by Ilona Madden | Jul 21, 2025 | Healthy Eating, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Nutritional Therapy
What I Wish I Knew at 25 – and What I’d Tell a 25-year Old Now If you could go back and talk to your 25-year-old self, what would you say? I recently met a young woman who reminded me so much of myself at that age—passionate, idealistic, and 100% convinced she was...
by Ilona Madden | May 16, 2025 | Healthy Eating, Lifestyle, Nutritional Therapy, Uncategorized
I did not like writing this headline, because for the last number of years, I consciously avoid using that expression: “senior moment”. Why? It seems that simply by blaming things that are changing as we get older on “old age” will make us age quicker and less...
by Ilona Madden | Apr 25, 2025 | Lifestyle, Nutritional Therapy
Would you – or rather – why would you write a letter to your future self? An Post has an initiative at the moment where they ask people to write a letter to your future self. It’s free postage, so they are not in it for the money. They say they just like to...
by Ilona Madden | Apr 3, 2025 | Healthy Eating, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Nutritional Therapy, Success Stories, Uncategorized
In business, as in life, when we set goals for ourselves and things don’t go as expected, we can get to a point of frustration. That point often comes with “Why am I doing this at all?” For example, if you want to lose weight and you feel you are...
by Ilona Madden | Feb 9, 2025 | Healthy Eating, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Nutritional Therapy
Why do we feel loved when we eat sugar? When we sugar, it activates similar parts in our brain. It releases similar brain chemicals as when we experience emotions such as love, affection, sympathy, empathy, being cared for, being hugged, being appreciated, being...
by Ilona Madden | Jan 10, 2025 | Healthy Eating, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Nutritional Therapy
Would Ozempic help you live longer and better? During the last number of years working as a Nutritional Therapist, several times I said to my existing clients or other people struggling with their weight: “I wish I could just give you a magic pill and help you lose...
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