How to Care for your Cuticles
Are your cuticles something you pay attention to or are they something that you ignore until there’s a tear in them? Are you aware what their role is in your...
Are your cuticles something you pay attention to or are they something that you ignore until there’s a tear in them? Are you aware what their role is in your...
Hygge. A word that has become part of the English language in recent years. One word that takes so many in English to explain what it actually means. It comes...
In Australia, it's been two months now that we've been in some form of isolation. We are very lucky, in Europe and other parts of the world it's been a...
Grounding is a word that is thrown around a lot these days. But do you really know what on earth it means? Well, that's exactly it. It's earthing. Connecting with...
Our recent addition to the Freya's Nourishment range deserves a special introduction. The five beautiful scents and intentions I first created for myself, as I do with all of the Freya's Nourishment...
Oh Spring how we love you! The promise of warmer brighter days after the hibernation of winter. New growth everywhere you look, and even within ourselves we can feel renewed...
You’ve heard the expression ‘Count your blessings’ and when tragedy strikes we do recall what we are grateful for. We clearly see what we have and we hold it close....
How grateful are you? Are you aware of your blessings or do you need to count them when things go wrong as Genevieve Morton wrote about on our last Journal post Why An...
There is something quite satisfying about walking into your kitchen, putting a few things in a bowl and creating a spa experience for yourself. Sure, it's beautiful when someone does...
There's nothing more satisfying than walking into your kitchen, taking a few things out of the cupboard and/or fridge, mixing them together then slathering them all over your face. I mean,...
Choosing a name for a recipe I always find odd. It either jumps out at me or I struggle with it. See I want something that basically tells you what the dish is,...
After our last post 6 Ways to Self Care in Isolation what could be more fitting than a beautifully grounding, delicious tart that is ALSO full of goodness? We've taken...
Usually we find ourselves saying "I can't believe it's Christmas already" or "where has the year gone". I am currently trying to get head around it being Easter in a...
This cheesecake was originally made for the Earth Element Retreat with Amanda Adey earlier this month. Mangoes are a beautiful Earth Element fruit due to its yellow colour (the colour of...
Do you celebrate Valentine's Day? I remember what a big deal it was at school to give cards, and to receive a card that you had nooooo idea who it...
We're in the month of love, and that always gets me thinking about either strawberry (or pink) desserts or chocolate. Chocolate desserts have to be my all time favourite to...
It's one of those perfect pairings. Strawberries and cracked pepper, caramel and salt, pineapple and mint, peanut butter and banana, chocolate and hazelnut. They combine together as you chew them...
At the beginning of June Vicky from The Flourishing Pantry featured Freya's Nourishment on her blog Flourishing Entrepreneurs. Vicky and I connected very early in my Instagram days, and one of the...
In another country, another lifetime, I sold Christmas Puddings. The real deal. Wrapped in calico with pretty tartan Christmas ribbon. I made and sold hundreds of them. It all started...
Let's be clear. This is an ode to, not a recreation of, the pavlova. My mum makes the best pavlova. That, in my opinion, is a fact. It is crunchy...
When you start to dabble in raw desserts, you feel like you need to learn a whole new language. Ingredients you can’t pronounce start appearing in recipes and you’re left...
Do you have a favourite season? I can never decide! I love each season when we're in it, but then I love the change too. I guess we're lucky to...
I have been trying to decide for a while what sort of birthday cake I would like this year. My mind has been distracted with the Nourishing Treats ebook though...
Winter is all about slowing down not only our lifestyle but also our bodies. It's a time to treat our bodies to nourishing soups, stews and slow foods. It governs...
You may have noticed a theme with the Journal posts, maybe not. I tend to alternate a health & wellbeing post with a recipe post. And I usually try to...
Autumn, the season of the Metal Element - a theory that originated in Chinese and Taoism philosophy. As Amanda from Auricfields Kinesiology explained in our last post, the Metal Element is the...
There are so many celebrations throughout the year. Birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, housewarming, engagements, weddings....And that's before we even get started on the set holidays such as Easter, Mothers and Fathers Days...
What's your go to snack when your energy starts lagging? When you can feel your eyelids getting heavier, you still have another hour or two at work yet you feel...
Just when you think summer is coming to an end, it coughs and splutters and the Melbourne skies throw out mid 30 degree weather like we are having this week....
Valentine's Day is approaching. It's a day where people show their affection for someone else by sending cards, flowers and chocolates along with messages of love. With around 150 million...
For some, drinking enough water can be a chore. Some can find plain water so boring, my mum always said she would rust if she drank too much water! Staying hydrated is...
Now doesn't that name just conjure up memories of childhood, a bygone era, a time where you never thought about how bad sugar was for your teeth - your only...
Winter well and truly is a distant memory, and Spring is starting to gain the hint of heat of that Summer will bring. The leaves are back on the trees, the...
It's been sad and frustrating watching the events of the past week to say the least. The actions of a few people has caused untold damage and trauma to the farming world,...