By Susan Muncey When I tell friends I was a plump child, they don’t believe me. Most photographs of my formative years have somehow ‘disappeared’ in favour of ones like this taken in the early 1990s, demonstrating the results of…
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By Susan Muncey When I tell friends I was a plump child, they don’t believe me. Most photographs of my formative years have somehow ‘disappeared’ in favour of ones like this taken in the early 1990s, demonstrating the results of…
by Sue Camp Nutritional foundations to strengthen your immunity We’re living in challenging times; the COVID-19 outbreak is unprecedented in recent history, and there are no guidelines for an epidemiological event of this scope and magnitude. Winston Churchill apparently said…
by Melinda McDougall Feel good this winter – protect your health with some simple strategies It’s been heartening over these last few months to see so many people, in light of the pandemic, taking care of themselves in ways they…
By Sam Rudd “Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on” – Eckhart Tolle As I child I held onto everything and couldn’t let anything go because of my trauma and loss. Holding…
As the leaves turn from green to gold. I let go. Autumn hold me in its cocoon to go slower into the process. I let go of a job, I let go of a home. I let go of old…
Throughout the seasons of the year we are reminded of the cycle of new beginnings and endings. Of welcoming in, and graciously letting go. As we reflect back on our lives, we can see how this cycle has also played…
By Peta Coote As we return to the semblance of some sort of “normality”, I find myself in the middle of many a conversation around dieting with colleagues and friends. Exclamations of “I’m fasting” to slightly louder exclamations of “I’m…
Growing up we had one rule at the dinner table as kids, you must take one bite of everything on your plate, even if you think you don’t like it. My parents both cooked a lot growing up, and I’m…
By Luisa Skinner I remember our sweaty, mud-clad arrival at a scenic North Devon beach-front inn, having just hiked a gruelling, yet satisfying, stage of the South West Coast Path. The undeniably mouth-watering abundance of heaving plates transported by graceful…
By Emma Simpson One evening in December last year, I was awoken at 3am by my 13 year old daughter who had heard noises outside – there was a man trying to break into our house, and my fire fighter…