I spoke here about how sugar is not all bad. As with anything in life, it is much more about context than sugar in itself. It is also important to recognise that we do not eat sugar in isolation, how many times have you eaten sugar straight from the bag? Exactly! Our diets are made […]
I was brought up Catholic, I was taught to observe the tradition of Lent not only at home but also at school. Lent is a period of 40 days beginning on Ash Wednesday, the day after Shrove Tuesday (or Pancake Day) and ends on Holy Thursday, the day before Good Friday and Easter weekend. Traditionally, […]
I was recently looking back at some photos of myself on my Facebook timeline and was surprised to see some that I thought I had deleted. Ones from a period in my life that I used to look back on and be ashamed of. A little over ten years ago, I was incredibly thin, I […]
Fasting, in a number of forms, is getting a lot of media attention with many ‘trusted’ celebrities advocating its benefits. I get asked my thoughts on it ALL the time! But before I share my experience and knowledge, let me define the different popular approaches. Windowed fasting. Intermittently skipping one or two meals per day, […]
I don’t know about you, but I have always been terrified of needles. It stems back to when I had to have several blood tests in one go as a child. The nurse struggled to get what she needed and I was left bruised and traumatised. I am not going to lie, it has been creating […]
There is a common misconception that when you start to let go of diets to practice self-care and self-love, you will eat chocolate all day, take endless bubble baths, and binge on Netflix. Quite the opposite! When we think in this way, we see self-care as something to do occasionally, an indulgence. We may even […]
I spent years, decades even, fighting my feelings. I have always been an emotional person, even as a child. I feel my feelings so deeply that they literally take over my entire body at times. This was always difficult to deal with and I distinctly remember trying to articulate this as a teenager, to no […]
What image springs to mind when you think of the word ‘junk’? Trash, clutter, rubbish, worthless, poor quality perhaps?? Using this term for certain foods, therefore, makes the assumption that they are ‘bad’. It attaches moral values to food so that when we eat so-called ‘junk’, we feel immoral. We feel guilt and shame. We […]
Yesterday I attended some mental health awareness training. It was generally a really good session that taught me quite a few things about anxiety and depression. But it also brought a couple of things home to me that I feel compelled to raise awareness about. Towards the end of the training, the presentation inevitably turned […]
My boys and I love bread so we decided to make these really quick and simple flatbreads to accompany our Keema curry recently. We hope you love them also. They are actually really versatile and make great pizza bases or are great with kebabs too. And the best thing is, the kids can do most […]