The science of gratitude
How can gratitude practicing improve your health and change your brain?! 🍂It's winter in new zealand, and I am definitely not a fan of...
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Oct 20, 20212 min read
The missing link between diet and autoimmune disease
🍁Recent studies looking at diet and autoimmune disease have increasingly shown a link between a Western style diet, and higher risk of...
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Cauliflower chickpea spinach curry (vegan)
Friday night curry!! 🌱This cauliflower chickpea coconut and spinach curry is such an easy delicious comfort food for the end of the week...
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Changing perspective 💙
👣I snapped this pic the other day - while it looks like clouds in the sky, it's actually looking into the ocean on a very calm day!!...
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Baked brown rice mushroom risotto
W inter comfort food 😊 🌾On cold grey winter days most people start to crave heavier more calorie dense meals - I'm pretty sure it's an...
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'Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible'. (Dalai lama)
👥Kindness is something that so often gets overlooked in our modern world - we strive to be successful, smart, creative, wealthy,...
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The link between addiction, sunlight, and vitamin D
Why we need the sun!! ☀️This was a super interesting study I read recently, around the psychology of sun exposure and opioid addiction,...
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The health benefits of being near water
Blue space!! 💦After a busy fortnight juggling school holidays /work /meetings /visitors, what better way to recharge than a beautiful...
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Plant based diets and covid
🌱In a just released study of over 2500 health care workers in Europe, following a plant based or mostly plant based diet was associated...
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Stress and immunity
Did you know that stress has a measurable effect on your immune system?! 💙With all the stress over the past year, being aware of its...
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rest and self compassion
This post is for all the exhausted healthcare workers, stressed carers, struggling mamas, worried business owners, overworked employees,...
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Does leaky gut really exist?
🌿If you'd asked most doctors 10 years ago about leaky gut, the resounding response would be 'it doesn't exist' 🌿Yet like many things,...
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Self compassion and health
If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.' Jack Kornfield Self compassion is such a huge part of health and...
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Vegan smoked paprika chorizo and chickpea stew!!
It's been an unusually wet few weeks here, which means I'm craving the sun ☀️ Since covid means no travel, channeling comfort food from...
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The secret to happiness
It's human nature to look at what we don't have, rather than being aware of what we do Yet this will never bring happiness - there will...
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Chocolate bliss balls 💙
These tasty little snacks are school lunch baking for the week - 10 minutes to prepare, super easy, and free of refined sugar. High in...
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Can dietary changes help MS?
☀️Another trial looking at the link between diet and MS has been released recently ☀️It looked at the MRI (brain) scans of people with...
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Vegan mapo tofu ❤️
This is one of my favourite winter dishes - rich spicy and satisfying - and very easy!! Served with steamed brown rice and sesame seeds,...
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Why carbs actually arent bad (and why not all carbs are the same)
A common question I get from patients, is what they should do about carbs... 🌿Carbohydrates have been shunned in recent years, for...
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How to improve gut health after antibiotics
Need to take antibiotics? Here's how to protect your gut health 😊 ✳️Antibiotic prescriptions often skyrocket in winter, due to more...
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