Having moved house around ten times I can assure you I am pretty knowledgeable when it comes to packing up a house and moving to a new location! Not that I enjoy the process. It can be totally stress-inducing. There are fortunately lots of ways to make the experience better and below I will share … Click here to keep reading
Mindfulness has been everywhere recently. Being mindful is the practice of being conscious of the feelings in our mind and body in the here and now. It’s living in the present moment and not worrying about the future or dwelling on the past. It’s appreciating being alive and the beauty of life in that very … Click here to keep reading
Working with different ingredients is always interesting and working with something totally new to us often presents a challenge. Freeze dried fruit is something that I only started using when I began my healthy journey around seven years ago. Before this I had never used a freeze dried fruit powder or eaten a freeze dried … Click here to keep reading
A bedroom should be a place of serenity. It’s our own private sanctuary that we can retreat to at the end of a long eventful day; a day which is usually filled with the stresses of the daily hustle and bustle of our always on-the-go busy lives. Other rooms in our homes are full of … Click here to keep reading
Running a busy household with two young children, working full time by running my own business, which utilises every spare moment I have, as well as trying to find the time to exercise amongst the daily hustle and bustle can sometimes feel overwhelming. However as a family we have made it a priority to put … Click here to keep reading
Staying healthy when you work from home can at first seem really tricky. After all, you don’t need to leave the house and can work in your pyjamas all day long if you choose. Luckily for those of us with kids to ferry off to school and nursery, we do have to get dressed and … Click here to keep reading
A part of eco-friendly living for me is being less wasteful, only throwing things into landfills if there’s absolutely nothing else that can be done with them and reusing or recycling as much as possible. This is even true for clothes. I find it astonishing that people throw old clothes into the bin in this … Click here to keep reading
Being eco-conscious is very important to me and I apply this way of living to my daily lifestyle. There are small changes I’ve made in my own personal routine and our household to lessen our impact on the environment. I know what we do is really minor in comparison to governments drilling for oil and … Click here to keep reading
This week I have decided to create a vegan family meal planner for our dinner times… in the evening. I thought I’d better state it’s for the evening as I’ve always called the three meal times “breakfast, dinner and tea”! When I got with my husband he called them breakfast, lunch and dinner… Of course … Click here to keep reading
It’s so important to be and maintain a healthy weight, yet I feel the whole ‘weight loss’ saga is a bit out of control. Too many people are focused on their weight and want to be thin or skinny, but they are not focused on their health. They want a diet that still enables them … Click here to keep reading