PEACE OF MIND

Having a strong black coffee in silent solitude before her morning workout is as still and meditative as it gets for Loose Women panellist Katie Piper.

“For me, relaxation is movement,” the 38-year-old mum of Belle, eight, and Penelope, four, with husband Richard Sutton, tells HELLO!. “If I’ve had a stressful day, I go for a run or a swim and that would help me unwind and take it down a notch or two.”

However, Katie agreed to take a step back from her daily routines for one week as part of an experiment led by sports brand Asics into movement and mental health. It found that physical inactivity has the same mental impact as a week of broken sleep.

Here, Katie tells us about her experience…