Mindful Chef recipe box review – healthy eating in lockdown

I don’t cook. I have somehow cruised through life without bothering to learn and it’s still not interesting or fun for me. Considering how much I care about proper nutrition and how healthy my lifestyle generally is, it’s almost odd that I just can’t face preparing my own meals. My husband married me knowing I Read More

Body after baby – recovery from my second pregnancy and giving birth

As I’m about to properly begin my postpartum fitness journey I wanted to share a bit about my recovery from pregnancy and giving birth three months ago. I had booked an appointment with a private women’s physio for a thorough postnatal check up but unfortunately it was cancelled when the UK was put under lockdown. Read More

Baby Noah 3-months old

That’s it! We don’t have a newborn baby anymore! Three months went in a flash, I must say. Interestingly with Maia I felt like the “fourth the trimester” lasted much longer but that’s possibly because I was alone with the baby and also new to the long, sleepless nights, endless nursing and solitary pram walks. Read More

Why I deleted my Instagram app

Little old me going against the tide here! While the use of social media has undoubtedly gone through the roof during the past weeks of social distancing and self isolation, with new micro influencers springing up like mushrooms and starting the day on IG Live with homemade banana bread becoming a new standard, I decided Read More

The lockdown

During this pandemic induced isolation, I expected to miss the social interaction with people, especially with our extended family and friends – and the separation is indeed painful. What I didn’t expect is that I’d miss personal space. This must be me taking the introversion to the next level! Partly this feeling of course has Read More

The first month with a newborn baby

It’s been seven weeks since our little Noah Oliver was born. I can’t decide whether it’s “only seven weeks” or “already seven weeks”. So much has happened and yet not much at all! Life with a newborn is like Groundhog Day – a continuum of feeding, burping, nappy changing, and sleeping (or trying to sleep). Read More