Strong Body Green Planet

11/09/2026

💛 Can you be happy… and still not feel completely satisfied with your life?
I think you absolutely can.
I’m actually pretty good at finding happiness in everyday moments.
Coffee. Training. Loki being adorable. A walk outside. Good food. A conversation I love.

And yet, when I zoom OUT and evaluate my life as a whole?
I can feel far less satisfied.
Because happiness and life satisfaction aren’t quite the same thing.
Happiness is largely about how good life feels in the moment.
Satisfaction is more about how we evaluate our life compared with how we thought it would — or should — look.
So we can have a LOT of genuinely happy moments…
and still think:
“I should be further ahead by now.”
Or:
“I really imagined MORE.”

Mo Gawdat has a beautifully simple formula for happiness:
Happiness = Reality – Expectations
And it made me wonder whether satisfaction needs a little more…
SATISFACTION = Reality – Expectations + Gratitude + Recognised Progress.
Because it’s incredibly easy to miss how much is already GOOD when we’re focused on the distance between where we are and where we expected to be.

So here’s a tiny 60-second journal experiment:
✨ What’s ONE thing that’s better than you once hoped it would be?
🌱 What’s ONE thing you’ve made progress on that you rarely give yourself credit for?
😆 What’s ONE completely ordinary thing that’s actually pretty great?

Mine might include the sense of calm and clarity I have when I journal, the safe online vegan home I'm building on Skool, and a small furry dictator supervising my workday. 😻

Maybe future-you will miss parts of today.
Maybe they’re worth noticing now, too. 💛

I’d love to know: what’s one ordinary part of your life that’s actually pretty great?

📖 This is exactly the kind of reflection I created the Plant Positive Journal for — 365 days of prompts, gratitude, goals, reflection + celebrating your progress.
Explore the Plant Positive Journal:
https://strongbodygreenplanet.lpages.co/plant-positive-journal-v2/

11/09/2026

10/09/2026

🌿 Your weekend deserves a little good news.
This week, I’ve been thinking about GRACE.
Not lowering your standards.
Not letting yourself off the hook.

More like...
Holding yourself to high standards — without holding yourself hostage to them.
Because not every missed habit, imperfect moment or ten-minute detour from the plan needs to go on the scoreboard.
Sometimes progress means pushing hard.
Sometimes it means getting VERY clear on what matters MOST right now — and giving yourself a little grace with the rest. 💚

Also landing in this week’s 2-6-9...
🌱 A vegan of 39 years on meeting people where they are — without compromising on what we’re fighting for.
🇳🇿 A HUGE new push to end factory farming in Aotearoa.
🎙️ The stories keeping animal agriculture alive in New Zealand — and why those stories CAN change.
🥒 Chickpea aguachile that looks GLORIOUS.
🔥 And crispy zucchini + red lentil pancakes that I am VERY excited to try.

Plus 2 quotes and 9 words to carry into your weekend.
A little vegan goodness and good news, delivered every Friday. 🌱💚
Send Me the Good News >>
https://strongbodygreenplanet.lpages.co/269-weekly-good-news-email/

10/09/2026

🌱❤️ Are you vegan at heart?
Maybe you love animals deeply.
You hate the thought of them suffering.
You’d never want to hurt one yourself.

And yet… there’s still a disconnect between the animals you love and the animals on your plate.
That disconnect doesn’t make you uncaring.

In fact, I think for a LOT of people, it’s exactly the opposite.
We’ve simply become very good at not looking too closely at a food system we inherited and were taught was normal.
Until one day, we do look.
And yes — that can hurt.
For me, becoming vegan didn’t make me stop hurting for animals.
It meant I could finally stop participating in the thing that hurt my heart.
The pain of knowing stays.
The pain of doing leaves. 🌱

And if you’d like support making veganism work in REAL life, come join us inside Plant Positive on Skool — FREE via the link in bio. 🌱💚
For the animals. Always.

09/09/2026

💛🎉 A peek at this week inside Plant Positive... 👀🌱

We’re into Week 2 of our 30 Days of SELF-CARE.

And because I apparently can’t resist a good acronym, this week I decided to make SELF-CARE... DELICIOUS. 😆

Because food prep genuinely IS one of my favourite forms of self-care.

Not spending your entire Sunday preparing 17 identical containers you’re sick of by Tuesday.

More like having a few delicious, versatile things ready to go so hungry, busy Future You has options.

A little effort now = a whole lot of “THANK YOU, Past Me!” later. 💚

So I raided The Kitchen and found a recipe for every letter of S-E-L-F-C-A-R-E — from Shepherd’s Pie and Lasagna Beans to Corn Fritters, Crispy Rice Paper Rolls and even Mum’s Anzac Biscuits. 😋🌱

I’ve shared a little sneak peek here... 👀

👉 Want access to all the recipes, the FREE Self-Care Challenge, plus coaching and practical support each week?

