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December... the twelfth month of the year which brings the colder weather, the warm fire, present buying, festive parties, lunches, gatherings of family and friends - all in all a very busy month, but most enjoyable. This being the last magazine of the year and the first of the new year it is jam packed full of some lovely new advertisers. As you can see there is a lot going on at Aberdeen Christian Fellowship throughout December. Also, locally there are concerts and learn to sing classes and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget to catch a panto. You can book in for a wonderful massage with Aberdeen Massage Therapies, whilst there pop your ironing into Nicola, and get Maid2Clean to give your house a preChristmas clean. Phone Claire at Abode to find out about a new front door and whilst your at it why not try Garolla for a new garage door to match! There are fabulous gifts galore at Gifted and vouchers are on offer with most of the advertisers. So no need to sit back and relax this December! With little space left can I take this opportunity to thank you all for reading the magazines, utilising the local shops and businesses - it really does make a difference. Go and top up your cuppa and see what else is happening within the pages of the Dec/Jan mag. Merry Christmas and a fabulous 2020 when it comes. Sue x

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The charity Smile Scotland, founded in Aberdeen in 2014, exists to empower people in Scotland with skills, knowledge, confidence and experience. Our aim, to help overcome the barriers individuals face when trying to gain employment or sustain employment. We work to help individuals overcome elements of discrimination that include mental ill health, physical ill health and disability, criminal background and homelessness. We are based at 122 Broomhill Road, Aberdeen. It is a charity shop, but quite different from most others. Individuals have the opportunity to learn a range of skills including furniture restoration & preparation for sale, working with the public under supervision and working within the team who undertake house clearances.Â These skills give individuals a better chance of gaining and sustaining employment when they leave Smile Scotland. Twice a year we open our doors to the local community to say thank you for all they have done for us. Our Christmas Open Evening is on the 12th of December 6.30pm- 9pm, prosecco, mulled wine and nibbles will be served. All are welcome, we are dog friendly so pleased to see our 4-legged friends too. This year Smile Scotland opened an Auction House in Oyne. This broadens the experiences we are able to offer. At present we have an auction on the first Saturday of every month, next one is on Saturday December 7th starting at 10am, doors open at 9am. Viewing is Thursday 5th & Friday 6th, 3-7pm both days. To put items into the auction please contact Clive Hampshire on 07956 043143. To donate items to the shop, send a photograph to Clive or drop into the shop to discuss, we are open 7 days a week.

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Start a New Year’s revolution High-tech ways to keep your New Year’s resolutions Come the New Year, the gyms are going to be packed and many of us will vow to sort ourselves out. We’re going to get fitter, happier and more productive – and technology can help. One way technology can help is by making fitness more fun. For example, instead of a pricey gym subscription, why not buy yourself an e-bike? While some electric bikes are incredibly expensive, prices are falling fast: for example, Halfords sells a number of electric bikes for less than £600 and one is just £479. By comparison, a year’s membership of a very well-known gym chain is £672. Whether you’re cycling down the streets, pounding the pavements or hitting the gym, it’s useful to track your progress to help with your motivation. There are tons of apps for everything, from recording the calories you consume to giving you challenging workouts. Some are incredibly focused, such as Seven: it gives you workouts you can do in just seven minutes. Phones can track your movements through the day but if you really want to track your progress, a fitness tracker or a smartwatch can give you all kinds of information about what your body’s doing. The big daddy of the fitness tracking world is the Apple Watch, which comes in two flavours: the Series 3, which starts at £199, and the Series 5, which starts at £399. The series 4 was discontinued last year. If you have an iPhone, they’re the best smart watches you can buy. If you don’t have an iPhone or just don’t need a £400 Apple Watch, there are plenty of other options. Samsung makes a range of Galaxy Active watches from around £200 up that work really well with Android phones, and it also makes a simple fitness tracker called the Galaxy Fit. That’s currently £89. Fitbit has the £199 Versa 2 smartwatch and a range of fitness trackers including the £119 Charge 3 and the £69 Ace 2 for children. Garmin has fitness-focused smartwatches at all price points plus the cute and sub-£100 Vivosmart 4 trackers, and firms such as Huawei offer budget bargains such as the £59 Band 3 Pro. Every device is different, of course, but the main difference between a smartwatch and a fitness tracker is apps. Smartwatches generally have them and fitness trackers generally don’t. Not all fitness technology goes on your wrist. Smart scales have become even smarter recently and many of them now connect to the health app on your phone, so you can see changes to your body composition and your weight over time. If you don’t feel like dropping £130-plus on a Nokia / Withings smart scale, the budget technology brand Eufy makes some really nice smart ones for much less: its Bluetooth-connected smart scales are currently £39.99 and work brilliantly. Images are : Apple Watch Series 5 Samsung Galaxy Fit tracker

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Seasonal Affective Disorder: How to Deal With Symptoms When the nights get longer and the temperature drops, lots of us experience a decline in mood. For some people, the winter months lead to a form of depression known as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). This can be highly debilitating and goes far beyond the “winter blues”.

