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Insights & Reflections
Writing shaped by my work with women around food, gut health, hormones, and emotional eating.


What Is Holistic Health Coaching?
Holistic health coaching is a form of health support that focuses on improving overall wellbeing by addressing multiple aspects of a person’s life, rather than concentrating on isolated symptoms or single health goals.
Maria Monem
Mar 8


Modern Life Is Pushing the Body Beyond What It Was Designed For
Modern life has normalised chronic stress, poor sleep, overstimulation, blood sugar instability, and constant pressure, all of which can affect the body in ways many people do not fully realise. Discover how modern lifestyle patterns may influence hormonal health, energy, cravings, mood, sleep, and overall wellbeing.
Maria Monem
Jun 29


Why Gut Health Became Such an Important Part of Health Conversations
Not that long ago, gut health was mostly associated with digestion alone. People tended to think about the gut only in relation to symptoms such as bloating, constipation, reflux, stomach pain, or food intolerances, and unless those symptoms became difficult to ignore, the gut was rarely considered an important part of overall health. Over the last decade, however, that conversation has changed dramatically. Research into the gut microbiome has expanded rapidly, and scientist
Maria Monem
Jun 19


What Are Your Cravings Really Trying to Tell You?
Most people treat cravings as something they need to fight, suppress, ignore, or distract themselves from, and when those cravings keep coming back, the immediate assumption is often that it must be a lack of discipline or self-control. But cravings are rarely that simple, and they are usually not random either. Sometimes they are physical. Sometimes emotional. Sometimes behavioural. Sometimes environmental. And often, they are a combination of several things happening at onc
Maria Monem
Jun 6


There Is So Much Health Information, So Why Does It Still Feel Confusing?
Many people already know what they “should” do for their health. So why does change still feel difficult to maintain? This article explores the gap between knowing and doing and why lasting change involves more than information alone.
Maria Monem
May 28
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