Eating in Peace - stress and food don’t mix, here’s why…
You scroll. You reply. You shovel another mouthful in. You clean up the toddler spill. Brain looks to task number 56 on the to-do list...
Lunch becomes a blur. Or worse, an afterthought.
Too often, meals are another task to ‘get through’ — or skipped entirely. But here’s what most women don’t realise: how you eat matters as much as what you eat.
When we eat while stressed, we stay stuck in a sympathetic (fight-or-flight) state. This can suppress digestion, spike blood sugar levels, reduce nutrient absorption, and dysregulate hunger and fullness cues. Over time, it contributes to digestive and weight issues, health disorders, and disconnection with the body.
Your three-times-daily meal becomes a feedback loop: eat fast, feel unsatisfied, crave more, eat more, stay overwhelmed, disconnected and undernourished (in all the ways). All of this - even when you’re eating ‘healthy’ foods!
But how to eat well? You ask…
Enter stage left: Breathwork (ofcourse)
Slowing the breath before (or even during) a meal downregulates your stress response and supports vagal tone—a key part of the Autonomic Nervous System pathway that shifts you into that all-famous ‘rest and digest’ state. Your full gentle belly breaths while eating will also massage the digestive tract and support the movement of food in a nourishing and healthy way.
Your next stress-less meal moment can be as simple as;
taking 10 slow breaths before you pick up your fork.
taking a slow full breath in between bites.
staying present and not trying to multi-task your lunch break.
staying seated while eating, and allowing a little extra time for digestion after you’ve finished too.
practicing mindfulness of eating so that each and every bite is savoured, enjoyed, and absorbed to its fullest potential.
But the reality is, when you’ve rushed from a meeting into your lunch break, often it’s hard to ‘slow down’ enough to get into that mindfulness zone. I know that just shovelling the food down and ‘dealing with the consequences later’ is often much ‘easier’ than finding the willpower to pause and count the full 10 breaths yourself.
So, naturally - I created a 5min audio for all the busy women out there needing guidance and accountability to eat well, nourish fully and reconnect to their presence and calm while at it.
Mindful Eating Breathwork Practice
The Mindful Eating audio is a 5-minute breath-based practice designed to interrupt that stress-low-nourishment cycle.
This isn’t about perfect meals or mindful eating as another thing to 'do right’. It’s an invitation into presence. A return to your body, your breath, and the subtle signals that help you feel nourished—on every level.
You can use it before a meal, during a lunch break, or even as a transition from work-mode to family-mode. It helps your nervous system downshift and makes space for something so many women rarely give themselves: a moment of calm, pleasure, and connection in the middle of the day.
Because you don’t need more discipline. You need more presence.
