Welcome

Hi there, and welcome!

A whole and healthy mum...that was all I wanted to be, when I was diagnosed with ME/CFS about 14 years ago, and after a lifetime of struggling with an unknown illness that came and went. In my life I've tried a lot of different diets, therapy's and lifestyles, as well as educated myself on health, health-coaching and healthfood. This path to healing has given me many insights and a holistic (whole) view on health and food. Because I'm a professionally trained educator ánd a mum of four (and two dogs!), I linked these insights to children and families. In early 2000s I started blogging about it, under the name "Whole and Healthy mum" (Heel Gezonde Mama). That was all in Dutch, but because I'm Dutch Canadian, I write more and more in English, to reach an international audience.

Whole comes from the word "holy", and that's what I feel all of us should be...Let's find the God/Goddess within, by living and eating healthy and with respect for our planet, the Universe and our fellow-Gods and Goddesses, big and small. 

Health and sickness are part of life. There are a lot of ways in which you can support your body to be the best it can be. In the circumstances of that moment and the whole deck of cards life dealt you with. There are so many things involved in health, we barely scratch the surface. So....I approach health AND life with an open mind. 
If there's one thing I learned from my journey to health, is that there's is no such thing as "the one diet",  "the only truth", or the "only way to raise your children".  "Food" is our basic need, but I view food as something more than the things you eat or drink. Food is everything your body, soul and mind are being exposed to everyday. Whether you breathe it, eat it, hear it or see it....you make it a part of YOU, and I believe it's important to become conscious of that fact so we can decide what's feeding us, or eating us.

This blog is under construction. All former posts are in Dutch and I work on the translations. So...if you like it: stay in touch, it will be fun!

Love, (mama) Sanna
Amsterdam, april 2019