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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Mindset Mastery: Your Key to a Joyful, Fulfilling Life

Your mindset decides a great deal about how your days feel. Here is how to move from autopilot and overwhelm towards lightness, with three practices and a short meditation.

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18 FAQs on Mindfulness: The Power of Presence

What is mindfulness, really? How long should you practise, and can it help you sleep? Here are warm, plain answers to the 18 questions people ask most.

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Senbazuru: 1000 Origami Cranes and the Calming Art of Paper Folding

A Japanese legend says that whoever folds a thousand paper cranes will have a wish granted. Even one crane, folded slowly, is a calming pause, and all you need is a square of paper.

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Meditation, or How to Withstand the Stress of Today’s Life

There are days that flow and days that don’t. A few quiet minutes of simply being, every day, can change how you meet all of them. Here is why meditation helps with stress, and how to begin.