health Archives | makeselfcaresimple.com https://makeselfcaresimple.com/tag/health/ Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:35:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://makeselfcaresimple.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/cropped-MSSfabicon-32x32.png health Archives | makeselfcaresimple.com https://makeselfcaresimple.com/tag/health/ 32 32 When It Looks Like Nothing Is Changing — But Your Body Is Quietly Improving https://makeselfcaresimple.com/february-self-care-update/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=february-self-care-update https://makeselfcaresimple.com/february-self-care-update/#respond Tue, 24 Feb 2026 08:27:16 +0000 https://makeselfcaresimple.com/?p=3787 Each month I share a real-life self-care reflection — not as a perfect example, but as a way of showing how the body responds to the life we’re actually living. If you’ve ever felt like your body doesn’t follow the plan, these monthly updates will help you start noticing the patterns that are easy to [...]

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]]> https://makeselfcaresimple.com/february-self-care-update/feed/ 0 Gentle Movement Reset: A 28-Day Non-Exercise Movement Challenge to Boost Well-Being https://makeselfcaresimple.com/boost-wellbeing-with-a-28-day-non-exercise-movement-challenge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=boost-wellbeing-with-a-28-day-non-exercise-movement-challenge https://makeselfcaresimple.com/boost-wellbeing-with-a-28-day-non-exercise-movement-challenge/#respond Sat, 29 Nov 2025 11:44:31 +0000 https://makeselfcaresimple.com/?p=692 Curious to find out what a 28-day Non-Exercise movement challenge is all about? If you live with mobility issues, chronic pain, fatigue, or other health conditions, exercise can feel like a loaded word — or even impossible.But movement — in all its gentle, creative forms — is a foundation for energy, healing, and happiness. So [...]

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]]> https://makeselfcaresimple.com/boost-wellbeing-with-a-28-day-non-exercise-movement-challenge/feed/ 0 The chewing challenge: Reduce Bloat, Taste More and Eat Less https://makeselfcaresimple.com/the-chewing-challenge-reduce-bloat-taste-more-and-eat-less/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-chewing-challenge-reduce-bloat-taste-more-and-eat-less https://makeselfcaresimple.com/the-chewing-challenge-reduce-bloat-taste-more-and-eat-less/#respond Mon, 03 Nov 2025 15:32:16 +0000 https://makeselfcaresimple.com/?p=958 Join this simple 28-day chewing challenge and unlock better digestion, enjoy food more, and even experience effortless weight loss! This powerful self-care practice is surprisingly simple: just chew your food more. Do you remember someone — a parent, teacher, or grandparent — reminding you to chew your food properly? Turns out, they were absolutely right. [...]

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]]> https://makeselfcaresimple.com/the-chewing-challenge-reduce-bloat-taste-more-and-eat-less/feed/ 0 How to Create Your Menu Of Self-Care https://makeselfcaresimple.com/what-is-a-menu-of-self-care-and-how-to-create-yours/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-a-menu-of-self-care-and-how-to-create-yours https://makeselfcaresimple.com/what-is-a-menu-of-self-care-and-how-to-create-yours/#respond Sat, 06 Sep 2025 12:40:00 +0000 https://makeselfcaresimple.com/?p=2824 Discover what a personalised Menu of Self-Care really is – and why it becomes the foundation of simple, meaningful progress with your health and wellbeing My Story When midlife changes – combined with long-Covid – left my immune system reacting to almost everything, I realised something surprising: The remedies and routines that had worked beautifully [...]

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]]> https://makeselfcaresimple.com/what-is-a-menu-of-self-care-and-how-to-create-yours/feed/ 0 5 Minutes to Feel Good in Your Skin https://makeselfcaresimple.com/5-skin-confidence-in-5-minutes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=5-skin-confidence-in-5-minutes https://makeselfcaresimple.com/5-skin-confidence-in-5-minutes/#respond Thu, 10 Apr 2025 14:26:31 +0000 https://makeselfcaresimple.com/?p=990 Learn how dry brushing can support lymphatic health, reduce bloat, and refine skin texture in this simple 28-day routine for beginners. Your glow starts here. The Skin You Forgot You Had As the weather warms and the winter layers come off, there’s always that moment — you catch a glimpse of your arms or legs [...]

