Melissa Hemsley: How to unprocess yourself
Description
Today’s guest is the delicious Melissa Hemsley, former private chef turned food columnist, best-selling cookbook author, real food activist, sustainability champion, mental health advocate AND mamma, who is passionate about spreading the power of feel-good food.
Food is Melissa’s passion. This conversation was recorded to celebrate the launch of her SIXTH cookbook, Real Healthy; Unprocess Your Diet with Easy, Everyday Recipes, but we also ended up talking about lots of lovely - and easy - ways to unprocess lots of other parts of our lives too.
I hope you will find this chat deeply comforting and nourishing on many levels, because that is always how I feel after spending any kind of time with Melisssa.
In this conversation we discuss:
- The Mental Health and Nutrition Connection (Research indicates a strong link between diet and mood/mental health, specifically ultra-processed foods).
- The art of Self-Mothering and being patient and understanding with oneself, especially during times of major life changes.
- The benefits of somatic practices for mental health, particularly in processing grief and trauma through body awareness rather than just talk therapy.
- Parenting and Mental Health as Melissa reflects on her journey through IVF, pregnancy, and motherhood, and how these experiences have reshaped her mental health practices.
- Mindfulness and wonder (and dogs!) as part of our well-being toolkits
- The simple Self-Care Practices that can significantly impact mental health.
LINKS
Get the Book > Real Healthy by Melissa Hemsley
Get the Book > The Bridge by Donna Lancaster
Melissa on Instagram > @melissa.hemsley
Donna on Instagram > @donnalancs
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