Inside Plant Positive you’ll find:

🌱 Weekly recipes, resources + PDFs
💪 Coaching + accountability
📖 The Plant Positive Journal & Planner
✨ 30-Day Challenges throughout the year
💚 A genuinely kind-hearted vegan community

Plant Positive is FREE on Skool.

Link in bio. 🌱

09/09/2026

🌱🔥 BACKING YOURSELF AS A CONFIDENT VEGAN
Tomorrow I’m jumping on Her Plant Powered Tour — a 30-day LIVE interview series hosted by Bianca Jayne, aka The Plant Based Queen.
And my topic?
Backing Yourself As a Confident Vegan and Compassion as a Strength. 💚
VERY close to my heart.

We’re going to get into things like:
🔥 How someone who used to be debilitatingly shy learnt to back herself and confidently stand by her values.
💚 Why I care more about making myself proud than fitting in.
🎯 How clarity on your values, beliefs and what’s actually within your control can make confidence a whole lot easier.
🌱 Why coming through for yourself — with small, consistent actions aligned with who you want to be — builds genuine self-belief.
And something I think is especially important for vegans...
Knowing when to speak up, when to let your example do the talking — and when someone simply doesn’t deserve your energy. 😆

There are 30 days of FREE conversations across food, health, confidence, movement and more, so plenty to explore beyond my chat too.
You can join Her Plant Powered Tour FREE here:
https://www.overhaulhw.co.uk/herplantpoweredtour

And a funny aside...
I’m pretty relaxed about a LIVE interview.
However, this is my first-ever Instagram Live, and I’m slightly LESS relaxed about making the tech work. 🤣
Wish me luck — or even better, come join us LIVE!
📅 September 9
🇬🇧 8:00pm UK
🇺🇸 2:00pm CT
📅 September 10
🇦🇺 5:00am AEST
Who might join us LIVE? 🌱💚

09/09/2026

🌱🔥 BACKING YOURSELF AS A CONFIDENT VEGAN

Tomorrow I’m joining Bianca Jayne — aka The Plant Based Queen — LIVE on Her Plant Powered Tour to talk about a topic VERY close to my heart:

Backing Yourself As a Confident Vegan. 💚

Because confidence isn’t about being the loudest person in the room.

I used to be debilitatingly shy.

These days? I’m very clear on what I stand for — and increasingly comfortable standing by it, even when it would be easier to fit in.

For me, a huge part of confidence has been learning to:
🌱 Know my values — and live them.
💚 Care more about making myself proud than gaining everyone else’s approval.
🔥 Come through for myself consistently, so I have EVIDENCE I can trust myself.
🎯 Know what’s within my control — and stop wasting precious energy on what isn’t.

And as a vegan?
Know when to speak up, when to let my example do the talking... and when someone simply doesn’t deserve my energy. 😆

I’m excited to see where Bianca takes our conversation!

Her Plant Powered Tour is a FREE 30-day LIVE interview series covering food, health, confidence, movement and plenty more.

🌱 JOIN US LIVE
Details via Bianca | Plant Based Health Coach

📅 September 9
🇬🇧 8:00pm UK
🇺🇸 2:00pm CT

📅 September 10
🇦🇺 5:00am AEST

08/09/2026

💛🎉 A peek at this week inside Plant Positive... 👀🌱
We’re into Week 2 of our 30 Days of SELF-CARE.
And because I can’t resist a good acronym, this week I decided to make SELF-CARE... DELICIOUS. 😆

Because food prep genuinely IS one of my favourite forms of self-care.
Not spending your entire Sunday preparing 14 identical containers you’re sick of by Tuesday.

More like having a few delicious, versatile things ready to go so hungry, busy Future You has options.
A little effort now = a whole lot of “THANK YOU, Past Me!” later. 💚

So I raided The Kitchen and found a recipe for every letter of S-E-L-F-C-A-R-E — from Shepherd’s Pie and Lasagna Beans to Corn Fritters, Crispy Rice Paper Rolls and even Mum’s Anzac Biscuits. 😋🌱

I’ve shared a little sneak peek here... 👀
👉 Want access to all the recipes, the FREE Self-Care Challenge, plus coaching and practical support each week?

Inside Plant Positive you’ll find:
🌱 Weekly recipes, resources + PDFs
💪 Coaching + accountability
📖 The Plant Positive Journal & Planner
✨ 30-Day Challenges throughout the year
💚 A genuinely kind-hearted vegan community

Plant Positive is FREE on Skool.
Link in bio. 🌱