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Are you staying home this New Year? 🏠

A very responsible choice! 🙌

With many of us at home and looking for ways to celebrate 🥳, we wanted to offer you some ideas about how to still have fun and enjoy a positive start to the new year.

After all, being at home doesn’t have to be boring – you can have a great time with a little invention and creativity!

It’s the season yet again – for family celebrations, games, presents 🎁 and most of all… making way too much food 🍖!

That means only one thing: leftovers.

Leftovers are great and can save you time ⏰ and money 💰 overall.

To start with, here are a few top tips for making the most of your meals this holiday season

How often do you go walking? 🚶‍♀️

This Festival of Winter walks (13th to 19th December) we’re celebrating the importance of this simple activity for your health – both mental and physical. Read on to find out more of what you should know about the joy of walking!

Christmas is nearly here! 🎅

And while the holidays are a super fun time, they do also mean a few unhealthy habits become the norm – and it can make it hard to get back on track with your health after the season is over.

After all, eating a lot of extra food, and sitting around inside, is part of the Christmas experience! But it’s not a good habit to carry into the new year.

Grief is a challenging topic and people can often be suffering quietly, without support or those around them knowing what to say or do.  That’s why this week, from the 30th November to 5th December, we want to acknowledge the importance of Grief Awareness Week to our community.

As Christmas approaches 🎄, we know this can be such a challenging time. Celebrating holidays without the person you love is often confronting, and we want to talk through some of the ways you can help support yourself and your grieving loved ones during this time.  

With Alcohol Awareness Week (from the 16th of November) upon us, it’s time for us to look a little closer at what our Friday night tipple 🍺 is doing to our health.

In particular, we want to help answer a common question that we hear: Can alcohol make my pain worse?

There is good evidence to suggest that alcohol can cause pain, mainly because of its relationship to inflammation 🔥 in the body.

It’s World Diabetes Month and World Diabetes Day on the 14th November!

And so, we want to talk about one of the most misunderstood conditions that can be associated with diabetes – tingling feet 🦶.

Diabetes can cause tingling feet to occur – but it’s not the only reason this can happen!

It is actually a fairly common symptom people experience. It can also be felt as a ‘pins and needles’ or numbness sensation.

Some of the time, this isn’t a cause to be concerned. It can be the result of sitting on our feet for example, but much of the time there is a reason that it happens! 💁‍♀️

If the tingling is persistent and continues and comes with or without pain, it’s time to seek expert help.

It’s Men’s Health Awareness month 👱🏻‍♂️, and because of this, we want to help the men in your life to live all that much better and in a healthier way 🙆‍♂️!

There are several health conditions that can affect men more than women.

This includes physical and mental concerns – men can often be reticent to seek out help when they need it 🤫!

But it’s okay to admit when you need help, and it’s important to approach your health with care.

Today, we’re going to talk through some common spinal conditions that affect men more often than women.

We hope to give you the information you need to care for yourself and the men in your family 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧.

Every mum has said it – it’s important to eat your greens! 🌿

And what better time to give it a try than right now? November 1st was World Vegan day 🥗, and Cancer Research UK has started the Veg Pledge Challenge 🥦!

The challenge is to go meat-free for one month and help fundraise for life-saving cancer research. On their website you’ll find recipes, information, answers to common questions and more. You can pledge either to try out veganism or vegetarianism for this great cause.

So, what’s the big deal about eating your greens 🤔?

We all have our normal daily routines and patterns and, most of the time, this can be comforting and calming. But sometimes this can also get boring, or stale 😴. If things are too monotonous, we don’t feel the same connection, excitement and variety in our lives that we need 🙌. Sometimes we just need to do something naughty or different!!!