Author: Tania
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Building a Med-ish Plate in Real Life
The Mediterranean diet sounds lovely when you see it written down. Colourful vegetables, olive oil, fish, beans, grains. But what does that actually look like on an ordinary Tuesday night, when you are standing in the kitchen wondering what to eat? For me, it is much less glamorous than the photographs suggest. It is really…
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Burnout Is Not the Same for Everyone
Burnout is disproportionately experienced by women, who often bear an unseen mental load alongside their visible responsibilities. This pressure to constantly prove themselves leads to exhaustion. Acknowledging the burden is crucial; rather than trying to manage it all, women should prioritize their well-being by reassessing responsibilities and learning to let go of some weight.
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Meal Planning Without Losing the Will to Live
Let’s be honest, meal planning can feel like one of those things that “perfect” people on Instagram do with colour-coded spreadsheets and matching containers. In real life, most of us are juggling work, kids, and the constant mystery of what on earth to cook for dinner that everyone will actually eat. What works for me…
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The Menopause Conversation We Need to Have
Menopause is one of those subjects that everyone knows is important, yet for years it has been quietly avoided, brushed aside, or whispered about. It has started to get more attention lately, but too often the conversation is dominated by celebrity stories that turn into books, exercise regimes, or neat little solutions that do not…
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The Art of the Simple Supper
There is something freeing about supper that does not try too hard. A few bits on a plate, nothing fancy, and somehow it still hits the spot. That is what I have learned to love about Mediterranean-ish cooking, you do not need a long list of ingredients or a mountain of washing up for it…
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Why Championing Women Cannot Be a One-Day Event
I have a slightly complicated relationship with International Women’s Day. I understand why it exists, and I think it matters. There are still plenty of women whose stories have been overlooked, whose work has been undervalued, or who have had to work considerably harder than the man sitting next to them to be taken equally…
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5 Ways to Sneak More Plants into Your Meals
There is so much talk about eating more plants that it can start to sound like a chore. We know we should add more vegetables, grains, beans, nuts, and seeds into our meals, but when you’re tired and just trying to get dinner on the table, the last thing you need is another rule. The…
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Why I Stopped Feeling Guilty for Doing Nothing
For years I treated rest as something I had to earn. If I stopped for too long, I felt like I was cheating. Even when I did sit down, I would distract myself with scrolling or mindless games, which only left me feeling worse because I told myself I was wasting time. I thought I…
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What is the Mediterranean Diet
The phrase “Mediterranean diet” gets thrown around a lot, usually accompanied by glossy pictures of olives, sun-drenched tomatoes, and a glass of red wine on a terrace overlooking the sea. It sounds lovely, but the way it is often presented makes it feel more like a holiday fantasy than something you could actually cook on…
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What I Learned from My Worst Week (or Month) This Year
There are times you look back on and think, how on earth did I get through that. For me it was one of those weeks that tipped into a month, when everything seemed to land at once. Work was full on, life was messy, and the unexpected extras kept showing up whether I liked it…
