Science Experiment Day 7: Objective: To stop counting calories, eat when I’m hungry and need energy. To live life to it’s fullest, eat food to it’s fullest and love to my fullest. Also burgers. And salted caramel. Is that an objective? I don’t care. IT IS NOW! The problem with being ‘recovered’ is that your…
Why it’s OKAY to HAVE NO IDEA what you are DOING – Raspberry and Lime Cacao Zoats.
I have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA what I’m doing. I have NO IDEA what I’m doing with my life. And when it comes to a lot of things I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I’M DOING. With dating. With work. With friends. With writing. With this blog. And do you know what? That is completely OKAY. I…
How to make FRIENDS as an ADULT – Cherry Bakewell Oats
Making friends can be SCARY. In childhood days, it was SO MUCH easier. When we happily toddled over to other children, No introductions needed, And started to squelch and play in the mud. Then for whatever MULTITUDE of reasons, fear and doubt enters our lives. And making friends as an adult can be TERRIFYING. After…
No Food is EVIL – Not So Secret Salted Caramel
What would you FEED your ‘child self’? If you were to walk around daily with the little, vulnerable child version of you… What WORDS would you feed yourself? What IMAGES would you feed yourself? What FOOD would you feed yourself? Would you tell the child version of you that they were FAT and didn’t deserve…
Why I hated WOMEN – International Women’s Day – Decadently Delicious Chocolate Oats
I hated women. (What a stupid thing to say on international women’s day) But I did. I didn’t trust them. I didn’t want to be friends with them. Apart from a few friends who were girls most of my friends were MEN. My bullies were mostly girls. Who used me as their personal plaything. Their…
Let them eat CAKE – Coffee and Walnut Cake Oatmeal
Here is a funny story about cake. And as a lot of funny stories begin, I’m going to start it with the sentence…. ‘When I was severely anorexic….’ (Hilarious right? No but seriously stay with me) I was about to collapse and be taken into hospital for the second time but before that it was…
My Mantra Jewellery – Morrocan Jewelled Oats
I am going to be honest….. I’m NOT a jewellery person. I have never liked the FAFF. I am always just really AWARE that jewellery is on my body. Like a CONSTANT ITCH. However, my mind may have been changed (slightly) And yesterday after a series of difficult appointments… I was glad to have…
You DESERVE Pancakes -Cinnamon Pumpkin Pancakes with Chocolate Orange Sauce
You DESERVE Pancakes! Plain and simple, you bloody well DO! You don’t need to have exercised to burn off the calories to EARN the pancakes. You don’t need to have under eaten today to EARN the pancakes. You don’t need to go … ‘Well it’s Tuesday… which is NOT a treat day, and is not…
How to be ALONE – Coconut Lamington Oats
And so I found myself in a bar. I had finished my promo shift in Camden. Willing the hours to roll by, tired of pinning a smile to my face. Tired of drawing on my last energy to convince people I was okay. I grabbed my backpack and my suitcase and rolled it out of…
How to have a QUARTER LIFE CRISIS
Hands up if you scroll through INSTAGRAM and FACEBOOK, comparing your life, your body and YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS with your peers and friends? Hands up if you think you’re a FAILURE? Hands up if you beat yourself up for not being in the PLACE you thought you’d be by this age? I can put all of…
Joyfull Joy 