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. Now, doesn’t that feel like…
As women enter menopause there can be emotional symptoms experienced such as 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 you absolutely don’t need sugar…
To boost energy naturally and avoid feeling fatigued and tired can be difficult to do, especially when your sleep-deprived our you’re going through a particularly stressful time in your life. All that important self-care and wellbeing stuff can get put to the side onto a steaming pile of “I don’t have time or I just can’t be…
In life it is important to your health and 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. These are the things that are 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 away from the sound of…
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 I have been taking the…
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 after hitting 50 maybe a…
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 them for a weekend away?…
When searching Google for the best remedies to treat hot flashes there is an awful lot of “noise” to sift through. In this post, I’ve done my best to make it as simple as possible with solutions you can implement quickly and easily to relieve and in some cases stop hot flashes. What Are Hot…
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 eat as healthy as possible…
Doing things a little differently to healthy up your day is easy peasy. I have told my daughters, Molly and Lulu, many times, that when they’re struggling to keep on top of things in life, University, work etc. There are some essential things they need to help them through, plenty of water, plenty of sleep and…
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 in a Pellowah Healing workshop….
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. Or perhaps you have sworn…
Eating a grain free and sugar free diet
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 wobble. Those things under my…
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 are bombarded with images of…
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 succumbed in the wee small…
Yoga can benefit us in many ways especially in midlife when menopause and age can take its toll. When you get out of a chair and take a little time to straighten up, do you gasp a little as you do? Sitting for long periods can lead to pain and stiffness in our joints as…
Can food intolerances cause bloating or weight gain? Absolutely! As well as a whole host of other symptoms and health problems. Read on. Five or six years ago I was going through peri-menopause. Every day I woke to feel extremely AVERAGE. I was exhausted, I didn’t sleep well, my knees constantly ached, I struggled to walk…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Are you sick of struggling to release weight? You 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…
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…
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…
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…
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