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21/09/2026

SKIP OR SAVE WITH SAMMY 004 ✨

This week, the viral cross-legged floor-to-standing mobility test, with over 6.5 million views.

🌿 Worth saving?

MY VERDICT: SAVE ✅

It’s a really useful little check-in for mobility, balance, core and leg strength, and how easily we can get ourselves up from the floor.

I have osteoarthritis in my left big toe, so I modified the rollover rather than forcing a movement that hurt. And that’s really the point here… listen to your body and adapt when you need to. 🙌

If you find this difficult, don’t see it as failure. Use it as useful information, and perhaps a little nudge to work on your strength and mobility through yoga, Pilates or mobility work to help keep you moving well and reduce injury risk as you get older. 💪✨

Would you give this one a go? Let me know below 👇

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28/08/2026

SKIP OR SAVE WITH SAMMY? 003🌿

Two viral Reels. Nearly 23 MILLION views between them. One very confident claim:

Add cottage cheese to your scrambled eggs, almost double the protein, and you won’t even know it’s there.

So, is it worth saving?

My verdict: SKIP ❌

The protein boost is real. I used two medium eggs and 100g of cottage cheese, giving the mixture approximately 24g of protein.

But the consistency? Horrible.

For me, it ruined perfectly good scrambled eggs.

My alternative would be to cook the eggs normally and serve the cottage cheese on the side. Same ingredients. Same protein. Far nicer breakfast.

I served mine with gluten-free toast, avocado for fibre and unsaturated fats, and sliced tomato for freshness, colour and another plant on the plate.

Because crowding in nourishment doesn’t mean forcing yourself to eat a “healthy hack” you don’t enjoy.

Small course corrections still need to work in real life, and taste good enough that you’ll actually want to repeat them.

Would you mix cottage cheese into your eggs, or firmly keep it on the side?

Original inspiration: + ✨

24/08/2026

That end-of-summer voice can become rather loud…. 📣

“I’ve eaten too much.”

“I’ve drunk too much.”

“I haven’t moved enough.”

“Now I need to sort myself out.”

But self-criticism is not a health plan.

Try a gentler course correction instead:

🥗 FOOD: Rather than beginning with restriction, crowd in one nourishing choice. Add protein to breakfast, fruit to your snack or more vegetables to dinner.

🚶‍♀️ MOVEMENT: Choose something you already enjoy and put two short sessions into this week. Ten minutes still counts.

For many families, this is the last full week of the school holidays. You don’t need to wait for September or launch yourself into an all-or-nothing reset.

You’re not starting again. You’re returning to what helps you feel well.

Which are you returning to first, FOOD or MOVEMENT? Tell me below. 🌿

21/08/2026

SKIP OR SAVE WITH SAMMY? | 001 👀

My feed is FULL of viral mouth and tongue exercises claiming to support the nervous system and vagus nerve, so I tested two.

Quick caveat: this isn’t a scientific experiment or a verdict on the creators. I’m simply trying what’s filling up my feed, noticing how my body responds, adding my professional lens, and asking: would I actually use this again?

1. CHEEK PUFF + SLOW RELEASE ✅ SAVE

Fill the cheeks, hold for 3–5 seconds, then release the breath very slowly. Repeat x3.

I felt noticeably calmer and more focused afterwards.

I’m cautious about calling the cheek puff itself a magical “vagus nerve hack”, but the slow, controlled breathing and long exhale make sense to me as a calming practice.

Quick, easy, and something I’d genuinely use again.

VERDICT: SAVE ✅

2. TONGUE CIRCLES ❌ SKIP

10 circles one way, 10 the other.

This was INTENSE. I felt it through my tongue, jaw, upper neck and the back of my head, and afterwards felt slightly fatigued and lightheaded.

I didn’t get the calming effect I was looking for, so personally, I wouldn’t repeat it.

That’s my response to it, not a claim that somebody else won’t love it.

VERDICT: SKIP ❌

🏆 WINNER: CHEEK PUFF + SLOW RELEASE

Not miraculous. Just simple, calming and realistic enough to use in real life.

