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How to manage yourself to have time for self-care

How to manage yourself to have time for self-care

Having more time for things you love and want to do  can seem quite often as a dream. Especially for us women, it may not feel natural  spending time on ourselves rather than others. It seems that we serve everyone and everything first and we collapse in the evening...

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Vegan Pea ‘Burgers’ with cashew sour cream

Vegan Pea ‘Burgers’ with cashew sour cream

Enjoy this delicious summer recipe! Pea 'Burger' with Cashew Salad Cream Thanks to the peas, chickpeas and seeds this 'burger' recipe is prtein packed making it great addition to summer BBQ. The seasoning gives it a depth of spicing ideal to be served...

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Welcome June – Wake Up Your Inner Child

Welcome June – Wake Up Your Inner Child

I feel like the time has flew so quickly. The lockdown lasted over 8 weeks but I feel like it was few days ago. Now it is new month and ease down of the lockdown. While this is happening I must say that I will be missing some part of it especially time spent here at...

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How I started a deep healing journey!

How I started a deep healing journey!

  I remember over 10 years ago now when I saw my Mum after not seeing her for a while.   She always was keeping me safe and never wanted to bother me with any problems she had. Was it right was it wrong?   I do not know she did the best she knew led by...

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Jerk spiced Aubergine with fresh Mango and Cucumber Salsa

Jerk spiced Aubergine with fresh Mango and Cucumber Salsa

I love aubergine and I love this plant-based recipe. The sharpness of jerk spices against sweetness and freshness of mango and cucumbers is brilliant. I also love the dressing for this salsa. Adding sesame seeds is a great addition to help your digestion. Sesame seeds...

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How to continue the weight loss journey?

How to continue the weight loss journey?

 Have you been doing a lot of things right when it comes to weight loss? Maybe you have done the cleanse , went a bit more plant-based, drink nice and healthy smoothies and added protein to your meals. You also exercised adequately  to your abilities and lifestyle....

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Are you ready for the cleanse? Find out why it could help you.

Are you ready for the cleanse? Find out why it could help you.

Welcome to May! Is it 07th week in lockdown? Not that I am counting but the emotional rollecoaster is true and real.  Every Monday morning I do Motivation Monday video. I love having that focus on Monday morning and my schedule clearly written for the whole week. For...

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Intuitive Weightloss Transformation – Part 1

Intuitive Weightloss Transformation – Part 1

Weightloss topic seems to be raising a lot of mixed feelings. For years we have been forced to believe that  only looks that matter. Yes, it is important but to be honest, if people were trying to lose weight only for looks, most of them would never got it back....

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What do I eat in a day? Practical meal planning.

What do I eat in a day? Practical meal planning.

Few years ago , I did not really think what I put in my body. Well I ate consciously but I also drunk diet coke, ate chips and fries, loads of carbs. I thought that my body can take anything and miraculously I will not put on any weight and I will be always fit and...

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Roasted chickpeas salad with sun-dried tomatoes

Roasted chickpeas salad with sun-dried tomatoes

I love chickpeas and I often recommend them to include in the salads. I recently started slow cooking them and they are far better than from the tins. They are a very good soure of fibre, folic acid and manganese. In addition, they are a good source of protein, as...

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Intuitive Weightloss Transformation – Part 1

Intuitive Weightloss Transformation – Part 1

Weightloss topic seems to be raising a lot of mixed feelings. For years we have been forced to believe that  only looks that matter. Yes, it is important but to be honest, if people were trying to lose weight only for looks, most of them would never got it back....

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What do I eat in a day? Practical meal planning.

What do I eat in a day? Practical meal planning.

Few years ago , I did not really think what I put in my body. Well I ate consciously but I also drunk diet coke, ate chips and fries, loads of carbs. I thought that my body can take anything and miraculously I will not put on any weight and I will be always fit and...

read more
Roasted chickpeas salad with sun-dried tomatoes

Roasted chickpeas salad with sun-dried tomatoes

I love chickpeas and I often recommend them to include in the salads. I recently started slow cooking them and they are far better than from the tins. They are a very good soure of fibre, folic acid and manganese. In addition, they are a good source of protein, as...

read more

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Why I love Essential Oils from Doterra?

Why I love Essential Oils from Doterra?

My love for essential oils has started a long time ago. Whenever I go to a SPA I always take the aromatherapy massage. Combining smell and the tissue massage has amazing effects on your body and multiplies the impact. Aromatherapy has been practiced for centuries by...

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Are you playing the game you want to win?

