Sunshine & Wellness

27/11/2025

Yummy, crunchy, soft middle, full of flavour falafels with lovely lemony tahini sauce. I love to make mine with loads of salad, a pitta, and little chilli sauce, like a kebab 🥰

I made these for an event last month and they went down a storm. Full of herbs and freshness, how falafels should be.

Protein, fibre, phytoestrogen, plant points, they’re all here for a healthy meal.

Made with soaked chickpeas instead of tinned, they don’t go to mush 🙌

Recipe in link in bio or in today’s stories 😍

18/11/2025

12/11/2025

How wonderful to have my positivity recognised by the wonderful Community Learning department at I love my work here — sharing my nutrition and wellbeing knowledge, meeting new students, and helping them learn and grow.

You are never too old to learn — especially when it comes to your health. Nutrition is constantly evolving and changes through the lifecycle, and I feel so lucky to help others make sense of it and see the difference it makes in their lives.

Feeling very grateful today 💚 Thank you to Nikki, Becky & Zoe!!

Looking forward to learning myself this year and becoming an assessor for Nutrition Qualifications!! 👩🏼‍🎓

25/10/2025

☀️ It’s true, get out, watch the seasons change, green, orange, red, brown, and come alive again in spring 🌱

23/10/2025

Menopause questions are to become part of standard questioning for Wellwomen checks in those age 40-74.

We don’t officially know why it has become so hard (probably a mix of several reasons) but over 75% of women struggle with menopause symptoms, hot flushes, joint pain…and now the NHS is now catching up with us.

For the first time, menopause will be included in routine NHS health checks for millions of women aged 40 to 74 in England.

18/10/2025

☀️ Happy World Menopause Day ☀️

This isn’t the end!! This years theme is lifestyle medicine. If you would like to improve your journey and health get in touch for personalised advice, nutrition, support, accountability, recipes and more.

I have couple of spaces for new clients coming up, get in touch here: https://www.sunshineandwellness.co.uk/contact

15/10/2025

It’s never easy being a parent, but there’s only so far you can push the ‘do as I say not as I do’. We need to set good examples. I changed my life when I became a mum, to improve my mental and physical health and to set a better example for my boy.

We have to start with ourselves first, improve our activity levels, nutrition, mental health, put down our phones/games and then work with our children to help them improve theirs.

If you are ready to work on yourself, I have spaces starting in the next few weeks for 3 month coaching packages with appointments weekly or fortnightly. Packages to help improve:

- Nutrition
- Activity levels
- Mental Health
- Confidence
- Feel better everyday

Appointments are online with personalised learning, advice, guidance & resources.

Get in touch to book a free 15 minute chat to see if this would be right for you.

13/10/2025

What a couple weeks! It’s been amazing to be asked to be part of 3 events in the 2 weeks, and an interview before that. Events organised, run, executed and attended by wonderful local women. is a beautiful thing!! 🩷

Last week catering for Don’t Fret the Fog menopause event, gaining women’s voice for research with This week talking Mediterranean diet and phytoestrogens at Women’s Health, Wellbeing & Menopause and then talking (and demonstrating) exercise in menopause & beyond at The Art of the Menopause Peri/Menopause Support Cafe at

And what did I learn? That women supporting women is amazing, that I’m probably better at the demos than the straight lecture talking & I need a scalp brush - thank you

Back to normal service this week, seeing clients, mailing out guides, refilling my freezer meals and writing up my menopause recipes for my mailing list. Join the mailing list now through my website, if you’d like some yummy meditation plant based recipes to support your menopause, or health journey.

https://www.sunshineandwellness.co.uk

10/10/2025

10/10/2025

There are many things that can help during the menopause transition. Doing it through diet and exercise is a great first way to try. But if it’s not working, HRT is not something to be embarrassed about, you haven’t failed, if you need it and can take it, you are protecting yourself mentally and physically and it could be the difference between you being here and not.

CBT is also advised by NICE guidelines, and antidepressants are there if you need them.

As women we put far too much pressure on ourselves to do too much, be healthy and well to look after everyone else.

Talk to your friends, find local support, see your GP. Don’t struggle away on your own, there’s no medal for it.

Leave the housework
F*ck the laundry
Cuddle your kids (even if they are 17)
Get a takeaway
And look after you too xx

07/10/2025

I’ve started so many things not knowing, not knowing if I would complete them, not knowing if it was too late. A degree in my 30s, exercise instructor qualifications after that and then a masters at the very end of my 30s and into COVID All whilst being a single parent, running a home and with a job (or two).
Now I think that was young and I remind myself, you will never ever again be as young as you are now.
So….just do it, feel the fear and do it, push your life forward. Make improvements. Better yourself. Achieve something for you, for your kids, for your cat. Be proud of what you do. Have courage, seek support, look on the bright side, see the best and just…..step xx