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From airport sugar aisles to artificial empathy, here's a stark reminder that protecting our health still requires human judgement, real connection and conscious choices. Known for their annual Environmental Working Group “Clean Fifteen” and “Dirty Dozen” food guides, the group have now released a new guide highlighting food chemicals to avoid. Some of those to… Continue reading The Cost of Convenience

From airport sugar aisles to artificial empathy, here’s a stark reminder that protecting our health still requires human judgement, real connection and conscious choices. Known for their annual Environmental Working Group “Clean Fifteen” and “Dirty Dozen” food guides, the group have now released a new guide highlighting food chemicals to avoid. Some of those to…… Continue reading The Cost of Convenience

From Dr Edith Eger’s legacy to fake engagement and the quiet work of remaking what matters. It has been reported that Dr. Edith Eger left us yesterday at the age of 98. There are lives that stretch across history, and then there are lives that quietly reshape how we understand it. Eger’s was the latter;…… Continue reading What We Choose To Keep

The smallest choices we make are creating the biggest consequences. You probably opened one today. A sachet of coffee, sauce, supplements, shampoo.Tore it open. Used it. Threw it away. Moved on. It felt insignificant. But zoom out. In 2022, 855 billion plastic sachets were sold globally.By 2025, that number has crossed one trillion every single…… Continue reading The Sachet Economy

Our skin is our biggest organ, so it’s really good sense to think about what’s in the personal care products we slather onto it on a daily basis. The Environmental Working Group have just released their infamous Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen produce data for 2026 (shown below). We hopped onto their site to share…… Continue reading What Goes on Goes in

Last Sunday sweet potatoes came to church with us in the form of a delicious Sweet Potato and Coconut Curry. Sweet potatoes are nutritional powerhouses. Research shows they have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and hepatoprotective activity, support cardiovascular health, demonstrate anticancer properties, and may even help improve memory, metabolic health and intestinal barrier function. We also learned… Continue reading Sweet Potatoes, AI Doctors & Hope in Healing

Last Sunday sweet potatoes came to church with us in the form of a delicious Sweet Potato and Coconut Curry. Sweet potatoes are nutritional powerhouses. Research shows they have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and hepatoprotective activity, support cardiovascular health, demonstrate anticancer properties, and may even help improve memory, metabolic health and intestinal barrier function. We also learned…… Continue reading Sweet Potatoes, AI Doctors & Hope in Healing

Denial. Anger. Bargaining. Depression. Acceptance. For decades, these five stages – first introduced by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross – have shaped how we understand grief. They’ve helped many of us put words to feelings that once felt impossible to name. But is there a sixth stage? Grief expert David Kessler believes there is. And it may be…… Continue reading The Sixth Stage of Grief – And the Courage to Find Meaning

Last night, one of the biggest stages in the world carried one of the most uncomfortable messages. This advertisement aired during Super Bowl 60 and for that alone it deserves attention. Congratulations to the Seahawks, and sincere thanks to Mr Mike Tyson for sharing a deeply personal and painful story that will, hopefully, shock many…… Continue reading When the Biggest Stages Start the Hardest Conversations

A good old cuppa used to be such a simple pleasure. Now? We're forced to think about micro-plastics in our tea bags. A recent (and frankly scary) study shows, for the first time, how these particles are absorbed and are able to reach our bloodstream. Stainless Steel infuser everyone? We now have a myriad of… Continue reading Time for Tea? Just Make It Green – and Plastic-Free

A good old cuppa used to be such a simple pleasure. Now? We’re forced to think about micro-plastics in our tea bags. A recent (and frankly scary) study shows, for the first time, how these particles are absorbed and are able to reach our bloodstream. Stainless Steel infuser everyone? We now have a myriad of…… Continue reading Time for Tea? Just Make It Green – and Plastic-Free

The second weekend of January is known as “Quitters Day.”According to Strava, it’s when most people abandon their New Year’s resolutions. If that is you it means you’ve learned something: extremes don’t last. What does last? Small, sustainable changes – done consistently. Last month marked the 10th anniversary edition of Dr Michael Greger’s How Not…… Continue reading Quitters Day Isn’t Failure – It’s Information

They are meant to supplement, not replace. Supplements are a multi-million pound industry, but which ones does your body need (if any)? For how long should you take them? At what dosage? Supplements are a complex subject. This article from a UK NHS oncologist claims synthetic supplements could increase your cancer risk. First time we’ve…… Continue reading Supplements: The Clue’s In The Name