Are you playing the game you want to win?

It is no secret that by this time a lot of us decided to venture out into a not so healthy path and back to our old habits. There is nothing wrong with that and it is part of the journey. For many of us getting into the healthy lifestyle takes courage, time and...

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Reflecting on Year 2019 – my top 5 tips

Reflecting on Year 2019 – my top 5 tips

I opened up my journal and started reading my first post which I wrote in March 2018. At that time I was already thinking about different career route and I started my training with Digital Mums to be Social Media Manager. Great course and I learned a lot and had fun...

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How to Manage Your Weight with Mindset and Consistency!

How to Manage Your Weight with Mindset and Consistency!

 I have been thinking about writing this text for some time. First of all, I had the problem which photos to choose for comparison. I do not have before and after pictures as losing weight was never my primary goal. However, I do remember and I actually have video,...

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Autoimmune conditions – how to manage them naturally!

Autoimmune conditions – how to manage them naturally!

For the last few weeks I have been looking into autoimmune conditions as they are more and more common and unfortunatley more and more complex. The most known to everyone are allergies and intolerances , however other common conditions are type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid...

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Master Your Mental Health with these 5 strategies

Master Your Mental Health with these 5 strategies

On this World Mental Health Awarness Day, I would like to share not only the startegies but also my story.  I never thought of myself as a person who would be struggling with self-worth and low esteem at any point of my life. Why would I? I had sucessfull career,...

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How to manage yourself to have time for self-care

Lower back pain forced me to start my health journey

In this post I am sharing some details of my health journey and I truly hope you will find inspiration. This is the first part as I have two more to share.  I started my health journey over two years ago. Step by step I started recovery from lower back mild depression...

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Why saying Yes can be so difficult but feel so right?!

Why saying Yes can be so difficult but feel so right?!

It is hard to believe that it is my 42 Birthday today. At the end of the day birthday is only a number. Actually I am pretty excited as I have never felt so happy and fit in my life. I am celebrating my birthday in lockdown so this is great post to write and look back...

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What is New Normal?

What is New Normal?

I have been questioning myself what will be my new normal once we are out of the lockdown? Will we be the same? I dare to think that this lockdown has changed you in one way or the other. How , I think we need time to understand that. Through this time I am learning ...

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How to Build Strong resilience  – action you can take now

How to Build Strong resilience – action you can take now

In the first week of lockdown. I threw myself into numerous activities and challenges. They were good to take my mind off the situation and into thinking and doing mode. I started with clearing the clutter and planning the meals. I then went on to miracle morning...

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How to Improve Your Immune system in 7 Steps

How to Improve Your Immune system in 7 Steps

We are living in the unprecedented times, however we need to stay calm and collected to come out stronger on the other side Looking after your  immune system is one of the things you can do right now which will give you true benefits. Obviously it is not guaranteed,...

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Why saying Yes can be so difficult but feel so right?!

Why saying Yes can be so difficult but feel so right?!

It is hard to believe that it is my 42 Birthday today. At the end of the day birthday is only a number. Actually I am pretty excited as I have never felt so happy and fit in my life. I am celebrating my birthday in lockdown so this is great post to write and look back...

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What is New Normal?

What is New Normal?

I have been questioning myself what will be my new normal once we are out of the lockdown? Will we be the same? I dare to think that this lockdown has changed you in one way or the other. How , I think we need time to understand that. Through this time I am learning ...

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How to Build Strong resilience  – action you can take now

How to Build Strong resilience – action you can take now

In the first week of lockdown. I threw myself into numerous activities and challenges. They were good to take my mind off the situation and into thinking and doing mode. I started with clearing the clutter and planning the meals. I then went on to miracle morning...

read more
How to Improve Your Immune system in 7 Steps

How to Improve Your Immune system in 7 Steps

We are living in the unprecedented times, however we need to stay calm and collected to come out stronger on the other side Looking after your  immune system is one of the things you can do right now which will give you true benefits. Obviously it is not guaranteed,...

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Chickpeas and  Beans ‘Burgers’

Chickpeas and Beans ‘Burgers’

Chickpeas and Beans burgers These great healthy 'burgers' deliver healthy portion of protein and fibre; great to eat with fresh salad, mushroom sauce and cashew non-mayo 1 tin chickpeas1 tin butter beans1/2 onion, chopped and sauted2 cloves garlic, thinly...

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Lime Smoothie Recipe

Lime Smoothie Recipe

Lime Smoothie This smoothie is perfect as a healthy yet delicious option for picky eaters who normally reach for the sugary shop-bought varieties. The fibre in spinach, seeds, oats and lemons, together with the protein in the seeds help lower the uptake of sugar into...

