6 Tips To Practice Mindfulness In The Festive Season

Thanksgiving, Christmas, parties and holidays… this time of year is all about being with loved ones and (of course) food! So what better time to express thanks for all that sustains and energizes our beings than right now? A nice way to do so is using the art of mindfulness. Mindfulness is a beautiful way […]

Edible Gluten Free Christmas Table Decorations: Part 1

Every Christmas I look at all the lovely magazines and online pictures of fabulous Christmas tables loaded with goodies and decorated to look (not surprisingly) like a page in a magazine and think how nice would it be to have a colour coordinated Christmas table complete with an edible centrepiece. Well, this year we are away […]

5 Tips To Keep Calm & Carry On Until Christmas!

Christmas is rapidly approaching. In our house, this means we strap in for a hectic few weeks full of concerts, school plays, graduation dinners, birthdays and very tired kidlets ready for a break. As we put our energy into living in the moment and savouring all that is ahead for us, there is a building […]

ADDITIVE FREE SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS: PART 5

Welcome to the final blog in my series of school holiday activities to keep the kids occupied, healthy and additive free. Ok, so this one isn’t necessarily on the cheap side, but if you’re going to do one thing out of the house, most school holidays usually involve the obligatory trip to the movies and […]

ADDITIVE FREE SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS: PART 4

With the school holidays now in full swing, it can start to get harder to find things to occupy the kids. Part 4 of my school holiday blog series will help you with another idea to keep the kids entertained and feed them healthy additive free food too. It is easy to fall into the […]

Additive Free School Holiday Activities for Kids: Part 3

For those lucky enough to be home with the kids for the school holidays, the days usually go by very quickly. With only a few weeks these holidays, it’s important to fit a few good things in as well as have a few lazy days to revamp ready for the next term (the last school […]