Easing anxiety through baking

Whipping up some tasty treats in the kitchen can provide more benefits than you might think. Yes, it fills the kitchen with some gorgeous smells and everyone will be grateful for the freshly baked, warm, gooey cookies on the side, but baking is just as much about the process and experience as it is the …

Finding that balance…again

Those of you who know me will also know that I am often ‘starting again’ or ‘resetting’. Some of my Instagram posts refer to me finding my balance again after things haven’t gone too well. Many blogs I have written have seen me starting things only for me to abandon them or vowing that this …

The Break

Rome is the most incredible place. Not somewhere that I ever planned to go because when I think of Italy, I think pizza, pasta and bread. Italy is the place of carbs. A carb-lovers dream (of which I am not!). You may be thinking how sad to let something as trivial and necessary as food …

Mindfulness | By The Coast

As Week 2 of my 100 day mindfulness challenge comes to a close it’s time to evaluate. I have managed a meditation every day for 16 days. Yay! What do they say, it takes 21 days for a new habit to form? So hopefully I am well on my way for this mindfulness stuff to …

100 Mindful Day’s

For those who follow me on Instagram you will have seen that I am coming to the end of my #100daysofhappy where I would post one pic each day of something that made me happy that day. However there have been a lot of unhappy days over the challenge. In fact I have to say …

To Tri or not to Tri?

You have discovered the freedom that running brings. You have a pair of trainers. You have a running watch. You are that person who runs past their house 3 times just to see the time on your watch tick over to the nearest mile marker. You are a runner. You have discovered that two wheels …

But why would you want to do that?

An ultra marathon. Why would anyone want to do that? Some people aspire to completing a marathon one day, just so they can tick 26.2 miles from their bucket list. "I'm training for a marathon" is usually met with "wow that's amazing, what time are you hoping to do it in? I could never do …