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Healthy Pregnancy: Conscious Conception
3 August 2012
On special request by a number of my readers as a follow up to my Fertility Friday posts, this is the first post in a series on conscious, healthy, natural pregnancy. Before we launch into the how to of ensuring emotional and physical health throughout pregnancy, it is necessary to take a step back to look more…
How To Make Vegetables Interesting For Kids (and adults!)
27 July 2012
Are your children (including grown-up children) fussy when it comes to eating vegetables? Do you struggle to present ‘boring healthy food‘ in an interesting way? Follow the three ‘P’s to encourage your children to eat their veggies: Participation: Involve your children with the shopping and meal preparation. I appreciate that this may seem like your more…
Where Do Your Unhelpful Eating Habits Come From?
13 July 2012
Do you ever feel that you’re not in control of what you eat, that cravings are just too strong? Do you get frustrated with yourself each time your ‘will power’ seems to let you down again? Well, you’re not alone. And I’d like to reassure you. It’s not Will Power’s fault. Let him/her go because more…
10 Everyday Uses For Apple Cider Vinegar
24 June 2012
If Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV) isn’t a staple in your house, it will be once you realise just how many benefits it has (other than to make a delicious vinaigrette). ACV is one of my favourite ingredients to use in the kitchen, bathroom and around the house. ACV has been used for hundreds of years more…
Is Your Sunscreen Safe? (and should you eat it?)
10 June 2012
Vitamin D. My favourite vitamin to get in its natural form. I admit it. Sunbathing – safely – is one of my favourite feel-good hobbies. I needit to thrive. In actual fact, so do you. Why is Vitamin D so important? Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin needed for: the proper absorption of calcium; more…
How To Get Your Family On Board With Healthy Eating
27 May 2012
Do you sometimes (often/always?) find it stressful to be responsible for preparing meals for your family, each with their own likes, dislikes, requests, mood of the day, food intolerances or allergies? We all know that meal times aren’t always the easiest, most straight forward or indeed time for family sharing. This is one of the more…
How To Prepare A Healthy Meal In 15 Minutes
13 May 2012
Having a few favourite quick ‘n easy go-to meals for when you’re short on time, inspiration and energy is an essential success building block to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. These take the same amount of time that it’d take you to choose, place and wait for your take-away order. Make it easier to stick to more…
Wild Weeds You Can Eat: Picking Nature’s Superfoods (for free)
29 April 2012
Nature really is bountiful and does provide, as long as you know where to look and what to look for. Along with Spring comes picking and foraging, activities that I have recently added to my healthy habits. As someone who really doesn’t know much at all about flower, plants, trees, this is really so easy, more…
Overeaten? Judging Yourself For It? 3 Top Tips To Get You Back On Track
15 April 2012
Family holidays such as Easter, Christmas and other major holidays can be challenging when it comes to healthy eating and can leave you feeling bloated, sluggish, with a bit more of a belly than you had a few days ago, moody, with poor digestion, perhaps spotty skin and generally feeling slow and low on more…
Healthy Easter Chocolate Recipes
1 April 2012
Easter is next week and if you’re not thinking of Easter bunnies or painting eggs, I can guarantee you’re thinking about chocolate. Just because we do. Not matter what time of year. The majority of you reading this post are doing so for two reasons. 1. you are a health enthusiast who always has an more…
