18/05/2026
I am well aware that fasting or juicing is a little controversial. There are very mixed opinions about it, but after doing this in some shape or form for almost 20 years now, I know it’s right for me.
This season my 5-day juicing happened to coincide with a big clean out of our cellar, and it occurred to me how perfect the metaphor of a “spring-clean” works to share why I do this.
🔆RESET: Notice how much stuff we accumulate in a small storage space (or anywhere else) that we actually no longer need or want, but keep anyway? A big cellar reset helps you brutally assess whether you really need the thing or whether you’re just hoarding.
Same for me with food - I start to clutter my diet with stuff I don’t need, making me feel heavy & listless. Juicing is a way of decluttering not only my digestive system, but my head too.
🔆RESTART: When the cellar’s been cleaned out (and in our case, a new lick of paint) and all the things neatly packed & labeled, I feel an immense sense of accomplishment. It feels lighter, neater and a lot less chaotic.
Same for me with food - when I’ve completed a period of fasting, I feel an immense sense of accomplishment. My body feels lighter and more energetic, my mind a lot clearer.
🔆REFOCUS: And now that the cellar’s is tidy, I want to keep it that way, so I’m quite pedantic about what goes down there (and have a mini meltdown when a kid starts scratching for swimming goggles or dumps a bicycle pump in the “spare lightbulbs” box).
Same, of course, with food - when I resume eating after a pause, I am so aware of what I put back into my body and how it makes me feel.
So, for me, an occasional RESET. RESTART. REFOCUS holds beautiful benefits for both my body and my mind.