Wellness blog

Makes Three Loaves One for Now, Two For Later… I love a slice with a cup of tea. I find banana bread particularly delicious when I have a sugar craving or am seeking a bit of comfort when feeling hormonal- hello perimenopause!           I say that this makes three loaves, so you can freeze the other two for later. However, in my house it’s rarely that way. There is no later. Two got eaten almost immediately…. I did slice and freeze the slices of the third loaf for the boys’ lunches the next day- but I...

💜 When Mariah sang, “All I want for Christmas is youuuuuu”, we all tapped our toes and sung along. It reminded us of love, Love Actually, glistening with all the joy and tinsel.   🛌 But right now, across the country, there are millions of Irish women asking for something else this Christmas: REST!  Luckily in Ireland we have Nollaig na Mban, January 6th, a traditional day of rest to end the Christmas season culminating in the Epiphany. Traditionally it was a day off for women, to put their feet up, have a cuppa with some cake, and generally back away...

Who’s fed up of opening up IG and seeing everyone hopping on the New Year, New You bandwagon? I don’t want a New Me, I want the old me, only less tired…. 😴 and better moisturised!  All these external pressures to conform to some marketing ideals of seasonal ways to sell the next diet or lifestyle hack usually touted on a Bro- Podcast are so unrelatable. This time of the year, at least in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s cold and dark. Put into the mix the post-Christmas daze of late nights, round the clock catering to family who drop in...

There’s no such thing as a perfect Christmas. The perfect Christmas only exists on the screen. The pressure for perfect is all around- and starts earlier and earlier. It’s like a race, isn’t it? The pressure to make all your own paper (eco-friendly, of course) , to have the gifts wrapped monogrammed by mid-August and the turkey to be picture perfect is NOT what Christmas is all about. Besides, turkey is a dry old bird. A nice juicy chicken is much less hassle and, in my opinion, far tastier!  I’m not running that race anymore. It’s exhausting and no one...