Are your Cravings really an Addiction?
The Brain and Addiction Following on from last Blog article about Cravings, you now hopefully have a better understanding of the difference between “body hunger versus mind hunger”. In short, one ...
Raw Chocolate Fudge Wheel [Recipe]
Raw Chocolate Fudge Wheel It's REAL FOODIE FRIDAY! I've officially created an absolute decadent delight for you all! This one is raw, vegan, dairy free, gluten free and naturally sweetened. Th ...
Are Your Cravings Real?
Mind or Body Cravings? In previous blog posts I’ve explained how when we restrict and deny nourishment to our body (dieting), we often wrestle with cravings (also tiredness and mood swings) until the ...
Pumpkin & Chickpea Curry [Recipe]
Hearty Pumpkin & Chickpea Curry It's Foodie Friday! I just love a comforting, hot soup that tastes delicious, a little spicy, is easy on my digestion, and packs a big dose of true real food nour ...
Green Smoothies and Raw Chocolate – A Food Demonstration Gig!
Green Smoothies and Raw Chocolate This last week I presented and spoke at the Annual 'QLD Rural, Regional & Remote Women's Network' Ag Show Luncheon in Toowoomba. Packing my mason jars, greens ...
Foodie Friday – Share a Healthy, Nutritious and Delicious Recipe
Healthy, Nutritious and Delicious! Introducing "Real Foodie Fridays" to share our love of whole, natural, real food recipes! The weekend is a great opportunity to get creative in the kitchen makin ...
Is Your Food Making You Sick?
Gut Bacteria & Your Food Is the food we're eating on a regular basis the reason why we get sick? If we change our food, could we change the state of our health? Can we also affect our moods ...
How to Slow Down, Take Stock and Enjoy Life More
Slow Down, Do More Do you feel like you’re always on the run trying to get ‘stuff’ done? Always feeling a little behind, like there's no time to catch up? Do you regularly feel or have thoughts ...
Coconut Chocolate Cake with Creamy Chocolate Frosting [Recipe]
Coconut Chocolate Cake (or Cupcakes) REAL FOODIE FRIDAY Soft, spongy and chocolaty! Who doesn't love a good chocolate cake? Especially when it doubles as moist and delicious cupcakes! This one ju ...
How to Create Healthy Personal Boundaries
Creating Healthy Boundaries Imagine you KNOW that you’re the most important person in your life…. You wake up with energy and can’t wait to get going! You look in the mirror and love what you s ...
Nutty Choc Granola Recipe
Nuts for Chocolate Granola! I confess I'm a little late to the granola making party. Funnily enough I used to the love the cardboard boxed stuff years ago, and probably in retrospect had a mild ad ...
Is Stress Causing Your Weight Gain?
Stress and Weight Wars A 2011/12 Queensland Health report revealed an average 57.3% of adults who are overweight or obese. On average, only 56.6% of adults reported getting sufficient physical act ...
Meditation Basics and Dr Ian Gawler
Meditation Basics Last week I had the wonderful pleasure of having Dr Ian Gawler and his wife Ruth over to my home prior to his Toowoomba seminar on “The Science of Health, Healing and the Mind”. ...
RAW Salty Caramel Tart [Recipe]
RAW Salty Caramel Tart OR Slice!! NB: This post was originally created for my 40th Birthday give-away in 2014. Time for a joyous celebratory recipe in the form of my Raw Salty Caramel Tart (or Sli ...
The Quickest Way to Healing
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 rest ...