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Healthy Eating Challenge

Posted by Samantha Valand | Jun 5, 2019 | Food, Start Here | 0 |

Natural Ways to Reduce Menopause Symptoms

Posted by Samantha Valand | Apr 11, 2019 | Hormones, Start Here | 0 |

51 Tips for a Healthy Happy Menopause

Posted by Samantha Valand | Feb 6, 2018 | Health, Self-care, Start Here, Work Life Balance | 0 |

How to Keep a Food Diary in your Menopausal Years

Posted by Samantha Valand | Feb 2, 2018 | Food, Start Here | 0 |

Will a Fitbit help me to be healthier in my menopa...

Posted by Samantha Valand | Apr 13, 2017 | Health, Self-care, Start Here | 0 |

How Journaling Can Improve Menopause Symptoms

by Samantha Valand | Aug 22, 2019 | Mindset, Start Here | 0 |

Things change during the menopause, and it can take a while for your thoughts and feelings to catch up with what is physically happening in your body. Journaling can help deepen your mind-body connection.

Healthy Eating Challenge

by Samantha Valand | Jun 5, 2019 | Food, Start Here | 0 |

There are 5 challenges in this year’s healthy eating week from British Nutrition Foundation. What...

Natural Ways to Reduce Menopause Symptoms

by Samantha Valand | Apr 11, 2019 | Hormones, Start Here | 0 |

We are often so busy looking after other people, running our homes, working long hours that taking care of ourselves is at the bottom of the list.The menopause can appear like an uninvited guest when you don’t have the time or inclination to look after it.Until you have too!

Exercise Goals That Are Not Weight Loss or Running

by Samantha Valand | Jan 5, 2019 | Exercise, Mindset, Start Here | 0 |

Goals are a great way to keep exercising interesting and to keep you motivated. But if you are not interested in running or losing weight what else can you do?

Stages Of The Menopause

by Samantha Valand | Aug 20, 2018 | Hormones, Start Here | 0 |

Every woman knows she will be menopausal. However, it always happens when we are way to young to...

Starting To Exercise Again?

by Samantha Valand | Aug 8, 2018 | Exercise, Start Here | 0 |

The menopause can shake up your exercise routine and not always in a good way. Lowering hormones can affect your energy levels or perhaps your sleep is interupted and your not getting a good nights rest. It is easy to think about what you ‘should’ be doing, rather than what your body actually needs.

Holidays and the Menopause

by Samantha Valand | Jun 21, 2018 | Holiday, Self-care, Start Here, Work Life Balance | 0 |

How can you use your holidays to help you tune back into your body? And Rest! It’s the best thing for menopause symptoms but hard to put into practice

51 Tips for a Healthy Happy Menopause

by Samantha Valand | Feb 6, 2018 | Health, Self-care, Start Here, Work Life Balance | 0 |

Menopause Tips Why 51 Tips? There are 51 menopause tips as 51 is the average age of the menopause!...

How to Keep a Food Diary in your Menopausal Years

by Samantha Valand | Feb 2, 2018 | Food, Start Here | 0 |

You’re a busy lady, me too, it’s easy to keep a tally in our heads of what and how we have been eating. However, if the pounds are sneaking on and not coming off taking the time to keep a food diary is one of the simplest and cheapest methods to help you lose weight.

Will a Fitbit help me to be healthier in my menopause?

by Samantha Valand | Apr 13, 2017 | Health, Self-care, Start Here | 0 |

My Fitbit helps me maintain activity levels such as step count and reduces time when I am sedentary. It also helps to flag up when I am tired and need to rest a little more. We are all very good at keeping going, not so great at knowing when to put our feet up. I find it a useful tool not only as a means to help me be healthier.