POWER is bananas

22/02/2026

Step into your POWER, in celebration of International Women's Day and in support of My Sisters' House CIO

As if by magic, IWD marks ten weeks to ‘til the Bognor 10km - the next step in the Advent-ure with My Sisters House.

Sunday 08.03.2026 at 9:00 AM GMT 📌

anyone and everyone - anywhere in the world - can be one of the bunch: bananamen, women - all people, and pets

any movement - walk, run, dance, gym, clean your house, any and every movement counts

live on Zoom (anywhere in the world)

one hour of connection and celebration
includ. 30 mins movement, mindset and bananas

BYOB, bring your own banana 🍌

powerisbananas.com/events to book
Zoom link to join will land in your inbox closer to the date

justgiving.com/page/powerxmsh to donate

if you're not already one of the Bognor Prom 10k Road Race bunch, fundraising for My Sisters House

If you’re a POWER O.G thinking, is this the Zoom magic that powered us through lockdown - yes, exactly that, only more '2026'. 💥

Love to share IWD, make some noise and raise much needed funds for MSH, with you. 💛

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Not already one of the Bognor 10km bunch and would love to be:

1. sign up via bognorprom10k.org select team 'POWER is Bananas'

2. set up your justgiving.com/campaign/msh-bognorprom10k

3. Send me a message to let me know you've done both, and I'll send you details of the POWER 'practice' plan when they become available

We start 'practice' on International Women's Day, and the Bognor 10km is known to sell out so please don't wait.

Love To Cheer Instead?

We'd love that too. Please save the date, Sunday 17th May 2026.

16/02/2026

Everything you need to know. 💜

Who's in? 💥

International Women's Day, Sunday 08.03 is ten weeks til the 10km - what a day to begin POWER 'practice', in support of My Sisters' House. 📌

As one of the Bognor Prom 10k Road Race bunch, fundraising for My Sisters' House CIO you'll unlock a bunch of POWER perks to support you as you prepare to lace up at the start line, on Sunday 17th May.

Think, bunch 'practice' in-person and online, for the bunch living further afield.

As well as, first to experience POWER In Your Pocket - bananachat available when you want to shift (and 'practice').

If you're not one of the Bognor 10km bunch but would love to walk/run/move with us during POWER 'practice' - in-person or online - you're so welcome, in exchange for a donation on the POWER JustGiving page to My Sisters' House (MSH).


Why MSH, for me ... 💜

The incredible work that MSH does in making women feel seen, believed, supported and em-POWER-ed in their experiences of domestic abuse is part of my story, historically.

The national crisis they represent so brilliantly close to the Home of POWER in Chichester is one I want to support, and I would love for you to join me.

Step into your POWER. 🍌

08/02/2026

The face on my fridge. 📌

My face of 40+ years ago has been pinned to my fridge for a few years.

She's *really* helpful.

I often 'cheers' her, and I always look to her for my next steps.

Why? Because I am her and I've always been her.

Life is 'simply' that practice of coming back to her, over and over.

I've never 'gone public' with my fridge - wild - but I had to share her and what helps me (as I do with my bananachat) when I saw Donna Ashworth's post, in my feed. 💛

It could only be my face and my fridge - surrounded by words that have also been there for a few years - bananachat inspo, everywhere.

That face knows what a full body "YES" feels like (bananachat), and she's all in for the year of the fire horse.🔥

05/02/2026

Thank you for asking me to chat My Sisters' House CIO and THANK YOU for the brilliant work you do, making women feel seen, believed, supported and em-POWER-ed 💜

As we head into February, we’re excited to share our latest blog — a brilliant conversation with Elaine Hart from Power is Bananas.

A long-time supporter of My Sisters' House and a true community powerhouse, Elaine brings infectious positivity, purpose, and a powerful belief in movement as a tool for connection, mindset, and change. In the feature, she talks about what’s currently fueling her intention within POWER, how movement keeps her aligned, and the banana-fueled wisdom she’s carrying into this next season for the community.

Read the full blog via our website now and get inspired!

And a little reminder: our newsletter subscribers are the first to hear all our charity news and event dates. If you haven’t signed up yet, now’s the perfect time to join us.

03/02/2026

Hello, POWER In Your Pocket. 💥

The new line in POWER now has a name, official.

Its ‘working title’ POWER On-Demand felt a bit DEMAND-y and a bit SHOUTY when POWER is, and will always be, an *invitation* to move, connect, and shift.

You’re in charge. And, with POWER In Your Pocket, more so than ever before.

