This weekend I was unbelievably JOYFUL. (Alright, Joy, don’t rub it in) I laughed so much. I had a beautiful time with my mum and stepdad. On the coach back to London, I was smiling. I had a moment in which I thought, ‘SHIT! I’m really HAPPY!’ The next thought was … ‘When is this…
Tag: mental health
7 lessons my mother taught me
I appreciate it’s Mother’s Day and your social media will be in-fluxed with backstories and essays of how amazing people’s mothers are. And it’s important that we express the LOVE and APPRECIATION we feel for fantastic people in our lives. For some people this is an incredibly difficult day, due to various different reasons. I’m…
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…
FUEL your BODY – Spiced Plum and Hazelnut Oatmeal
Your body is like a car. (I know I’ve used this analogy before but I truly want to expand on it.) When your car runs out of petrol, you go to the petrol station and fill it up. You don’t ignore the fact that the tank is empty and keep on driving. You fill the…
Apologies to ANYONE I’ve ever GHOSTED on Tinder – Red Velvet Oatmeal
Dating is SCARY. One of my favourite books which involves a romance is ….Jane Eyre. So well balanced. Rochester locks his mentally ill wife in the attic. He tries to marry Jane, lying to her the whole time. She leaves. Eventually she comes back to him and they marry, after he is blind and severely…
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….
Joyfull Joy 