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]]> https://makeselfcaresimple.com/5-skin-confidence-in-5-minutes/feed/ 0 65 Fun Non-Exercise Movement Ideas to burn calories and improve health! https://makeselfcaresimple.com/65-fun-non-exercise-movement-ideas-to-burn-calories-and-improve-health/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=65-fun-non-exercise-movement-ideas-to-burn-calories-and-improve-health https://makeselfcaresimple.com/65-fun-non-exercise-movement-ideas-to-burn-calories-and-improve-health/#respond Sun, 23 Mar 2025 10:10:19 +0000 https://makeselfcaresimple.com/?p=794 Looking for easy ways to move more — even when exercise feels impossible?These 65 fun Non-Exercise Movement ideas help you sit less, boost energy, and improve well-being through simple daily actions. Perfect if you live with pain, fatigue, or mobility challenges, or just want to break up long sitting hours.Gentle movement really adds up — [...]

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]]> https://makeselfcaresimple.com/65-fun-non-exercise-movement-ideas-to-burn-calories-and-improve-health/feed/ 0 25 Creative ways to add more vegetables to your meals https://makeselfcaresimple.com/25-creative-ways-to-add-more-vegetables-to-your-meals/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=25-creative-ways-to-add-more-vegetables-to-your-meals https://makeselfcaresimple.com/25-creative-ways-to-add-more-vegetables-to-your-meals/#respond Wed, 29 Jan 2025 11:10:11 +0000 https://makeselfcaresimple.com/?p=384 Find vegetables boring? Discover this round up of 25 creative ways to add more vegetables to your diet. I personally found that some of the vegetables that could support my health needs the best, were not always my favourites. So I would avoid including them, even though they might help. Many of us want to [...]

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]]> https://makeselfcaresimple.com/25-creative-ways-to-add-more-vegetables-to-your-meals/feed/ 0 28-day Drink More Water challenge https://makeselfcaresimple.com/28-day-drink-more-water-challenge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=28-day-drink-more-water-challenge https://makeselfcaresimple.com/28-day-drink-more-water-challenge/#respond Wed, 15 Jan 2025 19:37:27 +0000 https://makeselfcaresimple.com/?p=96 You’d think drinking water would be the easiest healthy habit in the world.And yet… here we are — another day, another half-full glass on the counter. If plain water feels boring, forgettable, or just impossible to keep up with, you’re in good company. I’ve lost count of how many clients (and days!) I’ve had the [...]

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]]> https://makeselfcaresimple.com/28-day-drink-more-water-challenge/feed/ 0 Week 4 – New Symptoms with my SIBO & Histamine Diet https://makeselfcaresimple.com/week-4-new-symptoms-with-my-sibo-histamine-diet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=week-4-new-symptoms-with-my-sibo-histamine-diet https://makeselfcaresimple.com/week-4-new-symptoms-with-my-sibo-histamine-diet/#respond Fri, 03 Jan 2025 05:03:57 +0000 https://makeselfcaresimple.com/?p=1987 Week 4 of my Long Covid, Histamine & SIBO journey I discover that the combined low histamine and fodmap diet can cause new symptoms – and that one of them might be good news! New Symptoms on low Histamine & Fodmaps Diet My restrictive low fodmap (sibo) and histamine diet definitely helped improve the uncomfortable [...]

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]]> https://makeselfcaresimple.com/week-4-new-symptoms-with-my-sibo-histamine-diet/feed/ 0 What I eat on a combined low histamine and fodmap diet – week 1 https://makeselfcaresimple.com/1-prep-my-sibo-histamine-healing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=1-prep-my-sibo-histamine-healing https://makeselfcaresimple.com/1-prep-my-sibo-histamine-healing/#respond Tue, 31 Dec 2024 10:26:17 +0000 https://makeselfcaresimple.com/?p=1829 This is my personal journey to heal myself from both SIBO and Histamine Intolerance that were part of my Long Covid diagnosis. In this blog post I share what I did next after recieiving a positive test for SIBO. Including what I could eat on a low fodmap histamine diet. I was so relieved to [...]

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