Modern day life is busy, and many of us opt to wake earlier to squeeze more time to our days. Optimising your morning routine to set yourself up for a successful day is great, however your bedtime routine is just as important but often overlooked.

Do you find that you’re consistently glued to your phone? And, when you’re not on your phone, you’re checking your social media feeds on your computer or on your tablet too. When all these social platforms hit the scenes, I don’t think that anyone imagined the massive impact that they would have on our social and home lives.

We talk a lot about eating your way to feel good and looking after your insides, but what about the exterior? The biggest organ of the body – how do we look after that? I’m talking about your skin of course!! The protective out layer that keeps us warm, protects all our inner workings and keeps us beautiful! There are many vitamins, which are essential to keeping your skin plump and youthful – vitamin C and vitamin E being two of the main players. Vitamin C for the growth and repair of cells and Vitamin E for cell reproduction. Vitamin D (the sunshine vitamin!) and Vitamin K are also important to healthy skin, nails and hair.

This is about exploring new foods and moving outside of your comfort zone to maybe find something you like, enjoy or even LOVE to eat. Remember… it’s not a harsh commitment to 21 days of only clean food. It is more like “dating around,” trying new things and experiencing what works best for you.

There’s no better gift you can give, than the gift of time and attention.

Let go of stodgy uninspiring resolutions and create a vision for 2017 that you love.

January is the month of new years resolutions. ‘Eat less cake’, ‘don’t eat chocolate’, ‘eat more vegetables, ‘lose weight’…. the list could on and on.

It is a fact of life that we are all ‘stressed’. Whether it’s physical stress or emotional stress, we are all managing a degree of stress. We all take on stress from our own lives and then feed off each other’s stress. It really is one big stress cycle. Yet perhaps all we need is one magic solution that helps us realise a situation doesn’t have to be ‘stressful’. The situation is merely demanding – and if we change our reaction to it, it could just be… a situation.

Dear Ellen, throughout the unstructured summertime our kids have picked up some poor eating habits, especially avoiding fruits and vegetables and overdoing sweets! With back to school structure in the air, I would like some tips on how to inspire them to get back on track and eat healthier without quarreling!