by Annie | Mar 11, 2024 | Emotional eating, Uncategorized
This isn’t the first time I have written about emotional eating in this blog. For previous posts, please check out Crisps to the rescue and Don’t take food away from me In this blog post, we will look at other emotions or situations that might lead us to...
by Annie | Feb 13, 2024 | Emotional eating, mind-body, nutrition, positive psychology, Uncategorized
It’s the end of a long day. The children are finally asleep. Phew. A few minutes later, the box of cookies/chocolate bar/ice-cream/candy have disappeared, and feelings of guilt, shame and negative self-talk have sunk in. Does this sound familiar? Do you identify...
by Annie | Jul 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Self-compassion, or being compassionate towards oneself has been scientifically proven to be highly beneficial to our overall mental health and well-being. It can be an extremely useful and powerful tool in motherhood. I first came across this term when learning about...
by Annie | Nov 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
It was World kindness day the other day.At first thought, I found it a bit worrying that we need to dedicate one day a year to kindness. To me, kindness is something that goes, or rather should go around every day of the year.Expressing kindness is even shown to have...
by Annie | Sep 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
A while ago I downloaded an app that tells me how much time I spend on my phone. Boy was I shocked. The thing is, when you’re alone with a baby, your phone feels like your only window to the outside world. It’s difficult not to reach out to send a WhatsApp...
by Annie | May 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
I’ve been a mum for around 9 months now. As prepared as anyone can be for such a huge event, I did not expect parenthood to be so full of contradictions. For every sleepless night you get a cracking laugh out of nowhere. For every floor you have to clean for the 3rd...
