Joyful Eating

The Gentle Truth about Feeling Stuck (with your health)

Do you want to change but just can’t seem to make it happen?

Here’s the truth:

You don’t have to believe you can change in order to make the change.

I used to be stuck too.

Stuck at a weight I didn’t love.

Stuck in the wine-drinking identity of a former winemaker who saw herself as “a big booze hound.”

I had no idea if I could actually become someone different.

But I was so dissatisfied with my current reality that I was willing to try.

And here’s what I discovered about getting unstuck.

Your Home Play This Week

Grab your journal (or a scrap piece of paper) and answer these questions:

• If anything was possible and there would be no downside, what do you want in your relationship with food?

• How do you want to feel in your body?

• What weight would you like to be this time next year?

• Is there anything else you want to change with food, your body, or other aspects of your health?

If you’re not a journaler, try verbal journaling. Go for a walk and just talk out loud to yourself. There’s something powerful about hearing your own words through your ears.

You’ll be surprised at what comes up.

Join the waitlist for the next round of the Naturally Healthy Club here: https://lp.thestonesoup.com/nhc25/

The 4-Unexpected Secrets to Looking and Feeling Good for Your Age

You want to eat healthier so you look good for your age.

You want to feel full of vitality and be happy, active, and healthy to a ripe old age.

You know that homemade meals packed with protein, veggies, and natural real food will nourish your body and make that happen.

But here and now, you keep falling back on unhealthy patterns.

Even with great intentions, creating a meal after a long day feels like too much effort.

So you reach for the toast, cheese crackers, or order Uber Eats.

Want to look and feel good for your age?

I’d love you to join us in Joyful Cooking for Natural Vitality.

It’s my six-month coaching program that show you my easy and proven way to build good food habits, break bad ones, and cook without recipes so you look and feel great for your age.

Learn more about Joyful Cooking for Natural Vitality

Why whole grains are the LEAST healthy foods (especially in mid life)

We’ve all been told that whole grains are the gold standard of healthy eating, right?

Well, today I want to challenge that conventional wisdom, especially if you’re navigating midlife like me.

Before you close this tab thinking I’ve lost the plot, hear me out.

The more I’ve been diving into gut health research, the more I’m questioning whether those “healthy whole grains” are actually doing us any favors – particularly when we hit our forties, fifties, and beyond.

Want to eat better so you feel better in your body, brain and gut?

I’d love you to join us in Joyful Cooking for Natural Vitality.

It’s my six-month coaching program that walks you through my easy, proven process. You’ll learn to cook without recipes while building good food habits and reprogramming bad habits —supporting you to be the healthiest you can be in your body, brain, and gut.

Through gentle repetition over six spacious months, these habits become second nature as you naturally look and feel great for your age

Learn more here.

The #1 thing in doing to improve my health in 2026

A few months ago, went on a blind date…

I interviewed Dr. Betsy Greenleaf, a specialist in helping people navigate menopause with vitality.

She said something that completely stopped me in my tracks: when you get your gut health right, your body handles hormonal changes so much better.

That lightbulb moment came at the perfect time. I’d been experiencing some constipation. So I decided to go all-in on improving my gut health.

The results? Mind-blowing.

In just a few months, I’ve noticed huge improvements in my mental health – my mind feels calmer and clearer, my hormonal anxiety has decreased, and I just feel… better.

Like, “I want more of this” better.

Want to eat better so you feel better in your body, brain and gut?

I’d love you to join us in Joyful Cooking for Natural Vitality.

It’s my six-month coaching program that walks you through my easy, proven process. You’ll learn to cook without recipes while building good food habits and reprogramming bad habits —supporting you to be the healthiest you can be in your body, brain, and gut.

Through gentle repetition over six spacious months, these habits become second nature as you naturally look and feel great for your age

Learn more here.

Self Sabotage is a Myth

One of my clients in the Naturally Healthy Club posted in the group saying she felt like she sabotaged herself.

She ate really well during the week, then on the weekend she’d overeat and eat “crap.”

It got me thinking about this idea of self-sabotage, and actually, I don’t believe in it.

In this episode:

• Why I Don’t Believe in Self-Sabotage.
• It’s Just Conflicting Desires
• Why “Habit” is More Empowering Than “Sabotage”
• How to Change These Habits
• The Power of Small Experiments

Ready to decide to make 2026 your year of health?

I’d love you to join us in Joyful Cooking for Natural Vitality.

It’s my six-month coaching program that walks you through my easy, proven process. You’ll learn to cook without recipes while building good food habits and reprogramming bad habits —supporting you to be the healthiest you can be in your body, brain, and gut.

Through gentle repetition over six spacious months, these habits become second nature as you naturally look and feel great for your age.

