The Mindful Baker

In a bid to disguise the blandness of a diet that results from detracting the fat from all the food we love, as I mentioned in the...

As recently as only a few years ago, the media, government and any ill-informed well wisher (myself included), would have told you that...

Mobile phone usage and social media... what a combo! If you're looking for the perfect recipe to destroy your mindset, then this blog...

First things first, put down your phone, turn off the TV, and find a quiet space to eat without distractions. It might sound impossible,...

A lot of dieticians and nutritionists tend to over-complicate the whole issue of weight loss/gain and fat, making it a minefield of...

First of all, it is only right to point out that every one of us is completely different. Obviously we all look and behave differently...

“I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me" – Ralph Waldo Emerson An...

Alongside the Be Happy book that I mentioned in an earlier blog, Robert Holden runs an eight week happiness course, designed to teach...

Defining happiness falls into three different categories, the third of which is often seen as the most important, because it doesn’t...

Laughter is the Best Medicine ♫ There is another side to happiness, which is unbelievable to everyone who lacks faith in its true power:...

On the meditation weekend which provided me with a lot of content for these bogs, most of the people who came by themselves were given...

Smiling is infectious, you catch it like the flu, When someone smiled at me today, I started smiling too. I passed around the corner and...

Forgiving yourself and forgiving others are intrinsically linked, in that by reaching forgiveness in either scenario, you are granting...

Before you can completely regain a 'childlike' love for yourself, the table has to be clean, so to speak. If you are harbouring...

One of my deepest fears about getting older was that of losing my hair. I was petrified of going bald. My father lacks a large proportion...

For as long as you fail to love and accept yourself, you will judge that you are not beautiful enough, successful enough, rich enough,...

Contrary to popular belief, most people who suffer from addictions, of any sort, actually recover by themselves without the need for any...

A couple of years ago, I attended a weekend meditation retreat at a stately home in Oxfordshire. I learned several things over the...

Before I delve into the basics of overcoming an addiction, I want to explain to you the variety of different occurrences of it and what...

A battle is going on inside us all, it is a terrible fight between wolves. One is evil; anger, envy, sorrow, shame, regret, greed,...