Annis Fender Blog
Today, my darlings, is a special day for me: It’s 18 years ago, on this 22nd of November, that I became a mum for the first time, coincidentally on the very same morning that Jonny Wilkinson...
My childhood home in a small German town was clean, ordered, safe, and, in my opinion, very boring. Add to that parents who were barely out of their childhood when I arrived, a little annoying...
I was not always this wholesome. In fact, I devoted much of my misspent youth to dancing the nights away, promoting clubs, working as a cocktail mixologist, and presenting myself as a general...
Like all organisms, humans require rhythm to function well, and moving our body is the non-negotiable foundation for a strong immune system. Our first parental decision during lockdown was to...
In last weeks blog, I stated that whether to wear a mask or not is not the question we should ask, so let’s move on to what we should ask. We all know we have an immune system that fights off...
When I was young, Nestle used a very effective advertising slogan in Germany: “Milky Way, so light, it even swims in Milk” accompanied by a photo of a chocolate bar slowly floating...
I am going to throw a word at you today: Homeostasis. Heard it? Yes. Do you actually know what it is? Kinda. Well, it’s an important one. Homeostasis is the state of steady physical and...
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...
