Left to our own devices our mind is full of negative thoughts, from calling ourselves negative names, not being happy with the way we look to self sabotage. We are naturally drawn to the negative. 

In episode 22 of Mind Mood and Food Adele and Margaret will give you the tools to flip and move into the positive, replacing that negative chatter and help you feel different. 

Does your way of eating fall into this category? 

Diet culture has been around for too long as it leads to restriction and deprivation, two key elements of comfort eating. If you are eating to manage emotions, to stop or even to numb emotions. If you are eating for other reasons than hunger and find it difficult to stop when full then listen on. 

Food is frequently used to numb stress but it doesn't last for long as the feelings of guilt and shame creep in which creates a viscous cycle.

Margaret and Adele will take you on a journey of how you can start taking charge of your comfort eating so you no longer need to use food as your support. 

Are you an over thinker, a people pleaser or taking life too seriously? 

Life is nowhere as serious as the mind make it out to be.

Laughter has a positive effect on our immune system and sprinkling the tools we mention into your routine will strengthen your immune system and your stress will be reduced. Listen out for an amazing fact that just one minute of laughter is equivalent to!

Give your system a great boost and laugh along with us in episode 20 of Mind Mood & Food. 

How many herbs and spices are out there? 

Literally hundreds! But how would you know if any of them actually improve the health of your gut. For instance did you know that garlic is great for colds as its wonderful for your immune system and has antibacterial properties. Or that fennel is good for IBS as it aids digestion.

This episode delves into the world of herbs and spices to give you a great insight into the common and not so common herbs and spices that you can use to boost and support your gut. 

It can be so debilitating to live with we have both lived through stress, burnout and anxiety which can bring so much discomfort. This is fear, whatever form it takes, let this episode help and show you how to let it go. In episode 18 of Mind, Mood & Food we help you understand what your fear is about and give you tools so you can let your fear go. 

How do you stop raiding the biscuit tin and do you eat food that gives you a hit of energy but doesn't really fill you up for long? 

If we are eating predominantly beige goods what would be a better idea to eat and how nutritious is it for our bodies if we are on a low fat mission? 

Join Margaret & Adele to find out what foods do fill you up for longer, so that biscuit can stay in the tin! 

Chocolate, Crisps, Bread! 

These are just three of our most common food cravings but what exactly are cravings about and why the heck don't we crave broccoli or lettuce! 

When we do crave our body wants instant gratification so what would be some better options to choose for guilt free eating an drinking? Listen for some great choices and even a weird craving of Margaret's that will make you laugh! 

I'll be happy when I've got my dream house, a yacht... But is that really the truth? We are conditioned to want more and more but does happiness come in the form of material things? 

Episode 15 explores the I'll be happy when syndrome and what we may be able to do to combat it. 

What lights you up and makes you truly happy? Have you already found your life purpose or are you still searching? 

Episode 14 dives into the world of IKIGAI - reason for being where we explore techniques of how to realise and appreciate what makes you elated and ready to jump out of bed in the morning, your soul purpose. There's one thing for sure we only have this one life so how can you squeeze life to the last drops - listen in!

Sleep - how's yours? Do you find it easy to get to sleep, do you experience waking up through the night and do you know what can impact your sleep? Both Primary and secondary food can affect our sleeping patterns but what is it in particular that does. 

Sleep is so important, without it let's face it we don't function at our best and experiencing long term lack of sleep does drastically effect our health. Episode 13 dives deep into what can really effect the zzzz's and what we can each do to vastly improve the quality of our sleep. Hopefully we will have you drifting off before you know it!