Thanks to Glenda over at Healthy Stories for nominating me to be involved in the ‘why I write’ blog hop. Glenda is a super smart nutritionist, neuroscientist, and personal trainer, who bring these disciplines together to help people understand how their physical health impacts their mental and emotional wellbeing. You can check her out on Facebook too. So in the tradition of blog hopping, in this post I will be giving you the inside scoop on what makes me tick as a writer and then nominate other bloggers to do the same. Why I write: The reason I write is really very simple, I am vocally passionate about nutrition and health - and my husband is sick of hearing it. I am enthralled with nutrition because it is a universal commodity that brings us together socially and culturally and also plays are big role in defining us as individuals, as members of families, groups and communities. Unfortunately as a member of a Western community our current food identity and culture is killing us. As a society we are so far lost and confused as to what we should be eating, where to find it, how to cook it, and how to get the kids to eat it. I write because we, as a Western community, need help. We need to learn how to make the best choices we can in an environment that wants us to choose anything but the healthy option. We need help to learn how to cook, grow and enjoy unprocessed foods. We need help to role model healthy choices to our child – otherwise what hope have they got. What am I working on? At the moment I have a few projects I am working on – more recipes, more blog posts and more tools to help you all get it happening with in your home. With all the other bits and pieces I have going on (including running after my 3 kids), these projects will be slow and steady but stick with me, all will be revealed in due time (and I am sure, worth the wait!). How does my writing differ from others in its genre? How does my writing differ… well I want to say that, unlike a lot of what you read, it is based on facts and research – but that would be a little cheeky ;) There are definitely a lot of good quality, reputable nutrition blogs out there and I guess I differ from these in that along with writing evidence-based articles I write very much from a Mum perspective too, and not one of those ‘everything is peachy’ kind of mums – my kids are loud and destructive and annoying. I am exhausted and stressed, my house is a mess and I haven’t shaved my legs in a month – but I’ve got some great tips on how to survive shopping with kids. As a Nutritionist I also have a bit of a public health agenda, which isn’t always of interest to everyone but it is an area I am passionate about. Some of my favourite posts in this genre have been: Health Star Rating, WHO quits sugar and Lets get some facts straight (which is more of a rant). I’m also a bit of a greenie so you might see me slip a few posts in with a bit of an environmental or animal welfare approach – Egg-xamination: what the free-range? was a post I was really passionate about, but these types of issues are not the focus of my writing as I know it’s not within everyone’s budget or capacity to also make ethically based choices when trying to feed a family a nutritious diet. How does my writing process work? Like most aspects of my busy mothering life, there is no process, no order, no logic – I fit it in when I can and I make the most of inspiration when it strikes. I do have ‘working documents’ that will sit open on my computer for weeks and I have been known to jump out of bed at random hours to scrawl down a sentence, a paragraph or a topic idea once it hits me. I don’t proof read nearly as much as I should and my photography skills are poor – but my content is quality, right?? … Ok, I’ll work on my writing process. Now it’s time to hop on over to check out why these awesome bloggers write too.
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28/6/2014 12:26:32 pm
Thank you so much for forwarding on to us and giving us such a lovely shout out. Feel very honoured to be on a post with you and Mandy! I always enjoy your work whether its a fact piece or a mum piece i appreciate your honesty and your point of view. I like how you are upfront and happy to share. I learn lots off you xx
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Nikki @ The Kids Menu
30/6/2014 04:54:23 am
Thanks so much guys, I'm looking forward to hearing all about what brings you to this funny old world of blogging =)
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30/6/2014 05:21:43 am
Lovely post Nikki. What I like most about your nutrition blogging style is that you say it as it is. It always irritates me a bit when I see the 'perfect' mums talking about how easy it is to make healthy food and get kids to eat it (although often their 'healthy' food is loaded with coconut oil and agave syrup, so really is just a treat in disguise). But I love the way you show how you get your real kids to eat healthy food, while still managing the hectic lifestyle of a mum. I think that's far more inspiring to mothers than if you pretended to be perfect.
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Nikki @ The Kids Menu
4/7/2014 02:58:12 am
Thanks Mandy and Glenda =)
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