Journal Musings

We can’t say that autumn isn’t here. The leaves are turning colour so fast now, one more day or so of cold weather and they will be forming a carpet on the ground. This is the time of year to reevaluate your self care programme and diet, and if, like me you like to eat with the seasons, this is the time soup making comes in to it’s own. But what about your juicing, do you change this? In years gone by we couldn’t purchase cucumbers or tomatoes at Christmas. If you got celery

Such a choice of cereal on holiday Having spent a week in Austria I have been inspired by the simple but also complex breakfast that is muesli. I’ve always liked porridge in the winter as a filling warming breakfast, but as spring moves in, my need for a warming breakfast moves out. I tend then to resort to spelt toast, which doesn’t really fill me up enough. So I was keen to try muesli while on holiday. I’ve never really tried making my own.  There are so many ready made var

I juice everyday. Every morning. It ensures I get my ‘five or more a day.’ More vegetables than fruit and straight in to my tummy. All those super enzymes, vitamins and minerals. When I started juicing there were no Nutribullets. Just juicers. There is a place for both, but personally, first thing in the morning, I like a lovely clean juice. Not a jug of pulverised baby food. It’s personal choice! I’m often being asked by those on FaceBook and Twitter for help get them starte

Well, here we go, a blog post about something I have just discovered, and I am truly amazed at the results. I’m also astounded that I haven’t heard of it before. Although we all know things happen at times when we are ready for them, and maybe this is the perfect timing for me. A good friend of mine, Paula Carnell suggested that I try these plant derived minerals after I commented on how amazing she looked. Paula had been working her way through an ‘illness’ for the past seve

So the college reunion last weekend with 10 beauty therapists, many not in the industry any more, was a huge success. One of those events that you get yourself all worked up about and then find everything just slots in to how it used to be. Our class was very close. There were two groups of Hair and Beauty students on the three year course. On our first day in September 1984,  32 young 17 and 18 year old would be beauty therapists gathered in a hairdressing salon at Weston Su

Yesterday I had the feeling of overwhelming stress. Or was that just adrenalin that I have missed out on over the past few years? No, it was an all consuming panic…. An sudden rush of ‘Oh my good god what am I doing?’ type of feeling…. A feeling that I remembered from when I had my two salons. A feeling that makes your head whoosh and your pulse quicken. I was looking at a training manual for a new and quite amazing product that I am trying and intend passing the information

Juicing is a funny thing. Until about four years ago, I knew nothing about it. It was a friend of mine, AnnSee Yeoh who introduced me to it, and it changed my life. It also ensured that my lovely husband got closer to his ‘Five A Day’ by me gradually testing different ‘recipes’ on him! The best one is beetroot based, as he swears it improves his gold game. So I’m in a win win situation there. I’ve been recommending Juicers and have been a great fan of Jason Vale, aka ‘The Jui

Why did I do it? Well, sometimes you need an upgrade. As many of you will know, I’m quite an avid juicer. Not as a full on juice only detox, but a healthy way to start the day. I like the process of choosing which vitamins I need and having a juice for all seasons. More root veg in the autumn and winter, with carrots, beetroot parsnip and apple. I’m growing a winter spinach this year so my alkalinity can be kept in check with green juices on alternate days, and I love using s

As we move in to summer, the usual ‘Get Fit for Holidays’ advertising appears in magazines and newspapers. Bikini bodies and which spray tan is best. I notice that those of you who haven’t started juicing yet are asking the same questions that were covered in this blog back in January, as you are feeling a summer ‘cleanse’ would be a good idea, I feel a little up date is needed for the many people out there wanting some easy to follow advice. I often post information on Face

Raw Chocolate is becoming very popular because it is totally dairy free, and also free from refined sugar. It just contains a syrup like raw honey, or a product called Sweet Freedom. It is organic, mainly sourced from Ecuador and growers are normally members of the Fair Trade Association. As it is not heated above 42 degrees this classes it as ‘Raw’. It’s packed with vitamins C and E, and has a higher percentage of antioxidants than Green Tea! Packed with magnesium amino acid

It often surprises me that there are so many people out there who still assume that juicing is all about loosing weight by drinking liquid broccoli and spinach. I had a light bulb moment the other day when a new client thought I lived on juice. In the ‘old days’ everyone would have a glass of orange juice with their breakfast. From a carton. Sometimes ‘fresh’ with bits in! So why not move with the times and make your own FRESH juice? Eat clean and eat green! Science is contin

La Stone. Not ‘L.A’ Stones as I find it often referred. People assume it has something to do with Hollywood, but it’s actually due to as a ‘translation error’. The founder of this amazing system of thermotherapy massage and healing, Mary Neslon, is dyslexic and wrote ‘La Stone’ instead of THE Stone. It stuck. It’s not French either! I have been offering this incredible treatment for the past 15 years and it just gets better and better. Not just a massage. A real experience. O

Disaster struck on Friday. I gathered all my juicing ingredients, turned on the juicer…and …nothing. No power. Dead. Now, I’m always very calm and patient when things break down. Tracking back the fault. Making sure all components are correctly inserted, and only then do I check the fuse. Nothing. Still dead. Arrrgggghhhhhhhh!!!!! Mega disaster! My husband muttered something about ‘I bet it feels like your right arm has fallen off?’ Or something like that. He did, however, go

The previous post on about juicing verses a ‘bullet’ (or a blender), has created a lot of interest on Face Book and Twitter. It made me realise that the whole planet isn’t actually following the Super Juice Me programme that the Juice Master Jason Vale promotes at this time of year. After all, I didn’t know anything about juicing until I was introduced to it a few years ago. Since then I have developed my own juicing programme, and have to admit that I have never followed a f

So many questions, so many options! I seem to be constantly asked about which juicer to buy and why don’t I have a Nutribullet? So much to cover in one blog! I may have to do a little series, as the essence of juicing is a major sun jet in its own right! Lets start with Juicing though…..Having looked at a great video on Jason Vale aka the Juice Master website about ‘which juicer is right for you’, it made me realise  that you really have to purchase the one that is just that