Learn more here.

 

4 Big New Years Resolution Mistakes (avoid these)

It’s that time of year when resolutions are on our minds. But here’s the thing: most resolutions aren’t actually resolutions at all. They’re wishes. And there’s a huge difference.

The word “resolution” comes from “resolve”—to decide firmly on a course of action. Not maybe. Not hopefully. Firmly.

Ready to decide to make 2026 your year of health?

I’d love you to join us in Joyful Cooking for Natural Vitality.

It’s my six-month coaching program that walks you through my easy, proven process. You’ll learn to cook without recipes while building good food habits and reprogramming those unhelpful ones—supporting you to be the healthiest you can be in your body, brain, and gut.

Through gentle repetition over six spacious months, these habits become second nature as you naturally enjoy youthful vitality.

Ready to look and feel great for your age? Learn more here.

 

Best Year Ever: 6 resources that helped

This year, I set one simple intention: to feel content.

Not constantly chasing the next thing, not wishing for different circumstances, but genuinely appreciating where I am in whatever moment that is.

And here’s the thing—it worked.

So many things felt really good to me this year.

Of course there were struggles and hard things (that’s life, right?), but overall? I can honestly say this has been my best year ever.

So I wanted to share the six resources that helped me get here.

 

6 RECOURCES

1. Teux Deux
2. Zen Habits
3. Gentle by Courtney Carver
4. Brain Tap Meditation App
5. Rich as F *** by Amanda Frances
6. Making Moves Podcast on Apple oe Spotify

You’re Invited

If you want to make 2026 your best year ever from. health perspective – come and join us in Joyful Cooking for Natural Vitality.

It’s my un 6-month coaching program that walks you through my easy proven process for cooking WITHOUT recipes, building good food habits (and breaking bad ones) to support a healthy body, brain and gut.

You’ll embed tiny sustainable habits to become a naturally healthy intuitive cook who enjoys more delicious protein and veggie-rich meals with less effort.

Through gentle repetition, these habits become second nature – so you naturally enjoy youthful vitality AND improve ALL areas of your health now. Plus you’ll minimize disease risk for decades to come.

After 6-months you’ll:

• Look and feel good for your age (thicker hair, clearer skin).
• Pull together quick nourishing meals WITHOUT recipes (so your waistline and your brain feels better)
• Actually WANT to cook healthy meals (even after terrible days)
• Use what’s already in your fridge (less waste, more savings)
• Balance your hormones and improve mood.
• Clear brain fog (so when you walk into a room you remember why you went there)
• Reduce cravings.
• Strengthen your immunity
• Improve your sleep.
• Have tiny habits that support lifelong vitality (so you take good care of yourself even when life gets busy).
• Feel better in your body and brain.
• Feel proud of yourself for taking care of your health.

All he details are here.

Intentional Feasting

It’s the season for feasting! And if you want to discover how I navigate Christmas day (or any big feast) so I get al the enjoyment and minimise the regret this week I’m sharing my secrets!

Clotildes Ultimate Technique for Getting Back to Sleep Quickly

It’s one of the worst feelings in the world – waking up at 2.33am with your mind racing and no hope of getting back to sleep. But recently I learned a magic trick that has quite literally changed my ability to get back to sleep. Even when my mind is racing, Even when I’m having hormonal symptoms. This week I’m so excited to share this magic trick with you.

 

If you want to check out Clotilde’s work (and practice your French!) checkout her Podcast Change Ma Vie. She’s absolutely brilliant, and every time I tune in, I learn something new.

20 lessons from 20 years of Stonesoup

It was 20-years ago today (well almost) and while Sargent Pepper was teaching the band to play…

I was embarking on a new experiment of creating a food blog.

Yes in December 2005 I published m first blog posts on Stonesoup!

To celebrate I thought it would be fun to share 20 lessons I’ve learned over my blogging and coaching career.

 

Celebrate 20 Years with Something Special

To mark this incredible milestone, I’m doing something I’ve never done before – offering lifetime access to my Joyful Cooking for Natural Vitality program.

But here’s the once-in-20-years bonus: when you join, you don’t just get access for yourself. You get THREE additional lifetime memberships to share with your nearest and dearest.

Why?

Because we are more likely to follow through when we do it together.

Remember lesson #7 – knowledge alone doesn’t create change. That’s why this program includes not just the knowledge piece, but also mindset work, habit change, and the repetition you need to enjoy lasting vitality.

With lifetime access, you’ll have support for as long as you need it. Real, lasting change that sticks.

This once-in-20-years celebration offer is only available for a limited time

Learn more about Joyful Cooking for Natural Vitality.

Here’s to the next 20 years of discovery, growth, and really good food.