The Age Fix – how to really look 10 years younger
Before I even start with this, let’s just get one thing out of the way. There’s no actual need for you to try to look younger if you don’t want to. In an interview on the radio recently, the glorious Mary Beard confidently and happily stated that she’s happy to look her age, and has Read More
20 things you ought to know about eating disorders but probably don’t (#6 is a shocker)
There are so many myths and misunderstandings about eating disorders. To mark Eating Disorders Awareness Week, here are 20 things you ought to know about eating disorders. How many of them did you know? 1. Eating disorders can happen to happy, well-adjusted people living in happy, well-adjusted families. 2. More people have eating disorders in Read More
Run yourself fit – a perfect book for beginner runners
As soon as I heard about Run yourself Fit, I thought of you. I get asked so many questions about how to start running from scratch and I know there are stacks of you who are secret wannabe runners. Maybe you have never tried running but fancy having a go. Perhaps you tried it once, Read More
How a GoPro transformed me from nervous skier to snow goddess
If you’re taking the family skiing at half term (and no, I’m not envious AT ALL…) then I’m willing to bet that at least some of you will suffer from Nervous Skier Syndrome. I’ve had this in spades for years, and it has got progressively worse as the years have passed. In fact, out of Read More
How to stay healthy when shit happens
The more observant amongst you may have noticed that I haven’t been around for a while. I’ve been dealing with a whole load of Complicated Life Stuff – a perfect storm of stressful life events. It’s not the first time this has happened – earlier in the year I had a period when both my Read More
Healthy Halloween recipes – healthy pumpkin spice latte and honey pumpkin bread
OK, so don’t judge me. I know that pumpkin spice latte is the drink of the much-maligned basic white girl. But I kinda love it for its autumnal obviousness and cinnamony sweetness. And yeah, I’ll confess, while we’re at it, that I also wear Uggs and like Taylor Swift. Tick, tick, tick. As I Read More
Honey vs. sugar – is honey better for you?
It’s National Honey Week so you’ll be seeing a few honey recipes on the blog this week. I spent a week in Slovenia recently learning about beekeeping and apitourism, so there’s not much I don’t know about all things apitherapeutic. But before I get to the deliciousness, there’s an important issue to get our heads Read More
Fitness inspiration – the unflattering picture that says it all
I suppose I’d better start with the elephant in the room. The picture I’m about to show you is – let’s face it – just not flattering. It’s slightly out of focus and makes me look bedraggled and frankly a bit unhinged. It’s not even been filtered or edited – this is it, in its Read More
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