Annis Fender Blog
Sunscreen. It’s a billion-dollar market. But in many cases, sunscreen is harmful, not helpful. I let you do that research yourself, but meanwhile, here is a recipe idea for your own sun...
It didn’t look as if it would happen this year, but we’re packing up our household and decamp to France for the summer this Friday.
That's always a major upheaval, and as I look at the...
‘It’s not so simple, you know?’ said the woman in my yoga class who has been yo-yo-ing between perfectly healthy to borderline obese for about 20 years. She was talking about my...
I love hanging out on Instagram - and lately, I have been doing a lot of research about mature and wiser Insta-users, especially women, for my next online program (all will be revealed, patience,...
Why losing weight has nothing to do with diets
I just completed a series of interviews with local women about their lives and dreams. They are all utterly gorgeous, came from all walks of life, but...
Put crabs into a bucket, and you won’t need a lid. Because the moment one of them tries to climb out, the others will all drag it back down.
Crab mentality is a well-known way of thinking, the...
I did something mildly terrible today. I fell off the wagon. Well, not the binge-drinking, shouting rude words, belting out pop songs and doing a Myley Cyrus kind of falling off the wagon. But I...
Owning who you are is a massive step forward. It is frightening beyond the call of duty, and until about last week, I did not actually know what that meant.
It’s dawning on me now, and not...
Helichrysum, also known as Immortelle, is one of those almost miraculous healing plants, a very precious essential oil indeed. Part of the sunflower and daisy family, the leaves of the plant...
Before I dive into the benefits of Wintergreen, I just want to state the obvious: Everything you buy comes from somewhere!
Essential oils are big business, and as a whole, it is a pretty ruthless...
I have written about Melaleuca, otherwise known as Tea Tree Oil before, but the versatility of this oil deserves more than one post. Native to Australia and used for thousands of years as a...
Sobriety is the new kid on my block. I, party girl No1 when in town, have thought about going sober for a while now and, having scaled-down massively already this year, sober life looks very...
