Cooking In Mind

Talking, teaching & spreading the importance of mental health in our kitchens.
As individuals, chefs & mentors

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Your voice.

When I say your voice I mean a lot more than the words you say.

Your voice is your connection to your true self. A term I really like. That state where you are being true to yourself at its core and you… https://t.co/fjQaE5Ug6q

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For #mentalhealthawarenessweek this year I’m thinking about Yoga and how my yoga practice has helped me bring awareness to my own mental health.

So, a bit of a spin but stay with me.

I believe that I can use my… https://t.co/CM3eilVLUj

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Spending as much lock down time outdoors as I can. Connecting back to food. As chefs it’s vital surely to connect to that full cycle, otherwise why are we doing it at all?
#garden #veg #connect #mindfulness… https://t.co/E8KRUpNyqn

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What a time to think about meditating 🧘‍♀️

It need not be a scary term. Just sit still and slow don’t that monkey mind.

For me:

“To create a space to be connected to my true self, my true self not associated to… https://t.co/P9643wKtKO

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Just going to leave this here. Sweet dreams everyone 🙏
#yoga #cookinginmind #safe #safespace #sleep https://t.co/lPbUbdzYIr

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What are you doing to look after yourself?

Sharing ideas. We are in this together. #cookinginmind

I’m using the time to refine my yoga practice and bringing together my plans to share my love of yoga with you… https://t.co/d0h2p5YyUe

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The link between life and cooking is shown in no better way than roasting spices to create the base of great food. Consider the roots of how you live life in the same way as you create roots for the dishes you cook.… https://t.co/IqqJQrEgwP

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#AHIMSA

I took this photo whilst away training at himalayayogavalleygoa , this was the night I had a breakthrough and realisation that I have always been violent towards myself.

I learnt of… https://t.co/EwinEHNoSA

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On route to Goa, India to flex my yoga muscles.
Yoga has become a huge part of my life, so exploring it simply felt right. My 200 hour teaching training lays ahead of me.
As chefs, we could all benefit from yoga. I… https://t.co/GgJIrte4Bh

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The blackboard is the space I’ve created on https://t.co/W5uhxRhttb for chefs and non chefs to share their thoughts around mental health in the kitchen. It’s a free space, to open up and help other chefs through their… https://t.co/80Qo9t4XlT

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Please welcome @johnnybarks, @BallymaloeCS trained chef, superstar and head chef at goodforthesoulcafe in Ballincollig, Cork, Ireland as he talks about where his passion of food came from and the love you need to be… https://t.co/uPyPkBzBBq

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Some words that came into my head today, from @frankturner. I think working in the kitchen, you can do well to hear these words. Trouble will come and trouble will go, day by day, week by week what ever troubles you… https://t.co/SoHPlxudRo

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NEW POST 🙏

The new post is all about comfort zones. Next week marks the first COOKING IN MIND event with jessicamaryrobson and runtalkrun . It’s taking me out of comfort zone. It got me thinking about how as chefs… https://t.co/wLEDAyEvMX

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Are you or do you know any chefs who would be interested in running? Running and talking about the hospitality industry, it’s beauty and it’s flaws and about running and how it could be of benefit to us. If so,… https://t.co/MX7ezXl5s4

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One of main reasons running has done me so well over the past few years is because it’s a way into my mind. A way to feel mindful. A way to live for that very moment.

When it comes to anxiety, being mindful is the… https://t.co/DWCEiIoGRF

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I am SOOOO SOOOO excited to announce that COOKING IN MIND is joining forces with RUN TALK RUN for a run on Monday 7th October at 10am, meeting at the Juno Rooms on Watling Street in London.

Its free of charge and… https://t.co/j3NoGSbrt3

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This is the baccacombe cliff railway in Beautiful Torbay, Devon, UK where the team work of the carriages takes people up and down the cliff.

I like things like this as it reminds me of what more I can do when I… https://t.co/25YLkELPd0

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When Monday’s strike and you feel like climbing a mountain! #climb #feelgoid #chef #cheflife #mentalhealthawareness @ Galtee Mountains https://t.co/790PAxSCH1

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Introducing SHARP TALK by Cooking In Mind where we have difficult discussions, ones we all need to have but sometimes don’t find the courage. It’s time to find that courage chefs.… https://t.co/rgq0RqbMH0

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This is how it works. Quite often that feeling of anxiety or depression could be in its earliest stage. Things are getting a bit too much at work, at home. By hearing those simple words from another… https://t.co/oLkwhNKRUy