Hello, I'm Sue, a UK Certified Health Coach. www.onepreciouslife.uk When did staying healthy get so complicated?
I help people find simple solutions to live healthier lives, specialising in nutrition for chronic illness and mental health. Most of us want to get healthier, manage our weight and feel good, but there is so much conflicting advice out there, it’s difficult to know what to believe and where to start. That’s why I created this page, to cut through the confusion, debunk the myths and provide you with the latest, evidence based science on health and nutrition.
15/10/2025
15 years of this amazing human 💛💛💛 To say I am proud of her doesn’t come close. I don’t know anyone else like her. She’s brave and adventurous and loves trying new crazy things but she also loves just staying home and burying herself in her books and dog snuggles. She is sweet and tough at the same time - both thoughtful and fierce. She has the kindest soul of anyone I know and yet won’t hesitate to call a di****ad out and swears like a fisherman. She’s loyal and brave and strong and funny and I have had the best 15 years with her in my life. Happy Birthday to my lady baby. Thank you for choosing me. Xx
10/10/2025
How many of us have ignored the signs of stress taking its toll, only to end up face down in a mental or physical illness as a result? You can’t out run this stuff, we know that, so why are we still so reluctant to get help before we hit rock bottom?
The answer is nuanced and complicated but I think that social conditioning has a lot to answer for. The cultural narrative is strong when it comes to ‘pushing on through’ and ‘just getting on with it’.
However, it’s clear from the sobering statistics on mental illness that this ‘stiff upper lip’ s**t is not serving us - we’re dropping like flies.
I think change has to come from each and every one of us, owning our part in the cover up. We need to acknowledge how and when we champion ‘coping’ and ‘cracking on’ over speaking up when things feel s**tty. How we advocate for good mental health while simultaneously overworking ourselves into stress induced depression.
I know it’s hard to stop, to slow down and even harder to ask for help but you have to, for all our sakes. Because when you do, you give everyone around you permission to do the same.
I leant the hard way that ‘coping’ wasn’t an Olympic sport and I wasn’t going to get a medal. Instead I got depression and a stomach ulcer… I also leant that it wasn’t heroism to just keep going. In fact it was the opposite.
If you recognise yourself in any of these words, here’s what I hope you will do - speak it. Tell someone you trust that you don’t feel great. Sometimes just breaking the silence can go a long way. And don’t forget, you’re not just doing it for you. You are doing it for all of us watching who will be inspired by your courage and strength to do the same.
25/08/2025
Here’s the perfect end of summer salad for you… It’s lean, it’s green, it fibre and protein packed and is the perfect multi tasker. Originally taken for the Leon Happy Salads Book (my most used recipe book ever) it’s become a bit of a legend in our house. I’ve made this for retreat day clients, family BBQ’s and everyday dinners and it delivers EVERY time!
What’s more the main ingredients can be kept frozen or in the store cupboard (peas, beans, edamame and quinoa) and the rest can be pulled together from whatever you have in the fridge.
I’ve chucked in diced cucumber, asparagus tips and mange tout on different occasions - all work well. Just keep the edamame and the peas because they are the stars at providing protien here and give the salad its wonderful texture.
The dressing can be as simple as oil and vinegar mixed together or as fancy and you like using whatever herbs you have. A French Vinaigrette works very well and I often use a shop bought one if I’m short of time. (Yes, shop bought, shock, horror! Because it’s not the end of the world and it’s ok to outsource any barriers to better eating overall!)
I eat this with prawns mixed in or with a salmon filet on the side usually which makes a balanced meal for me. It can totally be eaten on its own as it’s quite filling but I like to bump up the protein a bit more.
Save this for when you want a crowd pleaser salad with leftover potential. It’s perfect for the summer to autumn transition as half way between light and hearty!
Please let tag me if you make it and let me know your thoughts.
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I started this page because I kept meeting women like me who are trying to juggle jobs, kids, and family and feel like they have nothing left for themselves. Strong, brilliant women who’s heath and fitness has taken a backseat to everything else - to whom exercise has become either a stress or just another thing to make them feel guilty about not having time for.
I understand now that I can’t have it all. We are fed this line when we are young and optimistic but its bo****ks. You can be anything, you just can’t be everything. You have to choose whats’s most important. I have to choose and I have learnt that sometimes I have to choose me. My sanity, my health, my fitness. Because without them I’m not good for anything else.
I am not a fitness professional - I am not a personal trainer or a nutritionalist - I’m a real person, probably a lot like like you, who has struggled with my body image most of my life, who has fallen in and out of love with exercise and who basically wants to find a way to be happy, heathy and live long enough to be able to run around with my grandkids without sucking the fun out of my world. Over the years I have made pretty much every mistake going when it comes to looking after my body. But I have learnt a lot from those mistakes and I am the sort of person who gets excited and wants to share my discoveries.
So here it is, a page for all you incredible women who have spent their lives battling their own body image in one way or another and who are trying to find a way through the minefield of misinformation out there to a fitter, happier stronger self. Body and mind.
This page will bring you fitness, exercise and health articles, nutritional information, recipes, but most of all a healthy dose of girl power. As I’ve always said ‘where there’s a womb, there’s a way’ and I firmly believe that there is nothing more potent than a group of women coming together in the pursuit of a singular purpose. I would like the purpose of this page to support and inspire you to carve out that bit of time for yourself (without feeling guilty!). To overcome the self doubt and help you feel confident and happy in your own skin. I’d like this page to encourage you to get out there and be Strong Like A Girl.
