October / November 2024
Southsea LIFESTYLE
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CONTENTS
CONTRIBUTORS
Sally King is founder of Mango Wellbeing. She runs ‘Good Mood Food’ cooking workshops in Southsea, alongside her Pilates Core & Calm classes at CourtX
Neil Maxwell is director of Fry & Kent Estate Agents, and a volunteer crew member of the RNLI
Elios Stone is a Southsea based holistic health practitioner, specialising in shadow work, nutrition and breathwork
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Southsea LIFESTYLE
Iwas recently bemoaning the end of summer to a friend, and he said, ‘You just have to embrace autumn and enjoy it!’ I’ve tried to remember those words as I pull on an extra layer and button up my raincoat There’s a lot to be said for this time of year
Some of our contributors have truly embraced the change of season, with a warming dal recipe (p 12) and tips on making your home cosier (p.18). While the Mary Rose Museum have gone one step further with a history of Christmas celebrations But let’s not forget all the great things to do outside the home, with a reinvented Portsmouth arts trail (p 20 - 22) and some fascinating events in our What’s On section, (p 34) Enjoy it!
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CHANGE A GIRL’S LIFE
This year, Freya will be hosting the 3rd annual gala to raise invaluable funding and awareness for The Prince's Trust.
Freya Rose is an internationally acclaimed luxury shoe and jewellery designer whose pieces are available in stores such as Nordstrom and Harvey Nichols. Her brand, Freya Rose London, was established in 2010 with the support of The Prince’s Trust enterprise scheme. In 2022, Freya became the first beneficiary to act as an ambassador for The Prince’s Trust Change a Girl’s Life (#CAGL) initiative. She is passionate about advocating for the Trust and their #CAGL campaign, which provides young women from disadvantaged backgrounds with the opportunity to pursue their dreams.
The gala will take place on November 15th at The Queens Hotel. For tickets and sponsorship opportunities, please email press@freyarose.com.
Freya and her mother, renowned jewellery designer Barbara Tipple, will be participating in ‘The Palace Walk’
to raise additional funds for The Prince’s Trust. This year, The Prince’s Trust has introduced a walking event for the first time. Freya, her husband Matt, Barbara, and David will be among the first to complete the 13-mile course, which takes them through the scenic paths around Windsor. If you would like to sponsor or make a donation, please visit https://www.justgiving.com/page/ thepalacewalk
DO YOU SOOTHE WITH FOOD?
Elios Stone
As the days shorten and the weather cools, many of us are drawn more to comfort eating, often triggered by emotions and stress. Our ancestors ate in line with the seasons and what was available –feasting during harvest and conserving through winter –but today, habits have become distorted. We restrict food in summer and overeat in winter.
This flipped-around relationship with seasonal eating can disrupt our emotional relationship with food, leading to cycles of bingeing and guilt. But it doesn’t have to be that way. You can learn to eat joyfully, and release guilt attached to food.
DO YOU FIND YOURSELF REACHING FOR FOOD WHEN YOU’RE STRESSED OR UPSET? You’ve probably heard about the impact of a “bad” relationship with food, maybe even experienced it yourself. As an emotional eater, no amount of food is truly satisfying.
In the past, my eating habits were unhealthy all year round – takeaways, crisps, chocolate, all
loaded with sugar and fat. Have you ever eaten to feel better, only to feel worse afterward?
Most of what you find in supermarkets isn’t real food, and it certainly isn’t nourishing. During my Nutrition degree, I learned how processed foods are deliberately engineered to be addictive, combining fats, sugars, and textures to trigger dopamine spikes, making these foods hard to resist.
When many of my classmates went on to work for companies that create these addictive products, I saw first-hand how overt these tactics are within processed food companies. After earning my 2:1 degree, I chose not to contribute to an industry profiting from people’s cravings and ill health.
DIETS MIGHT
BUT RARELY
HAVE SHORT-TERM RESULTS IN WEIGHT
LOSS
HAVE LASTING EFFECTS:
Yo-yo dieting is harmful. Only 6% of people maintain weight loss a year after starting a diet (Journal of Clinical Nutrition). Failure often brings shame and regret – emotional
eating can’t be resolved with a diet. It requires a whole-body approach. You can’t just “quit” food. We have to eat! Trying to go cold turkey often results in self-sabotage, relapsing and the cycle continues.
WHAT’S BEHIND YOUR CRAVINGS?
FOOD AS LOVE: A connection between love and eating often forms when food is used as a substitute for emotional needs, usually but not exclusively in childhood. When food replaces affection or is used as a reward, your mind starts associating eating with receiving love, leading to a pattern of seeking emotional comfort through food.
FOOD TO SILENCE EMOTIONS: Sometimes, food is used to quiet difficult emotions. Over time, you may have learned to self-soothe with food, creating a dopamine response that numbs emotions. This becomes an ingrained habit.
LEARNING BY EXAMPLE:
Emotional eating can also be learned by watching those around you – whether that is parents, caregivers, classmates, or siblings. If they used food to manage emotions, you may have picked up the same habits.
avoiding establishing healthy boundaries. Whatever the root of the cycle, emotionally charged eating habits can bury anger or resentment, leading to self-criticism and guilt, potentially causing weight gain and life dissatisfaction.
