If you’re expecting a blog post in which I give you tips on how to bag yourself a new partner. Then sorry sweethearts, you’ve come to the wrong place. When I say ‘deal’ with being single… I mean learn to live with it, love it and not have existential crisis’s about whether you’re going to…
How to cope with CHANGE…. – Missfit’s Caramel Pecan and Dark Choc Protein Balls.
CHANGE! Bleurgh! Even the word makes me want to vomit feelings up. Change is BLOODY HARD. I have always found change very difficult When my parents separated when I was 12, my dad bought me the book, ‘Who moved my cheese?’ It’s a very famous self help book about dealing with change. Did it help-…
How to manage SOCIAL ANXIETY….
As the old musical addage goes…. IT’S HIP TO BE SQUARE! BOY, I wish someone had told me that as a kid. I spent so long trying to fit in. I wish I could find photographic evidence of this spectacularly awful hair choice because…… when I was 12 years old, I got thick BLONDE highlights….
How to avoid eating disorder RELAPSES…
To start this off positively…. let’s play a GAME SHOW. How many times have I relapsed from ANOREXIA? WOOOOOOO HIGHLY WARPED GAME SHOW WOOOOO!!!! Is it …. A) Never. B) Once. C) Three times because I was never really recovered. Now what do you win if you get the correct answer? You get the pleasure…
Push the boundaries of your COMFORT ZONE
When I was 14 years old, I attended a musical theatre summer school. I was also strongly in the grips of anorexia. The teachers cottoned on quite quickly that something was wrong. When you’re anorexic, you become quite deceptive. But when everyone eats, or in my case, DOESN’T eat in the same room together, it’s…
How to deal with Emotional Eating – Pumpkin Chickpea Curry
My grandmother died. Well you’re a bloody laugh a minute, Joy! And I have been emotionally eating. I’ve popped on a few pounds. Such is life. What is emotional eating? Is it crying when you eat? Is it finding your food really funny? Is it getting angry with your breakfast? Emotionally eating is responding to…
Why I’m choosing to be POLITICAL about my sexuality….
There have been an increasingly worrying number of news articles recently about attacks on the LGBTQ+ community. A lesbian couple on a bus in London. The protests outside a school in Birmingham. Straight pride in Boston. Ann Widdecombe talking about hoping for a scientific cure for homosexuality. It never surprises me anymore purely because we…
How to silence your inner critic… Beat the Blues Cacao Chestnut Boost Balls
Bleep. Bloop. Blorp. My brain is not working. Genuinely. It’s not. I have writer’s block. Over the past few weeks, I have not been able to write. It has taken me a lot longer than I’d like to admit to write this post. And to be fair, life has dealt me a few tricky cards…
How to deal with life when you are OVERWHELMED… – Strawberry Cheesecake Overnight Oats
I am completely overwhelmed right now. Work is very busy. I’ve been working weekends. I’ve had very little time to myself. I haven’t had time to do the regular exercise I like to do. I haven’t had the time to cook and bake. I’m attempting to process the grief of my Grandmother’s death with the…
It isn’t ENOUGH to just accept your body …. LOVE IT – Apricot and Pistachio Overnight Oats
A week ago, I got back from 6 days in Barcelona. And I had put on a little weight. Emphasis on a LITTLE. Emphasis on ‘does this really matter in the grand scheme of things’ This is completely natural. You’re exercising less and eating more indulgently because you are on HOLIDAY. In fact on one…
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