When my mum was diagnosed with breast cancer at 50, it changed how I understood health, resilience, and prevention. Years later, as a clinician, I’ve seen how knowledge, nutrition, and integrative care can empower women - not only through treatment, but long before diagnosis ever enters the picture.

It’s been years since I made the move to cleaner skincare products, and made the connection that what I put on my skin is just as important as what I put in my body. Admittedly, a lot of my initial interest was driven by finding safe solutions for my extremely sensitive and eczema-prone skin - but the more I learnt about the ingredients and became aware of their effect on our hormone system, the more careful I naturally became in my choices. 

Many mainstream products contain ingredients linked to hormone disruption, skin irritation, environmental harm, and even cancers. The more I learned about beauty products, ingredients, and the industry from my sister (an editorial makeup artist), the less I could ignore it

If you haven’t already packed up and headed off to the sun, chances are you’re planning for it. But before you zip up your bag and mentally check out, here are a few of my tried and tested recommendations to keep you safe and sane in the sun this summer.

No fasting, no bathroom floor moments, no praying to see another day required

Because here’s what you might not know - your body already knows how to detox.

It has specific organs dedicated to the job in hand:

The liver. The kidneys. The skin. The gut.

They work 24/7 - no prompting, celery juice or cabbage soup required.

If I had a euro for every time I heard women say they’re damned if they do, and damned if they don’t, I’d be writing this from a villa in the South of France.

If you’re wondering if you should skip breakfast altogether, stop after a few mouthfuls of peanut-butter laden toast, or go back to eating breakfast like a king before your exercise

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If you’ve ever found yourself wondering why little Ms Perfect next to you, carelessly biting into her pain-au-chocolat, with a full-fat latte, gets to have her cake and eat it too—while you’re reduced to black coffee and a yoghurt-coated rice cake, you’re not alone.

Weight loss can feel like the love child of ‘Groundhog Day’ and ‘Game Night’- it starts out feeling good, exciting, you know what you’re doing by now - even if it’s a tad over-familiar - but almost as quickly as you’ve gotten started it’s a downhill spiral and what ensues is chaos.

Does this sound familiar? You……..

• Eat less, move more – and still, the scale doesn’t budge.

• Cut the carbs, cut the fat – yet somehow, you feel worse than ever.

• Hit up the latest Tik-Tok trend or old reliable (hello cabbage soup diet) – but the second you eat normally again, the weight creeps back.

So what gives?