

Travelling Well
As Easter has just passed, many took the opportunity to take some time out and go on a road trip, a plane trip or a staycation. The thing with holiday’s we feel that we can indulge that little bit more than we usually do. I travelled up to Queensland and yes I admit, there was a little more than 20% indulgence going on however I can be the only one responsible for that. Staying with family can be tricky, just as much as staying in a hotel or camping ground. With family you wh


The Perfect Squat
From the day we started to walk, the famed squat was in our lives. You may wonder about how much you squat in your everyday life. Think about how many times you go to the bathroom; get up and down from a chair; gardening; picking up items from the floor? So it comes to no surprise that I include a variation of the squat in all my exercise sessions. A Squat is a compound exercise, meaning it uses more than 1 major muscle group as opposed to an isolated exercise like the bicep


Organ meat of a different variety
In honour of my new niece or nephew coming into the world at the end of this month, I thought I might touch on what could be viewed as controversial, Placenta Encapsulation, and the benefits of consuming your own placenta after giving birth. In Australia there is not a regulating body therefore there is no formal recognition of the Australian Certification process, there are however courses where you can be certified and accredited as a Placenta Specialist. Before I get into

Something Went Wrong Somewhere
As a girl I did Physical Culture which is all about deportment, disciple and maintaining correct posture. Some may say "as we grow older......”, I don’t believe our posture starts faulting from when we start work or grow older but from an early age while we are developing. Our children are sitting at school desks on chairs that are not necessarily ergonomically sound, they are on computer games with their chins touching their chests and/or they have extremely heavy school bag

Harvest to (w)hole plate
Firstly apologies for being MIA the past month. I ventured back into my old life of travel which took up more time than I anticipated BUT did confirm I made the right decision to open another door and walk through while leaving the old door closed. Hindsight is sometimes a wonderful thing. Now that I am back to where I love to be – the great outdoors helping people improve their life and back in the kitchen. Where to begin is the easy part - what is in season this month. What