things with your hands? Get off the screen with this diary focused on mindfulness and personal development. It provides a way for you to monitor your mental health and stress levels in a really mellow way, while giving you mindfulness tips and still leaving space for your notes, ideas and thoughts. A great tool to reflect and practice self-care, which we all need to practise more of.

THE MIND - EXPLAINED

This 20 min documentary takes you on a journey to discovery about how your brain works, while keeping you engaged and entertained. A good insight into the importance and key elements of mental health and how to approach it. It will for sure inspire you to take action in your life and want to know more about mental health.

MENTALLY STRONG PEOPLE

Presented by psychotherapist, international bestselling author, and mental strength trainer Amy Morin, this podcast brings you every Monday and Wednesday insights and actionable advice for increasing your mental strength. Brought to life in a series of interviews and conversations with a wide range of individuals, this podcast it’s a great resource of inspiration and motivation to live your life to the fullest.

HAPPINES IS ALL IN YOUR MIND

You’re probably no stranger to TED videos and its diverse range of inspiring and insightful content. They have a lot of talks focused on mental health, but this one by American Buddhist Gen Kelsang Nyema really caught our eye. We love the simplicity of her truths and the way it makes you understand that your happiness and wellbeing rely fully on what’s going on in your head, and not so much on external factors, as we are all used to think.

THE HAPINESS PLANNER

The Happiness Planner focuses on helping you become happy, whole and fulfilled through a wide range of diaries, journals, print materials, workshops and digital tools.

WANT TO HELP US BEATING STROKES?

If you have any suggestions on Nutrition, Exercise or Mental Health that you think could fit in our Take Action platform, we would love to hear from you. From mobile apps to books and everything in between, we are looking for tools and resources that can help people to improve their lifestyle and live their best lifes. Please get in touch through the email below with the subject 'Take Action':

info@pockitdx.co.uk