I have quite a few overnight work trips in the next couple of weeks, which has provided a vegan, gluten-free, on a budget hotel-eating-puzzle! So, I got myself a cheap rice cooker/steamer, and voila! It does mean washing up, which feels unexpected in a hotel room, but, I’ll forgive myself now I’m properly fuelled after my hotel-gym #run 😉 #veganfood #onthego #glutenfree #ricecooker #hotel #dinner #falafel #kale #spinachsalad #walnuts #sunflowerseeds #avocado #veganlife #actorlife #halfmarathontraining #fuel #homecomforts #noplacelikehome
A few days of sofa-sitting, sans guilt, did the trick... today I’ve managed a good, long run, a much-needed longer yoga practice, and now that neglected to-do list can have some attention! 😉 #muchneededbreak #backinthegame #halfmarathontraining #balanceiskey #postrun #yoga #backbend #camelpose #yogaeverydamnday #getonthemat #surrender #practiceandalliscoming #honourthewobble #yogateacherlife #mumlife #sunday
Currently re-living teenage years, sitting on the sofa, eating chocolate, and listening to Alanis Morisette, “That I Would Be Good”. Makes me realise how much more comfortable I feel with myself and my life as an adult when we’re doing or achieving things that seem worthy. It’s the very raison d’être of all social media right? Well- for all those mamas out there, especially single mamas who might be battling life and reassured to hear it- these past few days we’ve done nothing but survived- junk destined for the overpacked shed is accumulating at the back door, and I keep cursing every time I trip over it, I’m rushing around like an idiot without a purpose, I haven’t managed today’s run, because my body has been freezing and aching all day, and all I really feel like is a nap, I’ve not done a hundred things I “should” have done, we haven’t made anything pretty, been anywhere exciting, I’ve been working all three of my jobs, sometimes in one day, shouting at the kids when it all gets overwhelming and generally bodging it up. There’s still been plenty to be grateful for. But here’s the thing- every time I open social media, and don’t get me wrong- I love inspirational and motivational posts - but I feel this pressure to “show up” for my life by ticking off lists and nailing goals. Some days I need this stuff, it keeps me going. But after a while, I notice this inability to say no to ‘doing’ creeping in, a tendency to stop listening to my body, and to feel guilty when I want things to switch off a bit. But the truth is, I’m sure it must be true- it’s ok not to, too. It’s ok to let it all go. For a day, or a week, or however long is needed. It’s ok to sit on the sofa instead of tackling another to-do. It’s ok to just be and do nothing. Right?! 🙆🏻♀️ #justbe #inspiration #overwhelm #justdonothing #nottodaythanks #sofalove #veganchocolate #fire #alanismorissette #rekindling #youth #beyou #beherenow #nothingtoprove #sometimesitstough #life #mumlife #singlemumlife #andbreathe #honourthewobble
