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“There’s so much more to life than finding someone who will want you, or being sad over someone who doesn’t. There’s a lot of wonderful time to be spent discovering yourself without hoping someone will fall in love with you along the way, and it doesn’t need to be painful or empty. You need to […]
This article is meant for prevention only, if you have a serious mood disorder please see your health professional. Many women struggle with mood fluctuations, particularly during reproductive and menopausal years. Surprisingly women over fifty are the happiest! This article is based on the brilliant book by Dr Liz Miller called ‘Mood Mapping: Plot Your […]
This post is inspired by some great convos that I had with a bunch of beautiful strong women over the weekend (you know who you are!) -B xx 1. TREAT EVERYDAY AS AN ADVENTURE: Every day is a new fresh start and should be treated like an adventure! It can become really easy to get […]
“I never regret anything. Because every little detail of your life is what made you into who you are in the end” – Drew Barrymore Each month at Everyday Young we aim to profile an inspirational woman who we think is doing a pretty good job at loving herself and taking care of herself! We […]
What we eat directly affects how we feel. It can take some time for us to make this connection and often it is not until we are sick or facing a health crisis that we really understand how significantly food contributes to our overall mood and emotions. Food has a powerful effect on our brain […]
I am a huge proponent of people getting far more greens into their diet! Victoria Botenko in her fantastic book ‘green for life’ talks about the diet of wild chimpanzees. They share 99% of our DNA and eat a diet that consists of around 50% fruit, 40% greens, and 10% nuts, seeds and small amounts […]
“When you realise there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you” – Lao Tzu This article is inspired by this video that the lovely Mimi Ikonn posted on self-acceptance and loving and accepting those parts of yourself that may be negative or undesirable. Once we accept that we ourselves are not perfect and […]
“Taking care of yourself is the single most important connection you can make in your life. When you feel calm and in sync with yourself, when you feel satiated and neither hungry nor full, when you feel energised by whatever form of exercise puts a smile on your face – that’s when you know you’ve […]
Recently we highlighted a study done by Stanford University that was published in a recent issue of Nature Medicine. The study showed that regular coffee drinking into old age can have protective benefits against inflammation. Why is inflammation bad news for our bodies? Well, it has links with all major diseases of ageing. Chronic inflammation […]
Sprouts are a living food that earn their super food status through the superior nutrition and energy that they can give our bodies. Sprouts are rich in amino acids, vitamins, fibre, enzymes and antioxidants (1). They are also a high alkaline food if you are trying to keep your diet more alkaline rather than acidic! […]