You have done really well. You have eaten healthily all year, cut down on sugar and processed foods, you are cooking fresh meals from scratch, drinking plenty of water and getting your 10,000 steps in. And then, the festive season has arrived. The shelves in the shops are stacked with treats and alcohol, the parties and lunches begin and yourContinue reading “Tips For Keeping Healthy and Eating Well During the Festive Season”
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Best Times to Have Dinner to Get a Good Night’s Sleep
Working on my intermittent fasting blog got me thinking about mealtimes and the best times to eat, particularly in the evening. One reported benefit of intermittent fasting is you get a better night’s sleep. We need good quality sleep for our bodies to restore properly, yet many of us are eating too late into theContinue reading “Best Times to Have Dinner to Get a Good Night’s Sleep”
How to Reduce Anxiety
Anxiety is one of those overused words we hear a lot. I see so much of it thrown about on social media, used as humour, as an excuse to drink and to define all kinds of feelings of unease, uncertainty, fear or panic. It’s actually natural and healthy to feel anxious from time to time, likeContinue reading “How to Reduce Anxiety”
Starting a Night Time Routine
Do you have a night time routine? We talk about the importance of a having a morning routine but rarely do we hear about a night time one. However, this is just as important, especially as you go into your 40s and beyond. As your hormones change and you enter perimenopause, getting into good habits nowContinue reading “Starting a Night Time Routine”
How to Get Glowing Skin in Your 40s and Beyond
Ageing is normal and inevitable. Ageing well and in good health is something you have to choose and take responsibility for. Many of us spend time and money focusing on hiding the ‘signs’ of aging, with skin creams and treatments. Yet there is so much you can do to look after your skin from theContinue reading “How to Get Glowing Skin in Your 40s and Beyond”
Simple Tips to Help With Fatigue
Do you wake up feeling tired every morning? Lack energy throughout the day? Or feel wiped out by 3pm? It could be that you have fatigue. Fatigue is when the tiredness is often overwhelming and isn’t relieved by sleep and rest. It is common and can affect many of us at some stage in ourContinue reading “Simple Tips to Help With Fatigue”
Looking After Your Brain
If you read my last blog around gut health, you would have discovered that our gut is known as our second brain. The health of the gut affects how our bodies function. So what about our brains? And how do we look after its health? Most people are so busy taking care of their bodiesContinue reading “Looking After Your Brain”
The Many Benefits of CBD
It’s been long known that components of the cannabis plant have healing properties. The potential medicinal properties of marijuana and its components have been the subject of research and heated debate for decades. The first cannabis-based medicine became available in the UK under prescription in 2015 and CBD was legalized for medicinal use in 2017. SinceContinue reading “The Many Benefits of CBD”
Insomnia and Sleep
Next to a good diet and exercise, good sleep is one the essential things our body and mind needs to function correctly. Sleep is as important as drinking water, feeding our bodies the correct nutrients and breathing. Many biological processes happen during sleep, it’s when the body restores and repairs itself. The nerve cells communicateContinue reading “Insomnia and Sleep”
How to Boost your Energy, Improve your mood, and feel great!
Are you fed up of feeling fatigued and tired all the time? This is becoming far too common! So many women who contact me do so because they constantly feel tired and lack energy. Left ignored, this can really impact your long term mental health, motivation and productivity. There are many reasons a person mayContinue reading “How to Boost your Energy, Improve your mood, and feel great!”