BREAKING THE CYCLE OF EMOTIONAL EATING
Emotional eating is driven by subconscious patterns. By addressing these through tailored meditation, breathwork, and introspection, you can change behaviours at the root and nourish yourself on a whole-body level.
Deepening self-inquiry helps integrate old patterns and bring balance to your relationship with food, impacting your whole life.
These patterns persist until actively broken.
IS FOOD YOUR COMFORT? HERE ARE WAYS TO BEGIN BREAKING THE CYCLE
● Turn off devices and eat without distraction.
● Eat proteins and fats before sweet foods.
● Recognise emotional triggers.
● Use journaling, meditation, or walks instead of unnecessary or unhealthful eating.
● Pause, breathe deeply, and check in with your state of being before eating.
Emotional eating often stems from loneliness or emptiness, but food can’t fill that void. Using food as comfort blocks meaningful connections with others and can harm relationships. Relying on food to soothe emotions may also mean you’re
“Feeling connected to my body has shown me I can stay in the moment. I’ve been given a choice I didn’t know was available.” — Alex, Portsmouth "I’m not using screen time or food as an emotional crutch anymore. I feel so much more confident and calmer.” — Molly, Southsea
“My lifestyle has changed a lot. The difference in my body is amazing. I'm energised and I'm calm. I’m not anxious. I’ve also lost weight, a massive amount of weight.” — Lorna, Southsea
Breathwork can significantly reduce anxiety, depression, and stress – key triggers for emotional eating.
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AUTUMN: TIME TO NOURISH THE BODY AND WARM THE SOUL
Sally King
Well hello autumn! Crisp sunny walks along a now blissfully quiet
Southsea beach, wrapping up in warm cosy clothes, and with this seasonal shift I can feel my body starting to crave more hearty, warming food and this really excites me.
There’s no doubt that the shorter days and chillier weather calls for comfort food, that not only fills us up, but gives us that much-needed boost of anti-inflammatory and immune-boosting goodness to ward off those pesky coughs and colds that are rife at this time of year.
This delicious Lentil Dal is literally like a hug in a bowl. It’s my go to if feeling rundown or in need of an instant pickme-up. I make a big batch then separate into small freezer containers and that’s dinners sorted – perfect when life gets busy, and nourishment is called for.
• Ground coriander • Cayenne pepper (You could use pre-mixed curry powder/paste if preferred)
500g red lentils, rinsed well
Tin chopped tomatoes
Tin coconut milk/creamed coconut block (let down in 200ml boiling water)
GOLDEN LENTIL DAL (makes 6 portions)
2 tbsp olive oil
1 large onion and 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
1 thumb-sized piece of root ginger and 1 red chilli (deseeded) finely chopped
Spices: 1 tsp each:
• Black mustard seeds • Cumin seeds
• Ground turmeric • Ground cumin
1 litre of stock
A handful chopped coriander
Heat the oil in a large heavy-based pan. Gently fry the onions for 5 mins until softened, add the mustard seeds and fry for 30 seconds until they start to pop.
Add the remaining spices, garlic, ginger and chilli and cook for two minutes, stirring well.
In go the rinsed lentils, tomatoes and half of the coconut milk. Stir and
season with a good pinch of sea salt and black pepper.
Add the stock, cover and simmer on a low heat for 20-25 minutes, until the lentils are tender. Every five minutes or so, have a quick stir and if it’s starting to look dry add a cup of hot water and some of the remaining coconut milk.
During the last few minutes of cooking stir through the remaining coconut milk. Top with fresh coriander leaves and tuck in. Delish!
Keeps in the fridge for five days in an airtight container.
BALANCING ACT
Neil Maxwell
The Summer was a busy trading period for us with plenty of new houses coming to the market and a good number of sales, especially with interest rates finally coming down. Confidence had really started to blossom and then came the Prime Minister’s announcement that there were some difficult decisions to make in relation to the October Budget. This has naturally created a wait and see situation, but not the terrible hiatus we witnessed in 2022, caused by interest rates quickly accelerating.
uncertainty over who was going to be responsible for the necessary changes to the external cladding of their building.
The influence of government, both local and national on the housing market, should not be underestimated, a few words here, or a change of policy there, can have a calamitous effect on both confidence and the material state of housing stock. In recent history, you only need to look at building cladding, which met with building regulation standards, until the terrible fire at Grenfell Tower.
The consequences, quite rightly, led to thousands of properties across the country requiring alteration and upgrading, leading to worry for the many flat owners who faced huge
Changes to the HMO rules locally, with the reintroduction of additional licencing is now causing many landlords to re-evaluate investment property ownership. The Local Authority faces the difficult task of applying the rules, while not jeopardising the homes of residents. There is always going to be a median, that has to be found, between ensuring all housing is in a good and safe condition, and the willingness of the Landlord to invest in maintenance and improvements. Whatever the next budget brings you can be sure that with the property market producing tax receipts in the region of £14 Billion and responsible for 12.3% of our GDP, the government surely won’t want any bumps in the road. With such a massive mandate to rule the country, maybe the time has come to overhaul the outdated conveyancing process and finally license estate agents.
