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SOUL CONVERSATIONS

You know those conversations - the ones where you realize it's not just you and you find perspective and clarity. They're the ones that leave you wondering why you don't reach out more often, because doing it together is so much easier than separate and alone.

Here are some of the topics I want to talk about with you - connect with me through comments & share your insights in your community.

Closer to your truth

REAL TALK

CONVERSATIONS

Building Mental Resilience Through Preventative Health

Practices in preventative health mean that we have practices even when we don’t seem to need them.

Cultivating Resilience in a Pandemic

We have a tendency to feel less resilient the less power we perceive ourselves to have. How do we feel more powerful? It's different than you might think.

An Alternative Approach to Reducing Anxiety

Practicing Active Listening

Three simple (not easy) practices for active listening.

Holding Space for Difficult Emotions

It's important to reduce the stigma placed on mental health, and how do we ensure we're a safe space to actually support people through difficult emotional times?

Bringing conversations on anxiety to the open

Stop trying to beat anxiety - do this instead.

Thoughts on Vulnerability

If we are to truly shift the conversation on mental health, we have to stop seeing someone with anxiety as broken and in need of fixing and reckon with our own vulnerability of holding space.

A Blindspot in Effectively Navigating Conflict

It’s so much easier for all of us human beings to see the fault in what the other person is doing, but when we concentrate on the behaviour of what is happening on the other side of the table, it strips our power and puts us in the victim seat of not being able to influence or control the situation

I stopped trying to beat anxiety

Rather than "beat anxiety" as if the anxious thoughts are my enemy to conquer, I'd rather turn and face it with…

Do you have anxiety? Read this.

There's an old myth that anxiety (and the entire discussion of emotional health) is a sign of weakness, and it stops us from actually creating a new relationship with our mental health. Here's what does work.

Real nourishment

REAL HEALTH

CONVERSATIONS

Why I Stopped Being Vegan After 6 Years and Avoid Diet Labelling

I wrote this because there are so many people telling you how to eat, what's the best for your health, and making health claims that it's hard to know which direction to turn to. I'm sharing my story with the intention that anyone considering choosing what they eat to become healthier can gain clarity about what's right for them.

Food for Thought: Feeding Our Bodies Real Food for Mental Health

I believe that ending the stigma of mental health also includes reimagining the way we look at and treat ourselves, including what we feed our bodies and the thoughts we tell ourselves. Read my recent interview with Stigma Magazine!

Self Care is the Antidote to Modern Society

The speed at which we can live and consume our lives has radically increased, and self care is the reaction to it to cultivate the presence, slowing down and rest in to our lives that technological advancement took away.

How to Create Nourishing Spaces in Your Life

I was recently interviewed for a Weight Watchers article titled "Zen Your Den" on how to create physical spaces around ourselves that were nourishing.

Guest Post: Confessions of a Nutritionist

Well, I have a confession to make: I've had a long-standing self-limiting belief that cooking is stressful, hard, and that I'm no good at it.

Join the Conscious Food Movement

Starting February 1, 2017, we’ll be sharing our own personal stories about what food and connection means to us on Instagram @consciousfoodmovement. You'll also find stories from other people who have taken on this movement and opened up their hearts about why they do what they do.

Written nourishment

CURRENTLY READING

THE THIRD PLATE by Dan Barber

Dan Barber, an award-winning chef, moves beyond “farm-to-table” to offer a revolutionary new way of eating. Drawing on the wisdom and experience of chefs, farmers and seed breeders around the world, Barber proposes a new definition for ethical and delicious eating.

If you're looking for a new paradigm of our food future, this is it. Bring your mind outside of the box with refreshing ideas and true innovation in what we can do for our health and environment. You'll be inspired by the simplicity of food.

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RESOURCES

These are some of my favourite personal development, #realhealth and cookbooks for your reading enjoyment. Click on the item to find out why I enjoy it and the link to purchase from my Amazon Affiliate account.

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