In the age of “Self Care”, I feel like it sometimes just adds to the to-do list. Life is busy, and there are times where we have too much on

My hubby and I decided to go for a little road trip, and we decided to pack a picnic. Here are the 5 elements of a good picnic.

Think of a habit kind of like a ritual. Something that you do regularly, that becomes a part of your life. You might even start to enjoy it.

You hear yourself saying it was “one of those days”. You just want to curl up into a ball, be left alone. Here's how to fix it in 3 steps.

All afternoon I've wanted to eat. Not because I’m hungry, but bored, and lacking direction or focus. Here's what I do to minimise the damage

Benefits of a clean up are: a) you might find stuff you’d misplaced b) it will be clean! c) you’ll feel like a real human again

Adding in steps is becoming more and more important in our increasingly sedentary lives. In the past, we’ve heard of the phrase “incidental exercise”. This is when you go out of your way to add steps or more movement into your day. This doesn’t include doing an actual workout. What it does include is things like parking your car further from the shops, taking the stairs, walking to the bus stop or getting off one stop early, lose your remote control so you have to get up, sta

Whenever I have a scheduled workout but seriously don’t want to do it, I always make a deal with myself. Do 20 minutes and if you don’t want to do any more, then you’re done. This way I’ve got at least some movement into my day, still making baby steps towards my goals and I don’t feel like a fat loser for bailing. 95% of the time, when that 20-minute timer goes off, I can do more, and I kinda want to. It’s like the perfect length of time for the endorphines to kick in. But i

Full disclosure, I don’t have kids (yet), but I did grow up 7 and 10 years older than my siblings and babysat all through high school. I’ve spent a lot of time with kids, and I enjoy being in the kitchen generally. Maybe you’re feeling a bit flat or uninspired when it comes to cooking lately? It feels like such a chore. But you love your kids and value your family time. Maybe you're a mum or dad that would like to teach their kids life skills and be a good role model… and isn

In my opinion, there's two levels of self care. Number one being – take care of yourself on the most basic level. Shower, eat at regular times, eat generally nourishing foods, get enough sleep. Now this might sound silly to some of us but if you're a shift worker, work from home or have a crazy AF life, these might be the best you can do. And that's fine! Number two is all those things brands have conjured up in our minds about bubble baths and face masks. Which is very love

Something’s happened – you’ve been let go from your job, someone close to you has had an accident or passed away, you’ve been dumped, kicked out or something else. You feel many things but making sense of anything is not easy. “Psychological shock, a form of psychological trauma, is the body’s very real stress response to experiencing or witnessing an overwhelming and/or frightening event.” Harley Therapy Counselling You may be scared, anxious, unable to think straight, compl

There’s two types of people in this world, those who eat when they’re stressed, and those who don’t. I am type 1, 100%. And since you're here, I’m guessing you’re feeling that too. When we’re stressed, our body goes into a Stress Response. This means our hormones go to work and create a fight or flight response in our body. It does things like pump blood into our limbs, affects our heart rate and it also does a few things to our gut. Our body releases a hormone called Cortiso

You’re uninspired, lethargic, sluggish and might have some aches and pains. So what do you do? Here's some great tips.

We’ve all been there, big day, you’re home later than normal and you haven’t even thought about what’s for dinner. You’re either ravenous, or really not feeling like eating but know you should have something. This is where meal-prepped meals come in handy, but if you’re not that organised, no problem!! Whether you’re cooking for just you, or the whole family, here are a few of my tried-and-true options: 1) Breakfast for dinner (otherwise known as “Brinner”) – if you have eggs

I have been packing my own work and school lunches forever! Whilst doing different diets, eating plans, in different jobs, routines and locations. I have tried it all! Here’s my healthy list: Breakfast Overnight oats – mix quick oats, yoghurt, milk and sweetener and place in fridge. In the morning, grab and go! Add fruit if you like. Actual porridge – prep dry oats, sweetener/spices etc in a container and once you get to work, put in some hot water and stir! Cereal Scrambled

These are great for people who sit at a desk all day (me!!), or may be watching their carb intake: - Green apple and cheese - Red apple and peanut butter - Veggie sticks and avo, hummus or greek yoghurt-based dip - Celery or carrot with peanut butter – try to go with a natural peanut butter, without added preservatives or mixing agents. - Cottage cheese or yoghurt, and berries - Almonds, walnuts or other nuts – just watch your portion size, because they're high in fat - Straw

Making changes in our life are often harder than we expect they should be. How many of you have thought that you need to make a change but you just can't do it? No matter how frustrated we get with ourselves for this seemingly easy task. Recognising an issue, thinking about changing your behaviour and actually doing it, are stages within the Change Process. I think of it like a switch going off in our head. You can’t force it. And that means nobody else can either. But we can

Recently I have rediscovered zucchinis and thought you might be interested in how to cook them. 1. Breakfast Bake – I often make like a frittata/quiche kind of thing and grate a whole zucchini into it. I kind of make it up as I go based on the ingredients I have in the fridge but you must have eggs obviously. I cook at 180 degrees for about 45 minutes or until there’s no runny bits on top. I make a large baking dish of it and have breakfast for the hubby and I for about 4 day

Branding is not always about the physical design of a logo or marketing material. It’s so much more than that. Anyone can rebrand from solopreneurs to large corporations, but it doesn’t stop there. You can also brand yourself. Branding is about what you want to put out into the world, what kind of energy you want to put out there. How you want to make people feel. What kind of worker you’d like to be. I have just been reassessing my business branding and brand personality, an

Stressful situations are kind of unavoidable in life. But how we feel when we encounter them and how our bodies react can be very much down to the individual. Here’s how to manage stress before it handles you: 1. Make sure you’re getting enough rest. Rest is so important and can greatly affect our memory, brain function, physical capabilities and also our emotional state. Rest is sleep, and also taking rest days and down time each day to relax our bodies. 2. Fuel your body wi