12/03/2026
Sometimes self-care looks like slowing down with a handful of flowers.
Earlier this week, I sat at the table arranging flowers as part of an online floristry course I’ve been doing with
It’s a small thing… but also not a small thing.
The whole premise of the course is about caring for flowers as a way of practising care for ourselves.
Slowing down.
Being present.
Giving something your full attention.
At one point my daughter quietly pulled up a chair beside me and started arranging some stems of her own. No rush. No outcome we were chasing. Just a gentle moment together.
It struck me how rarely we allow ourselves that kind of space as adults — especially as clinicians, mothers, women holding a lot of responsibilities.
So much of our lives runs on efficiency.
But flowers don’t respond to rushing. They respond to care.
And in many ways, so do we.
It reminded me a lot of the work we do inside my Eat with EASE program.
Not fixing food.
Not controlling the body.
But slowing down enough to notice it.
Learning to care for ourselves again through food, appetite, nourishment and trust is what I truly believe in to break old dieting habits and find freedom around food for good.
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