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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Sugar Cravings: Why They Happen and How to Calm Them
Sugar cravings usually come from blood sugar dips, habits, short nights and stress. Here’s how to understand yours and calm them gently, without banning anything.
Peppermint Prince: Essential Peppermint Oil, Its Benefits, Effects and More
Fresh, cool and wonderfully clear: essential peppermint oil is a small everyday pleasure. Here is how to enjoy its scent in gentle ways, and how to use it with care.
What Is Autogenic Training? More Than Just a Relaxation Technique
Autogenic training teaches your body to let go, using a few quiet phrases you repeat to yourself. Here’s how it works, what it can help with and how to begin.
How to Support Your Hormones Naturally: Six Daily Habits
Your hormones respond every day to how you sleep, eat, move and handle stress. Six steady daily habits that give your body the best support.
The 7 Kinds of Hunger: A Mindful Eating Exercise
Not every hunger comes from your stomach. Discover the seven kinds of hunger and a simple tasting exercise to hear what your body is really asking for.
How to Live Well and Make the Most of Your Time? Take This Simple Test
Most of our days run on automatic pilot. This simple test, done with paper and a pen, shows you what gives you energy, what drains you, and where you have more choice than you think.
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.
The Direct Impact of Sleep and Stress on Your Appetite and Weight
Sleep, stress and appetite are so closely linked that you can’t really look after one without the others. Here’s how they pull on each other, and what helps.
Let’s Talk About Exercise: Gentle Ways to Move Every Day After 50
Protein is the material, and movement is the message. Here are gentle, everyday ways to keep your body strong, steady and full of energy after fifty.
Being a mom
Being a mom … or a dad … means something different to every parent. As a parent, we obviously want what is best for our child and while we have the experience of having been a child ourselves and remembering how it was with our parents, we don’t receive instructions of use on how to make it happen. We have some things in common when it comes to being a mom or dad and what we wish for our child or children, but today I just want to speak for myself.
How to Improve Your PMS Symptoms and Feel Better
Bloated, tired and short-tempered in the days before your period? Here are the food and everyday habits that can make that week a good deal gentler.
Vitamins and minerals: why your needs are as unique as you are
Your need for vitamins and minerals is not the same as your neighbour’s, and it is not the same in January as in July. Here is how to feed your own body well, with food first.
What are the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids for the brain?
Your brain is largely made of fat, and omega-3s are among the fats it values most. Here is what they do, where to find them in everyday food, and what to make of the big promises.
What Is Bio-individuality? Why There’s No One Right Way to Eat
Every person is unique, so every person needs something a little different from their food. Here’s what bio-individuality means, the few basics that suit everyone, and where to begin.
Ease Allergy Symptoms Naturally
What makes spring so beautiful for many of us brings sneezing and itchy eyes for others. Here are the foods and the simple home habits that can make pollen season more comfortable, alongside the advice of your doctor or pharmacist.
Nurture yourself this spring with primary foods
Spring is not the moment to be hard on yourself. Look at nature, do as she does, and nourish yourself with these simple primary foods, on and off the plate.
Breathe: A Gentle Introduction to Coming Back to Your Breath
Most of us spend the day breathing high and short without noticing. Here’s a gentle introduction to remembering your breath, with one simple practice and a little sticky-note trick.
Let’s Talk About Cravings: Where They Come From and What They’re Telling You
Cravings for crisps, cheese or chocolate usually come from stress, comfort, hunger, tiredness or habit. Here’s how to find out where yours come from, and what helps.
