Healthy Mind

There are a lot of inspiring ideas out there for how to strengthen and nurture your purpose in life after 50 but at the end of the day you have to find what works for you. In fact, there can be times that you question what keeps getting you up in the morning to go…

Why do we struggle to get started building healthy habits for ourselves? We know how to get in shape. We know we need to eat less and move more. We know how to exercise, get up, walk, do some yoga, or lift weights. We know how to eat healthily, add more vegetables into our day,…

Midlife can at times seem like a never ending battle to find something that will give you an energy boost. Those mornings when the alarm goes off and you’re all “WTF surely I just shut my eyes, like 5 minutes ago.” At times I’m sure all you really want to do is reach for another…

Mindfulness and meditation are two words that are slung around like confetti in this current time, but don’t be too quick to discount them as just fashionable concepts that only those who want to be seen to be trendy follow. There are incredible benefits of mediation for women in midlife. They are in fact two…

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…

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?…

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….

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…