Tag: seasonal living
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Recipe: Mood-Boosting Bergamot Tea
Bergamot is known for its mood-boosting abilities; it can reduce stress, promote calmness, and lower levels of cortisol (the stress hormone). It’s also a powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant, and traditionally used to treat low mood & depression. Winter is the season we’re more likely to experience symptoms like low mood or depression, and even less […]
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Pumpkin, Cauliflower & Coconut Stew
Whether you’re wondering what to do with leftover Halloween pumpkins, or you fancy eating more seasonally, this simple, hearty and warming stew is full of important nutrients that nourish immune health, the eyes, liver, heart and nervous system. The addition of chickpeas adds plenty of plant based protein and folate too. Including healthy fats from […]
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Autumn Roundup: Living Seasonally, Autumn Recipes & The Top 10 Autumn Foods To Enjoy Right Now
When it comes to Autumn, do you love it or loathe it? The colder, darker seasons tend to split us into two camps; those who dread the shorter days and dropping temperatures, and those who can’t wait to kick their way through the golden leaves and gladly welcome in the cosy, quieter evenings. . (I’m […]
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Breakfast Crumble For One
Temperatures are dropping, and that ‘Autumn feeling’ is definitely in the air! When the seasons change, we benefit from making some changes to our diet and lifestyle too, in order to support our physical, mental and emotional health. When we eat seasonally, we give ourselves the right nutrients at the right time, which contributes to […]
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New Recipe: Wild Plum & Apricot Jam + Seasonal Summer Stone Fruits To Eat Right Now
Seasonal foods give us the exact nutrients we need at the exact right time. In Spring, bitter greens & digestion boosting herbs help us naturally cleanse & detoxify when it is most needed; Summer veg & berries are high in skin-protecting antioxidants. Now we’re moving into Late Summer, which Traditional Chinese Medicine considers a season […]
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5 Ways To Support Your Immune System This Winter
Our bodies have a powerful in-built mechanism to help us maintain health and wellbeing. The problem is that many of the things we do in everyday life (experiencing stress, eating sugar, consuming processed foods and inflammatory cooking oils, drinking excess alcohol, breathing in pollution or getting poor sleep) all have a big impact on our […]
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Stuffed Squash & Chestnuts
This is a warming, comforting and grounding meal perfect for cold, dark evenings. Squash is high in vitamin A, magnesium, calcium, iron, and vitamin B6 – all nutrients we require in order for the nervous system to feel calm and relaxed, as well as contributing to immune health. Whilst it’s in season, make the most […]
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Winter Wellness Workshop This Weekend!
Book your place and prepare to receive an abundance of practical, inspirational info on living seasonally to support your physical, mental and emotional health this winter. Details below. Winter Wellness Workshop | Saturday 27th November | 11am-1pm | The Movement, Haywards Heath Join Emma for this special seasonal workshop, and understand how to support your […]
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Seasonal Autumnal Squash Soup + The Benefits of Carotenoids
There’s a reason we’re told to ‘eat the rainbow’, (and I’m not talk talking about eating packs of skittles….) colourful fruit and veg is full of phytonutrients, which reduce inflammation and oxidative damage, reduce risk of illness and disease, slow ageing, and promote health. One of the key phytonutrients is a group called carotenoids, which […]
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Seasonal Shifts: Summer To Autumn
The Foods, Herbs, Self-Care Practices & Lifestyle Tips To Help You Move Into Autumn As we approach September, there’s no denying Autumn will be with us soon. Of all the seasons, the transition from Summer to Autumn can be the one with the most changes and challenges, and the one where our lifestyle, foods and […]
