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The Quickest Way to Healing

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on July 23, 2014 / Benefits of Meditation, Health & Fitness, Holistic Health, Mental-Health, Positive Psychology, Self-Care

The Way to Healing Please don’t think for one moment that I don’t have bad days or bad weeks where I feel overwhelmed, tired and fed up, and just want some time to myself. I’m not so great at resting when there’s so much I could be doing, so having to lay back for the last five weeks with my knee up after surgery has challenged me. Feeling vulnerable and frustrated that I haven’t been able to do things for myself and have to ask for help (especially when the children were home on school holidays) certainly tested my ability to stay cool under pressure! DEEP

How My Late Mother Inspired My First Wellness Retreat

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on July 3, 2014 / Confidence, Health & Fitness, Holistic Health, Meditation, Mental-Health, Mindset, Personal Growth, Positive change, Self-Care, Self-Esteem, Wellness Coaching, Workshops

My First Self-Love & Wellness Retreat Take Time Out Before You Burn Out Many of you who have met me in person or follow my writings know that I lost my Mother to Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma when I was 24. Even though nearly 16 years have passed, her influence on my life still permeates each and every day. My mother was a most wonderfully warm woman, who never thought twice about helping anyone. She was generous and thoughtful, quick to laugh and smile and she was always ready with a helping hand or a soothing cuddle. As I meet more and more women throughout my work, I think of

Gluten Free Grain Free Banana Bread Recipe

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on June 13, 2014 / Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition

Banana Bread! Banana Bread! Oh, I do love a moist, soft and tasty banana bread. Especially when it fits under the category of clean and healthy eating, holistic living and gluten free, grain free. (Dairy free too if you prefer it). Banana bread is a scrumptious comfort food on a cold day when warmed with grass-fed butter on top and a cup of herbal tea! Am I making you hungry? Better get to the recipe quickly then! This recipe was one that I adapted from the lovely Jane at Marinya Cottage Kitchen, who adapted it from another blog, Sleep Love Eat. My recipe takes

How Food Can Improve Your Mood

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on May 30, 2014 / Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Hormone Balancing, Medicinal Nutrition, Nutrition, Positive change, Wellness Coaching

Improve Your Mood with Food Are you finding it hard to juggle the daily demands of life, work and family on top of balancing your eating habits? You’re not alone. Many of my busy clients struggle to get going in the morning and don’t take time to give themselves a nourishing head start. Unfortunately this regular denial creates a cascade of cravings and energy dips for the rest of their day, ruining their healthy eating intentions. When the brain is lacking nutrients, it often overrides the conscious mind by reaching for convenient, packaged and processed foods to ensure it gets

How to make the most Tastiest Healthy Basil Pesto (Recipe)

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on May 16, 2014 / Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition, Nutrition & Weight Loss

Basil Pesto Recipe I LOVE making my healthy pestos and dips! Who needs the unnecessary oils, preservatives and sugars in commercial dips when it’s so easy to whip up your own and bump up your nutrient intake. I just love being able to walk out the backyard and pick from our ever-growing herb and vegetable garden and mix them with some beautiful cold pressed macadamia, coconut or olive oils, nuts, seeds, apple cider vinegar, garlic, citrus juices and good old cracked pepper and sea salt…. YUM! Even though it takes time and devotion to keep nurturing your garden, the rewards

Do You Have to do This at Parties?

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on May 6, 2014 / Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition, Raw Chocolate Making, Self-Care

Do you BYO Gluten-free to a Party? Over the weekend we spent time in Brisbane celebrating a close friends 40th Birthday. Turns out, my gluten-free dairy-free double layer Coconut Chocolate Cake was a delicious lifesaver for a Celiac guest at the party. She had brought her own container of fruit salad and drank several mugs of tea while others drank alcohol. She politely thanked and refused every single tray of food (mostly fried pastry assortments) that came around in front of her. She smiled with patience every time, never getting annoyed or frustrated, even after the dozenth time she was offered a serving of gluten.

Healthy Raw Chocolate Workshop in Toowoomba!

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on April 3, 2014 / Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Nutrition, Raw Chocolate Making, Workshops

Easter is Coming! For real. I remember walking around the local supermarkets in January seeing chocolate eggs and Easter bunnies already lining the shelves, right alongside the leftover Christmas chocolates…. Now that Easter is really coming, it’s time to get educated about what chocolate actually is, and how you can make the most of its’ naturally occurring nutritional benefits before roasting and processing destroys most of them. easy personal loan bad credit So here I am pleased to announce that the 3 hour Easy Chocolate Delights workshop has been updated and now offered in the MindBodyFood Kitchen at Highfields. This means reduced cost, smaller

Gluten Free Grain Free Dairy Free Bread Recipe!

