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June Favourites
Posted on June 30, 2016 Leave a Comment
I love looking at other people’s monthly favourites so thought I’d start a monthly series of my own under the headings healthy, happy and glow. Here we go: Healthy Irish strawberries There’s nothing like an Irish strawberry – sweet and juicy with the most amazing smell! It’s one of my smells of summer that transports […]
Staying Healthy in Vegas
Posted on June 28, 2016 Leave a Comment
I’m recently back from a vacation in the U.S. (a week in Vegas followed by a road trip through Death Valley and Yosemite to Monterey, Big Sur, Santa Barbara and LA and finally back to Vegas). While I’m following a combination of different diets for my Crohn’s disease (Autoimmune Paleo / Specific Carbohydrate Diet / […]
The Non-Deprivation Way to Detox (you can eat food!)
Posted on January 11, 2016 Leave a Comment
I’d hazard a guess and say that this is the most popular time of year for juice cleanses and detox programmes. After weeks of over-indulgence in rich and sugar-laden foods and drinks over the Christmas season, people are gung-ho about ‘cleaning up their act’, getting ‘back on the band wagon’ and repenting for their sins. […]
Navigating Christmas Parties and Dinners When You Have Dietary Needs
Posted on December 16, 2015 Leave a Comment
It’s the most wonderful time of the year!! I love Christmas – spending quality time with family and friends, buying and giving gifts, eating, drinking…and being merry! But the holiday season can be tough to navigate when you have food intolerances or dietary requirements like myself. There tends to be more temptation around food and […]
Healthy School Lunch Box Inspiration
Posted on September 4, 2015 Leave a Comment
Schools are back in business this week and with that there’s a lot of talk about healthy lunches. 1 in 4 children are overweight or obese here in Ireland with many children not meeting the government dietary recommendations for daily intake of fruit and vegetables. I don’t have too many fond memories of my primary […]
Let’s Go Outside
Posted on July 14, 2015 Leave a Comment
I feel like I’m one of those animals who tends to come out in the spring and summer and hibernates in the winter months. I love this time of year and try to get outside as much as possible. But did you know that getting outside in nature can actually improve your health and happiness? […]
Benefits of Exercise (and weight loss isn’t one of them)
Posted on January 13, 2015 1 Comment
This time of year gym memberships sky-rocket and exercise classes are packed out with people who are eager to lose the pounds they put on over Christmas. But looking at exercise as just a means to lose weight is really short sighted as weight loss is just an added bonus if it happens. Exercise is […]
An Easy Daily Detox Which Will Leave Your Skin Glowing
Posted on January 9, 2015 1 Comment
Fast, effective with numerous benefits to get a healthy glow – what’s not to love about dry body brushing in the morning The skin is the largest organ in the body and plays a HUGE role in daily detoxification. Detoxing (diets, juices, cleanses etc) seem to be in vogue these days but dry body brushing […]
Hello 2015!! New Year…. New Healthy Habits
Posted on January 5, 2015 Leave a Comment
Yes, I’m probably behind the rest of the world but today is the beginning of my new year. Let me explain. Today is the day I go back to work and leave the holidays behind. While everybody else has been making (and maybe already breaking) resolutions I’ve hung out in holiday mode for the […]
Top Tips for A Better Sleep
Posted on August 1, 2014 2 Comments
I’ve gone through times over the last number of years when I have suffered from insomnia. Whether it was because of grief over the death of a loved one, a broken heart, stress from exams or because of medication (in my case steroids), not getting sleep sucked! It impacted not only my nights (frustration, agitation, […]
A Healthy Happy Glow 
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