Improve menopause symptoms with these simple strategies. I’m in the dressing room of my favourite jeans shop buying a new pair of jeans because the old ones won’t do up anymore. God, I’d rather be anywhere but here but I need jeans to take for a weekend away. I apologise for this image but I’m just […]

Menopause symptoms for some women can be difficult and include, putting on weight especially around our mid section, hot flushes, night sweats, poor sleep quality, lack of energy, brain fog and more. These are my top 3 foods for making these menopause symptoms worse.Step away from that sugar ladened chocolate brownie.. Thanks to lower levels of […]

Do you struggle with low energy in menopause? Did you hit 50 and suddenly hate the sound of Katrina and the Waves belting out Walking On Sunshine at 4.45 in the morning? Not because you have to get out of bed. Nope, that’s the easy part, you’ve been awake for the best part of an hour […]

How the heck do you choose healthy when grocery shopping?Your wandering around the supermarket for the hundredth time this week. You have no idea what to have for a healthy dinner so you’ve popped down to see if anything inspired you.  You pass the muesli section and remember you ran out that morning. So you grab […]

First, how not to balance blood sugar levels…Remember when you were really young and your parents left that block of chocolate out for the babysitter. While they were at the door seeing her off that chocolate was staring you down and you thought “if I just have one bit Mum won’t notice”.One bit turned into […]

Are you sick of struggling to release weight and just want to know which foods for energy and weight loss you should be including in your eating plan each day? Here’s a typical scenario. You’ve just jumped out of the shower looked in the mirror and oh damn, it’s still there. Your fairly expanded middle area seems […]

So you may be thinking “Paleo Or Keto – which one is best for you? Is there anything better. Perhaps I shouldn’t go on a diet at all.” First and foremost let’s remove the word diet. Over the years the word has developed a bit of a stigma so I chose to say “a way […]

Only read this if you don’t want to pay an ungodly amount of cash for a detox or cleanse diet plan and you would rather detox naturally. Never mind the bogey man in dark corners of your home I would be more concerned about the faceless killers that lurk in many of the things we […]

Do you ever sit and wonder how the hell life got so busy and complicated and wonder how you could possibly make your life a little more simple? We all have those days. You wake up and the first clue that your alarm didn’t go off is the bin man driving up the street minus […]

The hormonal system or the endocrine system as it is otherwise known consists of all the glands in the body that produce hormones. For us to enjoy sustained energy all day, good sleep at night, digestion with no hiccups (so to speak) hand a healthy metabolism it is important to keep these glands happy. The […]

1. Realise Your Struggle Is Relative To Your Own Circumstances Not Someone Else’s The other day I was at my doctors when I bumped into an old friend who I hadn’t seen forever. She was a friend whom I always admired. Energetic, positive and completely in control. Back when I was spending time with her […]

We know by now that deprivation diets are no good for the body and the mind but why? I don’t think I can remember the first diet I went on. There was a whole lot of cottage cheese and lettuce though. I also remember feeling lethargic and lacking in energy. I thought I had died […]

Worry and fear are two nasty minded energy vampires. But for these energy-sucking negative bullies, a silver bullet isn’t going to do the trick. We need something far more powerful. We need the power of a mind that is in the moment. When our minds are so busy worrying about things in the past or […]

My hormone replacement tablets last nearly twice as long as they should because I forget them every second day. Any wonder I just yelled at the dog for licking the floor where he thought he saw a crumb, which he can’t of because I just bloody cleaned it. I take supplements but it is a […]

As a woman, you are sure to come across terms such as hormonal imbalance, hormonal changes, adrenal fatigue, how hormones affect your health, and many other variations. Before I became peri-menopausal I didn’t know what even the heck a hormone was. All I knew was I felt bloody awful and I needed to do something […]

How often do you stop yourself from doing something which feels right to you because you are worried that it might not be the right thing to do by others? You are not alone. The approval of others is something many of us look for however there is only one person you need approval from. I […]

We all have that mean little inner critic troll that talks to us and offers us “advice”. Negative and unhelpful advice that does not promote any kind of self-love. The best way to deal with the self-serving little critic troll that wants to decide what is and isn’t good for you is to fire their […]

Keeping a self-care journal is so different from the diary I used in my youth. You remember journaling when you were a teenager. It was all about the latest angst with some pimple-faced boy you couldn’t live without and who is now an accountant at a local firm sporting a comb-over and polyester pants with […]

Did you forgive yourself yet for that time you asked that woman when her baby was due? She gave you an out by asking you to repeat what you said but you completely ignored all the flashing signs that were up in neon. Your partner was frantically shooting you “Please stop talking now” looks but […]

Why Is Decluttering Important? Decluttering is a great way to boost the energy levels so you can fully align energetically, emotionally and physically to take the next big leap in your life. If you are feeling as though you don’t have space in your head for more stuff. Or perhaps your own energy levels are […]

Some days it seems you spend most of your time looking for a better way to boost your energy. Those mornings when the alarm goes off and you all “WTF I just shut my eyes.” You feel so fatigued all you really want to do is reach for another energy drink or coffee. Well step […]

Let’s set the scene for when the universe gives you a reason to decrease your stress. Its 4.00 am Sunday morning and you are awake, even the birds aren’t stupid enough to be up and on with their day. Right bring it on, no point in stewing, may as well get shit done. The universe, […]

It is not hard to create habits that stick if you follow these 5 easy steps. I confess I am a morning person, and definitely not the civilised kind that gets up at 6 am. I like to get up early, 4.45am during the week and maybe half an hour later on the weekend, just […]

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day making it a healthy breakfast is just as important. The cereal aisle at the supermarket is overwhelming in its choice but there are very few which don’t contain enough sugar to induce diabetes in a small army or contain other empty ingredients which don’t contribute to […]

Are you anxious, tired, craving sugar, having trouble sleeping, then you could be experiencing adrenal fatigue? All of these can be related to stress in our lives. We know that stress can have a huge impact on our health and wellness. What Are Adrenal Glands? Your adrenal glands produce stress hormones. Adrenal fatigue or HPA […]

As we age having great skin becomes even more important as we try to maintain our looks and minimise wrinkles and using natural skin care products is probably more important than ever. Having a good complexion is certainly more about what we put into our bodies than what we put on it.  We Need To […]

Are you thinking about a major life shift and following your passion? Perhaps you are bored with where you are at in your life right now. The kids are independent and following their dreams. You want more. You want to do something that will light your passion. What is that something and for that matter […]

I’m going to let you in on two little know weight loss secrets that are rarely mentioned. They are totally free and two of the easiest and most natural things in the world to do yet most of us don’t do them.   Get ready… take a deep breath and here it is…my secret number […]

Free guided meditations are a great place to start on the road to living mindfully. Firstly I am going to dispel a myth. Mediation is not about relaxing. If you want to relax take a trip to Bali, lay on the beach and sip a margarita, in fact, if you would like company, that sounds divine.What is […]

Massage is quite probably one of the oldest forms of healing therapy that is still available to us. For such a long time I avoided having massages. I am not really sure what it was that bothered me. Perhaps my prudish idea that if I got a male I might feel uncomfortable about having his […]