Embracing the Seasonal Shift 🍁 Well hello again!After a long summer break from writing, I’ve returned with renewed focus—largely thanks to diving deeper into the core accreditation in lifestyle medicine. This course is still a work in progress, but the key word is progress, and I’m embracing that. Here in this beautiful corner of Scotland,Continue reading “Love You: Harvest Well-being”
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Love You: Love Your Choices
We all accept that when someone stops smoking it’s a good thing but stopping drinking alcohol can have mixed reviews. It can get exhausting justifying choices and I have wanted to find a way of stopping the probing and questions. The questions are sometimes about the other side benchmarking their choices and not mine –Continue reading “Love You: Love Your Choices”
Love You: Really Do
We are all familiar with the concept of securing your own life jacket or oxygen mask before helping others. This is not a selfish act but a matter of safety. Yet when it comes to self care we often have difficulties. It can be easier to place the needs of others before the needs ofContinue reading “Love You: Really Do”
Love You: When things go wrong
This week has been challenging due to premenstrual symptoms, perimenopause, and sore joints, affecting my well-being and yoga practice. However, maintaining my daily rituals—consistent sleep, a cozy home environment, yoga practice, staying busy to avoid overthinking, and improving nutrition—has provided stability and strength during this turbulent time.
Your Appearance and Identity: A Complex Connection
We all have our routines in the morning when we get dressed to present ourselves to the world. Have you ever considered what your morning routine reveals about your personality? Whether you don a uniform or adhere to a particular dress code, we all strive to showcase our individual tastes. Of course, there are thoseContinue reading “Your Appearance and Identity: A Complex Connection”
Love You: Breaking Stigmas & Embracing Inclusivity in Wellness
In this context, the understanding of what lifestyle medicine must evolve for both the patient and practitioner. It should focus on holistic well-being rather than merely aesthetics or fleeting trends. Instead of lifestyle changes for a specific occasion or succumbing to societal pressures, we should emphasise sustainable health practices that foster genuine wellness longer term.Continue reading “Love You: Breaking Stigmas & Embracing Inclusivity in Wellness”
Reward or Robbery – Are we caught in a Pavlovian Hamster Wheel
✨ Are we trapped in a cycle of rewarding hard? 🤔✨ As I dive deeper into my personal journey with intermittent fasting and its potential benefits for perimenopausal brain fog, I’ve been reflecting on a thought-provoking idea from Gina Stephen’s Book, “28-Day FAST Day-by-Day: The Ultimate Guide to Starting (or restarting) Your Intermittent Fasting LifestyleContinue reading “Reward or Robbery – Are we caught in a Pavlovian Hamster Wheel”
Love You: How does a sober beach holiday feel? Fabulous
We have had our first wee beach holiday since before the pandemic. I know it seems mad but life took over and getting away was not a priority. This holiday was magical but also sober. I did not worry about being sober abroad but if there would be alcohol free alternatives that did not tasteContinue reading “Love You: How does a sober beach holiday feel? Fabulous”
My year with sobriety – the good the bad and the ugly.
365 days sobriety complete – go me! Last year I signed up to sober for October to raise money for the McMillan charity and kept going. I had been sober for 1 year and 9 months before that but sort of fell into the way of drinking again after being persuaded that alcohol in moderationContinue reading “My year with sobriety – the good the bad and the ugly.”
Love you: Health and Well-being with Lorraine 