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Welcome August – Vegan Quiche Recipe

Welcome August – Vegan Quiche Recipe

I love August! This month reminds me of harvest time back in Poland. I used to spend all my holidays in the rural village helping on the farm, looking after animals and collecting hay. I remember to this day riding on a haystack on a tractor back to the barn. I am not...

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Oh so Powerful Kimchi!

Oh so Powerful Kimchi!

Probably you know or have heard that we should eat fermented food on a daily basis. You do not need to eat a lot but what you need to make sure that you have the best quality possible. A lot of fermented food has been pasteurised to prolong shelf life but sadly they...

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Gut Healing Broth

Gut Healing Broth

There is currently a lot of talk and evidence that gut is our 'second brain'. Our gut contains 100 million neurons more than in either the spinal cord or the peripheral nervous system, which is the nervous system outside our brain and spinal cord. A lot of modern...

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Why have I decided to train as a Vegan Chef?

Why have I decided to train as a Vegan Chef?

Making changes in life is never easy especially if you are midway through and you realize that there is something missing and that you have not yet fulfilled the true purpose. I have always loved cooking but I never spent too much time in the kitchen. It was always...

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Taking veganism to the digital world with Digital Mums!

When I signed up back in March 2018 for this Social Media Management course with Digital Mums, I absolutely did not realize how much work is ahead of me. Sure I was excited and unbelievably proud of myself taking this important step towards a potential career change. ...

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How To Raise Vegan Kids – Tips from Mums

How To Raise Vegan Kids – Tips from Mums

  Raising vegan kids is and probably will be controversial for many parents. Should we, can we, what we need to cook, will we be providing all necessary nutrition? Sometimes when you introduce vegan concept especially to older children, they do not see it as a...

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Vegan Sushi Rolls

Vegan Sushi Rolls

I used to love sushi, so now I have to be inventive with new recipes. The variations are endless and actually I love them. You can use soaked walnuts with spices for mock tuna, you use black rice and plenty of freh raw veggies and avocado. Perfect raw food to have...

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3 Meal ideas  – cook with Lentils

3 Meal ideas – cook with Lentils

Every week I will be presenting three meal ideas to make your cooking life a bit easier. This post is all about lentils. why? Because they are versatile and fantastic source of protein. Easy to cook, easy to spice up and easy to use across different dishes. These are...

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Why should you love green smoothies and juices?

Why should you love green smoothies and juices?

Are you a fan or  not of green smoothies or juices? I must say that I am but sometimes it is not easy to enjoy them all the time. I sometimes treat them as medicine, something my body needs and I can tell when it calls for the more green stuff. I usually have no...

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Chickpeas no-tuna, cashew mayo sandwich

Chickpeas no-tuna, cashew mayo sandwich

Cashew Mayo no-tuna Chickpea sandwich This great recipe is the alternative to 'tuna-mayo' sandwich. Great chickpeas with cream cashew non-mayo and seaweed pieces. Nori is rich in iodine, chcipkeas and cashews provide the protein 1 cup cashew nuts soaked...

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Vegan Sushi Rolls

Vegan Sushi Rolls

I used to love sushi, so now I have to be inventive with new recipes. The variations are endless and actually I love them. You can use soaked walnuts with spices for mock tuna, you use black rice and plenty of freh raw veggies and avocado. Perfect raw food to have...

read more
3 Meal ideas  – cook with Lentils

3 Meal ideas – cook with Lentils

Every week I will be presenting three meal ideas to make your cooking life a bit easier. This post is all about lentils. why? Because they are versatile and fantastic source of protein. Easy to cook, easy to spice up and easy to use across different dishes. These are...

read more
Why should you love green smoothies and juices?

Why should you love green smoothies and juices?

Are you a fan or  not of green smoothies or juices? I must say that I am but sometimes it is not easy to enjoy them all the time. I sometimes treat them as medicine, something my body needs and I can tell when it calls for the more green stuff. I usually have no...

read more
Chickpeas no-tuna, cashew mayo sandwich

Chickpeas no-tuna, cashew mayo sandwich

Cashew Mayo no-tuna Chickpea sandwich This great recipe is the alternative to 'tuna-mayo' sandwich. Great chickpeas with cream cashew non-mayo and seaweed pieces. Nori is rich in iodine, chcipkeas and cashews provide the protein 1 cup cashew nuts soaked...

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