The best supplements for energy in midlife is a little subjective and depends on what works for your particular body type but I have listed what’s worked for me as well as some that have been recommended. I take supplements but it is a bit ad hoc. I either forget …
I am declaring an amazing mental self-care day for you. This is going to be awesome! You get to put down those 50 hats you are wearing and put on just one, your most favorite one, the one that truly suits you, has your name on it and nothing else. …
Before I launch into the recipe, I want to point out that this is in no way a recipe site. I try a recipe and if it works out well and the family likes it I’ll post it here. Besides being healthy there are two criteria for it to make …
As women enter menopause there can be increased feelings of stress anxiety and fear. What causes depression and anxiety during menopause and how can we deal with it naturally? These feelings can be attributed in part to physical changes such as declining levels of the hormones progesterone and estrogen. The …
One of the easiest ways to improve your health and lose fat is to cut as much sugar from your diet as you are able. Read on to learn how to quit sugar easily and the exact reasons this is the best thing for your health. You need carbohydrates but …
Everybody is unique and individual and the rate at which you lose weight on a low carb diet will be different from the person next to you who perhaps has the exact same diet as you. If you’ve been eating low carb for a while and have not managed to …
To boost energy naturally and avoid feeling fatigued and tired can be tough to do, especially if your sleep-deprived our you have fallen on tough times. Unfortunately, the way out of this fatigue is not through drinking your 20th cup of coffee for the day. In these times of Netflix, crazy cat …
In life it is important to your well-being to have things to look forward to every day. It might be sitting the sun, buying a new top, having family visit, that awesome new book you want to read they are the ordinary in our day but to find joy in …
Currently approximately one in five of every man, woman and child around the world are still in lockdown. There has never been a more important time for staying healthy when working from home. Are you completely over being in lockdown and starting to climb the walls if only to get …
It is so important to be able to reduce stress. Especially right now, in the midst of the Coronavirus and doubly so if you are going through perimenopause, menopause or have a disease such as diabetes as you may already be dealing with hormonal imbalance. Each morning when I walk …
How to reduce menopause symptoms naturally isn’t some secret squirrel thing that only people we read about can know. It is achievable by all women reaching this age. The number one cause of menopause symptoms is stress. But there is more to it. Read on my menopausal friend. Somewhere just …
The constant battle of trying to sleep better at night naturally can add to the stress that women in midlife often need to contend with especially as thanks to fluctuating hormones sleep can sometimes be difficult. Do you have bags under your eyes that are so big you could pack …
In the battle to improve menopause symptoms, your easiest starting point is your diet. To make it easier for you I have listed here 9 foods to eat during menopause and 3 foods to avoid in menopause. When perimenopause hit me like a freight train in my 40’s I struggled. …
When searching Google for the best remedies for hot flashes there is an awful lot of “noise” to sift through. In this post, I have done my best to make it as simple as possible with things you can do quickly and easily to relieve and in some cases end …
Who doesn’t love a good fritter? I grew up on sweet corn fritters made with a can of creamed corn, flour and egg. As kids we loved them. These grain-free zucchini and sweet potato fritters are a step above the corn fritters of yesteryear. As an adult who likes to …
Doing things a little differently to healthy up your day is easy peasy. I have told my daughters, Molly and Lulu, many times, when they struggling to keep on top of things in life, school work etc. There are some essential things they need to help them through, plenty of water, …
When you feel tired your life can be negatively impacted. It may: render you unable to concentrate for any length of time, make the thought of any form of exercise the stuff of nightmares, be the cause of bad moods, anger and possibly even trigger anxiety. The reasons you feel …
Although energy healing has been around for thousands of years it is gaining in popularity so in many circles it is no longer considered weird or not real. Many medical practices offer it as part of the holistic approach to healing their patients. Recently I had the opportunity to partake …
It’s Christmas time and keeping your gut health doesn’t have to be difficult, especially on Christmas day when historically it may have taken a bit of a beating. You’ve been sticking to a nice healthy diet. Your health is good, you may have even lost a bit of weight recently. …
So you’re eliminating sugar from your diet and you have no idea where to start. Well in the immortal words of Maria Von Trapp “Start at the very beginning…” And if you are under any illusions about how sugar affects your health go and read this post. How To Improve …
Quitting sugar is paramount if you want to have awesome health, good energy, balanced hormones, good skin, fewer menopause symptoms, better sleep and many more benefits. Sugar is eight times as addictive as cocaine. In combination with the right amount of salt and fats, it activates the same part of …
There are a lot of misconceptions about perimenopause and menopause with many believing that the first hot flush is when menopause begins. In reality, there is a long time between the start of perimenopause symptoms and your final egg being produced at the end of perimenopause. The reason for the …
How do you lose the weight you gain in menopause? This is the most commonly asked question I hear. You still eat healthily, in fact, you’re drowning under a mountain of kale and coconut water and religiously endure tucking yourself into exercise tights to endure the gym full of buff …
Stress is one of the biggest factors in midlife weight gain. We need to look at ways to reduce stress to easily lose weight in midlife. Midlife can be a challenging time for women. With our bodies going through hormonal changes that for some can be far more dramatic …
To improve digestion we have to understand that what you eat is not solely responsible for poor digestion but also how you eat. Your digestion is the process of breaking down food into nutrients for your body. If your digestion is not working you are at risk of many and …
My tricep muscles were at risk of looking like a turkey’s neck until I started lifting weights in my midlife. A few years back I was in the supermarket reaching for something on a high shelf when the unimaginable happened. I caught myself holding my under-arm so that it didn’t …
Healthy living over 50 can seem like the holy grail of midlife but can be easier to achieve than you think. It’s a fact of life that we live in a society that seems obsessed with looking and acting young. With the rise and rise of the consumer culture, we …
One of the most debilitating things about midlife for women can be how menopause affects our sleep. If you are a menopausal woman odds are you have had nights when you have woken and not gone back to sleep or maybe you’ve had trouble getting off to sleep then finally …
Reducing bloat in menopause is an issue that is we often talk about in hushed tones among the women in my circle of friends. I hope this article may help a few of them. You’ve just purchased the MOST GORGEOUS pair of jeans, a beautiful new shirt and belt to …
