The smell of sickly sugar hangs heavy in the air as we sidestep past a line of cameras and guidebooks, impatiently queueing across the sun-drenched street for crepes drowned in chocolate and bubble-gum blue ice cream.
La Rambla, the wide, tree-lined boulevard that connects Barcelona’s Placa de Catalunya square with it’s waterfront, has long been established as the city’s most popular street. Yet on a weekend city break with my family, who share my love for a path less travelled, this isn’t the authentic Spanish experience we were hoping for.
Read MoreWe’re regularly told the value of looking after our physical health. So, we dutifully hit our favourite spin class, sip on our post-workout smoothies and try our best to get a good night’s sleep. But often, we forget to apply this same dedication to our mental health. Sweaty palms, a racing heart and the feeling that your brain is on a hamster wheel are all symptoms of stress that too many of us feel on a weekly, if not daily, occasion. With work, family, friends, exercise and general life admin to balance, it’s no wonder so many of us are feeling frazzled. And once niggling stresses start to ruminate, it’s easy to slip down a spiral of despair…
Read MoreIn over 3 years managing content and social for Neat Nutrition, I’ve written A LOT of articles about health, fitness, self care, and more specifically, protein powder. My brain is a bizarre encyclopaedia of protein related facts, and I’m your go-to girl for any supplement-based query or concern. It might not be my most practical skill, but it’s one I possess nonetheless!
With hundreds of blogposts and recipes to choose from, it wasn’t an easy task to pick a few of my favourites to share here. But the below are all pieces I really loved writing during my time at Neat; some are interviews with incredibly inspiring human beings, others contain nuggets of wisdom that have personally helped me, and there’s also recipes that hopefully prove once and for all that vegans really can get plenty of protein (whilst eating some seriously delicious food too)…
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