Food, glorious food (part 1)

When the food you eat holds your soul but not your body

Recently, I took a week off from London and went on my own to find some peace in the countryside.
On my return, I found myself happily cooking my sons’ favourite dishes (the vegan, low fat, gluten free version of them, that is). During dinner, one of them looked at his plate and said: ‘I can’t believe this is comfort food…but it is!’
Do you also find that some foods, like some people or places, touch your soul in a special way? Do some flavours make you feel ‘at home’?
And what to do then, if you realize that the foods that seem to balance your emotions, is good for your body no longer? What happens when you suspect that it is making you sick?

A particularly important part of my healing journey has been learning to listen and acknowledge the nutritional needs of my body and its deep need to cleanse. I say cleanse. We cleanse our space, our minds of clutter, why not our bodies?

I have been working for the past few months with the book ‘Cleanse to heal’ by Anthony William, who offers a very innovative approach to health, with a varied list of different options and the benefits of introducing celery juice in your diet.
Spoiler alert: alcohol, chips, gluten, and refined sugars are not healing foods. But you knew that already, did you not?
So, what can you do to honour the needs of your soul and the needs of your body? You create new comfort foods that tick all the boxes. Simple. Your choice.
We are meant to be full of energy, have dreams, finish what we start, feel, have friends, be healthy.
Remember that your inner child is expecting. you to make better decisions every day. Talk to them. They count on you.