Hypnotherapy can help to reframe how you feel about the winter months. This can be important as the mind often reverts back to what seems familiar, and with SAD, this can mean repeating the pattern of symptoms when winter rolls around again. Hypnotherapy can break this pattern and react differently to the onset of winter. Alongside other forms of treatment, hypnotherapy can improve SAD symptoms.

Symptoms include persistent low mood, low self-esteem, feeling tired all the time, not having any interest in day-to-day activities, feeling tearful, feelings of worthlessness and guilt, and high levels of anxiety/stress.

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Experts aren’t entirely sure what triggers it but lack of sunlight and changing serotonin and melatonin levels in the brain are thought to be culprits.

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Introducing Stef Macari Art I'm an Aberdonian abstract artist and I create vibrant, textured artworks using acrylic paint on canvas. From my original paintings I have created notebooks, pens, greetings cards, art prints and beautifully soft scarves to brighten up everyday life. My highly textured, vibrant artwork is totally unique which means that my products are unique too. The texture can be seen clearly on my scarves etc so it looks like you should be able to feel all of the peaks of the paint. When people see my original paintings in real life they just want to touch them and feel the amazing texture. People are often scared to wear colour. My scarves are a very easy way to introduce colour into an outfit and totally transform it at a very affordable price. My versatile scarves can be worn with black outfits or jeans and a top as well as more colourful outfits. See details below for my Etsy store or contact me direct.

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Breathing, is it really THAT simple? “Breathing is good, keep doing it” is a phrase I regularly use in class. To which I often receive a retort of ‘Its better than the alternative’. There is a focus on breath in many exercise classes whether it’s the Pilates class I run in Mannofield to move with your breath, or in a cardiac class, like the one I run at The Hub, Cults, to measure your heart rate with the rate of your breath. Breathing becomes an indicator of the fitness of your body. If you’re out of breath your body is challenged. Moving your body in time to your breath is less challenging on your heart, but there are still oxygen demands on the body’s muscles. It’s your breath which allows the oxygen to get to the working muscles to make them work in class. With dysfunctional breathing causing reduced oxygen you’ll feel like you have no energy. We rarely think of our breath as an indicator to wellness. Breathing is a stabilising mechanism within the body. The pelvis is the centre of the body and the pelvic floor and diaphragm move in harmony. As you breathe in so the pelvic floor and diaphragm bow downwards. Just as when you breathe out the pelvic floor and diaphragm bow upwards. A good breathing technique restores good function within the whole body and in particular good pelvic health. For example, when you make a noise when you get out of a seat! Who does that, why do you do that? When did it start? Though there can be many factors to preventing a good breathing pattern, such as stress, environment, pregnancy, surgery, posture, illness to name a few. Adopting a good breathing technique may help many of these factors. After all, if the muscles are not getting the oxygen, it becomes difficult to do anything. It is a bit like making a noise when getting out of a seat. It is done because you are holding your breath to move. The diaphragm is being used as a stabilising muscle. So the breath is held as the standing movement occurs which may cause other issues. When you need to breath, that’s when the noise occurs, the diaphragm will stop being a stabilising muscle which causes balance to become an issue, or dizziness occurs on standing. Exhaling as you stand is a good breath pattern get into, 12

at any age, and then you can use the muscles at the back of the hips, gluteus max, to get out of the seat. As this becomes a habit so we are less likely to lose it as we get older. After all the gluteus max is the biggest muscle in the body so we may as well us it to do the function it’s there to do, stand up. The diaphragm and core muscle are then engaged and working to stabilise the body in order to stand up. The diaphragm sits at the top of the core and if we can centre the breath we create freedom for the breath. Neck or back pain may come from lack of strength in the diaphragm. Sit for 2 minutes a day breathing in through the nose, with mouth closed, for 5 seconds and breathing out through the nose, with mouth closed, for 5 seconds. This will slow the breath to calm the heart rate and help you to use the breath and core muscles to stabilise on movement instead of holding your berate. Alternatively join me in a new Back Care Pilates class at the Squash Club on Wednesday morning from 10:0010:55am starting in 8th January 2020. I will be covering the breathing techniques in this brand new class. laura@50sFitnessWays.co.uk www.50sFitnessWays.co.uk

