07/09/2026
Women’s Health Week is here!
Women’s health deserves far more attention than it usually gets.
I’ve been a little quiet here lately. We’ve been buying and selling houses, moving, renovating and navigating family life with two young boys.
Honestly, it hasn’t been particularly exciting. It has mostly been stressful, exhausting and chaotic with brief moments of excitement when things like having a working toilet inside the house finally happened. 😂
My exercise dropped away and many of my usual routines disappeared. But one thing I continued to prioritise was cooking nourishing meals.
Our kitchen is old but functional: one sink, no dishwasher and certainly no bells and whistles. Yet throughout winter and all the chaos, preparing good food was the part of my health that I could hold onto.
That’s why this year’s Women’s Health Week theme, “Do it anyway”, feels particularly fitting.
Looking after your health doesn’t always mean doing everything well. Sometimes it means accepting what has fallen away and continuing with the one thing you can realistically manage.
Over the coming week, I’ll be sharing practical and realistic ways to fuel, move, rest, breathe and connect because small steps still count, especially when life is busy, messy or imperfect.
Which one do you need most right now?
⚡ To fuel
🏃♀️ To move
😴 To rest
🌿 To breathe
💚 To connect
Jean Hailes for Women's Health
