Hi thanks for checking in! This is my first official post for LyfeStyleMatters. This is where our journey begins! If you haven’t already; read about me HERE. Building human immunity and promoting health have always been my passion; and making it creative and exciting is my self-entrusted quest!  My profession and personal experiences have taught me that making mindful choices for building a healthy lifestyle doesn’t always come as second nature to everyone. I mean, I find it pretty hard despite working in the health field; and I truly wish it weren’t. Don’t you? When it comes down to brass tacks, effective immunity building and health promotion truly, begin at home!   
At work, I have extensively brainstormed for ideas on how to effectively promote health in schools. But, becoming a mom got me into thinking about how I could empower my family and myself to make better ‘informed’ choices for our health in our day-to-day lives. In short – its been a Herculean task! 
But then again, what fun would it be if we already had all the answers right? Together, we assessed our health choices to help us make beneficial lifestyle changes as a family. We arrived at the following general premise:

1. Better health requires healthy choices
2. Our choices are based on our mindfulness, health awareness and building healthy habits
3. Building healthy habits require personal resolve, consistency and motivation
4. All of the above are encouraged through a healthy mind, healthy relationships and a healthy home. 

So you see, it all really comes full circle. I have found that we each need all these elements, even if in small increments, as a daily dose. You could call it a family tonic. Of course this is not new information. My grandmother seemed to have established an effective balance. She lived to the tender age of 99. But yes, times have drastically changed, and rapidly at that. So finding ways to re-establish this balance to suit our times is the real challenge. If you find yourself also interested in addressing this challenge, stay connected and join me in my attempt to rediscover the wealth of past and present traditions, life skills, culture, habits, hobbies, beliefs and practices that would help provide some direction to our evolving new way of life, towards strengthening and sustaining health. 

Over the coming months, you will find my posts categorised under the Menu located at the top of each page, across different themes i.e. Mind and Soul (Cup-f-Soul), Nutrition (Healthful Indulgence), Home and Environment (Living Home), Kids’ Health and Parenting (Empowering Nurture) and Mind and Body (Re-creation). I hope to bring you an enjoyable experience where you can share in my adventures, discoveries and re-discoveries; and that we can learn from each other, and empower each other to make healthier lifestyle choices. 

So, c’mon. Let’s go LIVE!