connection

and so I choose to begin again written on chalk on floor fresh start new year 2024 self love and self care
Intentional Living
New start
Personal

Want real change in 2024?

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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make peace with food intuitive eating workbook
Intentional Living
Intuitive eating
Personal

Intuitive Eating – Making Peace with Food Review

Having read up about Making Peace with Food, I have embarked this week on the workbook reading and exercises, which I found easier to follow than the main book. Particularly the explanation around habituation where dieting stops us from having the effect of being comfortable around some foods which can result in bingeing. It was […]

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I dont know where I am going from here but I promise it wont be boring in lights
Intentional Living
Intuitive eating
Personal

My Intuitive Eating Journey

Please don’t let the title put you off! I know everyone has had their fill of articles on weight loss, diets, fads, exercise routines, I don’t think I need to go on. And I know I have certainly had enough of the whole ‘perfect body’ culture, that anyone is less than if they don’t conform […]

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painted hand holding conscious connection
Personal
Relationships

Conscious Connection

One of the great things about having lived in a few different countries is that you have friends all over the world. One of the not so great things about having lived in a few different countries is that you have friends all over the world. It is obviously wonderful in so many ways to […]

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covid christmas away from family and home
Family
Festive Season or Christmas

Celebrating when not together

Ok, so we have felt our feelings and talked about them (and if you haven’t yet, then read this post here!)  The next step is how can we still have a meaningful Christmas, New Year, Easter or Birthday (any special occasion really!) with whoever we spend it with and also develop connection with those other […]

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hermit crab walking across boardwalk with ocean behind
Personal
Relationships

Time to break out of our bubbles?

I don’t know about you, but I feel like I am turning into a bit of a hermit. Yes, I might live with my husband and two kids and speak to a few people online, meet a friend for an occasional walk maybe; Apart from that not a lot else. The rest of my social […]

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