It’s …

That inimitable POWER soundtrack, at the touch of a button. 🍌

The answer to 'what would Elaine's bananachat say', day or night. 🍌

That empowering voice in your head that will shift you out of a funk and into your power, wherever you are in the world. 🍌

It’s, POWER In Your Pocket. 💥

The name POWER In Your Pocket - aka PIYP - came about over a dirty chai in Goat Coffee Co. after POWER on the Beach.

‘A3 bunch’ Kirsty - who regularly drives 50 minutes each way to be with the bunch for 45 minutes - was asking me about the new line in POWER, and when I explained how all-new digital bananas will work, she said …

“a bit like POWER in your pocket”

Yes. A LOT like that. 💥

POWER In Your Pocket - it’s playfully, POWER-perfect. Thanks, Kirsty.

And by naming it, it becomes a thing. Right?

Right.

For the eager bananas amongst you who have been shouting “I need you in my ears when …” after every POWER experience (when you don’t want to take your POWER headphones off) since the dawn of time, timescale for the roll out is still TBC.

January was all about the tech evolution, February is all about the recording.

Eyes peeled, it’s happening.

I’ll keep you posted on behind the scenes action, the podcast-style format, and the rockstar guests you’ll be moving with .

But for now, simply, it has a name - POWER In Your Pocket - HOW EXCITING. 💥

26/01/2026

One day ...

You're feeling 'grippy' anxious. 😬

The next, you've got a big fat sun shining out of your head (and everything feels lighter). ☀️

That was me ... Friday, peak 'grippy' anxiety. Saturday 'on the Beach with you bunch, lighter.

Sharing how I felt last week for the realness, to normalise it, and to share the bananachat that helped me.

We all feel anxious, from time to time. If we keep it inside that anxious feeling can get bigger.

And we are so much bigger than that thing that's making us feel anxious. 🍌

When I feel anxious, I practice 'getting on the outside' - observing not becoming the feeling.

I create the gap between 'I am anxious' and 'I feel anxious'. 🍌

I remind myself to let the anxious feeling move through like weather. WILD, windy weather, just like Saturday - (tough and temporary).

You are the sky, the rest is just weather. 🍌

Anxiety can feel lonely, you are never alone. Keep talking.

bananachat to keep in your pocket for when you feel anxious and/or to share with someone who's feeling anxious. ▶️

Thank you Michelle .sauna for capturing this note to self. ☀️

Now in my 44th year, a different 'grippy' anxiety started a couple of years back for me, when my hormones shifted. Not only was last week its favourite week of the month, it was a week packed full of newness and challenges which made it extra 'grippy', (tough, and temporary).

Bananachat - my words of mental strength mantras and mindfulness, inspired by words written on bananas, spoken over a banging playlist, whilst we move.

24/01/2026

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24/01/2026

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Bike Project Drop in Sessions! The Chichester Bike Project

Got questions about cycling, bike repairs, or travelling more sustainably?
Come along to our friendly drop-in session and learn how to fix your bike, build confidence, and share skills with the community. 🌍🔧

📍 Rousillon Park Community Hall
🗓 Saturday 31st January
⏰ 10am – 2pm

✨ No booking required – just come along!

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21/01/2026

This Saturday 24.01 'on the Beach, at Bracklesham, booking now 📢

Sunshine forecast ☀️

www.powerisbananas.com/events

18/01/2026

And then I got brave and peeled POWER off the years-old vision board.

Life before bananas, 2016. 📸

The passion I had for empowering people to live wild+free, wholehearted lives was there in 2016, it was just waiting for my courage to catch up (bananachat).

All the love for you bunch who make days I once dreamt of, real life in 2026.

More suits?

The suit that inspired the POWER grey / green brand colours today, custom-made when I pedaled north to south Vietnam, in 2017. 📸

My three favourite 'suits' of POWER Online, during lockdown ...

100 bananas, to celebrate 100 POWER Online Zoom 'meetings'. 🍌

365 bananaversary bunting - you bunch and your 365 banana words that best describe POWER, to celebrate one year on Zoom. 🍌

Banana yellow snow suit - the Ski Saturday edition of POWER Online, to celebrate the bunch whose POWER movement was skiing, in Sweden, whilst the rest of the bunch did their movement, somewhere else in the world. 🍌

For those of you curious about the suit evolution ... 📌

Suits started in 2000, I was a non-graduate on a graduate scheme with HSBC (top performer in Wales & the West, big 'suit'). I then went into trusts and sponsorship for charities (supporting people with Dawn's syndrome and learning disabilities, less 'suit'). Then via motorsport, champagne and other luxury brands, I left Rolls-Royce (this suit) - responsible for the VIP programme - in late 2019, to live my bananas life.

I built POWER myself from scratch over the winter of 2019/2020, on a shoestring, ready to launch just as lockdown hit (all the bonkers suits).