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High-Rise Edibles

se high-rise gardening to give extra space, with hanging baskets, wall troughs and window boxes as homes for vegetables, herbs and even fruit. So, what does it take to succeed? Larger containers allow for more room for your crops’ roots and easier maintenance, as they will run out of moisture and fertiliser less frequently. Use suitable supporting brackets and screws for hanging baskets, window boxes and wall troughs, as they must support the weight of fully grown plants laden with crops, which will be heavier after watering. Check walls, balconies and windows sills will not be overloaded and consider using lighter-weight loam-free or peat-free composts with lightweight containers made of bamboo, plastics or fibre glass. You’ll need to use good quality compost and feed crops in high-rise planters

regularly and, as they’re more susceptible to drying out, regular watering is essential. The dwarf runner bean ‘Hestia’ is perfect for containers and can be sown directly into the compost in April, or raised in small pots or trays and then planted out into the highrise planter. Dwarf French varieties such as ‘Duel’ or the purple-podded ‘Purple Tee Pee’ do well in a good sized window box Wall baskets, troughs and hanging baskets can play host to strawberries, which trail naturally over container edges. Plants can be bought from garden centres or by mail order at this time of year. There’s a huge selection of lettuce and other salad leaves available in a wide range of colours and leaf shapes. Fastgerminating and fast-growing, you can either buy small plants or sow the seed directly into the compost.

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Creeping or trailing forms of herbs are a must for a basket, trough or window box, and thyme in particular is ideal for a container in a sunny spot. As it’s hardy it can be planted out at any time of year. Parsley, sage, tarragon, chives and basil all look good in wall baskets or window boxes and thrive in a sunny spot. Most oriental vegetables, such as the pak choi varieties ‘Red Choi’ and Mizuna (including the purple-veined ‘Mizuna Purple’) do well in a sheltered window box or wall trough. The two look stunning combined together, with the Mizuna positioned to ‘flop’ attractively over container edges. For a red and spicy theme use ‘Mustard Red Giant’. There are several varieties of tomatoes well-suited to containers such as hanging baskets, including the classic ‘Tumbling

Tom’, available in both red and yellow varieties, and the red-fruited ‘Tumbler’. Raise them from seed sown now or buy plants to put into containers in late April or May. If you like tiny fruited tomatoes, consider ‘Hundreds and Thousands’. Chilli pepper plants such as ‘Super Chilli’ packed in a window box or wall trough will look stunning when covered in their glossy fruits. Chillies are tender so buy plants in May or June or sow seeds now.

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Five Tasks for an Organised Financial Life in 2020 January is the perfect time to organise your financial life and carry out those onerous or boring tasks you’ve been putting off for so long. Making a will, setting up a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) and checking your credit file are just three important ‘bigger picture’ jobs that can set you up for a secure future, and offer a little protection from life’s uncertainties. So here are the five tasks in more detail – tackle them in any order, and get your financial life organised in 2020. Check your state pension forecast Checking how much state pension you might receive provides a clearer picture

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capacity in the future. You need to be over the age of 18 to make an LPA, and have the mental capacity at the time to make your own decisions. Drawing up an LPA is often regarded as unnecessary until later life, but it’s well worth considering at any time. Write a will Making a will ensures your assets are passed down according to your wishes when you die, and with today’s complex family structures it can prevent a great deal of stress for those left behind. It’s advisable to seek professional assistance when making a will, particularly if you have a young family or your circumstances aren’t straightforward. Take out ‘life event’ insurance Adverse life events such as chronic illness or serious accident can derail your plans for the future. You may not be able to work or function in the way you used to, for instance, but if you’ve taken out appropriate insurance it can reduce some of the devastating financial impact for yourself and your family.

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Check your credit report The state of your credit report affects your ability to borrow and obtain credit, and is a fundamental part of your overall financial situation. Lenders and credit card companies assess your creditworthiness by checking your credit file, and decide whether or not to sanction loans or grant credit based on its contents. If you blitz these jobs in January, you can relax for the rest of 2020 knowing that some of the mundane but very important financial issues that can affect your life so seriously are all under control.

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New Year – New Books

365 Days of Creativity – Lorna Scobie As the blurb says, “Creativity is not just about making your mark on the paper. It’s about looking at the world a little differently.” If you’re stuck in a creative rut, this book might help you get out of it. The daily artistic challenges are split into how they help you feel, so you can choose one based on whether you want to feel calm, inspired, energetic or reflective. They range from drawing patterns on a snake to capturing the view through a doorway. Whether you take five minutes or five hours on each one is up to you.

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Booker Prize Shortlist 2019 – Various Looking for a new fiction book to lose yourself in on a long winter’s night? Fancy trying something a bit different to your usual genre? Treat yourself to the six novels from the Booker Prize shortlist. Stories range from Chigozie Obioma’s An Orchestra of Minorities to Elif Shalak’s 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World. Read them all to see whether you agree with the judges’ final decision.

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