Do you feel like your CREATIVITY has died? Do you feel like your mind is constantly drawing blanks? Does it feel like it is a broken record, stuttering and scratching on REPEAT? Does your brain sometimes feel exactly like ‘a doll on a music box?’ In November and December when I was at my darkest…
(Low Sugar) Carrot Cake Oatmeal : How to stop ABUSING YOURSELF with FOOD.
When your mental health is BAD or your MOOD is LOW, do you A) Deprive yourself of FOOD, STARVING YOURSELF and PUNISHING yourself? B) Lose your appetite completely and FORGET to eat? C) Binge eat turning to all the DELICIOUS and ‘TRASHY’ comfort foods, eating so much that your body HURTS and you HATE yourself?…
How to be a MESS – Living with SHAME.
‘Shame! Shame! Shame!’ And NO, I’m not referring to the Shame Nun in Game of Thrones. (Although sometimes it CAN feel like that.) This whole post has been a struggle to write because instead of focussing, my BRAIN is SCREAMING at me. Today my head woke up MESSY. My thoughts racing A MILLION MILES AN…
Why it’s important to eat PIZZA two days in a row?
This week I had pizza two days in a row. Delicious, oozing, EUPHORIC, mouth watering pizza. I love pizza. I love Italian food. I love the Italian culture of sharing food. ‘Mangiare per vivere e non vivere per mangiare’ which means… LIVE to EAT, don’t EAT to LIVE. Pizza is a food that makes me…
Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal – How to HUG yourself.
Hands up who loves desserts! I can never understand someone who would choose having a starter over dessert. I would eat dessert EVERY DAY if I could. Which is why I put so much time and effort into making such a delicious porridge in the morning. Because it’s that dessert feeling in a nutritious bowl…
Back to Basics Banana and PB Porridge- You are NOT your mental illness.
Today I am bringing it back to BASICS. After introducing you to a few ‘whacky’, ‘different’ or CRAZY oatmeals, I want to STRIP everything back to the very basics and teach you how to make porridge/oatmeal delicious simply. After yesterday’s day of appointment after appointment (all very helpful but emotionally draining) I was stripped of…
Matcha Peace Zoats – Calming your ANXIETY
I am scared. I can feel my heart racing and my breathing start to quicken. I am covered in cold sweat. The world starts closing in and becoming smaller. It feels like I am wearing a box of bees on my head, or, a cardboard box trapping me inside my self. But I am lying…
Happy GALENTINES day – ‘Nutella’ Oatmeal
Happy GALENTINES day! After years of bullying, it took me a really LONG time to trust girls and be friends with them. I was lucky enough to have one constant best friend that I’ve known since I was 11, but she was the exception as a teenager. When I moved to London, I met this…
Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake Oats (And Gut Health)
Let’s talk about gut health. It is mind boggling how interconnected your nervous system, your gut and mind are. I was diagnosed with IBS and lactose intollerance at the age of 12 after relentless years of bullying. Since then as soon as my anxiety levels are high, I’m stressed and my mental health is suffering,…
Valentines day special – Chocolate Turkish Delight Porridge.
This is a perfect breakfast for Valentines day. or PALENTINES day (a day for showering your friends with love.) It’s a porridge not necessarily for a significant other. But for you. Reminding yourself to practise self love and self compassion. And I’m going to be honest, I’m not good at this. I have never loved…
Joyfull Joy 