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on March 24, 2014 / Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition, Wellness Coaching

Don’t Miss Out! I’m a huge believer in never feeling like you’re missing out, especially when it comes to food and food intolerances. It’s simply a matter of finding a way to enjoy similar foods in a healthful way for your individual biochemistry. Foods that your body thrives on! Let’s take bread for example. So many people are showing intolerances to wheat and gluten these days – two things found in many common foods that add bulk to your meals. Below is a fantastic recipe from Tania Hubbard of Gluten Free Grain Free Co. for a small, nutritious, dense bread

Chocolate Cashew Cheesecake with Salty Caramel & Choc Sauce

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on March 22, 2014 / Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition, Raw Chocolate Making

Decadent AND Healthy! My parents were big on entertaining and hosting parties when I was growing up. We’d often have large groups of people in our backyard and patio indulging on the delights of 80’s finger food and flans. There would usually be a spread of colourful desserts like lemon slice, custard slice, chocolate éclairs, chocolate tarts, lemon tarts, fruit salad, jelly and ice-cream, trifle and of course, cheesecakes! Even though it would be many years until I connected the dots between dairy and the immediate phlegm, biliousness and sick feeling – like you’ve swallowed something well past its’ due

Take positive steps forward and climb mountains of fitness

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on March 9, 2014 / Health & Fitness, Holistic Health, Mental-Health, Nutrition & Weight Loss, Wellness Coaching

Move it or lose it This morning we challenged our fitness climbing Tabletop Mountain, on the Toowoomba range, for the fourth time in a week. spokeconsulting.com/statistics/loans for unemployment benefits Last Saturday morning. Wednesday morning. Friday morning. And today – Sunday morning – the first time with the children. Last Saturday’s effort was the second time we’d ever climbed this local historic mountain. The first time we climbed it in 2011 was memorable, and not just because we left the water in the car! Rather because: 1. We took the children (slow & dramatic!) 2. It was before Beloveds knee surgery when his

The Most Important Message You’ll Read Today

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on March 1, 2014 / Body Image, Confidence, Health & Fitness, Holistic Health, Meditation, Mental-Health, Mindset, Positive Psychology, Self-Care, Self-Esteem, Wellness Coaching

The Inside Job Do you ever look in the mirror and make a point of finding something positive about yourself – instead of only seeing the bits you don’t like and want to change? So many people wait for the right moment or circumstance before they allow themselves to be happy: “When I’m thin, I’ll be happy. After I’m married, I’ll be happy. When I’m driving that car, working in that job, feel like I deserve it… then I’ll be happy.” How would you like to: > look in the mirror and love your reflection? > feel positive about yourself and your life?

New Women’s Wellness & Meditation Retreat in 2014!

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on January 20, 2014 / Body Image, Confidence, Health & Fitness, Holistic Health, Mental-Health, Mindset, Passion & Purpose, Personal Growth, Positive change, Self-Care, Wellness Coaching, Workshops

NEW Women’s Wellness Retreat + Group Coaching Course! This year I turn 40! My dream has always been to host a Women’s Wellness + Meditation Retreat – the kind of spiritual experience that I myself would love to go to and share with like-minded souls; the kind of retreat where you are fully allowed to immerse yourself into your inner world and give yourself permission to let go of the past and rebuild or strengthen your most important relationship… (hint: it’s with YOURSELF!) What better way to celebrate my 40th year than to host my very own inaugural MindBodyFood “Women’s Wellness + Meditation Retreat“

Merry Christmas + Happy Eating Tips on Xmas Day

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on December 24, 2013 / Confidence, Emotional Eating, Food, Health & Fitness, Holistic Health, Mindset, Nutrition & Weight Loss, Positive change, Self-Care

MERRY CHRISTMAS + happy eating tips! It’s that time of year again – when many of us freak out at the abundant supply of festive food that is often on our “forbidden/bad/diet says no” lists. http://susieandmedays.com/html/ Personally I don’t struggle with festive food like I used to in the throws of my Eating Disorder days. I simply know what I’m eating by preparing many foods myself with whole, natural and nutrient dense freshness. If I can’t really tell what’s in the food on the serving plates I don’t eat it. I always make sure that I continue to get up and

Healthy Chocolate Mousse | Dairy & Sugar Free, Vegan, Paleo

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on December 5, 2013 / Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition, Nutrition & Weight Loss, Raw Chocolate Making

Chocolate Mousse Anyone?! I do love a chocolate mousse that’s smooth, creamy, rich and easy to eat! I don’t like the feeling of a heavy, bloated, queasy and bilious tummy afterward though! Our house has a variety of tastebuds, like most families do, which sometimes means a harder task in pleasing everyone. It becomes a challenge to create something that doesn’t contain the flavour or aroma of one particular food yet still provides the texture so that everyone will love it. Even though bananas are a wonderful source of fibre, iron, potassium, B vitamins and tryptophan, Mr 12 is NOT a fan! So chocolate mousse made with fresh

5 Foods to Uplift A Depressed Mind

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on November 25, 2013 / Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Hormone Balancing, Medicinal Nutrition, Mental-Health, Mindset, Nutrition, Personal Growth, Positive change, Self-Care, Stress Management

Feeling Low? Try these uplifting foods! Many of you have heard me talk or write about the importance of nutrients and cell nourishment in creating the neuro-nutrients (brain food), neurotransmitters and hormones to fuel the communication channels between the brain and body. Every bit of food we eat – our nutrition quality – can create direct and immediate chemical changes within the body and brain to improve mood, energy, concentration, digestion, metabolism and general wellbeing. We literally rely on the foods we eat to create the nutrients we need for every function within the body. Combine our daily life stressors on top of our

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