Claire Baker, in her own words, is a lover of all things nourishing, creative and soulful. Her heart lies in health and wellness and beats for living an energised, passionate life full of self expression, healing, exploration and joy. This is her lifeblood, and she’s incredibly talented at expressing it via her gorgeous website. Claire’s […] Read more…
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Tova Gold & Finding Your ‘Muchness’
My special guest today is the gorgeous Tova Gold from Finding My Muchness, and she’s got some pretty awesome things to say, PLUS a Giveaway! So pour yourself a herbal tea (or a vino!) and pull up a chair, beautiful. Let’s get to know this inspiring lady a little better. xx Welcome, Tova! […] Read more…
Farewell 2013. You were a biggie!
And that’s an understatement! If you’d told me on the first of last year that all this would happen in just one year, I wouldn’t have believed you. I moved in with my lovebug (the man of my dreams!), sold my car of 9 years (beep beep!), resigned from my corporate job of 8 […] Read more…
How to Set New Year Goals with Soul
Back when I was in my corporate job we were encouraged to take a ‘Defensive Driving’ course that involved performing a variety of manoeuvres on a race track. eeekk! In one of the exercises we were instructed to speed up and then slam on the brakes and avoid hitting a particular safety cone. Despite […] Read more…
How IIN Changed My Life
Oh my, December 2013 was an exciting time at Vegan Sparkles HQ! It was the month I passed my final exam for my Institute for Integrative Nutrition studies and graduated as a Certified Holistic Health Coach! It was quite a year. I receive a ton of questions about this course, and am now […] Read more…
Inspiring Health Babes: Donna from The Yoga Vine
I first met Donna Buchanan earlier this year when Jacqueline from Upon Wild Stars booked us into a Yoga Vine class as part of a Perth Wellness Soulpreneurs catch-up. Led by Donna and her business partner Kate, the class was sublime. Filled with challenge but also warmth and a cheeky sense of humour all-too-often […] Read more…
Inspiring Health Babes: Emily Ehlers
I’ve been blessed to meet so many inspiring health babes through my Institute for Integrative Nutrition studies this year. Although Emily Ehlers and I met before our studies began (you may remember Em from the beautiful feature article she wrote for us earlier this year: Healthy Eating for Pregnancy or from our many Perth Wellness […] Read more…
On Being Fearless
My lovebug and I were lucky enough to see the Michael Jackson-themed Cirque du Soleil on Saturday (*insert Moonwalk!*). The show was fabulous and ohhhh, was I ever in heaven with all the dancing, glitter and glow lights! But above all there was one performer who really caught my attention – a dancer with […] Read more…
Vivacious Creatives: Kristy Turner from Keepin’ It Kind
vi·va·cious /vəˈvāSHəs/ lively • spirited • animated • alive • bubbly • sparkling • effervescent cre·a·tive /kriˈeɪ tɪv/ artistic • imaginative • original • gifted • innovative • inspired They’re strong, healthy, spirited, generous, artistic and full of compassion. They’re Vivacious Creatives and they’re changing the world, one meal at a time… I’m pretty sure I fell in love with Kristy’s blog Keepin’ […] Read more…
Vivacious Creatives: Adele McConnell from Vegie Head
vi·va·cious /vəˈvāSHəs/ lively • spirited • animated • alive • bubbly • sparkling • effervescent cre·a·tive /kriˈeɪ tɪv/ artistic • imaginative • original • gifted • innovative • inspired They’re strong, healthy, spirited, generous, artistic and full of compassion. They’re Vivacious Creatives and they’re changing the world, one meal at a time… Adele is the gorgeous creator of delicious plant-based wellness site […] Read more…
3 Essential Tools to Live An Incredible 2013
A huge component of my Institute for Integrative Nutrition studies surrounds the basic human need for ‘Primary Food’ – such as healthy relationships, a fulfilling career, creative outlets, spirituality and physical exercise. The truth is it doesn’t matter how much broccoli we eat or how healthy our food nutrition is, if our spiritual and emotional needs […] Read more…
It’s ME! I’m BACK!
Hello HELLO, beautiful souls! I’m BACK on sunny West Australian shores! Make that stormy. Not cool, Summer, not cool. But HEY, I spotted a rainbow! All is forgiven. The trip was amazing! Wanna see the snaps? Grab some popcorn and click HERE. I missed you all like crazy and felt extremely odd […] Read more…
Vegan Sparkles in the U.S. of A.!!
YES, my gorgeous glitterbugs, the rumours are true! The Vegan Sparkles tour of the U.S.A. is about to commence! (excited squeeeeal!) No more relying on my imagination to translate the amazing taste descriptions delivered by my favourite American bloggers. I’m finally heading over to check out all the infamous tempeh reubens, rye bread sandwiches […] Read more…
Foodie Penpals Reveal
I loved penpals when I was a kid. When I was about seven years old there was a girl who rode her horse past my house all the time. She must have been about twelve and had the cutest riding outfits. I was too shy to talk to her but secretly I thought she […] Read more…