So if you listened to my latest podcast episode I mentioned how I wanted to show different perspectives on how people have navigated lockdown. I think that one thing that keeps as strong as humanity through any difficult time is COMMUNITY. How as a whole we can come together to help each. And I think…
Tag: mental health matters
Let’s break the STIGMA of medication – Super Boost Mood Boost Millionare’s Slices
I take medication. Yep, I do. I am not ashamed of this. And if I wasn’t so open about breaking the stigma of mental health…. If you met me in the street….. Or met the women in this photograph above…. You wouldn’t know. Because medication doesn’t alter your personality. It doesn’t alter you as a…
Do you know how much ENERGY your body needs? – Mocha Peanut Butter Overnight Oats
When you’re tired do you turn to COFFEE? Do you struggle to get out of bed in the morning? Do you find yourself falling asleep after lunch? Do you find it difficult to concentrate? Do you even REALIZE how much ENERGY your body requires to WORK PROPERLY?!! When I went back to work after having…
Break free from RESTRICTIVE EATING – Vegan Cheezy Marmite Pasta
Have you ever panicked that sometimes go on a MAD FOOD BINGE? That for days you will try to ‘diet’ or ‘eat well’, watching your calorie intake and exercising a lot and then after a few days, you will quite literally like Bruce Bogtrotter in Matilda….. GORGE YOUR WAY THROUGH ‘NAUGHTY’ FOOD? There is a…
You set the BAR that you LIVE by – Overnight Turmeric Buckwheat
One step forward, two steps back. Often it can feel like this. That you are striving towards a goal, whatever that goal may be, and each step you take forwards, it feels like you are falling backwards. Or that no matter how hard you try, you can’t reach your goal. Or even in the TRYING…
Why exercise and healthy eating aren’t EVERYTHING…
Healthy eating and exercise are not EVERYTHING. They are important but your life should not be RULED by them. They should not be the PUNISHING DOCTRINE you live by. You should live by JOY. You should live by BALANCE. You should live by LOVE. Once upon a time, there was a girl who wanted the…
Winter will pass and SPRING will come AGAIN… – Gingerbread Oatmeal
Today is the first day of SPRING! Huzzah! Never one to conform with the norm, my body has decided to go into HIBERNATION! I woke up on Tuesday morning with a high fever, swollen and painful throat and a migraine. Cut to yesterday and I was diagnosed with Tonsillitis, given antibiotics and signed off work…
How to be HAPPY… – Happy Salted Chocolate Tahini Oats
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL HAPPINESS DAY! I have nothing revolutionary to say about being happy. This blog post will not change your life. (Now isn’t that a great way to start a blog about HAPPINESS) I am not going to tell you that there is some MAGICAL KEY to being happy. Or give you some airy fairy…
BINGE watch, BINGE eat, BINGE drink, REPEAT – Super Sexy Salted Caramel Sauce.
I had a food binge. A mindless food binge. I wasn’t even tasting the food. I just wanted all of the chocolate and sugar in my mouth. Nothing would fill the deep hunger within me. The empty hole that would never be full. Barely chewing. Just cramming it in my mouth and swallowing it down….
My No Counting Calories Experiment – PBJ Oats
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…
Joyfull Joy 