If you had clapped eyes on me a few years ago you would have been looking at an emotionally frazzled, chronically exhausted, comfort eating, hormonal wreck masquerading as Wonder Woman. Cape on, I seamlessly juggled my career, home, husband, dogs, chickens, and kids (in no particular order) whilst finding time…

Nobody ever regrets great work once they’ve finished, so why does getting started often require such formidable effort? …

I’ve never been a ‘dieter’ as such which I put down to a mixture of laziness, an addiction to bread and butter and an innate feeling that I’d rather be fit and strong than skinny. But I’m not immune to the social pressure either. Obviously whenever I go clothes shopping…

I’m beginning to suspect that that the real reason why I fall short of attaining almost all my health and fitness goals is me. I suspect it is the same for you, not because of any innate character flaw, but simply because we are human. I read a lot about…

the good news is that it’s not because you lack willpower — Everyone I know has, at some point or other in their life, looked in a mirror and decided that they need to shape up and lose a few pounds. I suspect that it was not one-off experience. We are all pretty hopeless at attaining and then maintaining a healthy body…

It has been brought to my attention that Sunday is Valentine’s day, not by my husband naturally, but by my calendar app, the font of all knowledge in our household. February 14th, the day of unrequited passions, infatuations and enduring love. …

Modern life survival guide #2 — myth busting! — The conversation around fats in our diets has become a series of scare stories in which cholesterol is invariably the villain and our hearts and waistlines are the victims. …

We all need to escape the news cycle of doom and gloom. — I have spent most of today doomscrolling. I didn’t, until recently, know that this was a thing but it pretty much sums up my Covid existence. It has become my procrastinating distraction of choice and its doing me absoultely no good whatsoever. Doomscrolling is the activity of scrolling through a…

Modern life survival guide #1 Take a step back and let’s look at the bigger picture. What does it mean to be human? The dictionary definitions are all distinctly disappointing; bipedal primate mammal, person, man woman child. Other definitions focus on what we can do, how we communicate, our thinking…