If you are thinking of making any property purchases, or sales this autumn, give us a call we’ll be happy to advise you.
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Artabelle Furniture is a small workshop specializing in furniture making and restoration. It is based within the Paulsgrove Enterprise Centre in Portsmouth North. The owner, Mike Screen, has decades of experience in antique restoration, furniture design, and cabinet making. His workshop is the perfect “one-stop-shop” for all your furniture needs, be it antiques or modern pieces. Mike is skilled in joinery, metalwork, and wood turning, enabling him to create bespoke pieces or missing parts that can’t be easily sourced elsewhere. Mike's impressive knowledge of furniture history and his love for good design and quality will reassure you that you are in good hands. He can help you identify your auction finds and decide the best way to return them to their former glory, increasing their value in the process.
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Artabelle Furniture also has a new, bigger workshop that enables the display and sale of vintage mid-century designer pieces.
Beautiful, functional furniture enhances our lives and continues to increase in value, serving as touchstones from one generation to another. Mike's cabinet making skills can help you acquire bespoke pieces crafted for your specific needs. He will guide you through the entire process, from conception to installation in your home.
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EARTHY COLOURS: Rich, deep, earthy tones add a classic warmth to your space. Using an earthy colour pallet means you can also achieve a more Moroccan feel within your home.
CALM TONES: Dial down the colour, add texture and use the calming tones to create a serene and relaxing room. It’s sometimes not all about colour!
Our tile showroom on Marmion Road gives you a chance to touch and see the true colours within the tiles. We provide a creative space to give you inspiration for your next project. Our ranges include porcelain and ceramic floor and wall as well as outdoor and natural stone tiles. Bring along a mood board, a photo of the room you want to tile, or you may not know where to start, either way we are here to support you in making a decision. Follow us on Facebook & Instagram for more ideas.
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HOW RECOGNISABLE ARE THE CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS ENJOYED BY HENRY VIII AND HIS SUBJECTS 500 YEARS AGO?
And why can we thank the Tudors for some of the festive traditions we are so familiar with, such as kissing under the mistletoe?
Firstly, their official Christmas lasted longer than our current one. Everyone (apart from those caring for animals) in Tudor England stopped working to enjoy twelve whole days of Christmas. It started on 25th December, with Midnight Mass, and lasted until Twelfth Night on 5th January ahead of the final Feast Day of Epiphany. Feast Days, annual religious observances, were an important aspect of Tudor life. During the early reign of Henry VIII, approximately two hundred Feast Days were recognised throughout the year. Christmas, however, was the time for the most spectacular and merry celebrations!
While much of our Christmas feasting now starts in advance of 25th December (especially with supermarkets selling all manner of festive goodies as early as September…), the Tudors strictly fasted in the weeks of Advent leading up to Christmas Day. In preparation for the festivities, Tudors at every level of society would decorate their homes on Christmas Eve. While we cannot thank Henry VIII for Christmas trees as we know them – for that we owe the Hanoverians, particularly Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, a few centuries later – the Tudors did make use of evergreens. Tudor women would even decorate their spinning wheels with evergreens to ensure that no work could be done on them during the Christmas period!
gesture of goodwill to anyone entering the home. Mistletoe especially has a long association with vitality and enduring love and Tudors would have been familiar with embracing whoever they encountered under the ‘kissing bough’. One tradition was for a berry to be removed after each kiss and when no more berries remained the bough was taken down.
Other, perhaps more controversial, greenery we can thank the Tudors for are Brussels sprouts – first recorded in 1538! Henry VIII was also one of the first people in England to eat Turkey as part of his Christmas dinner, the birds having been introduced into the country in the 1520s. Serious seasonal feasting was an essential Christmas custom. At the Royal Court, the King and his household enjoyed sumptuous delicacies such as swan, rabbit, venison, bird pies, and mulled wine. During his first Christmas as King, in 1509 at Richmond Palace, the still teenaged Henry VIII spent the equivalent of £13.5 million of food, entertainment and gifts. Even poor Tudor households ate as well as they could at this celebratory time though, enjoying traditional goose for Christmas dinner.
Being evergreens, plants such as mistletoe, holly, ivy, and firs were still plentiful in the cold winter months and were seen as symbols of everlasting life. One of the most popular decorations in Tudor households was the ‘kissing bough’. Similar to our Christmas wreaths, these usually round or sphere-shaped boughs were woven from willow or ash branches and covered in evergreen foliage and berries. These were then hung above doorways and windows as a
While today we are more accustomed to giving and receiving presents on Christmas Day, for the Tudors it was the eighth day of Christmas when gifts made an appearance – New Year’s Day. The gifts given in ordinary households were mostly small tokens such as homemade clothing (perhaps Tudor dads were also inundated with socks…), toys, candles and books. Henry VIII, however, was once gifted a set of Christmas ‘boar spears’ from his beloved Anne Boleyn on New Year’s Day in 1532.
Why not treat a loved one to a ‘Kissing Bough’ Workshop experience at the Mary Rose Museum this Christmas?
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