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Foodie Posts, Living, Physical health

Lifestyle Changes

Very well, I will marry you if you promise not to make me eat eggplant.Gabriel Garcia Marquez Like, I guess, pretty much everybody I've gained a bit of weight during lockdown. Between joining in with the quarantine baking craze and working on the desserts/baked goods section of my cookbook - without being able to parm… Continue reading Lifestyle Changes

Living

All The Reasons I’m Not Having Children

“I always say my biological clock must be digital, because I've never heard it ticking.” ~Lucy Dillon Having children is something I've been thinking about lately. Not a lot, but more so than usual. I turn 35 this year. Undeniably into my mid-30s. And I'm becoming very aware that while to date I've been choosing… Continue reading All The Reasons I’m Not Having Children

Life, Living, Mental health

Self Care: 15 Suggestions

"I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival." ~ Audre Lorde Self care, previously known as being nice to and doing nice things for yourself, is greatly stressed as being important in managing mental illness but it's actually pretty important for everybody. We… Continue reading Self Care: 15 Suggestions