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…
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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…
Salted Chocolate, Pistachio Cherry Oats and STOMACH SQUISH
I have STOMACH SQUISH. We all have STOMACH SQUISH. Do my family or my friends HATE me because when I sit down my stomach SQUISHES? No! Do police follow me down the street because I have stomach squish? No! Yesterday at a body confidence workshop with Laura Phelan (of Phelan Well), she made a really…
Macacha Magic Energy Oats
I have a confession to make….. I am a witch. Well….. a porridge witch. Most mornings, you can see me stirring my potion (*cough* porridge) in my shiny metal cauldron (*cough* saucepan) I can prove to you that PORRIDGE is… MAGIC! That is has healing properties and can boost your MOOD and ENERGY. Porridge used…
A Funny Story about Panic Attacks
Panic attacks literally make ZERO SENSE. It’s not like you are having a panic attack in front of a SWORD WIELDING PIRATE WITH RABIES! Your fight or flight reflex has broken and you are hyperventilating over your bowl of Kellogs Crunchy Nut! Or in the loo of your parents house during a family dinner. Or…
Food is LOVE – Caramac Porridge
They say a way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. Scrap that! A way to ANYONE’S HEART is through their stomach. Think about how many ‘ceremonies’ or ‘rituals’ we have related to food. Birthday parties and birthday cake. Christmas dinner. Thanksgiving dinner. Easter and chocolate. Going out for dinner with friends. Going on…
(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?…
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…
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