Welcome to Healthy Reads. This is where I share what I’ve learned in years of coaching about eating well and feeling better: nutrition, stress and burnout, sleep, hormones and menopause, healthy habits and simple ways to relax. Every article is based on science and written for real life, so you get clear steps you can start using today. No fads, no guilt and no extremes. Pick a topic below, or simply start reading.
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Holistic Health: A Closer Look at the First Pillar of Joy and Fulfilment
Health is far more than the absence of illness. A closer look at the first pillar of the Joy and Fulfilment Trifecta: body, mind, emotions and spirit, and how to care for all four.
Fostering Self-Kindness: Six Everyday Ways to Embrace Your Inner Worth
Being kind to yourself is something you practise in small moments, on ordinary days. Here are six simple ways to begin, and how to fit them into a real week.
From Self-Criticism to Self-Love: How to Quieten Negative Self-Talk
You would never speak to a friend the way you sometimes speak to yourself. Here is how to notice your inner critic, question it and answer it kindly.
18 FAQs on Self-Compassion: How to Be a Friend to Yourself
What is self-compassion, really? Will it make you lazy? How do you practise it on a bad day? Eighteen honest questions, answered simply, to help you become a better friend to yourself.
How Your Mindset Can Make or Break Your Weight Loss
The way you think about food and speak to yourself matters more than any eating plan. Here is how to swap self-criticism for understanding, and look after your body kindly.
From Frustration to Fulfilment: How Gratitude Can Change Your Outlook
When life feels like one problem after another, gratitude can gently change what you see. Here is how to count your blessings without pretending the troubles aren’t there.
From Joy to Integrity: Three Values for a Fulfilling Life
What does it take to live a life that truly feels like yours? Three values do most of the work: joy, commitment and integrity. Here is what they look like on an ordinary day.
Why Joy Is the Ultimate Brain Boost
Joy feels lovely, and it does more than that: it helps you think more clearly, remember better and feel closer to the people around you. Here is how to invite more of it into an ordinary week.
18 FAQs on Joy: How Joy Transforms Your Life
What is joy, how is it different from happiness, and can you learn to feel more of it? Here are my answers to the eighteen questions I hear most often about joy.
Responding to Life’s Challenges: The Key to a Fulfilling Life
What happens to you is only a small part of the story. The larger part is how you respond, and that part is yours. Here are gentle, practical ways to meet a hard moment.
The Power of Self-Love: Embrace Yourself and Live a Fulfilling Life
You look after everyone else so well. Here is what self-love really means, why it is not selfish, and ten small daily habits to live it.
The Power of Courage: How to Conquer Your Fears
Be scared, but don’t be afraid. Fear is part of every worthwhile step, and it doesn’t have to decide for you. Here is how to act with courage while your heart is still beating fast.
Embrace Your Brokenness: How to Let the Light In
We are all broken somewhere, and that is where the light gets in. A short reflection on accepting your cracks, being kind to yourself and letting other people in.
There Are No Mistakes, Only Opportunities
A mistake says that something didn’t work, not that you are not good enough. Here is how to learn from it, be kind to yourself and move forward.
New Year’s Eve Ritual: Release the Negative and Embrace the Future
Before the party starts, give yourself a quiet half hour. This simple New Year’s Eve ritual helps you put down what you no longer want to carry and make room for what comes next.
The power of friendship: why time with friends is so good for you
A good friend notices when something is wrong, tells you the truth kindly and gets you out of the house. Here is why friendship does you so much good, and how to make more room for it.
Sustaining your body with healthy food: a gentle spring clean for your plate
After a long stretch indoors, close to the kitchen and to our emotions, the body asks for something lighter. Here is a gentle way to clean up your plate in spring and feel more like yourself again.
Give Yourself Permission
You have spent a lifetime adapting to what others expect. Now give yourself permission to be more than you have dared so far: to say a clear yes, a clear no, and to choose your life deliberately.
