January again. Start to a fresh year. A blank page. I don´t know about you, but I ditched resolutions many years ago. They never seemed to work that long and ended up being another way to beat myself up about myself, my willpower, anything really. Now people talk more about a word for the year […]
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How to have a more mindful or conscious holiday season that won´t wreck your mental or physical health. As the holiday season approaches, midlife women often find themselves navigating a whirlwind of festivities (including organising it all), delicious treats, and celebratory libations. Yes, it is also a time for joy, celebration, family, but, from my […]
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How does Self Discovery help yourself? According to research around 60% of women report feeling disconnected from their true selves Sound familiar to you? I have heard women (including myself in the past) share how they don´t know who they really are anymore. Feeling lost. Feeling like something is missing. We have been so caught […]
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Why is Self Care in Midlife is Crucial for Mums? First up, what is self-care? Self-care is any activity that we do deliberately in order to take care of our mental, emotional, and physical health. It is different for each of us. To find out more about why important, particularly in midlife when we can […]
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Self Care: What is it and Why is it Important? Self care is not just about a day at the spa, a bath, box of chocolates or a glass of wine………… Self-care is any activity that we do deliberately in order to take care of our mental, emotional, and physical health. In this post we […]
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When you think of menopause what does it bring up for you? Change? Health? Unknown? Beginnings? Endings? Not sure? Help?! Menopause is generally understood in the west to a phase of life that brings about significant changes in a woman’s body, both physically and emotionally. It’s a subject that has been widely discussed in Western […]
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Yes! At last I am on the 10th, and last, principle of my Intuitive Eating journey, which is all about gentle nutrition or how I prefer to call it – food to feel good! In some ways it feels a bit incongruent to have a chapter on nutrition when the rest of the principles have […]
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So, here we are on the Intuitive Eating journey again and now on Principle 9 of Intuitive Eating – movement feel the difference or how I prefer to look at it – get your body moving in a way that feels goooooooooood to you! We all knew that this principle was coming! But the Intuitive […]
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After a bit of a break, I am back to my Intuitive Eating journey and now for Principle 8 – Respect Your (Our) Body. The basics of which is: respecting that we are all different and our bodies are all different too. Sounds straight-forward and yet the reality is not quite so! Whilst we know […]
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Phew, that is a long title! So, in this post I am reviewing my experience with Principle 7 and what I learnt from my reading and self-exploration this week. If you haven´t ready my first post about ´Coping with your feelings with Kindness´ then I suggest you check it out first. This review is based […]
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