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Welcome to Recovering Well

January 05, 2023

Recovering Well is a series of articles all about recovering health and wellness. They use my knowledge as a Naturopath, and draw from my own experience of recovering my wellness and well-being after having cancer treatments.

I have organised the recovering well process into an annual plan, with 10 main parts.

Eat Your Vegetables - Even when you are under stress and too busy!

October 22, 2022

When we are busy and under stress it is tempting to skimp on things we "should" do - like eating nutritious food. Comfort foods that are high in carbohydrates and low in nutrients can be very tempting "just for now". With ongoing busy and stressful lives "just for now" can far too easily become usual daily life.

Making Changes to your Diet - Savoury Snacks

August 13, 2022

Thinking ahead and making sure you have healthy snacks available (or easily made) can make a big difference to keeping on track for a nutrient dense healthy diet.

Making Changes to Your Diet - Part 2: Keeping on Track

August 08, 2022

Making changes to your diet is a process - and keeping on track is really deep in the work of that process.

Making Changes to Your Diet - Part 1: Starting

August 06, 2022

Making changes to your diet in a lasting way is a process rather than an event.

To live your life energized and feeling well, it helps to “nutrify”, i.e. have a diet that is nutrient dense with the appropriate amount of calories for your body.

Eat The Frog!

June 20, 2022

Take a (brief!) moment , breathe deeply for a couple of breaths then ask yourself - is there something you know you need to do, that is on your mind, that is disproportionately affecting you? Are you more tense throughout the day because you have this thing to do? No matter what else you are doing does this task pop into your mind, distracting you?

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