How to Support Your Body During Christmas & Avoid the January Slump

December is a month to have the best time, and for my final blog of 2025, I wanted to write something that feels uplifting, comforting and genuinely good for the soul.

What you’re not going to find here is another set of rules, restrictions, or a “new year, new me” message. Instead, this is a gentle guide to help you enjoy the last few weeks of the year fully, while adding a few small upgrades that require no extra time or prep, yet help you glide through the season feeling calmer and more energised.

And as a little treat from me to you, I’m sharing my brand new Hormone Nourishing Recipe Guide, completely free. It’s designed to support women through the festive season, with nourishing, blood sugar friendly sweet treats that let you enjoy every moment without guilt or discomfort.

Simply follow the link, pop in your email, and it’ll be sent straight to your inbox.

Why Women Feel Extra Tired in December

I touched on this last week, but I think it’s important to revisit, especially if you didn’t catch the last blog. 

December pulls on so many systems at once, for instance:

• Your nervous system is busier than usual.

• Your sleep is lighter or more disrupted.

• Your blood sugar swings more.

• Your mornings start faster.

• Your evenings end later with less sleep.

• Your digestion and liver works overtime.

• And for many of us, emotions run higher.

Layer in richer food, sugary treats, alcohol, winter light levels, broken routines and the emotional load of Christmas, and it’s no surprise so many women hit that mid December wall. None of this is a personal failing, it’s simply your body doing its best to adapt.

How to Support Your Body During Christmas

One of the first places this shows up is through cravings, and understanding them can give you such valuable insight into what your body actually needs.

Craving chocolate first thing in the morning? 

Completely normal when you’re tired, overwhelmed, and surrounded by festive snacks. But physiologically, it’s often a classic sign your blood sugar dipped overnight and yesterday’s protein wasn’t enough to anchor you.

Simple fix: Add more protein, like fish, meat, cheese, beans, eggs. Aim for 30–40g at breakfast to start the day strong.

Craving carbs, beige foods or comfort snacks in the evening?

This could mean you’re running on cortisol rather than stable, steady energy. Busy days, emotional load, and non stop to-do lists all contribute to pushing your body into survival mode. 

Simple fix: Have a stabilising snack around 4–5pm. Something with protein and fat, like 1-2 x boiled eggs with olives, hummus with carrots, cheese with apple, a handful of nuts, Greek yoghurt, berries and chia seeds. This is one of the easiest ways to reduce evening and cortisol driven carb cravings, that many women struggle with at this time of year. 

No appetite for healthy food? 

If you feel like you have no appetite for healthy food at all, this is a sign your system feels overwhelmed. Plus, big blood sugar swings blunt cravings for nutrient dense foods, and your body naturally leans towards quick, easy energy like sugar.

Simple fix: Follow a simple balanced plate like ½ vegetables you genuinely enjoy, ¼ protein and ¼ carbs. Add organic extra virgin olive oil, seasoning, herbs or parmigiana so it feels delicious, and balanced, not restrictive.

These patterns are incredibly common in December, and none of them are flaws. Your body is simply signalling what it needs in the only language it has. Once you understand that language, everything feels a little easier. 

And if you want inspiration, my recipe eBook is full of grounding, comforting snacks and sweet treats made specifically to support cravings, energy, mood and hormones without the crash.

Our Brand New, Gentle ‘New Year Gut & Liver Reset’ bundle.

So excited to share our brand new, limited edition bundle with you. However, this is not a detox, a punishment, or a start again plan. It’s a gentle two month gut and liver reset designed to support your body through winter. 

The intention is to enhance your immune system, strengthen antioxidant defences, calm inflammation, restore the gut, and relieve the liver of some of the emotional and physical load that builds up during winter. The goal is to help you begin the new year feeling steadier, clearer and more energised - not depleted or burnt out.

This isn’t just for people who had a heavy Christmas or drink alcohol. It’s for anyone who wants better immunity, clearer skin, improved digestion or simply a more supported start to January.

Here’s how it works:

Month 1:

• Restore: Take one capsule daily with food.

• Bioactive Milk Thistle: Take one capsule daily (ideally before bed)

• Bergamot HT: 1 capsule with breakfast and 1 capsule with dinner.

Month 2:

• Restore: Take one capsule daily with food 

• Bioactive Milk Thistle: Take one capsule daily (ideally before bed).

• Berberine: Take 1 capsule twice per day at the start of your two largest meals (ideally 20 minutes before eating).

Each supplement supports a different pathway, gently but effectively:

1. Restore: Restore is an award-winning 30 billion strain formula and one of the strongest pre and probiotics available. Created by Functional Medicine experts, and designed to repair the gut (especially after illness), support immunity, reduce inflammation and ease the liver’s workload.

2. Milk Thistle Bio-Active: Milk Thistle contains silymarin (or silybin), a compound with clinically researched benefits for improving NAFLD (non alcoholic fatty liver disease), enhancing metabolic health and stabilising insulin resistance (plus all the usual liver support).
   
   Interestingly, silymarin also increases the effectiveness of Berberine Complex, especially when it comes to reducing blood sugar markers like HbA1c. One of the key reasons I have teamed them up together.

3. Bergamot HT: Bergamot-HT is one of the most studied ingredients for reducing visceral fat (the type that wraps around organs and is strongly linked to metabolic issues). Clinical trials showed a 12-14% reduction of visceral fat in just 30 days.
   
   It also carries anti-inflammatory benefits and supports the body in a way that mirrors some of the effects of fat loss medications, but without the risks.

4. Berberine Complex: Berberine is often referred to as nature’s version of metformin. It supports blood sugar, cravings, metabolic health, inflammation and even cellular regeneration. It also helps reduce stubborn belly fat and improve digestive, gut microbiome and regularity - even more so when taken alongside the Restore.

It’s particularly useful in December and January when cravings naturally run higher, and it works synergistically with both milk thistle and bergamot.

To learn even more about these supplements, and more importantly, how to use them as part of a bigger picture, I’ll be hosting a live masterclass - “Unlocking a Lean Body for Longevity.”

This isn’t about chasing aesthetics or shrinking yourself. It’s about body function and how to eat, move and work with your body in a way that supports healthy weight, reduces inflammation, improves clarity and energy, and ultimately helps you feel genuinely well in yourself.

When we support the body properly and feel good both mentally and physically, everything changes. Confidence grows, energy lifts, and life simply feels better. That’s when we, as women, thrive.

The masterclass will take place live on Tuesday 13th January at 8pm, and it will be fully interactive, with space to ask questions and explore what your body truly needs for long term health and longevity.

You can learn more about what’s included and reserve your place here. I’d absolutely love to see you there.

A Softer December for a Steadier January

I truly hope these gentle swaps encourage you to enjoy December the way you want to, without guilt or the old cycle of restricting, overindulging and starting again.

Guilt is the heaviest energy to carry into the new year, so let’s leave it here. 

For now, enjoy yourself. Bring balance to the next meal, add more protein, have a stabilising snack, and try one of the sweet, grounding recipes from the eBook. But, most of all, be present with the people you love. No one remembers what you didn’t buy or didn’t do, they just remember you.

So, Merry Christmas from me to you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for being here this year. I can’t wait to take on the New Year with you.