Tag: Wellbeing
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Mindful eating this festive season
Mindfulness has huge benefits to health and has exploded in popularity. So how can we transfer mindfulness to how we eat? He was giving me the side-eye. My six-year-old was unimpressed that I was reading emails off my phone at the breakfast table. He was perhaps too polite to point it out verbally, but he…
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What NOT to bring to Christmas dinner
Comments about what someone is eating, or their body size and shape, are sadly common over Christmas dinner, but never appropriate. “You actually want some? I didn’t think you’d eat anything so unhealthy!” “It’s so good to see you tucking in.” “Go on, have some more. You need fattening up.” These are all things that…
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No big deal
One of the most powerful reminders that diet culture has affected you, is witnessing an unaffected child select their food. “What do you want, darling? We could get popcorn, Malteasers, chippies… We could get it all! Anything you want, you choose.” I was so excited. This teacher-only day was a special day together for my…
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Goodbye Paw Patrol, it’s Goonie time
Screen time for children can feel inescapable, but is there a way to mitigate the harms? Dietitian Lucy Carey shares her screen time experiences. The pitter patter of rain drops serenaded our conversation. “I think it’s your turn to pick our family movie,” I said to my 5 year old son. “Okay! I know exactly…
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The benefits of binge eating
The reason you binge eat is because you get a benefit from it. Dietitian Lucy Carey explains how this works. The exam was a week away. I had been studying for this for months, I was only going to get one shot at passing it, and the pass rate was 80%. Boy oh boy was…
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From binge eating to the bin
A scarcity mentality around food makes binge eating more likely. Dietitian Lucy Carey explains how to create an abundance mindset instead. I went into the supermarket knowing exactly what I wanted: lolly cake. That classic Kiwi treat. There was nothing I wanted more in the world than a thick slice of malty fudge interspersed with…
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Punchdancing
I ran back through the gates of my hall of residence and immediately stopped. It was getting dark and the bright lights of the dining hall lit up the faces of my peers inside. I had no desire to join them. I was too pent up. Too nervous about exams, too on-the-edge with my friends.…
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A prescription of sea air
“Why can’t I find a doctor who will prescribe ‘sea air’ for my nerves so l can spend a summer in a picturesque costal town in England ‘for my health’ only to be caught up in a local scandal and forced to solve a murder???” That tweet made me actually laugh out loud. And it…
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Chew your smoothies
“Don’t worry, you’ll be back to having your healthy smoothies in no time,” the midwife said to me. Say what now? I was pregnant with my first baby and throwing up several times a day. I had just told the midwife that sucking on Gingernut biscuits in the morning was helping a little bit. Apparently…
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The headache of electric lights
“Take a video of the light on your phone,” suggested my colleague, pointing up at the long fluorescent lamps that lit up the office. “A video? Why?” “I read that some lamps flicker. You can’t see it but if you take a video then watch the video on your phone you might be able to…