A Meeting at North Tea Power

Sometimes living alone and also working from home can become a real drag. Little interaction + little encouragement = low motivation. So a couple of weeks ago I made arrangements with my oldest friend Becky, who is in a very similar situation, to meet up and go for breakfast in order to discuss life, boys, business and all things blog related. 

COMMENTING

COMMENT is launching a new weekly segment! COMMENTING will, from now on, be posted every Friday and will be a round-up of everything I have been obsessing over in the week. Every week the categories will remain the same displaying my favourite thing in relation to that category. This new segment will hopefully provide some reading material/inspiration for your weekend.
Happy Friday to you all!

Paleo, Chocolate Truffle Protein Balls

If ever there was a way of combining a healthy post-workout snack with chocolate then I was determined to find it. And, now that I have, I am going to share it with you lovely lot.

Love Juice? Then Head to Love Juice

I love afternoon tea. There, I said it. In fact, it's not just afternoon, there's brunch too... and supper - in fact any meal that is not really a meal but is at the times of day when one should be at work and therefore eating cake, and generally being decadent, feels all kinds of sinfully wonderful. One of my favourite people to while away an afternoon with is undoubtedly my mother but since she has been juicing (see previous post for more details) finding places to gain appropriate sustenance has proven tricky. Enter, Love Juice.

My Three Favourite Juices... from Jason Vale's, Super Juice Me

I was first introduced to Jason Vale, the Juice Master, and his juicing philosophies when I was still in my mid-teens and my mum was re-training as a nutritional therapist. I was instantly on board and have remained a bit of a fan ever since.

An Evening at Teacup

Teacup is one of those absolute gems of a teashop that, come rain or shine, has people queueing out the door every single weekend. Located in the heart of Manchester's Northern Quarter, Teacup is cute and quirky without quite becoming a hipster cliché like many other places are in danger of doing these days. Although their vast collection of cakes and tea are some of the best I've ever experienced (keep reading for evidence of this) they don't just rely on their sweet treats and charm thus, therefore, excelling in all other areas of their menu too (I am still yet to find anywhere in Manchester that delivers a better Eggs Benedict). So once I discovered that Teacup were planning to begin an evening menu I grabbed my best foodie-friend Laura, and we decided to make a night of it. 

Emotional Abuse: How to Forgive, Heal, and Move on.

February 6th, 2014 was the day that I finally decided I'd had enough and that I deserved more from my life, especially my relationship, and so I packed my bags and walked away from my boyfriend, our home together and the daily rollercoaster of emotional turbulence that he would subject me to. 

Why I Gave Up Giving Up...

So today marks the beginning of Lent, a period of time where, according to biblical text, for forty days and forty nights Jesus fasted as he crossed the desert and resisted the Devil's temptation. To honour this scripture it has become that of tradition that, during this time before Easter, we sacrifice something in our daily lives in order to appreciate just how much we have to be thankful for.

Review: Freya Luna

For almost a year now my skin has been a complete mess. A combination of hormones running riot, emotional upheaval, major stresses and complete lifestyle changes have resulted in acne, hypersensitivity, hyper-pigmentation, eczema and major dullness.

Easy Peasy, Gluten Free, Guilt Free Pancakes

Shrove Tuesday is one of those days that we all look forward to every year as it offers us the rare opportunity to openly stuff our faces free of shame and judgment. However, whilst your mouth might be screaming "hell-yeah", if you're anything like me the combination of wheat, gluten and dairy that goes into making a traditional pancake batter will leave your stomach screaming "what the hell have you just put in me woman?!"