Follow for the next SKIP OR SAVE WITH SAMMY? 🌿

What should I test next? 👀 Let me know in the Comments below ✨

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19/08/2026

Earlier in the week I talked about supporting ourselves through the messy middle. So here’s one of the ways I’m actually doing it…..

When my brain feels scattered, these are three very simple things I return to and they take about 3 minutes:

1. THREE PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGHS

Take an inhale through the nose, add a second little inhale at the top, then take a long, slow exhale through the mouth.

Repeat three times.

2. ONE MINUTE OF SLOW CAT-COW

Nothing fancy.

Just moving through the spine and letting the movement follow the breath.

3. ONE MINUTE IN CHILD’S POSE

Settle.

Breathe.

Let the exhale become a little longer.

That’s it.

It doesn’t make the to-do list disappear.

But it gives me a few minutes away from all the noise and helps me come back into my body before I carry on.

And sometimes, in the messy middle, that is enough.

🌿 Save this for the next day your brain feels like it has 47 tabs open **🌿**









17/08/2026

Are you in a bit of scaffolding too? 🌟

My house is quite literally covered in it at the moment.

It’s noisy, messy and unfinished. I know where we’re heading and I’m excited about it, but I still have to live in the bit before it’s done.

And it struck me how much life can feel like that too.

We’re often incredibly quick to judge ourselves from right inside the messy middle.

*Why am I so frazzled?*

*Why am I not coping better?*

*Why can’t I feel calmer?*

But perhaps the goal isn’t to magically feel calm in an objectively un-calm situation.

Perhaps it’s about finding enough support to move through it without completely losing yourself.

And that’s something I want to explore much more here.

The small, practical things that genuinely help us feel a little steadier when real life is anything but.

Because I’m living it too.

So if you’re currently standing in your own bit of scaffolding, you’re very welcome here.

If you’re navigating your own messy middle right now, follow along. I’ll be sharing practical tools and strategies to help you feel a little steadier and more supported while you’re in it. 🌿

Tell me, what does your “scaffolding” look like at the moment?









14/08/2026

Feeling frazzled? Save this one. 🌿

I tried this yesterday sitting directly in front of the fan because, frankly, it is HOT.

I hadn’t spent hours staring at a screen or sitting at a desk. I was simply feeling frazzled and very “on”.

Within moments I started yawning. By the end, I realised my shoulders had physically dropped.

This gentle practice is one I’ve learned from nervous-system educator Johnny Miller whose *State Shift* work I’ve been exploring recently.

The vagus nerve is an important communication pathway between the brain and body and forms part of the parasympathetic nervous system, which is involved in rest, recovery and regulation.

Gentle movement, slow breathing and focused attention can all be useful ways of helping ourselves pause and settle.

And sometimes you may notice little shifts as you practise: a spontaneous sigh or yawn, a softer jaw, shoulders dropping, less tension around the eyes, or simply feeling a little calmer.

You could try this after hours at your desk, during a screen break, or simply on one of those hot, busy summer days when everything feels a bit much.

Because supporting yourself doesn’t always require half an hour, a yoga mat or the perfect quiet moment.

Sometimes a couple of minutes is enough to pause and change gears.

Save this and come back to it when you need it. 🌿

Practice learned from Johnny Miller’s State Shift app. I highly recommend exploring his work if nervous-system regulation interests you.

Keep movements slow and comfortable, and stop if you experience dizziness or discomfort.

Looking after yourself doesn’t have to mean finding time for a whole wellbeing routine.Sometimes it starts with simply n...
12/08/2026

Looking after yourself doesn’t have to mean finding time for a whole wellbeing routine.

Sometimes it starts with simply noticing how you are, and asking:

What would support me right now?

The answer might be movement. Food. Fresh air. A few slow breaths. Connection. Help. Rest.

And then perhaps you choose just one.

Small acts of support still count. 🌿

Save this little check-in for a day when everything feels like a lot.

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